Collection Highlights
Kast
1675-1690
1941.914
Walnut, walnut veneer, elm, oak, ebony
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
"2000" Crown
Object name
"2000" Crown
Date
1999
Medium
Foam
Dimensions
Overall: 12 1/4 x 8 x 1/2 in. ( 31.1 x 20.3 x 1.3 cm )
Description
Circular red foam crown with "2000" between four stars cut into the top; "NEW YORK" printed in black ink below.
Credit Line
Purchase
Object Number
2000.12
Marks
printed: on the front: "NEW YORK/ ALBERT ELOVITZ INC. PITTSBURGH, PA"
cut: into the top: "2000"
Gallery Label
This crown was purchased by Jan Ramirez, director of the Museum division of the N-YHS, at several souvenir shops in the immediate vicinity of Times Square shortly after the first of the year. It represents one of the many types of souvenirs hawked to revelers in Times Square on New Year's Eve, 2000.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
