Collection Highlights
Wooden leg of Gouverneur Morris
ca. 1780
1954.148
Oak, leather, metal
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Button
Object name
Button
Medium
Metal
Dimensions
Overall: 1 1/4 in. ( 3.2 cm )
Description
Pin-back campaign button; depicts a black Republican elephant gripping, by its trunk, a white Democratic donkey on a circus stool; inscribed "THE LAST ACT"
Object Number
INV.7381
Marks
On rim: Spiegel Nov.Co. N.Y.C
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
