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Collection Highlights

The Course of Empire: The Consummation of Empire
1836
1858.3
Oil on canvas (relined)
Artist/Maker: Thomas Cole

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Ashtray

Ashtray
Object name 
Ashtray
Date 
1941
Related People 
Depicted: Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Related People 
Depicted: Winston Churchill
Medium 
Ceramic
Dimensions 
4 x 4 x 5/8 in.
Description 
This white ceramic ashtray has a photo lithograph of Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Winston Churchill with the inscription "F.D.Roosevelt and Winston Churchill./ Atlantic Meeting, 1941." A store label on the front indicates that it was bought at Niagara Falls.
Credit Line 
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number 
2002.1.373
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.