2013 Finalist National Medal for Museum and Library Service

Collection Highlights

Framed leaves from Abraham Lincoln's bier
1865
Z.2603
Albumen photograph, plant material, ink, silk ribbon, wood gilding
Commemorated: Abraham Lincoln

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Box

Box
Box
Object name 
Box
Date 
1910-1930
Medium 
Paper
Dimensions 
6 3/8 x 3 3/8 x 2 in.
Description 
This yellow cardboard box held corn starch. It has black printing and a central drawing of a corn and award medallions and reads "First Prize Medal Paris, 1867 "Perfection of Quality/ Duryeas/ Improved/ Corn Starch/ For Food". The back list awards, the sides offer recipes for pie fillings and cakes and the maker "Best Foods/ Div. Corn Products/ N.Y., N.Y., U.S.A."
Credit Line 
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number 
2002.1.923
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.