Collection Highlights
The Great Fire of 1835: View of New York City Taken from Brooklyn Heights on the Same Evening of the Fire
c. 1835
1935.167
Gouache on heavy paper, laid on Japanese paper, wrapped over board
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Can/ Food
Object name
Can/ Food
Date
1906-1930
Medium
Metal
Dimensions
3 1/2 x 2 1/2 in. diameter
Description
This tin can has a mutlicolored paper label that has a drawing of a child in knickers holding a pot and reads, in part, "The Franco-American Food Company/ Soups/ Clear Vegetable/ Prepared according to the recipe of/ Alphonse Biardot of Paris/ Jersey City Heights, N.J." The back lists other soup flavors available and awards.
Credit Line
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number
2002.1.940
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
