Collection Highlights
Four Portraits of North American Indians; verso: sketch of brave riding a horse and shooting a bow and arrow
1859
1941.1209
Oil on gray marbleized prepared heavy textured paper
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Can/ Food
Object name
Can/ Food
Date
1900-1920
Medium
Metal, paper
Dimensions
3 1/4 x 2 1/8 in. diameter
Description
This tin can is wrapped in brown paper printed with a bird on a nest and reads in black "Mellin's Food/ For Infants and Invalids/ Manufactured by/ Mellin's Food Co. of North America/ Boston Mass, U.S.A./ Free Sample". Inside are original instructions.
Credit Line
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number
2002.1.941
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
