Collection Highlights
Study for "Departure of the Seventh Regiment for the War, April 19, 1861"
c. 1865-69
1946.174
Oil over graphite on brown paper, varnished, laid on heavy board, nailed and mounted on a wood panel
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Museum Collections
Bella C. Landauer Collection of Business and Advertsing Ephemera
Bank
Object name
Bank
Date
1950-1980
Medium
Metal
Dimensions
3 1/2 x 2 1/8 in. diameter
Description
A coin bank shaped like a tin can. The can is printed with a color scene of men in colonial dress standing on the steps of a huge stone building entitled "Jefferson Hands The Declaration Of Independence To John Hancock- Faulkner Mural-Archives Building" with a list of the other signers depicted. The top has a coin slot and the words "American Can Company/ New York/ Save means to live- The Tempest/ Act II Scene I". The bottom has the hatch for removing the coins.
Credit Line
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number
2002.1.2273
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
