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
Box with tin
Object name
Box with tin
Date
1930-1950
Medium
Paper, metal
Dimensions
Box: 3 x 1 1/2 x 1 in.; Tin: 2 1/4 x 1 1/4 x 3/4 in. oval
Description
This cream colored and blue tin holds denture adhesive powder and is still in its original box with the original paper instruction and advertising insert. The box and tin read "Fasteeth/ Alkaline Denture Powder/ Clark-Cleveland Inc./ Binghamton, N.Y." with the tin marked "Dentist's Trial Size". The paper insert has ads, directions and a photograph of the Fasteeth factory building.
Credit Line
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number
2002.1.2304
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
