Collection Highlights
WILD STYLE: TRACY 168
1992
2003.38.6
Black marker and felt tip pen on heavy paper with glue residue from a bound border at left
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Box/ Candy
Object name
Box/ Candy
Date
1896
Medium
Paper
Dimensions
1 3/4 x 1 1/4 x 1/2 in.
Description
This tiny white box is shaped and opens like a book. The front cover is brown and the sides finely striped to represent pages. The cover reads "American Edition/ Jackson/ Life Sketches/ Andrew J. Hope/ New York/ 1896". Inside once held a tablet of chocolate and still holds a folded paper insert, attached to the side, that has a brief biography and anecdotes about the famous American on the cover. The reverse reads "Hope Fine Chocolates/ Fifty Cents a Pound/ delivered free in U.S./ only store/ 41 Nassau St./ New York City". One of a set of six- 2002.1.2409 through 2002.1.2414
Credit Line
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number
2002.1.2411
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
