Collection Highlights
Swing Low: A Harriet Tubman memorial
2007
2009.34
Cast bronze
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Historical memorabilia
Object name
Historical memorabilia
Date
1946
Medium
Paper, plastic, metal
Dimensions
Brochure: 7 1/2 x 5 x 1/8 in.; buttons: 1/8 x 7/8 in. diameter
Description
A white paper brochure from the opening of the second half of the first United Nations General Assembly Session ever held, on October 23, 1946. The brochure describes the organization and operations of the United Nations and has two pinback buttons attached, one has a dark blue globe with a gold grid and a banner across the equator printed "United Nations"; the other has a cetral letter "U" around the word "You" encircled by "There's A 'U' in the United Nations".
Credit Line
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number
2002.1.4664
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
