Collection Highlights
Wedding dress: yellow brocade with lace
1730-50 with several alterations into the 20th century
1949.115a
Silk brocade, needlepoint lace; silk chiffon
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Campaign ribbon
Object name
Campaign ribbon
Date
1896
Medium
Silk, metal, paper, plastic
Dimensions
Overall: 6 1/8 x 2 3/8 in. ( 15.6 x 6 cm )
Description
Red, white, and blue striped ribbon printed in gold "McKINLEY/AND/ROOSEVELT/INSURANCE/CLUB/OF/NEW YORK"; circular pin-back button with joint photograph portrait of McKinley and T. Roosevelt.
Object Number
2026
Marks
Inscription: reverse of button, paper label imprinted in black: "Buttons made by/The Whitehead & Hoag Co./Newark, N.J., U.S.A./Pat. April 14, 1896,/July 27, 1896.'
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
