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Object Name: 
Paperweight
Place Made: 
United States
Accession Number: 
2009.4.182
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 2.2 cm, W: 6.8 cm, D: 10.4 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
about 1905-1910
Credit Line: 
Gift of Anna and Karl Koepke
Primary Description: 
McKinley Monument. Colorless, pressed with applied paper. Rectangle with rounded sides, concave underside with repeating vertical pattern and applied photograph of Preside McKinley and the McKinley monument. In image “Temple Music Pan-American Exposition Sept. 6th 1901”. Underside partial paper label “… Broome St. NEW YORK.”

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Koepke, Karl H. (d. 2009), Source
2009-05-26
Koepke, Ann, Source
2009-05-26
Category: 
Paperweights
Inscription: 
Temple Music Pan-American Exposition Sept. 6th 1901
inscription
: 
in image
… Broome St. NEW YORK.
label
: 
on underside partial paper label