paperweight

Object NamePaperweight with Photograph of President William McKinley

Maker Lewis P. Peters

Made FromNon-lead glass

Date1901-1902

Techniquepressed, photograph glued on underside

SizeOverall H: 2.5 cm, W: 10.3 cm, D: 6.3 cm

Accession Number86.4.240

Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. John R. Graham Jr. in memory of Louise Wood Tillman

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Exhibitions

Worlds Within: The Evolution of the Paperweight

Let Us Now Praise Famous Men: American History in Glass

Place Made

United States, PA, East Mauch Chunk

Physical DescriptionPaperweight with Photograph of President William McKinley. Colorless non-lead glass; pressed, photograph applied on underside. Rectangular shape, with rounded corners, flat top surface and bottom surface indented to hold photograph of President William McKinley; printed label covering back of photograph headed: "MARTYRED PRESIDENT/William McKinley", with statistics of McKinley's career and the assassination, bottom marked: "LEWIS P. PETERS/East Mauch Chunk, Pa.".
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