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Collection Type

  • Household accessories

Date

1886

GUSN

GUSN-171918

Description

Purple Harvard University 250th anniversity commemorative ribbon bookmark

Details

Descriptive Terms

bookmarks
silk (textile)
Bookmark

Inscription

"1636 / 1886 / Sigillum Academiae Harvardianae In Nov Ang"

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Dimensions

6 3/4 x 3 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Louis Cutter, Henry S. G. Cutter, and Helen Maclennan

Accession Number

1998.5808

Places

Massachusetts (United States)
Cambridge (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)

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