Cornell University Library Digital Collections
Bryan-Kern Milk Glass Top Hat Coin Bank, ca. 1908
- Title:
- Bryan-Kern Milk Glass Top Hat Coin Bank, ca. 1908
- Collection:
- Political Americana
- Political Figure:
- Kern, John Worth, American (1849-1917), Vice-Presidential Candidate
Bryan, William Jennings, American (1860-1925), Presidential Candidate
- Date:
- ca. 1908
- Election Date:
- 1908
- ID Number:
- 2214.BB0007
- Collection Number:
- 2214
- File Name:
- 2214BB0007_001.jpg
- Political Party:
- Democratic
- Work Type:
- decorative art (art genre)
glassware
portraits
Banks (Containers)
- Materials/Techniques:
- Opaque white glass
Painting (coating)
Paper (fiber product)
Metal
Casting
- Subject:
- Glassware
Portraits
Banks (Containers)
Bryan, William Jennings
Kern, John Worth
Politics
Promotional materials
Top hats
Uncle Sam
Portraits
Busts
Stars
- Measurement:
- 6.35 (Bank) (centimeters, height)
- Description:
- Coin bank consists of a molded milk glass container painted to resemble an Uncle Sam top hat, a slotted metal lid, and a paper with portraits of Bryan and Kern affixed to the metal lid.
- Cite As:
- Susan H. Douglas Political Americana Collection, #2214. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
- Repository:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
- Archival Collection:
- Susan H. Douglas Political Americana Collection
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- This digital collection and its contents are owned and operated by the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library. Digital reproductions are provided for private study, scholarship and research use only and may not be downloaded for use in electronic or print publications (including web sites), exhibitions, or broadcasts, without permission. There are no known U.S. copyright restrictions on this image. The digital file is owned by the Cornell University Library which is making it freely available with the request that, when possible, the Library be credited as its source.
