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Draft wheel
ca. 1863
1865.6
Wood, metal
Related Event: Civil War

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"This Is a Time to Try Men's Soles!"

"This Is a Time to Try Men's Soles!"
Title
"This Is a Time to Try Men's Soles!"
Date 
ca. 1826-28
Related People 
Artist/Maker: Thomas S. Cummings
Related People 
Artist/Maker: Henry Inman
Medium 
Lithograph
Dimensions 
4 x 4 3/4 in.
Description 
Cartoon
Credit Line 
Gift of Mr. Whitney Hartshorne
Object Number 
1979.31a
Marks 
inscription: lower right: "Inman &Cummings" printed caption: lower left to center: "'This is a time to try men's Soles!'"
Gallery Label 
This lithograph came to the society mounted in an album of sketches and engravings by Thomas S. Cummings and various other nineteenth-century American artists.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.