Figurine

Description:

In 1954, having won the Pulitzer Prize for his autobiography, The Spirit of St. Louis, Charles A. Lindbergh donated the $500 prize money to the School of Dental and Oral Surgery at Columbia University in hon-or of Charles Henry Land (1847–1922), an innovative dentist and his maternal grandfather. Lindbergh also donated several small items that Land had made for him. This is one of those items.

Maker: Land, Charles Henry

Location: Currently not on view

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Credit Line: Columbia Univeristy School of Dental and Oral Surgery and Charles A. Lindbergh

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: MG.258357.50Catalog Number: 258357.50Accession Number: 285357

Object Name: FigurefigurineOther Terms: Figure; Medicine

Measurements: overall: 3/4 in x 1 1/4 in; 1.905 cm x 3.175 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-63b0-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_723705

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