A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on. Ideas have endurance without death [model].

Title & Author:

A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on. Ideas have endurance without death [model].

Publication:

1967.

Description:

1 model : porcelain ; 9 x 12 x 15 cm.

Notes:
Souvenir model of the Treasury Building, Washington, D.C., in the form of a coin bank; after the original by architect Robert Mills.
Top of model: quotation by President Kennedy.
Right side of model: numbered visual representations of first 36 United States presidents.
Back of model: numbered list of the first 36 United States presidents.
Left side of model: abridged version of the american national anthem.
Copyright by E.M. Wynnie 1963 & 1967.

Resources:
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Subject:

Treasury Building (Washington, D.C.)
Public buildings United States Washington (D.C.)
Office buildings United States Washington (D.C.)

Form/genre:

Souvenir models (representations)
Banks (containers)

Added entries:

Mills, Robert, 1781-1855.
Hoffman Collection.

Holdings:

Location: Library main objects 251978
Call No.: NA44.M657.25 M3 1967
Status: Available

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