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Time for another #TinyTuesday! This 7/8″ x 3/4″ decorative glass mosaic is from our Stevens-Cogdell-Sanders-Venning Collection, and depicts a beetle composed of gold, red, and green glass against a white glass background. The border is composed of dark blue, turquoise, and red glass.

The Stevens-Cogdell-Sanders-Venning family was a middle-class African American family active in the Philadelphia African American political, social, educational, and cultural community from the 1850s to the 20th century. The family was involved in several prominent local African American institutions, including the St. Thomas P.E. Church, Church of the Crucifixion, Central Presbyterian Church, the Colored Institute of Youth, and the Citizens Republican Club.

Collection of objects from the Stevens - Cogdell - Sanders - Venning families.