Pinback button
Classification:
Date:
1940
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
1/8 x 3/4 in. diameter; 1/8 x 7/8 in. diameter
Description:
Two pinback campaign buttons, one large and one small, divided horizontally into red, white and blue sections, with the names "Willkie and McNary" in blue across the center white section. Wendell Lewis Willkie (1892-1944) was a Republican candidate for president of the United States, 1940, in an unsuccessful run against FDR.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.3759
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1940
eMuseum Object ID:
51979
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Trade sign
Classification:
Date:
1940-1960
Medium:
Paper
Dimensions:
18 x 13 5/8 x 1/4 in.
Description:
A cardboard advertising diorama that has a multi-layer full color scene of people in Victorian Dress caroling on a snowy city street with a man coming out of a tavern marked "Ye Olde Ballantine Inn" with a tray of foamy beer glasses. It reads at on the top and bottom holly decorated frame "Ballantine Ale/ Beer/ Happy Holidays". This sign can be unfolded and assembled so as to produce a 3-D effect from the several layers of printed cardboard forming the sign.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.3623
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1960
eMuseum Object ID:
51978
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Sign/ liquor
Classification:
Date:
1940-1960
Medium:
Paper, plastic
Dimensions:
10 3/8 x 13 3/8 x 1/2 in.
Description:
A molded cardboard or plastic sign made to resemble a rectangular wood grained sign with a relief of a bottle of "Pabst/ Blue Ribbon Beer" in the center across a circular raised plaque encircled by a laurel wreath and the words "A Symbol Of Friendly Companionship". Above and below the central plaque embossed in red and blue "For 100 Years/ Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer".
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.3622
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1960
eMuseum Object ID:
51977
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Sign/ liquor
Classification:
Date:
1940-1960
Medium:
Paper, metal
Dimensions:
14 x 16 x 2 in.; 6 1/2 x 7 x 1/2 in.
Description:
A two part electric cardboard store display sign. The main part has a electrical beel device mounted on a red cardboard sign printed with a hand holding a foamy glass of beer next to the phrase "Schaefer/ Rings The Bell/ with the Full-Flavored Brew/ That is light and dry, too!" Attached by wiring to the main sign is a small silver gray bell shaped sign with an electric button mounted in the center surrounded by the words "Ring the bell- for another glass of Schaefer".
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.3621
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1960
eMuseum Object ID:
51976
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Sign/ liquor
Classification:
Date:
1940-1960
Medium:
Plastic, metal
Dimensions:
8 1/2 x 15 3/4 x 2 in.
Description:
A plastic store display sign consisting of a deep gold and white oval frame topped by a triangular sign reading "Blatz", around a yellow relief beer bottle also marked "Blatz" surrounded by laurel branches, with a pedestal bottom embossed "Milwaukee's Finest Beer".
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.3620
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1960
eMuseum Object ID:
51975
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Sign/ liquor
Classification:
Date:
1890-1910
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
14 x 18 x 1/8 in.
Description:
A tin lithographed liquor advertising sign with a scene of a rural riverside factory and mill with horses grazing in the foreground surrounded by the words "J. C. Schnell's/ Stony Fork Distillery/ Sour Mash Kiln Dried Grain Whiskey".
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.3619
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1910
eMuseum Object ID:
51974
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Advertising sign
Classification:
Date:
1920-1950
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
6 3/8 x 18 x 1/8 in.
Description:
A tin lithographed beer advertising sign shaped like and printed with an image of an impish blond man with a mustache in brown britches, a green shirt and green and red cap holding a very large bottle of "Falstaff Beer" and a stein that reads "Lemp/ St. Louis" and laughing.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.3618
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1950
eMuseum Object ID:
51973
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Souvenir token
Classification:
Date:
1836
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
1/8 x 1 1/8 in. diameter
Description:
Souvenir token embossed with a central image of a statue surrounded by an eagle and shield, sheaf of grain, spinning wheel, sailing ship and a doctor's caduceus and the words "American Institute/ New York". On the reverse, "Copy of a Gold Medal Awarded to / R & W Robinson/ For The Best/ Military, Naval, Sporting/ & Plain Flat Buttons/ 1836".
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.3664
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1836
eMuseum Object ID:
51972
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Coffee mill
Classification:
Date:
1880-1910
Medium:
Metal, glass, wood
Dimensions:
4 x 15 1/2 x 6 1/2 in.
Description:
A wood slat set with a pale yellow tin can that opens at the top attached to a metal coffee grinding mill. The tin is lithographed with an image of a five story urban department store or factory surrounded by the words "Grand Union Tea Company/ Headquarters Cor. of Pearl and Water Streets/ New York City Brooklyn ", and beans are placed into the can, the wood knobbed handle is turned and ground coffee falls into a container that can be placed onto a stand under the grinder. This is a wall mounted coffee grinder.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.3513
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1910
eMuseum Object ID:
51966
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Coffee mill
Classification:
Date:
1880-1910
Medium:
Metal, glass, wood
Dimensions:
4 x 15 3/4 x 7 in.
Description:
A wood slat set with a red tin can that opens at the top attached to a metal coffee grinding mill. The red tin is lithographed with a black portrait of George Washington surrounded by the words "Washington Baking Powder/ The Best/ Coffee Mill", and beans are placed into the can, the wood knobbed handle is turned and ground coffee falls into a container that can be placed onto a stand under the grinder. This is a wall mounted coffee grinder.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.3512
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1910
eMuseum Object ID:
51965
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.













