Badge/ medal

Date: 
1900-1930
Medium: 
Metal, celluloid
Dimensions: 
1 7/8 x 1 1/2 x 1/8 in.
Description: 
A copper colored medal or badge with a slot at the top for hanging and embossed with a floral pattern around a central raised oval frame. Inside the frame is a white celluloid button printed with a brown leaf with fine black veins. Possibly a Shriner's medallion.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number: 
2002.1.3311
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1930
eMuseum Object ID: 
51663
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Badge/ pin

Date: 
1910-1930
Medium: 
Metal, celluloid, enamel
Dimensions: 
2 5/8 x 1/2 x 1/4 in.; 3/4 x 7/8 x 1/8 in.
Description: 
Two gold colored metal Shriners' pins. The first is a long collar or scarf pin, with a white enameled crescent moon crossed by a curved scimitar sword, a red five-pointed star and a blue banner marked "ACCA" at the top. The second pin is a tiny gold colored metal scimitar pin bar with yellow celluloid ram's horns suspended from a gold sleeve embossed with a pharoah's head and pyramid. A five-pointed star dangles between the curved ram's horns. This quasi-Egyptian and Arabic symbolism is representative of the Acca Temples of America also known as the Shriner's, notable for their red fez hats, miniature car parades and most significantly, philanthropic maintenance of hospitals for ill and disabled children.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number: 
2002.1.3310
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1930
eMuseum Object ID: 
51662
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Desk tray

Date: 
1910-1920
Medium: 
Metal
Dimensions: 
5 1/8 x 3 x 3 in.
Description: 
A black painted cast metal desk tray and probably pen holder, with a central image of a globe amongst clouds topped by a very tall radio tower with many radiating wires flanked by disks marked "RCA" and "Worldwide Wireless".
Credit Line: 
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number: 
2002.1.3693
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1920
eMuseum Object ID: 
51661
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Tin

Date: 
1910-1920
Medium: 
Metal
Dimensions: 
2 x 3/4 x 1/4 in.
Description: 
A tiny gold and red metal tin printed with "Nipper", the RCA Victor dog listening with ears cocked to the gramophone with the classic caption "His Master's Voice" surrounded by the words "Victrola/ Tungs-Tone Stylus/ Full Tone/ Victor Talking Machine Co./ Camden, N.J., U.S.A." On the reverse and inside are instructions for use in English and Spanish and when opened, a metal stylus holder unfolds from the center for easy dispensing.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number: 
2002.1.3692
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1920
eMuseum Object ID: 
51660
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Advertising pocket mirror

Date: 
1910-1920
Medium: 
Metal, celluloid, paper
Dimensions: 
3/8 x 3 in. diameter
Description: 
A large celluloid over paper disk with mirror on the back for pocket or purse. The white disk is printed in black with "Nipper", the RCA Victor dog listening with ears cocked to the gramophone with the classic caption "His Master's Voice", encircled by "American Talking Machine Co./ 356 Livingston St., Brooklyn/ Distributors of/ Victor Talking Machines and Victor Records/ We Want The Business Of The Man On The Other Side", referring of course to the mirror.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number: 
2002.1.3691
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1920
eMuseum Object ID: 
51659
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Pen

Date: 
1880-1910
Medium: 
Metal, wood
Dimensions: 
13 x 3/4 in. diameter
Description: 
An oversized nib pen with a wood handle and a large copper colored metal collar holding a huge pen nib marked "Jumbo". The collar is engraved "19/ The 'Midget'/ American Pencil Co. NY".
Credit Line: 
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number: 
2002.1.3690
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1910
eMuseum Object ID: 
51658
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Tin

Date: 
1900-1930
Medium: 
Metal
Dimensions: 
2 1/2 x 2 1/4 x 7/8 in.
Description: 
A gold colored square tin with rounded corners and a print on the top of a woman looking into a mirror with the caption "You Will Look Your Best Always". The reverse reads "Wonder Brand Typewriter Ribbon/ Kee-Lox Wonder Brand Ribbon Makes Typing A Pleasure And Assures a Definite Pride of Accomplishment/ Kee-Lox/ Rochester, N.Y."
Credit Line: 
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number: 
2002.1.3689
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1930
eMuseum Object ID: 
51643
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Fan

Date: 
1880-1910
Medium: 
Paper, wood
Dimensions: 
13 5/8 x 6 1/4 x 1/4 in.
Description: 
A wing shaped hand cardboard fan with a wood handle printed with pale pink, beige and brown floral patterns and borders around "Esterbrook's/ Steel Pens/ Works Camden, J.J/ Office 26 John St., New York". On the reverse is a large image of a pen nib surrounded by geometric patterns and the words "Esterbrook's Steel Pens of Standard and Superior Quality/ For Sale by all dealers in the United States." In the design: "Patented Nov. 11, 1879/ American Bank Note Co., N.Y."
Credit Line: 
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number: 
2002.1.3688
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1910
eMuseum Object ID: 
51639
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Plate

Date: 
1908
Medium: 
Ceramic
Dimensions: 
3/4 x 7 1/2 in. diameter
Description: 
A cream colored ceramic calendar plate for the year 1908 with an orangish-gold glazed rim encircling the months in brown all around a central image of deep fuschia flowers. In gold near the bottom "Compliments of/ H.B. Raezer/ Brownstown, PA."
Credit Line: 
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number: 
2002.1.3579
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1908
eMuseum Object ID: 
51635
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Plate

Date: 
1909
Medium: 
Ceramic
Dimensions: 
1 x 8 1/2 in. diameter
Description: 
A cream colored ceramic calendar plate for the year 1909, with the months decorated with light green, pink and yellow floral designs encircling a central multicolored lithograph of a woman in a light blue dress and bonnet carrying yellow, pink, red and white roses, above the words in gold, "Compliments of Emil Anderson/ Confectioners/ 3007 Third Ave."
Credit Line: 
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number: 
2002.1.3577
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1909
eMuseum Object ID: 
51633
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

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