Advertising sign

Date: 
1940-1960
Medium: 
Metal, plastic
Dimensions: 
20 x 17 1/4 x 5 1/4 in.
Description: 
A white electric advertising sign with a clock and light. The clockface is white painted metal with black numbers and hands above a rectangular translucent white plastic shade over an incandescent light. The shade is printed in red and black "It's Time To Read/ Collier's".
Credit Line: 
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number: 
2002.1.3446
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1960
eMuseum Object ID: 
51622
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Toy

Date: 
1910-1930
Medium: 
Metal, cloth, paper
Dimensions: 
5 x 3 3/4 x 2 1/4 in.
Description: 
Tiny toy furniture including two armchairs, a sofa and a rocker made of soft a silvery gold aluminum alloy and covered with little beige satiny padded cushions with green, pink and white floral designs. A paper label on the bottom of three of the pieces reads "The 'Fairy' Furniture/ Indestructible./ An alloy of Aluminum and White Metal/ Manufactured by/ Adrian Cooke Metallic Works/ Chicago".
Credit Line: 
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number: 
2002.1.3445
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1930
eMuseum Object ID: 
51621
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Box

Date: 
1930-1950
Medium: 
Paper, silk
Dimensions: 
15 3/8 x 13 1/2 x 7 in. oval
Description: 
A golden beige hat box with a brown lid and a brown vinyl strap with a buckle to keep it closed. A yellow label on the top reads in brown and gold "Weber And Heilbroner", and on the side "Resistol/ 'Self-Conforming' Hats".
Credit Line: 
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number: 
2002.1.3444ab
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1950
eMuseum Object ID: 
51616
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Box

Date: 
1940-1960
Medium: 
Paper, silk
Dimensions: 
15 3/8 x 13 1/2 x 7 in. oval
Description: 
A golden beige hat box with a black lid with a brown edge and a brown silk string to tie it closed. The bottom reads "John David Inc./ for the nation's leading brands./ Executive Offces: 1271 Broadway, New York 1/ N.Y. Tel: Murry Hill 9-5100".
Credit Line: 
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number: 
2002.1.3443ab
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1960
eMuseum Object ID: 
51615
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Bust

Date: 
1940-1950
Medium: 
Ceramic
Dimensions: 
3 3/4 x 6 1/4 x 2 3/8 in.
Description: 
A beige ceramic bust of General Douglas McArthur (1880-1964), chief of the Armed forces in the Pacific during World War II, in his cap with the letters "U.S." on each lapel. Embossed on the pedestal "Gen. Doug. McArthur".
Credit Line: 
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number: 
2002.1.3442
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1950
eMuseum Object ID: 
51614
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Figurine

Date: 
1893
Medium: 
Metal
Dimensions: 
8 3/4 x 4 in. diameter
Description: 
A beige painted cast metal figurine of a man in riding or polo clothes- tight britches, knee length boots and round cap carrying a riding crop on a pedestal embossed "Thr Prodigal Daughter/ 150th Performance American Theatre/ Tueday Oct. 17, 1893".
Credit Line: 
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number: 
2002.1.3441
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1893
eMuseum Object ID: 
51613
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Tin

Date: 
1890-1920
Medium: 
Metal
Dimensions: 
6 1/2 x 6 1/2 x 6 3/4 in.
Description: 
A bright green square tea tin with gold edges and a hinged lid with wire loop for opening. The front reads is stencilled in gold "The E.T. Newlin Tea Co./ Teas At Wholesale Prices To Consumers,/ Office & Packing Department/ 1676 Broadway/ Brooklyn, N.Y." The sides hav a stencilled image of an Asian women in a kimono with a flowers.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number: 
2002.1.3440
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1920
eMuseum Object ID: 
51612
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Tin

Date: 
1910-1940
Medium: 
Metal
Dimensions: 
6 x 4 1/8 x 3 3/4 in.
Description: 
A light blue biscuit tin with gold trim and multicolored floral designs around central oval frames on the front back and lid with prints of eighteenth century couples in European dress at leisure in a garden, dancing, playing musical instruments. The bottom is embossed "Huntley & Palmer's Biscuits/ Reading & London/ England".
Credit Line: 
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number: 
2002.1.3439
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1940
eMuseum Object ID: 
51611
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Pinback button

Date: 
1890-1920
Medium: 
Celluloid, metal, paper
Dimensions: 
1/8 x 1 1/4 in. diameter
Description: 
A pinback button with a blue and red concentric circles with gold borders printed in white "Cleveland Press/ First In Everything/ Press".
Credit Line: 
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number: 
2002.1.3919
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1920
eMuseum Object ID: 
51610
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Pinback button

Date: 
1890-1920
Medium: 
Celluloid, metal, paper
Dimensions: 
1/8 x 1 3/8 in. diameter
Description: 
A beige pinback button with a diagram of a machine with an upper hopper, a feed chute and a receptacle basket beneath marked "Janney Common Sense Mill/ Gearing Runs in Oil/ Has Great Capacity/ Grinds Chop Corn and Table Meal/ Write For Catalogue And Prices".
Credit Line: 
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number: 
2002.1.3918
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1920
eMuseum Object ID: 
51609
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

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