Tobacco canister

Date: 
1860-1890
Medium: 
Paper
Dimensions: 
3 1/2 x 3 in. diameter
Description: 
A cardboard tobacco canister with a paper label on the lid printed with a colored drawing of flowers and fruit with the words "Fruits & Flowers/ Manufact'd by E.T. Pilkinton, Richmond, Va.". Around the canister is a drawing of a large factory building marked "E.T. Pilkinton & Co. Tobacco Manufacturers/ Fruits & Flowers, Planters Pride, Commonwealth".
Credit Line: 
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number: 
2002.1.2915
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1890
eMuseum Object ID: 
51342
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Coin/ periodical

Date: 
1920-1940
Medium: 
Metal
Dimensions: 
1/8 x 1 1/4 in. diameter
Description: 
A gold colored metal coin embossed on one side with the head of a bulldog next to "Heads You Win/ By Advertising In/ The Patriot/ Harrisburg, PA." On the reverse, the hind end and tail of the dog next to "Tails You Lose/ If You Don't Use/ The Harrisburg Patriot".
Credit Line: 
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number: 
2002.1.3277
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1940
eMuseum Object ID: 
51340
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Coin/ periodical

Date: 
1920-1940
Medium: 
Metal
Dimensions: 
1/8 x 1 1/8 in. diameter
Description: 
An aluminum coin embossed on one side "Win Big Rewards No./ Sundays Chronicle/ Gives Full Particulars", with an individually engraved number in the center "83405". On the reverse "San Francisco Chronicle/ Keep This Lucky Piece/ It May Be/ Worth $50/ To You".
Credit Line: 
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number: 
2002.1.3276
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1940
eMuseum Object ID: 
51339
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Postcards/ periodical

Date: 
1996
Medium: 
Paper
Dimensions: 
6 1/2 x 4 3/4 x 1/4 in.
Description: 
A folding cardboard packet that contains a set of postacard from Life magazine black and white photographs. The front has a photo of children with the red and white "Life" magazine logo at the top. The reverse shows all twelve postcards and reads "Expressions of Life". Inside are twelve postcards with black and white photos of subjects including children playing in a city park, a ticker-tape parade police motorcade, a child hunting through a barrel of marbles, a 1950's car with huge fins, a drive-in restaurant, a man silhouetted against a lake swinging a small child from each arm, babies in a hospital nursery, as well as scenes of outdoor and home life from 1941 through 1963.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number: 
2002.1.3275
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1996
eMuseum Object ID: 
51338
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Sign/ periodical

Date: 
1950-1960
Medium: 
Wood, plastic
Dimensions: 
2 3/4 x 3 1/4 x 1/8 in.
Description: 
A small bright red wood plaque, pierced twice at the top and strung with black plastic lanyard for hanging. It is printed on the front in black and white "Time/ Out/ Do Not Disturb"; and on the reverse in white "To Help You/ Catch Up/ On Your Day's Work/ Or On The Week's News."
Credit Line: 
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number: 
2002.1.3274
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1960
eMuseum Object ID: 
51337
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Advertising pocket mirror

Date: 
1920-1950
Medium: 
Metal, paper, plastic, glass
Dimensions: 
3/8 x 3 3/8 in. diameter
Description: 
An ivory colored disk with a reproduction of the headlines of a newspaper across the front center surrounded by the words "Delaware's Leading Newspaper/ The Morning News/ Only Morning Paper/ In The/ State/ Best Circulation-Sure Results-Most Advertising". The reverse is a pocket or purse mirror.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number: 
2002.1.3273
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1950
eMuseum Object ID: 
51335
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Pencil/ periodical

Date: 
1940-1960
Medium: 
Wood, graphite
Dimensions: 
3 1/2 x 1/8 in. diameter
Description: 
A very thin tiny red wood pencil engraved with black painted lettering "Time-The Weekly Newsmagazine".
Credit Line: 
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number: 
2002.1.3272
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1960
eMuseum Object ID: 
51334
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Pencil/ periodical

Date: 
1940-1960
Medium: 
Wood, graphite, rubber, metal
Dimensions: 
7 1/2 x 3/8 in. diameter
Description: 
An ivory colored pencil printed with red spiraling stripes bear the point and in blue along the shaft "If You Want More Customers Write To/ Linn's Weekly Stamp News/ Sidney, Ohio, U.S.A./ $1.00 per year---52 Issues".
Credit Line: 
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number: 
2002.1.3271
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1960
eMuseum Object ID: 
51333
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Pencil/ periodical

Date: 
1950-1960
Medium: 
Wood, graphite
Dimensions: 
6 x 3/8 in. diameter
Description: 
A teal green wood pencil engraved with white painted lettering "Equire, the magazine for men", next to a symbol of a stylized man's face with a mustache.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number: 
2002.1.3270
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1960
eMuseum Object ID: 
51332
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Beverages

Date: 
1990-2000
Medium: 
Paper
Dimensions: 
9 1/4 x 9 3/8 x 1/8 in.
Description: 
A folded red and white cardboard soda bottle six-pack carton, printed on one side with a green wreath and holly around the words "Serve Coca-Cola Classic/ Take enough home for Holiday Hospitality". On the reverse "Original Formula/ 6 Commemorative Bottles/ Sign Of Good Taste/ Coca-Cola Classic". On the sides "Serve Ice Cold/ Coca-Cola/ Classic/ Non-Refillable Bottles", with the logos in the traditional script lettering.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number: 
2002.1.3269
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
2000
eMuseum Object ID: 
51331
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

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