One of a set of twelve glass lantern slides showing advertisements for early films, some with the color and quality of movie posters. This one is for "Mark Twain's A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court". The cardboard frame is printed "Excelsior Illustrating Co., Inc./ 219-221 Sixth Ave. N.Y."

One of a set of twelve glass lantern slides showing advertisements for early films, some with the color and quality of movie posters. This one is for "Her Sweetheart" starring Marie Dressler and Lionel Barrymore. The cardboard frame is printed "National Studios, Inc./ 228-232 West 56th St. N.Y./ Photographic Enlargements and Cut-outs For Lobbies/ Colortone Effects- Lantern Slides/ Patented 1924".

An envelope containing a paper articulated horse toy model. The envelope is printed with running horses on the front and on the reverse "Enclosed Model Of A Horse. One sixth life-size, in correct proportions. Every joint is moveable, and the model can be placed in every possible natural position by turning the single joint where the oxillet holes are fixed...". The instructions continue with suggestions for use. The horse toy is brown and printed to resemble a natural horse.

A white paper mailing envelope printed with a pattern of green stylized Christmas trees and snow flakes and red and green leaping reindeer overprinted with the words "Gimbels" in red.

A white paper sugar cube wrapper from a large size rectangular cube, printed on the front in green "Domino Pure Sugar/ Marshall Field & Company...".

A broad white plastic clothes hanger engraved on the front and highlighted with gold "A Mr. Fred Fur Original".

An octagonal brass token engraved with a border line and a central circle around words "Good For 5ct. Drink" surrounded by "Lo Curto E Ofria". In the 1930s when sales taxes were first instituted due to the Depression, these tokens were issued to facilitate taxing even a one-cent purchase. The denomination of a tax token was often as small as one mill or one-tenth cent. Millions of them were made, and thousands were carried out of state by travelers. They were made from aluminum, copper, brass, zinc, wood, plastic and fiber and cardboards and were issued in Alabama, Arizona, Colorado, Illinois, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Utah, and Washington states. The federal government initially reacted with alarm because states appeared to be creating a new currency - something reserved in the Constitution to the federal government. The Department of Treasury tried to halt the growing use of tax tokens, but failed. To reduce the federal government's concerns, most sales tax tokens looked very different from the national currency, e.g., plastic tokens, square tokens, holes.

A large scrap of heavy woven off-white cloth, reportly sail cloth, with a single black thread marking each selvage and a hand written note attributing this object to the collection of Howard Townsend III, donated in 1952 along with manuscripts and purported to be, according a handwritten note "Here is the original and only genuine Jamestown sailcloth-still with us!".

A square aluminum token with a round hole pierced through the center embossed on one side "Colorado Sales Tax/ State Treasurer", and on the reverse "One Fifth Cent/ Series A-35/ Sales Tax Token". In the 1930s when sales taxes were first instituted due to the Depression, these tokens were issued to facilitate taxing even a one-cent purchase. The denomination of a tax token was often as small as one mill or one-tenth cent. Millions of them were made, and thousands were carried out of state by travelers. They were made from aluminum, copper, brass, zinc, wood, plastic and fiber and cardboards and were issued in Alabama, Arizona, Colorado, Illinois, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Utah, and Washington states. The federal government initially reacted with alarm because states appeared to be creating a new currency - something reserved in the Constitution to the federal government. The Department of Treasury tried to halt the growing use of tax tokens, but failed. To reduce the federal government's concerns, most sales tax tokens looked very different from the national currency, e.g., plastic tokens, square tokens, holes.

A square aluminum token with a round hole pierced through the center embossed on one side "Colorado Sales Tax/ State Treasurer", and on the reverse "One Fifth Cent/ Series A-35/ Sales Tax Token". In the 1930s when sales taxes were first instituted due to the Depression, these tokens were issued to facilitate taxing even a one-cent purchase. The denomination of a tax token was often as small as one mill or one-tenth cent. Millions of them were made, and thousands were carried out of state by travelers. They were made from aluminum, copper, brass, zinc, wood, plastic and fiber and cardboards and were issued in Alabama, Arizona, Colorado, Illinois, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Utah, and Washington states. The federal government initially reacted with alarm because states appeared to be creating a new currency - something reserved in the Constitution to the federal government. The Department of Treasury tried to halt the growing use of tax tokens, but failed. To reduce the federal government's concerns, most sales tax tokens looked very different from the national currency, e.g., plastic tokens, square tokens, holes.