An aluminum token with a round hole pierced through the center embossed on both sides "1/ Consumer Tax/ Check Oklahoma/ 1". 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 narrow twisted rope sample of coarse brown and grey processed animal hair for upholstery padding and cushions, with a white card that reads "100% Grey Horse Tail Hair Rope/ From/ The Joseph F. Bohnert Co., Inc./ Sterlized Curled Hair and Hair Products/ 1921-25 Queen City Avenue/ Brighton Station/ Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.A."

A twisted rope sample of medium fine white and grey processed animal hair for upholstery padding and cushions, with a white card that reads "100% White Horse Mane Hair Rope/ From/ The Joseph F. Bohnert Co., Inc./ Sterlized Curled Hair and Hair Products/ 1921-25 Queen City Avenue/ Brighton Station/ Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.A."

A narrow twisted rope sample of coarse brown and white processed animal hair for upholstery padding and cushions, with a white card that reads "3 Ply India Catte[sic-cattle] Tail Hair Cordage For Hot Press Filtering Mats/ From/ The Joseph F. Bohnert Co., Inc./ Sterlized Curled Hair and Hair Products/ 1921-25 Queen City Avenue/ Brighton Station/ Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.A."

A twisted rope sample of coarse black processed animal hair for upholstery padding and cushions, probably from The Joseph F. Bohnert Co., Inc., Sterilized Curled Hair and Hair Products, Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.A."

A twisted rope sample of fine white and gray synthetic hair for upholstery padding and cushions, with a white card that reads "Synthetic Curled Hair Rope/ From/ The Joseph F. Bohnert Co., Inc./ Sterlized Curled Hair and Hair Products/ 1921-25 Queen City Avenue/ Brighton Station/ Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.A."

One of two tall stereograph slide viewers that each hold more than 20 slides. Probably placed in a hotel or theatre lobby for public use, this stereopticon has viewing lenses on both sides so two people could view the same slide concurrently while a knob on one side was rotated to change the image and a lever for focussing. The top opens for loading slides and adjusting light. A metal plate on the front is embossed "Alex-Beckers/ New York/ Patents/ April 7, 1857/ March 1 & 29, 1859/ April 12, 1859/ Dec. 13, 1859".

An oval clear glass bottle with a hand finished cork lip and rounded shoulders. The front is embossed with a five-pointed star above "R.H. Macy & Co./ New York".

Token embossed on one side with a detailed image of Santa Claus' head with stocking cap and wavy beard over the words "Merry Christmas". On the reverse "To All Friends Of Santa Claus/ Best & Co./ New York/ Sends A/ Merry Christmas".

Token embossed on one side with luck symbols- a swastika around a horseshoe, clover, wishbone and arcane characters encircled by "Membership Emblem Of The Don't Worry Club/ Good Luck". On the reverse "Furniture/ We Trust You/ Carpets/ Our Only Store", around "Bauman & Co./ Cor. 152nd St. & 3rd Ave./ Bronx".