Badge/ medal
Classification:
Date:
1895
Medium:
Metal, ribbon
Dimensions:
3 7/8 x 2 1/8 x 1/4 in.
Description:
A very reddish bronze colored metal two-part medal. The top pin bar is embossed with a central X flanked by the words "Boston 1895". It is attached to the lower medallion by a half black, half white ribbon. The lower medallion has a relief of a crown and a cross encircled by the words "Commandery Of Saint Andrew/ No. 13/ K.T./ Richmond, VA./ Triennial/ Boston, Mass." "K.T." stands for "Knights Templar".
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.3306
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1895
eMuseum Object ID:
50720
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Badge/ medal
Classification:
Date:
1910-1911
Medium:
Metal, enamel
Dimensions:
3 7/8 x 2 1/4 x 1/4 in.
Description:
A gold colored metal two-part medal and a tiny pin. The top pin bar section has embossed lettering that reads "First Commander" with a Christian cross with radiating rays attached by a chain link. It is attached by two long chains to the circular lower section and mounted with a central plaque. The central plaque in encircled by a band of black enamel that reads in gold "Nemo Me Impune Lacesset/ Commandery of St. Andrew". The central plaque has radiating rays around a figure in red and blue robes supporting a cross with each arm engraved and highlighted in red with a different symbol, two lions, three lions, a Christian cross and a German cross. A finial at the bottom of the medal reads "No. 13/ VA". The reverse has been engraved by a jeweler "Em. George Jacoby Freedley/ 1910-1911". "K.T." stands for "Knights Templar". A tiny pin has been attached next to the medal, 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. 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:
2002.1.3305
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1911
eMuseum Object ID:
50719
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Badge/ medal
Classification:
Date:
1890
Medium:
Metal, enamel
Dimensions:
2 5/8 x 2 1/4 x 1/4 in.
Description:
A gold and copper colored metal two-part medal. The top pin section has black enamel lettering that reads "St. Andrew/ Richmond Virginia/ K.T." It is attached by a chain link to a X shaped gold section, back by copper colored metal feathered points and mounted with a central circular plaque. Each arm of the X has a different symbol engraved and enameled, two lions on an black field, three lions on a black field, a red Christian cross on black and a red German cross on black. The central plaque has a figure of a man in white robes supporting a gold cross faintly marked "13" in black and is encircled by the words "Nemo Me Impune Lacessit/ Constituted 1878" on white enamel. Engraved by a jeweler on the reverse "Geo. J. Freedley/ 1890". "K.T." stands for "Knights Templar".
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.3304
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
50718
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Badge/ medal
Classification:
Date:
1910
Medium:
Metal, enamel
Dimensions:
2 5/8 x 2 1/4 x 1/4 in.
Description:
A gold and gray colored metal two-part medal. The top pin section has scrolled banners topped by a crown with a red enameled cross and black enamel lettering that reads "Commandery Of/ St. Andrew/ K.T./ Richmond Virginia". It is attached by a chain link to a X shaped gold section, back by gray metal feathered points and mounted with a central circular plaque. Each arm of the X has a different symbol engraved and enameled, two lions on an black field, three lions on a black field, a red Christian cross on black and a red German cross on black. The central plaque has a figure of a man in white robes supporting a gold cross marked "13" in black and is encircled by the words "Nemo Me Impune Lacessit/ Constituted 1878" on light green enamel. "K.T." stands for "Knights Templar".
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.3303
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1910
eMuseum Object ID:
50717
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Badge/ medal
Classification:
Date:
1919
Medium:
Metal, enamel
Dimensions:
3 x 1 x 1/4 in.
Description:
A gold colored metal two-part medal. The top triangular section, embossed with a brick building with a large veranda below the word "Virginia" on a blue enameled background, is attached by a chain link to a square section embossed with a German cross and crossed swords marked "K.T./ 34th Triennial/ 1919 Phila.", around a central circular plaque with an red enameled cross, encircled by a blue enameled ring that reads "In Hoc Signo Vinces/ Sept". "K.T." stands for "Knights Templar".
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.3302
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1919
eMuseum Object ID:
50716
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Travel
Classification:
Date:
1890-1930
Medium:
Paper
Dimensions:
1 7/8 x 1 1/4 in.
Description:
A train ticket printed on the back in blue with a fancy oval frame around the letters "P.& R.R.R.", and on the front "Philad'a & Reading R.R. Co.,/ Good For One Passage, Either Way,/ Between/ Centennial Station and P.& R.R.R. Depots,/ At 9th and Green, Broad Street, or Richmond./ Sold only 6 for 50 Cents."
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.3301
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1930
eMuseum Object ID:
50715
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Advertising platter
Classification:
Date:
1888-1900
Medium:
Ceramic
Dimensions:
11 1/4 x 16 1/2 x 1 1/4 in.
Description:
A large rectangular cream colored ceramic platter with scalloped edges and a black and white photolithograph of a woman in a low-cut, narrow-waisted dress surrounded by the words "Spark's Perfect Health/ For Kidney and Liver Diseases/ Compliments of the Spark's Medicine Company, Camden, N.J." Spark's Perfect Helath was patented in 1888 and was probably manufactured up to the era of the Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.3188
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
50714
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Chewing gum vending machine
Classification:
Date:
1902-1910
Medium:
Metal, glass, celluloid
Dimensions:
6 7/8 x 6 7/8 x 12 in.
Description:
A clear glass chewing gum vending machine with an elaborate mechanical gum delivery mechanism with bells that was entertaining to operate. A band of celluloid at the top is printed in black "Winter Green 5c Blood Orange" with a coin slot for each flavor. The front is acid etched "Automatic Clerk/ Mansfields/ Choice/ Pepsin Gum". Patent dates listed are 1901 and 1902.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.3184
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1910
eMuseum Object ID:
50713
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Chewing gum vending machine
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1900-1920
Medium:
Wood, metal, glass, paper
Dimensions:
8 3/4 x 9 1/2 x 11 in.
Description:
Wood chewing gum vending machine and gambling game shaped like a house. The front has a metal flower and leaf decoration next to a glass window that exposes a paper roll marked with numbers from one to twenty one such as "Number 15." Below are instructions that read in black " 'Try Your Luck'/ Drop in One Cent And Get One Cents/ Worth or More Of/ 'Wrigley's' Gum". The back also has glass windows that show the paper roll and the gum dispensing mechanism and a drawer with a lock for removing coins.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.3182
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1905
eMuseum Object ID:
50712
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Advertising bust
Classification:
Date:
1890-1920
Medium:
Wood
Dimensions:
11 x 6 x 3 7/8 in.
Description:
A carved wooden advertising bust with pedestal of a man in a jester's headress with many trailing tails of cloth with round bells on each end over a plaque relief carved "E. Kopriwa Co./ Chicago/ Ill.", above "Wood Carvers" engraved in script.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.3181
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
50711
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.


















