Tobacco premium
Classification:
Date:
1890-1920
Medium:
Cloth
Dimensions:
3 x 2 in.
Description:
A black woven silk ribbon with fine gold top and bottom border lines and a gold flag with a red border and a black stylized eagle with red talons above the words "Germany/ President's Flag" in gold and red. One in a series of collectible ribbons featuring Flags and Standards of the World. Given as a collectible premium by cigarette manufacturers, a paper label on the reverse reads "The American Tobacco Co., Inc./ New York".
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.2751
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
50378
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Tobacco premium
Classification:
Date:
1890-1920
Medium:
Cloth
Dimensions:
3 x 2 in.
Description:
A black woven silk ribbon with fine gold top and bottom border lines with a red flag with a stylized eagle behind a shield surrounded by a blue and gold cross above the words "Roumania/ Standard" in gold and blue. One in a series of collectible ribbons featuring Flags and Standards of the World. Given as a collectible premium by cigarette manufacturers, a paper label on the reverse reads "The American Tobacco Co., Inc./ New York".
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.2750
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
50377
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Tobacco premium
Classification:
Date:
1890-1920
Medium:
Cloth
Dimensions:
3 x 2 in.
Description:
A black woven silk ribbon with fine gold top and bottom border lines with an oval shield crest surrounded by a green laurel wreath and topped by a gold sunburst above the word "Uruguay" in gold. One in a series of collectible ribbons featuring Flags and Standards of the World. Given as a collectible premium by cigarette manufacturers, a paper label on the reverse reads "The American Tobacco Co., Inc./ New York".
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.2749
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
50376
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Tobacco premium
Classification:
Date:
1890-1920
Medium:
Cloth
Dimensions:
3 x 2 in.
Description:
A black woven silk ribbon with fine silver top and bottom border lines and a red, white and blue stripped flag with a gold central crest above the words "Costa Rica/ Standard" in silver and blue. One in a series of collectible ribbons featuring Flags and Standards of the World. Given as a collectible premium by cigarette manufacturers, a paper label on the reverse reads "The American Tobacco Co., Inc./ New York".
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.2748
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
50375
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Sock
Classification:
Date:
1940-1960
Medium:
Cloth
Dimensions:
9 x 3 1/2 in.
Description:
A light blue child's anklet sock with a cream colored toe and a cream colored band around the ankle woven with a dark blue butterfly with an embroidered red body.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.2617
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1960
eMuseum Object ID:
50374
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Coin purse
Classification:
Date:
1940-1960
Medium:
Plastic
Dimensions:
5 x 3 x 5/8 in.
Description:
A red vinyl or plasticized canvas coin purse with a snap closure that has a hand written inscription on the inside of the flap the reads "Rubber Shoes 1948".
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.2616
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1960
eMuseum Object ID:
50373
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Desk organizer
Classification:
Date:
1920-1940
Medium:
Metal, paper
Dimensions:
6 3/8 x 3 3/4 x 1 3/8 in.
Description:
A metal desk organizer with a rounded cradle and a lidded section with three small cubby holes for storing small objects such as paper clips. The top of the lid is embossed with a frame and the words "Compliments of / Pilgrim Shoe & Rubber Co./ Boston". Inside the lid is a paper insert printed in black with a man's shoe and a woman's shoe around a rubber overshoe and the words "Hood Rubbers/ They Fit-They Wear_They Sell/ Hood's Rubber Company, Watertown, Mass./ Hood Canvas Footwear-Hood Leisure Canvas Footwear".
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.2615
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1940
eMuseum Object ID:
50372
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Advertising box
Classification:
Date:
1880-1900
Medium:
Wood, paper
Dimensions:
9 x 9 x 3 1/4 in.
Description:
A wood box with a dark blue paper label on the side printed with a image of a building and in red and white "Bixby's Best Shoe Blacking/ S.M. Bixby & Co./ 194 & 195 Hester St./ New York/ 3 Doz. Bixby's 'Best' ". Inside the lid is a paper label with a color street scene with a well dressed man standing in front of a building marked "Bixby's/ Steam Blacking Manufactory" having his shoes shined by a kneeling boy surrounded by a group of shoeshine boys fighting, smoking and carrying boxes of Bixby Blacking with the caption "New York Boot Black Brigade". It reads in black and red "Bixby's 'Best' Blacking/ New York City.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.2614
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
50371
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Advertising cap
Classification:
Date:
1980-2000
Medium:
Cloth, plastic, tyvek
Dimensions:
11 x 8 1/2 x 1/4 in.
Description:
A white cotton painter's cap with a red plastic visor and a tyvek sweat band. It is printed in red "Harry's Shoes", on the front and back.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.2613
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
2000
eMuseum Object ID:
50370
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Jewelers' enamel
Classification:
Date:
1890-1910
Medium:
Paper, glass, cork, celluloid
Dimensions:
6 1/4 x 4 1/4 x 7/8 in.
Description:
A dark greenish-black cardboard box containing a kit of transparent enamels that can be used to simulate gemstones. Inside are five hand-finished, cork lip bottles, four with different color enamels labeled "Apollo Studio's Metalography Transparent Enamel for imitating..." and included are Topaz, Ruby, Emerald and Sapphire colored enamels and one bottle of "Thinning Solution". The yellow inside of the lid reads in part, in brown, "Apollo Studios Metalography/ Transparent Enamels/ Splendid color effects may be produced by applying the Transparent Enamels to candle shades, lamp shades, etc., after they have been pierced...". Two hollow celluloid brushes with hair ends are included.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.2612
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1910
eMuseum Object ID:
50367
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.


















