Keyring

Date: 
1998
Medium: 
Plastic, metal, paper
Dimensions: 
1 3/4 x 3 1/4 x 1/4 in.
Description: 
A rectangular clear plastic key fob with a metal ring for attaching keys and a paper insert printed on one side with a robot and a space ship surrounded by the words "Lost In Space/ Spring '98/ 'Danger, Will Robinson' ". On the reverse, a silver on black print of people in space suit tethered together around a flying saucer-like ship, the image from the original 1960's TV series, printed "Lost In Space/ 1965-1968".
Credit Line: 
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number: 
2002.1.4801
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1998
eMuseum Object ID: 
53282
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Pinback button

Date: 
1995
Medium: 
Plastic, metal, paper
Dimensions: 
1/4 x 2 1/8 in. diameter
Description: 
A black pinback button printed with the character Casper the Friendly Ghost and the words "Casper/ Haunting Season Begins.../ Summer '95".
Credit Line: 
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number: 
2002.1.4800
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1995
eMuseum Object ID: 
53281
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Pinback button

Date: 
1997
Medium: 
Plastic, metal, paper
Dimensions: 
3 1/8 x 2 1/8 x 1/4 in.
Description: 
A rectangular pinback button with a photograph of three teenage boys leaning on a car and the words "Wild America", a 1997 fact-based story of three brothers, Marshall, Mark and Marty Stouffer, who grew up to be some of the foremost animal photographers in the world. The story follows their wild summer when their parents permitted them to roam America with a camera they bought by borrowing money from their father.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number: 
2002.1.4799
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1997
eMuseum Object ID: 
53280
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Pinback button

Date: 
1994
Medium: 
Plastic, metal, paper
Dimensions: 
3 1/8 x 2 1/8 x 1/4 in.
Description: 
A rectangular bright pink pinback button printed in red and purple "Ace Ventura/ Pet Detective" over a cartoon of actor Jim Carrey. A 1994 movie in which a goofy detective specializing in animals goes in search of a missing dolphin mascot of a football team.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number: 
2002.1.4798
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1994
eMuseum Object ID: 
53279
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Pinback button

Date: 
1992
Medium: 
Plastic, metal, paper
Dimensions: 
2 3/4 x 1 5/8 x 1/4 in.
Description: 
A rectangular black pinback button printed in red "Children Of The Corn II/ The Final Sacrifice". Children Of The Corn II: The Final Sacrifice (1992) A movie about a tabloid reporter and his son who investigate a cult of murderous children who worship a demonic spirit in their town's cornfield.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number: 
2002.1.4797
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1992
eMuseum Object ID: 
53278
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Historical memorabilia

Date: 
1930-1960
Medium: 
Metal
Dimensions: 
1/8 x 7/8 in. diameter
Description: 
An aluminum token with a round hole pierced through the center surrounded by concentric circles and embossed on one side "1/ Alabama State/ Tax Commission/ 1", and on the reverse "1/ Luxury Tax Token/ 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.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number: 
2002.1.4671
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1960
eMuseum Object ID: 
53277
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Historical memorabilia

Date: 
1930-1960
Medium: 
Metal
Dimensions: 
1/8 x 7/8 in. diameter
Description: 
An aluminum token with a round hole pierced through the center surrounded by concentric circles and embossed on one side "1/ Alabama State/ Department of Revenue/ 1", and on the reverse "1/ Sales Tax Token/ 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.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number: 
2002.1.4670
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1960
eMuseum Object ID: 
53276
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Historical memorabilia

Date: 
1930-1960
Medium: 
Metal
Dimensions: 
1/8 x 7/8 in. diameter
Description: 
A dark silver colored metal token with a round hole pierced through the center and the outline of the state of Missouri encircled by the words "5/ Missouri Sales Tax Receipt/ 5". 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.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number: 
2002.1.4669
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1960
eMuseum Object ID: 
53275
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Historical memorabilia

Date: 
1930-1960
Medium: 
Metal
Dimensions: 
1/8 x 7/8 in. diameter
Description: 
An aluminum token with a triangle cut out of the center encircled by the words "1/ Public Welfare Tax/ Token Louisiana/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.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number: 
2002.1.4668
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1960
eMuseum Object ID: 
53274
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

OPA Red Point ration tokens (10)

Date: 
1944-1945
Medium: 
Vulcanized fiber
Dimensions: 
5/8 in. diameter
Description: 
Circular red World War II Red Point ration tokens inscribed with a number "1" encircled by "OPA / Red Point".
Credit Line: 
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number: 
2002.1.4667
Gallery Label: 
The Office of Price Administration (OPA) was established during World War II to prevent wartime inflation. In April 1942, OPA issued a general maximum-price regulation that enforced price controls for most commodities and residential rents. These regulations were gradually modified and extended by OPA administrators until almost 90% of retail food prices were frozen. In addition to controlling prices, OPA was also empowered to ration scarce consumer goods in wartime by issuing ration books, coupons, and tokens such as these "Red Points." Tires, automobiles, sugar, gasoline, fuel oil, coffee, meats, and processed foods were ultimately rationed. At the end of the war, rationing was abandoned and price controls were gradually abolished.
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1945
eMuseum Object ID: 
53273
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

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