The 8 digit adder registers up to $999,999.99 and resembles a tobacco tin with a black enamel finish with gold striping and numbers. It is marked on the edge in gold "The Bassett Adder, Patents Pending" and on the back "Manufactured only by J.H. Bassett & Co., Chicago, ILL. USA". It is operated by placing the point of a stylus into the holes marked with gold numbers and sliding the black indicator line to the desired number. The only innovation in the simple adder is a red flag appearing in the column to the left signaling when it is necessary to carry.

A ring of samples of patterned and textured pressed tin. Twenty seven gold colored metal ovals with scalloped edges each displaying a different texture or pattern pressed into the metal including horizontal and vertical corrugations, crossed hatching, leather, alligator and herringbone textures as well as leaf and geometric patterns in both matte and polished finishes.

This pressed wood fiber board sample is printed in blue on one side with fir trees and scenes of people building homes and refinishing rooms around the words "Cornell Fibre Boards/ Build Now!/ You can line your garage, transform an unsightly kitchen, add a play room, finish off the garret- easily and economically with/ Cornell Fibre Boards/ Manufactured by Cornell Wood Products/ 230 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Ill." The reverse has a scene of a square-rigged sailing ship by a beach where men are carrying crates and sacks. Possibly a trivet or plaque as well as a sample.

This wood sample is printed in blue on one side "American Balsa Company, Inc./ 50 East 42nd Street New York, N.Y., U.S.A./ This is a sample of / Encysted Balsa Wood/ (Patented)/ Used in aeroplane construction/ for fuselages, pontoons, streamlining of struts, etc./ One third lighter than cork. The only heat insulation material having structural strength." A company symbol of a leaf with the logo "A.B.C. Inc." decorates the left front.

This light green tin box with a gold and dark green geometric border on the edges opens on a hinge. In the center of the lid is a print of a huge factory complex surrounded by the words, in black and gold, "1 Doz. Waltham Main Springs 2222 18 Size Vanguard. Resilient/ Factory of The American Waltham Watch Co., Waltham, Mass." On the bottom "Waltham Poineer/ Resilient Main Springs/ Patented Feb. 7th 1888."

This silver colored metal tin is shaped like a paint can with a handle and is embossed on the side and lid "John P. Squire & Co./ Pure Leaf Lard/ Boston".

This white tubular metal tin has a green cap and is printed in green "Five Herb-Ox/ Chicken Bouillon Cubes/ Add Zest And Flavoring to Your Soups, Main Dishes, Gravies/ Pure Food Company/ Mamaroneck, N.Y." with instructions for use and serving suggestions.

A cardboard sign with a black wood frame that advertises nails and tacks. No manufacturer is evident on the display but different size and gauge metal nails and tacks are stitched with cotton thread onto the white cardboard and grouped by function such as "Shoe Tacks", "Carpet Tacks", "Round Head Copper Tacks", "Coffin, Lining and Saddle Nails", "Brass Shoe Nails", "Hoe Nails", "Finishing Nails", "Brads", and "Clout Nails". The tacks, now dark gray or black with age and oxidation, were once bright silver, presenting a clearer and more impressive sign than is evident by the current appearance. Formerly F-26.

Chromolithographed tin sign in ornate gilt wood frame, printed with four scenes, one in each corner, of fields each with a different type of cow and a machine, and a central oval frame with a scene of a young woman in a blue dress and white bonnet with her arm around a brown cow. At top in gold: "De Laval Cream Separators/ Save $10 to $15 Per Cow Every Year Of Use". Left top corner scene labeled: "Ayrshire", the right "Guernsey"; the bottom left "Holstein", and the right "Dutch Belted". The lower area reads "De Laval Cream Separator Comapny/ 165 Broadway, New York" and has a list of dealers in various cities in the U.S. and Canada. Formerly F-28.

A wood cabinet with a glass front that acts as a display case. The front door has a reverse painted glass panel that is gold with black lettering that reads "S.R. Van Duzer & Co.'s/ Fruit Flavoring Extracts/ Sold By Van Sickle, APGAR & Co.", above two wooden shelves that hold 16 bottles of various extracts including Lemon, Celery, Nutmeg, Cloves, Orange, Raspberry and Ginger. Formerly F-29.