Trade sign/ printer's block
Classification:
Date:
1880-1910
Medium:
Wood
Dimensions:
22 3/4 x 34 3/4 x 7/8 in.
Description:
Wood printers block with advertisment for patent medicine, in reverse; carved with a front view and a rear view of a man's torso, surrounded by the words, in reverse, "25 Camphorated Mustard Strengthening Plasters/ For 50 Cts./ For Sale Here/ Colorado Balsam/ Bohemian Catarrh Cure/ Lucas' Nerve Food/ Lucas Blood Bitters/ Sozovene Ointment/ Red Cloud Ointment/ Lucas' Pile Ointment/ Manufactured by D.D. Lucas & Co./ Vineland, N.J." The torso drawings are labeled in specific areas "For Weak Lungs/ For Dizziness and Loss of Memory/ For Shortness of Breath And Palpitation of Heart/ For Diseases of Kidneys/ Weak Back/ Back Ache". Formerly F-15.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.2173
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1910
eMuseum Object ID:
49998
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Trade sign
Classification:
Date:
1890-1920
Medium:
Metal, wood
Dimensions:
28 x 34 x 2 3/4 in.
Description:
A beige tin advertising sign in a brown wood frame with gold trim. The sign has a color print of a wrapped and unwrapped ham below a blue banner that reads in yellow "F.A. Ferris & Co." above the words "264, 266 & 268 Mott St./ New York. Unrivaled Hams and Breakfast Bacon/ For Domestic Use-Fresh Cured All Seasons/ For Export To Tropical Climates-And For Summer Use/ Established 1836". Formerly F-16.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.2172
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
49997
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Trade sign
Classification:
Date:
1890-1920
Medium:
Wood, plaster
Dimensions:
20 1/2 x 17 x 3 1/2 in.
Description:
A gold painted plaster trade sign with black highlights has a very raised relief of a team of four horses drawing a small rectangular carriage over the rapids of a river. It reads in black "Milliken's Parlor Pride/ Liquid Stove Enamel/ For Sale Here". Formerly F-17.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.2171
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
49996
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Portrait
Classification:
Date:
1914
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
17 x 13 x 1 in.
Description:
A portrait of actor Paul W. Panzer of the Pathe Players and of the motion picture industry, painted in 1914 by the New York area artist Arthur Watkins Crisp (1881-1974). Panzer played mostly uncredited roles in more than 240 films, serials and shorts between 1905-1952, including "Kid Galahad" (1937) with Edward G. Robinson and "Mildred Pierce" (1945), with Joan Crawford. Formerly F42.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.2170
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1914
eMuseum Object ID:
49995
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pen wipe/ tobacco
Classification:
Date:
1910-1930
Medium:
Cloth
Dimensions:
5 1/4 x 5 1/4 in.
Description:
A white cotton felt cloth pen wipe, printed with a central image of a baseball player marked "Ainsmith", surrounded by pennants marked "Wash.", and "A.L." for American League, with red borders decorated with green corner blocks resembling bases, with baseball items in each block including a ball, mitt, crossed bats and a catcher's mask. Part of a collectible series of baseball team felts given as a premium by cigar stores and manufacturers for blotting the ink from a nib pen.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.2827
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1930
eMuseum Object ID:
49994
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pen wipe/ tobacco
Classification:
Date:
1890-1920
Medium:
Cloth
Dimensions:
8 1/8 x 5 3/8 in.
Description:
A beige cotton felt cloth pen wipe, printed with a green field with a central image of a finely carved harp above the words "Erin Go Bragh", the flag of "Ireland", prior to World War I, surrounded by a red, white and green frame with a brown border. Part of a series of Flags of the World given as a premium by cigar stores and manufacturers for blotting the ink from a nib pen.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.2826
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
49993
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pen wipe/ tobacco
Classification:
Date:
1890-1920
Medium:
Cloth
Dimensions:
8 x 5 1/2 in.
Description:
A green cotton felt cloth pen wipe, printed with the Union Jack in the corner of a red field, the flag of "Great Britain", representing the empirial posessions prior to World War I, surrounded by a red, white and blue frame. Part of a series of Flags of the World given as a premium by cigar stores and manufacturers for blotting the ink from a nib pen.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.2825
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
49992
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pen wipe/ tobacco
Classification:
Date:
1890-1920
Medium:
Cloth
Dimensions:
8 1/4 x 5 1/4 in.
Description:
A beige cotton felt cloth pen wipe, printed with the United States stars and stripes flag, surrounded by a red, white and blue elaborate geometric frame with shields in the corner. Part of a series of Flags of the World given as a premium by cigar stores and manufacturers for blotting the ink from a nib pen.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.2824
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
49991
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pen wipe/ tobacco
Classification:
Date:
1890-1920
Medium:
Cloth
Dimensions:
8 1/4 x 5 3/4 in.
Description:
A green cotton felt cloth pen wipe, printed with the flag of "Morocco", consisting of a red field with a white circle around three red crescents surrounded by an elaborate geometric frame with a brown border. This flag was the flag of Morocco prior to World War I. Part of a series of Flags of the World given as a premium by cigar stores and manufacturers for blotting the ink from a nib pen.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.2823
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
49990
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pen wipe/ tobacco
Classification:
Date:
1890-1920
Medium:
Cloth
Dimensions:
8 1/4 x 5 1/4 in.
Description:
A green cotton felt cloth pen wipe, printed with the flag of "France", consisting of red, white and blue bars, surrounded by a pink, blue and white frame with a brown border. Part of a series of Flags of the World given as a premium by cigar stores and manufacturers for blotting the ink from a nib pen.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.2822
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
49989
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.












