This wood sample has a white paper label on one side that reads in black and red "Compo-Board/ Compo-Board is the best lining you can use for your walls and ceilings./ Compo-Board makes dry germ-proof walls and ceiling. As warm as a plaster wall a foot thick. Can be put on quickly by anyone who can drive a nail....".

This wood sample has a yellow paper label on one side that reads in black "This trunk is constructed of 3 ply wood veneer with center ply having reverse grain, and all three plys glued together with water resistent glue, under Hydralic pressure. Plywood is the strongest known material suitable for trunk construction. Made in Petersburg, Va. by the largest Luggage Manufacturer in the World."

This wood shingle has a paper label on one side that reads in black "Hang Out Your Shingle/ And one passer by in a thousand notices, but does not read it./ Put Your Ad. In The World/ And everybody can see and read it. The shingle did well enough in / the old days- World Ads. are the things for to-day." The back has an address "Child & Son/ 1331 Washin Av., City", and a stamp indicating this was a mailed advertisment. See also 2002.1.2487

This pale blue box contains 6 pencils printed with various symbols, logos and product names of the Giant Portland Cement Company. The box reads in black "Giant Portland Cement/ Assorted/ A Standard Brand Since 1883", The reverse lists the locations of mills and the Philadelphia and New York phone numbers. See also 2002.1.1532, 1534, 1637-1642, 1651 for other Giant Portland Cement items.

This hand fan is made of paper and has a wood handle. One side has a color print of Theodore Roosevelt waving and reads, in part"The American's Creed/ I believe in the United States of America as a Government of the people, by the peple, for the people...I therefore believe it is my duty to my country to love it, to support its constitution, to obey its laws, to respect its flag and to defend it against all enemies". On the reverse is an advertisment in black, "Roosevelt Savings Bank/ Gates Ave. at Broadway, Brooklyn, N.Y.../ Our Bank Sells Happiness and Security".

This hand fan is made of paper and has a wood handle. One side has a black and white of Colonel Sanders of Kentucky Fried Chicken with eyes that are perforated to form a mask. The reverse reads in black "Introducing a new era from KFC! Colonel's Rotisserie Gold--A unique blend of herbs and spices on chicken slow-roasted to perfection."

This woman's folding hand fan is made of paper and has three leaf panels printed on one side with many colored flowers in a bowl. The reverse reads in black "Buy United States Government Defense Bonds At This Savings Bank/ The Dime Savings Bank Of Williamsburg/ Havemeyer and South Fifth Streets/ Brooklyn, N.Y."

A nut or lobster set in a hinged wood box. The inside of the lid reads in gold on a textured paper background "Academy of Music, New York. E.G. Gilomre and Eugene Tompkins, Proprietors and Managers./ Wm. A. Brady's $25,000 Production of/ Uncle Tom's Cabin/ 100th Performance May 13th 1901". Inside is a fitted cloth form that holds five nut picks and a nutcracker, with room for a sixth pick that is missing.

This yellowcardboard carton has a photograph of a baby's face surrounded by a blue blanket and reads, in part "Light Scent/ SunRinse Fresh/ Downy Refill/ Liquid Fabric Softener".

This wooden form is shaped like a leg and is used for drying stockings. It is burned with the number "5 1/2" and has a paper label that reads, in part "Traveling Agent of/ F.A. Gordon, Manufacturer of Hosiery Boards. Bristol, N.H./ Showing grade of lumber and finish used in the manufacture of hosiery boards. Please note the uniform thickness and perfect finish of sides and edges. The uniform thickness giving proper results in pressing. This board is of rock maple, from central New Hampshire; the best timber grown for this purpose...".