Shopping bag

Date: 
1997
Medium: 
Paper
Dimensions: 
16 1/2 x 12 in.
Description: 
This brown paper grocery bag is printed with a white border with flowers and hearts in green and pink and reads "Quilt/ Masterpieces from/ The Newark Museum Collection...Kings/ The One and Only", with the dates and address of the museum exhibition in 1997.
Credit Line: 
The Bella C. Landauer Collection of Business and Advertising Ephemera
Object Number: 
2002.1.1794
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1997
eMuseum Object ID: 
49619
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Hardware/ household

Date: 
1920-1940
Medium: 
Paper, metal
Dimensions: 
4 x 1 1/2 x 1/4 in.
Description: 
This light green box contains aluminum patches for mending leaks. The top is printed in blue "Mendets/ Mend All Leaks Instantly/ without the use of heat, solder, cement or rivet/ In Graniteware, Aluminum, Hot Water Bags/ tin, copper, brass, sheet iron, all cooking untensils and rubber goods.../ Collette Mfg. Co./ Amsterdam, N.Y.". The back and sides have instructions for use.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number: 
2002.1.1612
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1940
eMuseum Object ID: 
49618
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Hardware/ household

Date: 
1900-1940
Medium: 
Wood, glass, paper, cork
Dimensions: 
Box: 4 3/4 x 1 7/8 in. diameter; bottle: 3 1/4 x 1 1/4 in. diameter
Description: 
This cylindrical wood box has a domed lid with a finial knob. The black paper label has a faint picture in gold of an Asian woman holding a parasol and reads "Sapolin Gold Paint/ Ready Mixed/ Japanese/ [?]Stencorfer Bros., New York, U.S.A./ Color N110/ Size 25". Inside is a clear glass bottle stained with gold paint and closed with a cork.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number: 
2002.1.1611
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1940
eMuseum Object ID: 
49617
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Sign

Date: 
1880-1920
Medium: 
Glass, paper
Dimensions: 
8 1/2 x 6 1/2 x 1/4 in.
Description: 
A glass trade sign with paper and cardboard backing sealed with gold tape on the edges. The sign has a central drawing of a little girl in a light blue off the shoulder puffy sleeved dress holding a doll. It reads in gold on black and light blue "Genuine/ Madame Hendren/ Dolls/ Be Sure And Look For/ This Tag When You Buy A Doll/ They Walk/ They Talk/ They Sleep".
Credit Line: 
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number: 
2002.1.2130
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1920
eMuseum Object ID: 
49594
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Puzzle

Date: 
ca. 1890
Medium: 
Paper, wood
Dimensions: 
9 x 7 x 2 1/4 in.
Description: 
A two-sided wood and paper jigsaw puzzle still in its original box. The cover has paper label printed with a scene of many men in the traditional costumes of different nations handing boxes of puzzles to the man in a red, white and blue United States costume. The top reads "Clemen's Slient Teacher/Dissected Map of the United States/ and of Each State in Counties". On the side of the box the label reads "State of New York". One side of the puzzle is a detailed map of New York State, while the reverse is an advertisment for Sherwin-Williams paint with an image of the factory building with cable cars in the streets.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number: 
2002.1.2129
Bibliography: 
Hofer, Margaret K. "The Games We Played: The Golden Age of Board & Table Games." New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2003.
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1890
eMuseum Object ID: 
49593
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Puzzle

Date: 
1880-1900
Medium: 
Paper
Dimensions: 
7 1/4 x 5 x 1 in.
Description: 
A two-sided cardboard jigsaw puzzle with advertisments for Hood's Sarsaparilla on both sides, still in its original red box. The cover has white paper label printed in blue with the two scenes of the puzzle, one of a man leaving a large factory building driving a horse-drawn Hood's delivery carriage. The second scene is of a man and woman watching Hood's hot air balloons near a barn marked with a Hood's Sarsaparilla advertisment. One side of the puzzle is in color, and the other is monochrome blue on white. The cover reads, in part, Hood's Rainy Day and Balloon Puzzles/ These Puzzles are issued for the patrons of Hood's Sarsaparilla and Can Be Obtained only by sending to us three of the trade-marks printed upon the buff wrappers of Hood's Sarsaparilla."
Credit Line: 
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number: 
2002.1.2120
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1900
eMuseum Object ID: 
49592
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Medallion

Date: 
1909
Medium: 
Metal
Dimensions: 
1/8 x 1 3/8 in. diameter
Description: 
A bronze colored metal medallion embossed with a central image of four masted square rigged sailing ship labeled "The Half Moon", surrounded by the words "In Commemoration Of The Hudson -Fulton Celebration 1609-1909". On the reverse, an embossed steamship with two sails in front of the New York Palisades cliffs surrounded by the words "New York Sept. 25 To Oct. 9/ Fulton's S.S. Clermont/ 1807-1909". Pierced at the top for hanging.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number: 
2002.1.1963
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1909
eMuseum Object ID: 
49591
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Medallion

Date: 
1912
Medium: 
Metal
Dimensions: 
1/8 x 1 1/2 in. diameter
Description: 
A silver colored metal medallion embossed with a central image of a mountain with fields, fences and a fortress in the foreground surrounded by the words "Cumberland Old Home Week, Sept. 1-7, 1912/ Ft. Cumberland, 1754". On the reverse, an embossed church with steeple surrounded by the words "Emanuel Episcopal Church/ Sit of Old Fort Cumberland, MD, 1912." Loop at the top for hanging.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number: 
2002.1.1962
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1912
eMuseum Object ID: 
49590
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Medal

Date: 
1905
Medium: 
Metal
Dimensions: 
2 1/2 x 1 1/2 x 1/4 in.
Description: 
A gold colored metal pin back medal with a eagle on a bar attached by chains to the main medallion. The bar reads "Official Souvenir", the main medallion has a wreath surrounding an embossed view of port docks in an industrial town and reads "Semi-Centennial Celebration March 28th/1855-1905 / City of Hoboken, N.J. Corporate Seal".
Credit Line: 
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number: 
2002.1.1961
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1905
eMuseum Object ID: 
49589
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Souvenir token

Date: 
1904
Medium: 
Metal
Dimensions: 
1/8 x 1 1/4 in. diameter
Description: 
Souvenir token from the 1904 Louisiana Purchase centennial. On one side is a embossed image of three men one of whom is Theodore Roosevelt, one may be Jefferson and the third may be Napoleon, surrounded by the words "In Commemoration of Louisiana Purchase Exposition/ 1803-1904". On the reverse, the portrait of three men that is the trademark of the Huyler's cocoa company and the words "St. Louis/ Compliments of Huylers". See other Huyler's objects.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number: 
2002.1.1960
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1904
eMuseum Object ID: 
49588
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

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