Theater souvenir
Classification:
Date:
1896
Medium:
Leather, metal, paper, photograph
Dimensions:
Wallet: 4 x 2 3/4 x 1/2 in., box: 4 3/8 x 3 x 5/8
Description:
A souvenir calling card wallet given to mark the hundredth performance of a play, still in its original cardboard box. The box is printed in black "Broadway Theatre/ Manager A.A. McCarmick/ Souvenir/ 100th Performance/ De Wolf Hopper/ in / El Capitan/ July 21St., 1896". Inside is a white leather wallet with embossed metal trim that opens to expose two pockets for calling cards, one inset with an actual photograph of a man in a knight's costume with helmet and chain mail with the same inscription as on the box top.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.2119
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1896
eMuseum Object ID:
49546
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Box
Classification:
Date:
1890-1920
Medium:
Paper
Dimensions:
8 1/4 x 1 7/8 x 1 in.
Description:
A black sliding cardboard box with a white paper label printed in black "Finest Grease Paint./ Manufactured by/ Charles Meyer, Wig Maker, / Bet. 12th & 13th Sts./ 123 Fourth Avenue, New York/ Dealer in all kinds of Articles to Make up the Face. Stage Work a Specialty".
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.2118
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
49545
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Box
Classification:
Date:
1890-1920
Medium:
Paper
Dimensions:
8 1/4 x 2 x 1 in.
Description:
A black sliding cardboard box with a white paper label printed in black "Finest Grease Paint./ Manufactured by/ Charles Meyer, Wig Maker, / 123 Fourth Ave.,/ Bet. 12th & 13th Sts.,/ New York/ Dealer in all kinds of Articles to Make up the Face. Stage Work a Specialty".
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.2117
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
49544
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Box
Classification:
Date:
1890-1920
Medium:
Paper
Dimensions:
8 1/4 x 1 7/8 x 1 in.
Description:
A black sliding cardboard box with a faded pink paper label printed in black "Finest Grease Paint./ Manufactured by/ Charles Meyer, Wig Maker, / Bet. 12th & 13th Sts./ 123 Fourth Avenue, New York/ Dealer in all kinds of Articles to Make up the Face. Stage Work a Specialty".
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.2116
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
49543
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Souvenir token
Classification:
Date:
1939
Medium:
Copper
Dimensions:
1/8 x 1 5/8 x 3/4 in. oval
Description:
A souvenir token made from a U.S. penny elongated and pressed through an embossing machine. On one side, an embossed image of the Trylon and Perisphere and the words "New York World's Fair/ The World of Tomorrow/ 1939". The back shows a barely legible 1929 penny date. See also 2002.1.1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1955 for similar pressed coins.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.1952
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1939
eMuseum Object ID:
49542
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Souvenir token
Classification:
Date:
1933
Medium:
Copper
Dimensions:
1/8 x 1 3/8 x 3/4 in. oval
Description:
A souvenir token made from a U.S. penny elongated and pressed through an embossing machine. On one side, an embossed large building and the words "Chicago World's Fair/ U.S. Government Building/ 1933". The front edge shows a still legible 1918 penny date. From the 1933 Chicago World's Fair. See also 2002.1.1948, 1949, 1950 and 1952, 1955 for similar pressed coins.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.1951
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1933
eMuseum Object ID:
49541
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Souvenir token
Classification:
Date:
1933
Medium:
Copper
Dimensions:
1/8 x 1 1/4 x 3/4 in. oval
Description:
A souvenir token made from a U.S. penny elongated and pressed through an embossing machine. On one side, an embossed log fortress and the words "A Century of Progress/ 1933/ Fort Dearborn/ Chicago". The reverse still legible 1917 penny. From the 1933 Chicago World's Fair. Three of three, see also 2002.1.1948, 1949. Also 2002.1.1951, 1952 for similar pressed coins.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.1950
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1933
eMuseum Object ID:
49540
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Souvenir token
Classification:
Date:
1933
Medium:
Copper
Dimensions:
1/8 x 1 3/8 x 3/4 in. oval
Description:
A souvenir token made from a U.S. penny elongated and pressed through an embossing machine. On one side, an embossed log fortress and the words "A Century of Progress/ 1933/ Fort Dearborn/ Chicago". The reverse still legible 1930 penny. From the 1933 Chicago World's Fair. Two of three, see also 2002.1.1948, 1950. Also 2002.1.1951, 1952 for similar pressed coins.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.1949
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1933
eMuseum Object ID:
49539
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Souvenir token
Classification:
Date:
1933
Medium:
Copper
Dimensions:
1/8 x 1 3/8 x 3/4 in. oval
Description:
A souvenir token made from a U.S. penny elongated and pressed through an embossing machine. On one side, an embossed log fortress and the words "A Century of Progress/ 1933/ Fort Dearborn/ Chicago". The reverse still legible 1927 penny. From the 1933 Chicago World's Fair. One of three, see also 2002.1.1949, 1950. Also 2002.1.1951, 1952 for similar pressed coins.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.1948
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1933
eMuseum Object ID:
49538
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Souvenir token
Classification:
Date:
1939
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
1/8 x 1 1/4 in. diameter
Description:
Souvenir token embossed on one side with an image of the Trylon and Perisphere surrounded by radiating rays and reads "Metropolitan Life Insurance Exhibit/ New York World's Fair", and on the reverse the spire of a building with radiating rays and the words "The Light That Never Fails/ Metropolitan Life Insurance Company".
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.1947
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1939
eMuseum Object ID:
49537
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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