Token
Classification:
Date:
1840-1890
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
1/8 x 1 in. diameter
Description:
Token embossed on one side "Congress Hall Hotel/ C.H. Webb/ No. 142 Broadway/ New-York". On the reverse "Accommodations For Private Families/ Merchants and Traders in General".
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.1704
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
49211
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Medallion
Classification:
Date:
1924
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
1/8 x 1 3/8 in. diameter
Description:
This bronze colored medallion has bar on the top for attaching a ribbon and an embossed relief on one side of an inn marked "Littlefield Tavern". The reverse is embossed with leaves and a banner marked "1724/ 1924", and the words "200th Anniversary/ Holliston, Mass."
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.1703
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1924
eMuseum Object ID:
49210
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Bottle opener
Classification:
Date:
1900-1940
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
2 7/8 x 7/8 x 1/8 in.
Description:
This metal bottle opener is shaped like a woman and is engraved on one side with the image of a nude woman. Engraved on the reverse "Eat & Drink at/ Amazon Hotel/ 36 Fairfield Ave./ Bridgeport".
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.1702
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1940
eMuseum Object ID:
49209
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Medallion
Classification:
Date:
1868-1900
Medium:
Metal, paper, glass
Dimensions:
1/8 x 1 3/8 in. diameter
Description:
This medallion is a brass ring with a silvered glass mirror on one side and a yellow paper disk inserted in the other. The yellow disk reads in black "Steel's/ Hotel and Dining Rooms/ 341, 316 & 318/ Greenwich St.,/ N.Y./ Bet. Reade & Duane/ Pat'd June 16, 1868".
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.1701
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
49208
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pinback button
Classification:
Date:
1930-1960
Medium:
Metal, celluloid/plastic, ribbon
Dimensions:
1/8 x 1 1/4 in. diameter
Description:
This pin back button is white with blue printing and has a gray ribbon attached to it. It reads "Rudi's & Maxl's/ Original Bavarian/ Brau-Haus/ 239 East 86th St./ New York".
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.1700
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1960
eMuseum Object ID:
49207
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Box
Classification:
Date:
1874-1900
Medium:
Paper
Dimensions:
7 x 3 3/4 x 7/8 in.
Description:
This box has a blue and gold geometric pattern on beige textured paper on the sides. The top has a green, gold and red border design and is decorated with a central print of a little girl in a woman's pink bustled dress being pursued by a boy in a man's red and blue military uniform carrying a sword. A label inside the box reads "Registered 25th June 1874".
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.2263
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
49194
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Box
Classification:
Date:
1890-1930
Medium:
Paper
Dimensions:
5 3/4 x 4 x 3 in.
Description:
This bright green box with gold trim on the top edge has a paper label on the lid that reads in black "Exhibitors, Misses Natte, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil/ Flowers/ Made From Natural/ Feathers of Brazlian Birds./ No Artificial Tints./ All natural, everlasting colors, so that these Flowers/ will never fade./ Rare Brazilian Birds and Insects/ Mounted in Fine Gold./ These Goods Are For Sale, And Can Be Delivered at Once."
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.2262
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1930
eMuseum Object ID:
49193
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Box/ jewelry
Classification:
Date:
1930-1950
Medium:
Paper
Dimensions:
6 1/4 x 2 3/8 x 5/8 in.
Description:
This dark burgundy colored box has a slightly padded top which opens on a hinge. Inside the lid printed in blue "Gold & Silversmiths/ Dieges & Clust/ 15 John St./ New York."
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.2261
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1950
eMuseum Object ID:
49192
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Box/ jewelry
Classification:
Date:
1910-1940
Medium:
Paper
Dimensions:
3 1/4 x 2 3/8 x 1 1/8 in.
Description:
This pale green box has purple trim on the edges. It is printed in the center of the lid in black "C.D. Peacock, Jeweler,/ Nos. 96 & 98 State St./ Chicago." Handwritten on the box "Mother's silver watch and chain".
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.2260
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1940
eMuseum Object ID:
49191
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Box/ candy
Classification:
Date:
1930-1950
Medium:
Paper
Dimensions:
6 1/4 x 3 1/2 x 2 1/2 in.
Description:
This white box is printed on the lid with a portrait of an elderly woman within a gold frame and reads in gold "Old Time/ Fanny Farmer Candies". One long side has a print of the Statue of Liberty and the other, a cottage marked "Homestead". The short sides read "Fanny Farmer Candies/ Always Deliciously Fresh" and "Studios in Leading Cities/ Home Studio/ Rochester, New York".
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.2259
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1950
eMuseum Object ID:
49190
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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