Check book

Date: 
1900-1910
Medium: 
Paper, leather
Dimensions: 
6 7/8 x 3 x 1/4 in.
Description: 
A camel colored leather bound check book stamped in gold on the front "Gansevoort Bank/ 14th Street and 9th Avenue. Inside are checks and deposit slips with the pre-printed date of "190_" which indicates it was printed primarily for the years 1900-1909.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number: 
2002.1.2049
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1910
eMuseum Object ID: 
49179
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Medallion

Date: 
1962
Medium: 
Metal
Dimensions: 
1/4 x 3 in. diameter
Description: 
A bronze colored metal medallion with a very raised relief of a man surrounded by symbols of progress and commerce including a workman, a man holding a large book, a woman with a child and a woman holding a sheaf of grain. This side in engraved "First National City Bank". The reverse has a very raised relief of a tree with a globe symbol reading "First National City Bank/ New York" in the branches surrounded by the words "Family, Culture, Commmerce, Transportation, Industry, Agriculture/ 150 Years of Service/ 1812-1962".
Credit Line: 
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number: 
2002.1.2048
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1962
eMuseum Object ID: 
49178
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Medallion

Date: 
1922
Medium: 
Metal
Dimensions: 
1/4 x 2 3/4 in. diameter
Description: 
A bronze colored metal medallion with a relief of an tall office building on one side embossed "The New York Stock Exchange 1922", and on the reverse, a scene on an eighteenth century city street with a horsedrawn carriage and men standing in knickers and long coats embossed "1792".
Credit Line: 
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number: 
2002.1.2047
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1922
eMuseum Object ID: 
49177
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Plaque

Date: 
1910-1940
Medium: 
Metal
Dimensions: 
5 3/4 x 3 1/2 x 1/4 in.
Description: 
A dark verdigris green and copper colored metal plaque with the Ten Commandments embossed in Hebrew on the front. At the bottom in English "The State Bank, Brooklyn". It is shaped like the traditional Biblical tablets and topped with a six-point star.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number: 
2002.1.2046
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1940
eMuseum Object ID: 
49176
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Blotter

Date: 
1910-1940
Medium: 
Ceramic
Dimensions: 
5 x 3 x 3/4 in.
Description: 
A dark green ceramic blotter embossed on the top "Account Invited/ The 14th Street Bank/ Capital & Surplus $600,000/ Deposits $5,000,000/ 5th Ave. Cor. 14th St./ 9th Ave Cor. 14th St./ N.Y./ R. Ross Appleton, Pres."
Credit Line: 
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number: 
2002.1.2045
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1940
eMuseum Object ID: 
49175
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Bank

Date: 
1940-1960
Medium: 
Cardboard, metal
Dimensions: 
3 3/8 x 7/8 in. diameter
Description: 
A yellow cardboard tube dime bank with silver metal end caps. The side is printed in black "Open A Savings Account/ Bankers Federal/ Savings and Loan Association/ 24 John Street/ New York 7, N.Y/ Sixth Avenue Branch/ Avenue Of The Americas, cor. 4th St."
Credit Line: 
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number: 
2002.1.2044
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1960
eMuseum Object ID: 
49174
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Bank

Date: 
1940-1960
Medium: 
Metal
Dimensions: 
3 1/8 x 7/8 in. diameter
Description: 
A silver metal tube dime bank with black metal end caps. The side has a scale for counting the dimes inserted and is printed in black "Bankers Federal/ Savings and Loan Association/ 24 John Street/ New York 7, N.Y/ Savings Insured Up To $5,000". The bottom is engraved "Dime Master".
Credit Line: 
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number: 
2002.1.2043
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1960
eMuseum Object ID: 
49173
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Shopping bag

Date: 
1980-2000
Medium: 
Paper
Dimensions: 
17 x 12 1/2 in.
Description: 
This paper shopping bag has a heavy white twisted fiber handle and is printed with a full color scene from Maurice Sendak's classic childrens' book "Where The Wild Things Are". One side has a sailing boat by a shore with strange trees and the other has a large monster sleeping under similar trees. The sides read "Where The Wild Things Are/ Story and Pictures By Maurice Sendak".
Credit Line: 
The Bella C. Landauer Collection of Business and Advertising Ephemera
Object Number: 
2002.1.1893
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
2000
eMuseum Object ID: 
49172
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Shopping bag

Date: 
1980-2000
Medium: 
Paper
Dimensions: 
18 3/4 x 14 1/2 in.
Description: 
This white paper bag is printed on one side in green with a sketch of a large house above the words "The Abigail Adams Smith Museum/ 421 East 61st Street-New York, N.Y. 10021".
Credit Line: 
The Bella C. Landauer Collection of Business and Advertising Ephemera
Object Number: 
2002.1.1892
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
2000
eMuseum Object ID: 
49171
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Shopping bag

Date: 
1980-2000
Medium: 
Paper
Dimensions: 
18 1/2 x 14 1/2 in.
Description: 
This white paper bag is printed on one side in red "Fraunces Tavern Museum/ 54 Pearl Street, New York City/ A Museum of Early American History and Culture".
Credit Line: 
The Bella C. Landauer Collection of Business and Advertising Ephemera
Object Number: 
2002.1.1891
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
2000
eMuseum Object ID: 
49170
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

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