Cork

Date: 
1921
Medium: 
Metal, cork
Dimensions: 
4 x 1 in. diameter
Description: 
This champagne bottle cork has a gold-colored metal cap printed in black "Pol Roger & Co/ Epernay/ 1921".
Credit Line: 
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number: 
2002.1.2243
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1921
eMuseum Object ID: 
49130
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Cork

Date: 
1910-1940
Medium: 
Metal, cork
Dimensions: 
4 x 1 in. diameter
Description: 
This bottle cork has a brass-colored metal top with a figurine of George Washington with the engraved caption "Washington".
Credit Line: 
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number: 
2002.1.2242
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1940
eMuseum Object ID: 
49129
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Mug

Date: 
1996-2000
Medium: 
Ceramic
Dimensions: 
4 x 3 in. diameter
Description: 
A white ceramic coffee mug printed in gray-blue on one side "I'll Show You The Money.", and on the reverse, "S/ Singer Asset Finance/ Unlock Your Money's Potential". A play on the phrase "Show me the money", from the 1996 movie "Jerry McGuire", with Tom Hanks and Cuba Gooding, Jr. See also 2002.1.2070
Credit Line: 
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number: 
2002.1.2042
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
2000
eMuseum Object ID: 
49128
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Bank

Date: 
1940-1960
Medium: 
Paper, metal
Dimensions: 
2 3/8 x 3 1/4 x 2 in. oval
Description: 
A beige cardboard coin bank with a metal top and bottom. On one side has a photograph of a man in a suit marked "Uncle Don"; and on the reverse, a cartoon of a man with a bank book for a body placing a large coin into a bank slot marked "Mr. Ernest Saver". The narrow sides read "Uncle Don's Ernest Saver Club", and "The Greenwich Savings Bank/ Broadway at 36th St. -New York- Sixth Ave. at 16th St."
Credit Line: 
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number: 
2002.1.2041
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1960
eMuseum Object ID: 
49127
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Box

Date: 
1860-1920
Medium: 
Paper, graphite
Dimensions: 
3 x 2 x 5/8 in.
Description: 
A cardboard box covered in red embossed textured paper with gold trim that holds approx. 41 hand sketched (in graphite) calling cards for Margaret Louisa Post, known as "Maggie L. Post" or "Miss Post". Some of the cards have floral decorations, banners, an anchor, birds, roses, a bow and quiver of arrows, wreaths or tulips drawn in designs around the name. Miss Post was reportedly born Aug. 1, 1840 and died Jan. 13, 1926.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number: 
2002.1.2040
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1920
eMuseum Object ID: 
49126
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Tin

Date: 
1920-1950
Medium: 
Metal
Dimensions: 
3 3/4 x 2 1/2 x 2 1/2 in.
Description: 
This yellow metal tin is printed on two sides with a print in red, green, brown and gold of a statue of Buddha in front of a turtle flanked by large incense burners. It reads "Vantine's Temple Incense/ Pine/ A.A. Vantine & Co., Inc./ New York". The other two sides have Chinese characters.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number: 
2002.1.2038
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1950
eMuseum Object ID: 
49125
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Box

Date: 
1932
Medium: 
Paper
Dimensions: 
3 7/8 x 2 1/4 x 5/8 in.
Description: 
A light blue box containing two different types of incense. The box top has a stylized scene of stairs and columns with a woman in a long red dress and a man in a harlequin costume playing a mandolin under a crescent moon. It reads in red, white and black "Rajah/ Hindu Incense/ Romantic Night", and on the bottom "Rajah Incense is an unique blend of rare fragrant gums, floral oils and perfumes...".
Credit Line: 
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number: 
2002.1.2039
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1932
eMuseum Object ID: 
49124
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Noisemaker

Date: 
1930-1940
Medium: 
Wood
Dimensions: 
7 3/8 x 7/8 x 7/8 in.
Description: 
This wood stick has a round red wood ball on one end to act as a drumstick/ noisemaker. The shaft is marked in blue with red borders "Lou Walters Latin/ Quarter/ 48th St. and Broadway, N.Y.C." See 2002.1.1663, 1664, 1665, 1666, 1667 for similar items.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number: 
2002.1.2037
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1940
eMuseum Object ID: 
49123
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Bottle/ food

Date: 
1960-1990
Medium: 
Glass, metal
Dimensions: 
4 1/2 x 3 in. diameter
Description: 
This squat round clear glass bottle is vaguely shaped like an apple, with leaves embossed on the shoulder. It is embossed on the front "Martinelli's/ Gold Medal/ Apple Juice/ 'Drink Your Apple A Day' ". On the reverse "Since 1868/ S.Martinelli & Co./ Watsonville CA. 95076". Has a metal cap.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number: 
2002.1.2036
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1990
eMuseum Object ID: 
49122
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Pencil/ Food

Date: 
1940-1960
Medium: 
Plastic, graphite, metal
Dimensions: 
5 3/4 x 1/2 in. diameter
Description: 
This yellow and red plastic mechanical pencil has a little brown plastic soda bottle on the end and reads in white on the red barrel "Coca-Cola/ The pause that refreshes/ Dealers Advertisment Imprinted Here." A sample from a company that produced promotional items.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number: 
2002.1.2035
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1960
eMuseum Object ID: 
49121
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

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