Letter opener
Classification:
Date:
1890-1930
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
10 x 3/4 x 1/2 in.
Description:
A silver colored metal letter opener with a handle embossed with flourishes and floral designs around the words, on one side "The Prudential/ Life Insurance Both Sexes" and on the reverse "Insure Your Life In/ The Prudential".
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.4767
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1930
eMuseum Object ID:
53126
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Medal
Classification:
Date:
1900-1920
Medium:
Metal, ribbon
Dimensions:
2 1/4 x 1 x 1/8 in.
Description:
A blackish gold metal medal with a pin bar embossed "Faithful Service", attached to a dark blue ribbon linked to a dangling medallion by a chain link. The medallion is embossed with an eight pointed star around a raised frame embossed "Metropolitan Life Insurance Co." encircling a letter "M".
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.4766
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
53122
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Medallion
Classification:
Date:
1900
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
1/8 x 1 1/4 in. diameter
Description:
A blackish silver metal medallion embossed on one side with a multi-story gothic style building encircled by "Prudential Insurance Company Of America", and on the reverse, the seaside rocky cliffs (the rock of Gibralter) that represent Prudential encircled by "Silver Anniversary/ 1875-1900". With a loop at the top for hanging.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.4765
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
53121
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pencil
Classification:
Date:
1990-2000
Medium:
Metal, plastic, cellophane
Dimensions:
4 x 1/4 in. diameter
Description:
A very slim silver colored metal pen, still in its original cellophane, printed on the barrel in blue "American Medical Insurance Co.".
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.4764
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
2000
eMuseum Object ID:
53120
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Token
Classification:
Date:
1890-1920
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
1/8 x 1 3/8 in. diameter
Description:
Token embossed on one side "The Standard For Quality/ Valentines Varnishes/ Incorporated/ 1882", and on the reverse "Valentine & Company/ New York/ Chicago/ Boston/ Paris/ Established 1832".
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.4649
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
53110
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Box
Classification:
Date:
1940-1960
Medium:
Paper
Dimensions:
4 1/4 x 3 1/3 x 1 5/8 in.
Description:
An ivory colored cardboard gift box printed in gold on the top with a "B.A. Co." monogram flanked by the words "B. Altman & Co./ Fifth Avenue".
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.4643
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1960
eMuseum Object ID:
53109
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Box
Classification:
Date:
1910-1930
Medium:
Wood, metal, paper
Dimensions:
13 x 5 x 2 1/2 in.
Description:
A wooden cigar box stamped in black on the top, inside lid and sides "J. Meyers/ Improved/ Young Bachelor/ None Genuine Without/ My Signature", with a green paper "Union-Made" label on the top that reads, in part, "This Certifies The the Cigars contained in this box...[are made by] a Member of The Cigar Makers International Union of America...[rather than a] rat-shop, Coolie Prison or Filthy Tenement-House Workma...".
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.4644
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1930
eMuseum Object ID:
53108
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Political novelty
Classification:
Date:
1944-1948
Medium:
Silk
Dimensions:
49 x 4 x 1/8 in.
Description:
A bright purple man's neck tie woven with geometric patterns and printed in black and white with a image of the U.S. Capital Building over a portrait of Thomas Dewey. Thomas Edmund Dewey (1902-1971) of Pawling, Dutchess County, N.Y.; Republican. U.S. District Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1933; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1940; Governor of New York, 1943-55; defeated, 1938; candidate for President of the United States, 1944, 1948.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.4628
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1948
eMuseum Object ID:
53104
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Political novelty
Classification:
Date:
1940
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
11 x 3 1/8 x 1/8 in.
Description:
A white metal plaque with two slots for mounting, possibly to a dashboard or in the rear window of a car, printed with two portraits of Wendell Willkie flanking the words "Win With/ Willkie". Wendell Lewis Willkie (1892-1944) was a Republican candidate for president of the United States, 1940, in an unsuccessful run against FDR.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.4627
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1940
eMuseum Object ID:
53103
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pencil
Classification:
Date:
1930-1960
Medium:
Wood, metal, graphite, rubber
Dimensions:
5 3/4 x 3/8 in. diameter
Description:
An orange pencil printed on the shaft in blue "J.E. Reynolds, Cooperstown, N.Y./ Representing/ Associated Co-Operative Fire Ins. Co's./ Association Office, Port Of Albany, N.Y."
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.4763
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1960
eMuseum Object ID:
53061
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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