Washing supplies
Classification:
Date:
1890-1930
Medium:
Paper
Dimensions:
3 x 2 1/4 x 1 1/4 in.
Description:
This paper sample package held a clothes washing product and has a company symbol with a heart, a scale and sun inside a pattern of radiating rays. The front reads "Free Sample/ James Pyle's Pearline/ Washing Compound." The side reads "Don't Pay For This Package. Beware of Peddlers and Cheap Imitations". The back has testimonials of the effectiveness of the product. Two of two identical-see 2002.1.1463
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.1464
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1930
eMuseum Object ID:
48955
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Washing supplies
Classification:
Date:
1890-1900
Medium:
Paper
Dimensions:
3 x 2 1/4 x 1 1/4 in.
Description:
This paper sample package held a clothes washing product and has a company symbol with a heart, a scale and sun inside a pattern of radiating rays. The front reads "Free Sample/ James Pyle's Pearline/ Washing Compound." The side reads "Don't Pay For This Package. Beware of Peddlers and Cheap Imitations". The back has testimonials of the effectiveness of the product. One of two identical-see also 2002.1.1464
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.1463
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
48954
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Fan
Classification:
Date:
1920-1950
Medium:
Wood, paper
Dimensions:
14 1/2 x 7 x 1/4 in.
Description:
This hand fan is made of paper with a wood handle. One side has a print of green and red-orange palm trees and a tropical forest around a crest that reads "Institute of Tourism/ Puerto Rico". On the reverse it reads "Discover Puerto Rico, U.S.A./ Where The Americas Meet", with a long and vivid description of the island meant to attract tourists.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.1462
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1950
eMuseum Object ID:
48951
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Fan
Classification:
Date:
1920-1950
Medium:
Wood, paper
Dimensions:
14 1/2 x 7 x 1/4 in.
Description:
This hand fan is made of paper with a wood handle. One side has a print of green and red-orange palm trees and a tropical forest around a crest that reads "Institute of Tourism/ Puerto Rico". On the reverse it reads "Discover Puerto Rico, U.S.A./ Where The Americas Meet", with a long and vivid description of the island meant to attract tourists.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.1461
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1950
eMuseum Object ID:
48950
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Fan
Classification:
Date:
1932
Medium:
Wood, paper
Dimensions:
14 1/2 x 9 x 1/4 in.
Description:
This hand fan is made of paper with a wood handle. One side has a print of Jesus on a mountain with cypress trees and a village in the distance with the caption "Jesus on the Mount of Olives", above inspirational Biblical verses and surrounded by thorny roses. On the reverse, a black drawing of people entering a church and "Courtesy of/ Burnett and Rockefeller/ Funeral Directors/ Red Hook, N.Y./ Phone 105-F-3/ Phone 105-F-5".
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.1460
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1932
eMuseum Object ID:
48949
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Fan
Classification:
Date:
1948
Medium:
Wood, paper
Dimensions:
13 x 7 x 1/4 in.
Description:
This hand fan is made of paper with a wood handle. One side has a cartoon in blue of a man in a bowler at a convention holding a campaign sign while everyone else reads newspapers. This side reads "In Philadelphia..nearly everybody reads The Bulletin/ Evening and Sunday". The reverse reads in blue "Welcome Delegates! National News, World Events/ Convention News, Sports/ Complete...Accurate in/ The Evening Bulletin/ The Sunday Bulletin". From the 1948 Democratic National Convention. An identical item-2002.1.1458 has hand written talleys of votes for Truman and for his opponent Russell as well as notes on various states and other candidates.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.1459
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1948
eMuseum Object ID:
48948
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Fan
Classification:
Date:
1948
Medium:
Wood, paper
Dimensions:
13 x 7 x 1/4 in.
Description:
This hand fan is made of paper with a wood handle. One side has a cartoon in blue of a man in a bowler at a convention holding a campaign sign while everyone else reads newspapers. This side reads "In Philadelphia..nearly everybody reads The Bulletin/ Evening and Sunday". The reverse reads in blue "Welcome Delegates! National News, World Events/ Convention News, Sports/ Complete...Accurate in/ The Evening Bulletin/ The Sunday Bulletin". From the 1948 Democratic National Convention-this fan has hand written talleys of votes for Truman and for his opponent Russell as well as notes on various states and other candidates.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.1458
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1948
eMuseum Object ID:
48947
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Watch movement
Classification:
Date:
1890-1930
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
5/8 x 1 3/4 in. diameter
Description:
This clockwork was the movement of a pocket watch. It is brass with engraving on the back that reads "Sears, Roebuck & Co./ Chicago, U.S.A./ Special".
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.1320
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1930
eMuseum Object ID:
48946
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Watch movement
Classification:
Date:
1890-1930
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
5/8 x 1 7/8 in. diameter
Description:
This clockwork was the movement of a pocket watch. It is brass with engine turned engraving on the back and reads "Appleton, Tracy & Co./ Waltham, Mass."
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.1319
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1930
eMuseum Object ID:
48945
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Figurine
Classification:
Date:
1897
Medium:
Wood, cloth, metal
Dimensions:
9 1/2 x 2 1/2 x 2 1/2 in.
Description:
This figurine of Outcault's Yellow Kid is wood with cast metal head and hands painted pale yellow. The front of his gown reads "Say! Don't Youse Hear Dem Bells? Dinner!!". The reverse reads: "C&W"/ Sole Licensees and Manufacturers Under Copyright 1896 by / R.F. Outcault and Permission of the New York Journal.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.1364
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1897
eMuseum Object ID:
48944
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.


















