Box/ Food
Classification:
Date:
1890-1930
Medium:
Paper
Dimensions:
2 x 2 x 1/2 in.
Description:
This tiny white square sample box has a colored print on the back of a tin of cocoa with a serving maid. The front reads in red and gold "Six Tablets/ 5 Cents/ Baker's Caracas Sweet Chocolate Tablets/ Made By/ Walter Baker & Co. Ltd./ Dorchester, Mass."
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.892
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1930
eMuseum Object ID:
48660
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Box/ bottle/ food
Classification:
Date:
1906-1920
Medium:
Paper, glass, cork
Dimensions:
4 1/2 x 1 1/2 x 7/8 in.
Description:
This white box holds a small glass bottle with a hand-finished cork lip. The box and bottle label read "Free Sample/ Hartshorn's/ Root Beer/ Extract", with instructions for making rootbeer. The original paperwork, instructions and advertisments still in box. For photo of box with bottle and paperwork see 2002.1.886.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.890
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
48659
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Fan
Classification:
Date:
1910-1930
Medium:
Paper, wood, metal
Dimensions:
16 x 8 1/2 x 1/4 in. unfolded
Description:
This woman's folding hand fan is printed on one side with a color scene of women in very elaborate formal gowns looking at flowers in the garden of a palace or estate. Printed in gold "Louis Martin's/ 42nd Street & Broadway/ New York". The reverse has a simple geometric border in brown.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.1420
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1930
eMuseum Object ID:
48658
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Fan
Classification:
Date:
1910-1930
Medium:
Paper, wood, metal
Dimensions:
16 x 8 1/2 x 1/4 in. unfolded
Description:
This woman's folding hand fan is printed on one side with a color scene of French noble men and women listening to two men play a violin and cello in the garden of a palace or estate. Printed in gold "Louis Martin's/ 42nd Street & Broadway/ New York". The reverse has a simple geometric border in brown.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.1419
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1930
eMuseum Object ID:
48652
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Fan
Classification:
Date:
1910-1930
Medium:
Paper, wood, metal
Dimensions:
16 x 8 1/2 x 1/4 in. unfolded
Description:
This woman's folding hand fan is printed on one side with a humorous drawing of a man driving an open roadster blocked by an old woman herding geese across the road . The reverse has a crest with two men in colonial dress holding a shield with a beaver, an early New Amsterdam symbol, and reads "Restaurant Knickerbocker/ James R. Regan".
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.1418
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1930
eMuseum Object ID:
48651
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Fan
Classification:
Date:
1910-1930
Medium:
Paper, wood, metal
Dimensions:
16 x 8 1/2 x 1/4 in. unfolded
Description:
This woman's folding hand fan is printed on one side with a sketch in black highlighted with pink of a woman wearing a large hat with a ribbon. The reverse has a crest with two men in colonial dress holding a shield with a beaver, an early New Amsterdam symbol, and reads "Restaurant Knickerbocker/ James R. Regan".
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.1417
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1930
eMuseum Object ID:
48650
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Fan
Classification:
Date:
1910-1930
Medium:
Paper, wood, metal
Dimensions:
16 x 8 1/2 x 1/4 in. unfolded
Description:
This woman's folding hand fan is printed on one side with a full color scene of a man and woman picnicking in a field by an open-top roadster. The reverse has a crest with two men in colonial dress holding a shield with a beaver, an early New Amsterdam symbol, and reads "Restaurant Knickerbocker/ James R. Regan".
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.1416
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1930
eMuseum Object ID:
48649
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Fan
Classification:
Date:
1900-1930
Medium:
Paper, wood, metal
Dimensions:
16 x 8 5/8 x 1/4 in. unfolded
Description:
This woman's folding hand fan is printed on one side with a gold ornately bordered scene of seven women in classical robes sitting by a stone structure in a forrest. The reverse reads "Compliments of the Hotel Knickerbocker Restaurant".
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.1415
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1930
eMuseum Object ID:
48648
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Watch Face
Classification:
Date:
1880-1940
Medium:
Metal, porcelain, enamel
Dimensions:
1/8 x 1 3/4 in. diameter
Description:
This copper watch face has a white porcelain or enamel front with black Roman numbers and a seconds dial. The face is marked "Js. Calame Robert".
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.1285
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1940
eMuseum Object ID:
48637
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Watch Face
Classification:
Date:
1880-1940
Medium:
Metal, porcelain, enamel
Dimensions:
1/8 x 1 3/4 in. diameter
Description:
This copper watch face has a white porcelain or enamel front with black Roman numbers. The face is marked "Systeme Roskopf/ Patent".
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.1284
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1940
eMuseum Object ID:
48636
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

















