Paperweight
Classification:
Date:
1900-1920
Medium:
Glass, paper, photo
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 4 x 2 1/2 in. ( 2.5 x 10.2 x 6.4 cm )
Description:
This rectangular clear glass paperweight has a paper insert with a photo of a building that reads through the glass: Stewart Building/ Broadway, Chambers & Reade Street, New York./ Offices to Let. On the bottom are the building specifications and a list of agents and office tenants.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.122
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
46888
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Paperweight
Classification:
Date:
1900-1920
Medium:
Glass, paper, photo
Dimensions:
: 7/8 x 4 x 2 1/2 in.; 2.2225 x 10.16 x 6.35 cm
Description:
This rectangular clear glass paperweight has a paper insert with a photo of a church and its pastor.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.121
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
46887
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Paperweight
Classification:
Date:
1900-1920
Medium:
Glass, paper, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 7/8 x 4 1/8 x 2 7/8 in. ( 2.2 x 10.5 x 7.3 cm )
Description:
This rectangular clear glass paperweight has a paper insert with a painted image of a cabin by a lake, and the bottom reads: Compliments of/ W.H. Hambler/ Microscopic System of/ Selecting Perfect Iridium Points/ On all Fountain Pens./ 172 Broadway & 1a Maiden Lane/ New York.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.120
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
46886
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Paperweight
Classification:
Date:
1900-1920
Medium:
Glass, paper, photo
Dimensions:
: 7/8 x 4 x 2 1/2 in.; 2.2225 x 10.16 x 6.35 cm
Description:
This rectangular clear glass paperweight has a paper insert with a photo of a mansion that reads through the glass: Compliments of Roswell Drug Store/ "Bulloch Hall"/ Old Home of President Roosevelt's Mother/ Roswell, GA.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.119
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
46884
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Paperweight
Classification:
Date:
1900-1920
Medium:
Glass, paper, paint
Dimensions:
: 7/8 x 4 x 2 1/2 in.; 2.2225 x 10.16 x 6.35 cm
Description:
This rectangular clear glass paperweight has a paper insert that reads through the glass: St. Paul Building/ Broadway and Ann Sts./ Offices to Let/Richard V. Harnett & Co. Agents; with a central image of a tall building.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.118
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
46883
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Paperweight
Classification:
Date:
1900-1920
Medium:
Glass, paper
Dimensions:
: 7/8 x 4 x 2 1/2 in.; 2.2225 x 10.16 x 6.35 cm
Description:
This rectangular clear glass paperweight has a paper insert that reads through the glass: For Butter and Groceries/ got to the/ Newark Butter Store/ cor. of Fair & Mulberry Sts.; with floral decoration.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.117
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
46882
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Paperweight
Classification:
Date:
1890-1920
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 1/4 x 3 5/8 in. ( 5.7 x 9.2 cm )
Description:
Half-spherical clear glass paperweight with internal inscription in white glass that reads: Tice & Jacobs/ Patent Vault Lights/ 510 Pearl St. N.Y; surrounded by leafy branches.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.7
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
46881
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Paperweight
Classification:
Date:
1892-1893
Medium:
Glass, paper, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 7/8 x 3 1/4 in. ( 4.8 x 8.3 cm )
Description:
Half-spherical clear glass paperweight with a glued paper bottom with a rim of blue paint. Visible in center is a photograph of the first Ferris Wheel. The reverse has a list of statistics and dimensions for overall size and passenger loads. From the Columbian Exposition 1892-93.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.6
Marks:
label: Official Souvenir of Ferris Wheel/ Highest line of vision, 258 ft.; Highest point of the wheel, 264ft.; Diameter of wheel (center of pins) 250 ft.; Total weight of wheel and cars, 2100 tons; total weight of people per trip, 130 tons; Axle steel fo
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1893
eMuseum Object ID:
46880
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Paperweight
Classification:
Date:
1890-1930
Medium:
Glass, paper, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 5/8 x 3 1/8 in. ( 4.1 x 7.9 cm )
Description:
Half-spherical clear glass paperweight, with a painted and glued paper bottom. Internal inscription in gold paint on red background reads: Brooklyn Watch Case Co./ Gold Cases.; with a gold central figure.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.5
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1930
eMuseum Object ID:
46879
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Paperweight
Classification:
Date:
1890-1910
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 x 3 1/8 in. ( 5.1 x 7.9 cm )
Description:
Half-spherical clear glass paperweight with internal white glass inscription that reads: The American Fire/ AD 1810/ Philadelphia; with a central figure of an eagle gripping a flag in its talons on the top of a globe. Very rough pontil mark on bottom.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.4
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1910
eMuseum Object ID:
46878
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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