Still bank
Classification:
Date:
1930-1950
Medium:
Papier-mâché, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 3/4 x 6 3/8 x 2 3/4 in. ( 9.5 x 16.2 x 7 cm )
Description:
Papier-mâché still bank in the form of pig painted in shades of pink, with round stumps of legs and upturned nose; slot (for coins) in center of back.
Credit Line:
Gift of Samuel V. Hoffman
Object Number:
1940.257
Marks:
cast: into belly: "MADE IN U.S.A."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1950
eMuseum Object ID:
21580
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Still bank: Newfoundland dog
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1900-1910
Medium:
Iron, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 1/2 x 7 1/2 x 2 1/4 in. ( 14 x 19 x 5.7 cm )
Description:
Cast iron still bank in the form of Newfoundland dog (standing), painted black, with package balanced on back; cast details include eyes, nose, mouth, ears, texture of fur, fringed tail, harness (painted gold), and wrapping around package with ribbon and bow (painted black and white).
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1241
Gallery Label:
This object was once part of the folk art collection of Elie Nadelman (1882-1946), the avant-garde sculptor. From 1924 to 1934, Nadelman's collection was displayed in his Museum of Folk Arts, located in the Riverdale section of the Bronx. The Historical Society purchased Nadelman's entire collection in 1937.
Provenance:
The Folk Art Collection of Elie Nadelman
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1910
eMuseum Object ID:
21579
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Still bank
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1870-1890
Medium:
Iron, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 x 2 1/4 x 1 7/8 in. ( 7.6 x 5.7 x 4.8 cm )
Description:
Cast iron still bank in the form of house, painted green, with pointed roof (cast with raised diamond pattern), chimney at center of roof, pierced decoration consisting of door and windows at front and back, and slot (for coins); red painted stripe along edge of roof, all around house.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1243
Gallery Label:
This object was once part of the folk art collection of Elie Nadelman (1882-1946), the avant-garde sculptor. From 1924 to 1934, Nadelman's collection was displayed in his Museum of Folk Arts, located in the Riverdale section of the Bronx. The Historical Society purchased Nadelman's entire collection in 1937.
Provenance:
The Folk Art Collection of Elie Nadelman
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
21578
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Still bank
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1934
Medium:
Iron, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 1/2 x 4 x 2 3/8 in. ( 11.4 x 10.2 x 6 cm )
with accessory: 2 3/8 in. ( 6 cm )
Description:
Cast iron still bank in form of office building with eight sides, curved roof, and dome with finial, with pierced decoration consisting of rows of windows and cast decoration including elaborate entrance flanked by columns, with slots (for coins) under cast inscription on each side.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1240
Marks:
cast: on front and back: "BANK"
Gallery Label:
This object was once part of the folk art collection of Elie Nadelman (1882-1946), the avant-garde sculptor. From 1924 to 1934, Nadelman's collection was displayed in his Museum of Folk Arts, located in the Riverdale section of the Bronx. The Historical Society purchased Nadelman's entire collection in 1937.
Provenance:
The Folk Art Collection of Elie Nadelman
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1934
eMuseum Object ID:
21576
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Uncle Sam Scroll Game
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1888
Medium:
Wood, glass, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 3/4 x 12 1/2 x 13 3/8 in. ( 4.4 x 31.8 x 34 cm )
Description:
Panorama in a wooden box with glass top revealing chromolithographed views on a long strip of paper housed on two spools and rotated with cranks; the paper has been dislodged from one of the spools making it impossible to see almost all of the views of Yankee Doodle; chromolithographed image of Yankee Doodle in a white top hat, blue coat with stars and red and white striped pants riding a horse visible; the sides of the box are covered with brown paper.
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.288
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1888
eMuseum Object ID:
21552
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Alphabet blocks (set)
Classification:
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Wood, paint, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 1/8 x 9 3/8 x 7 3/4 in. ( 5.4 x 23.8 x 19.7 cm )
Description:
Twenty wooden blocks painted red and yellow with letters of the alphabet in black; in wooden box covered in red paper with grey stars.
Object Number:
INV.8086a-u
Gallery Label:
Manufacturer may be S. L. Hill of Brooklyn, NY (See Publications).
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
20855
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Yankee Doodle
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1900
Medium:
Paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 x 9 3/8 x 1/8 in. ( 27.9 x 23.8 x 0.3 cm )
Description:
"Yankee Doodle" children's book with 20 pages of chromolithographed images of "Yankee Doodle" accompanied by a poem; chromolithographed cover of "Yankee Doodle" riding a horse atop a globe; cover inscribed, "YANKEE DOODLE/ McLOUGHLIN BROS. PUBLISHERS, NEW-YORK."
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.775
Marks:
lithographed: on the cover: "YANKEE DOODLE/ McLOUGHLIN BROS. PUBLISHERS, NEW-YORK."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
20817
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Push toy
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1900
Medium:
Wood, metal, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 26 3/4 x 5 3/4 x 6 1/4 in. ( 67.9 x 14.6 x 15.9 cm )
Description:
Wood and metal push toy; cylindrical wooden barrell with a music ball inside turned around a metal axel attached to a twisted metal handle; cyclinder of the barrell with applied paper advertisments.
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.773
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
20816
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Bissell's Midget
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1890
Medium:
Wood, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 29 x 7 x 5 in. ( 73.7 x 17.8 x 12.7 cm )
Description:
Wood and metal miniature "Bissell's Midget" floor sweeper with four wheels, a spinning wire brush cleaner attatched to the base of a trapazoidal box; long cylindical wooden handle; top of box printed, "THIS TOY WILL REMIND YOU OF BISSELL'S FULL SIZED/ BISSELL'S / MIDGET/ CYCO BALL BEARING [?] FOR THE HOME".
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.772
Marks:
printed: on the top of the vacuum: "THIS TOY WILL REMIND YOU OF BISSELL'S FULL SIZED/ BISSELL'S / MIDGET/ CYCO BALL BEARING [?] FOR THE HOME".
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
20815
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
The Home History Game
Classification:
Date:
1909
Medium:
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/8 x 5 1/2 x 6 7/8 in. ( 2.9 x 14 x 17.5 cm )
Description:
Card game "The Home History Game" with 110 playing cards in a paper covered cardboard box; box cover lithographed with an image of a three man drum and fife corp in colonial dress; box cover inscribed, "HOME/ HISTORY GAME/ FOR BOYS/ AND GIRLS/ MILTON BRADLEY CO. SPRINGFIELD, MASS."
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Object Number:
2000.765
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "HOME/ HISTORY GAME/ FOR BOYS/ AND GIRLS/ MILTON BRADLEY CO. SPRINGFIELD, MASS."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1909
eMuseum Object ID:
20766
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
















