A clear strip of 35mm film, with sprocket holes on both edges, printed in black "George L. McCarthy/ President/ Recordak/ The Most Widely Discussed Machine In The Business World Today/ Recordak Corporation/ subsidiary of Eastman Kodak Company/ 350 Madison Ave. New York, N.Y." In 1931, a microfilm camera was patented by New York City banker, George L. McCarthy (U.S. No. 1,806,763). He developed the first practical commercial microfilm use in the 1920's and was issued a patent in 1925 for his Checkograph machine. Designed to make permanent film copies of all bank records to deter fraud, the device used motion picture film and a conveyor belt to photograph checks before they were returned to bank customers. In 1928 Eastman Kodak bought his invention and began to market it with McCarthy as president of Kodak's Recordak Division. With a perfected 35mm microfilm camera, Recordak in 1935 expanded and began filming and publishing the New York Times on microfilm.

A long slim black box with a white paper label printed in black "1/2 doz. A.W. Faber's/ Siberian Leads/ for his/ New Patent Artist's Pencils/ with moveable Leads/ HHHHHH/ Prize-Medals/ London 1851/ New-York 1853/ Paris 1855, Prussia, Bavaria and Saxony./ Manufactory established/ 1761." Three lead refills remain inside.

A long slim black box with a white paper label printed in black "1/2 doz. Leads/ For/ Cutter Tower & Co.'s/ Artist's pencils/ with/ moveable Leads/ No. 2". Five lead refills remain inside.

A long narrow beige box with brown borders and printed in brown on the front "Eagle Copying Leads/ Pat. June 26, 1877./ For Automatic Pencils/ Size A, Pat. May 29, 1879.../ !/4 Dozen Best Copying Leads/ No. 941". The reverse has instructions for use. One lead refill remains inside.

A long narrow bright yellow tin with a sliding top over a blue base. The top is printed in blue "Fineline/ Thin Leads/ HB Medium F15", and on the side "Sheaffer's". Held lead refills for mechanical pencils.

A cardboard box covered in multicolored floral print paper with a white paper band applied around the box as a seal printed in green "Joseph Gillott's/ No. 290". On the reverse "Caution/ J.G. regrets to say, certain disreputable Makers have tried to impose upon the Public a spurious article, bearing the mis-spelled name of the Patentee thus 'Gilott' or 'Gillot'. Please observe, All The Genuine Pens Are Marked In Full 'Joseph Gillott'; and every Packet bears a fac-simile of his signature, thus...". Inside are approx. 80 pen nibs.

A tiny blue cardboard box with white borders printed in white on the top and bottom "Spencerian/ Steel Pens/ Counting House/ Made in England". On the sides "No. 2". Probably held pen nibs.

A white pinback campaign button, mounted on a long red, white and blue ribbon, with central portraits of Theodore Roosevelt and Charles Warren Fairbanks inside gold oval frames separated by an American flag. The ribbon is printed on gold "General Division/ Wholesale Dry Goods/ Nov. 1, 1904". Charles Warren Fairbanks, (1852-1918);Ohio; Republican; U.S. Senator from Indiana, 1897-1905; Vice President of the United States, 1905-09; defeated, 1916; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1908, 1916.

A white metal collar clip printed in green "Don't Join/ Jim Crow/ Army". Probably a reference to the movement to discourage African-American enlistment during World War II in response to the persistence of institutionalized segregation and discrimination in the U.S. Army during that era.

A white metal collar clip printed in blue "For Mayor/ Impellitteri/ Vote Row 'G'/ Column 6". Vincent R. Impellitteri, (1900-1987) of New York, N.Y.; Democrat; Mayor of New York, N.Y., 1950-53; defeated, 1953; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1952.