Badge/ medal

Date: 
1920-1930
Medium: 
Metal, enamel
Dimensions: 
2 3/8 x 1 5/8 x 1/4 in.
Description: 
A silver colored metal two-part medal. The top pin bar is a shaped like a scrolled banner embossed "Trenton/ N.J." and is connected to the lower medallion by a chain link. The lower medallion is gold metal shaped like a calipers with a crown at the top, spread over a red enameled Christian cross with a white rose, green cascading leaves and radiating rays over what appears to be a swan on a nest filled with cygnets. Also some letters are embossed, possibly "F N R T" or "F N R F". This medal appears to represent a chapter of the Free Masons, a mysterious and centuries old fraternal order involved in ritual celebrations, community and political service, moral education and philanthropy.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number: 
2002.1.3327
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1930
eMuseum Object ID: 
51770
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Sign

Date: 
1873
Medium: 
Metal and plastic or hard rubber
Dimensions: 
6 x 4 x 1/8 in.
Description: 
A black plastic or hard rubber sign molded, embossed and highlighted with an oval frame around a central image knights riding horses behind a standard bearer under a hovering red cross with radiating rays, encircled by the words "Semi-Centennial of / Morton Commandery/ New York/ Academy Of Music/ Monday Evening December 22nd, 1873". Two figures flank the frame with the dates "1823" and "1873". The remains of gold highlighting are visible on the front. This comes from a Knights Templar or Masonic organization.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number: 
2002.1.3709
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1873
eMuseum Object ID: 
51769
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Sign

Date: 
1930-1950
Medium: 
Plastic or hard rubber
Dimensions: 
11 x 4 1/2 x 1/4 in.
Description: 
A black plastic or hard rubber sign molded, embossed and highlighted with a gold frame around a central image of gold wings crossed by a small red airplane surrounded by the words in red and gold "Anywhere By Air/ Cross Country Sightseeing/ Curtiss-Wright Flying Service/ Inquire Here". One of the oldest airplane and aviation comapnies in the world, Curtiss-Wright was a joint venture beginning around 1919, between the original Wright brothers' company and Glen Curtiss, a young and innovative pilot and aeronautical developer.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number: 
2002.1.3708
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1950
eMuseum Object ID: 
51768
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Sign

Date: 
1940-1960
Medium: 
Vinyl, plastic, cardboard, metal
Dimensions: 
13 1/2 x 9 5/8 x 1/4 in.
Description: 
A beige plastic or vinyl sign printed in color with a outline of Poseidon or Neptune holding a trident filled with a scene of two large passenger liners on the sea surrounded the words "A New Concept In Tourist Travel/ New Twins/ Ryndam and Maasdam/ Comfort With Economy/ Holland-America Line".Has an easel back for standing on a counter.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number: 
2002.1.3707
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1960
eMuseum Object ID: 
51767
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Sign

Date: 
1890-1910
Medium: 
Metal
Dimensions: 
13 3/4 x 9 3/4 x 1/8 in.
Description: 
A beige painted lithographed tin sign that is printed with a central image of an eagle on a shield marked "N" with sun rays surrounded by the words in black "National Life Insurance Company/ of the United States of America/ Washington D.C./ Branch Office Chicago, Ill./ W. Frank Winship [?]/ Rutland, VT."
Credit Line: 
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number: 
2002.1.3706
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1910
eMuseum Object ID: 
51766
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Sign

Date: 
1940-1960
Medium: 
Paper, wood, metal
Dimensions: 
12 1/4 x 9 1/4 x 1/4 in.
Description: 
A sample sign for interior house paints. It has twelve different color paint sample patches on a gray and white background and reads, in part, "Decorator Approved Colors and New Deep Shades/ Red-Devil exclusive deep shades for smartly different interiors..."
Credit Line: 
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number: 
2002.1.3705
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1960
eMuseum Object ID: 
51765
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Sign

Date: 
1840-1880
Medium: 
Paper, glass, wood, metal
Dimensions: 
7 3/4 x 5 5/8 x 1/2 in.
Description: 
A paper advertisment in a black frame behind glass. It shows a scene of two ladies in mid-nineteenth century dress being shown furniture and ornate picture frames by a man over the words "Geo. H. Munday/ Carver and Gilder/ Invites the attention of the public to his/ Wareroom/ No. 64 Sth. 4th. St./ 3 Doors Below Library St./ Philada."
Credit Line: 
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number: 
2002.1.3704
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1880
eMuseum Object ID: 
51764
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Sign

Date: 
1885
Medium: 
Paper, celluloid
Dimensions: 
7 1/4 x 4 3/4 in.
Description: 
A beige waxed paper or celluloid sign, probably a label from a hat box, with a blacl swirling looping pattern forming a shield crest with three gryphons crossed by the words in black script "Disney Hats/ 1885".
Credit Line: 
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number: 
2002.1.3703
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1885
eMuseum Object ID: 
51763
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Sign

Date: 
1890-1910
Medium: 
Paper
Dimensions: 
8 7/8 x 5 3/4 x 1/8 in.
Description: 
A cardboard sign, probably the top of a box, printed on one side in black with a symbol of a dragon and a pike next to the words in fancy script "Tiffany & Co./ Dealers in and Makers of / Envelopes and Stationery/ Engravers of / Letter, Note and Bill Heads, Crest and Monograms/ Wedding and Visiting Cards/ Union Square, New York." On the reverse "Tiffany & Co./ Union Square, New York/ French and English Stationery/ Wedding Reception and Visiting Cards/ Arms, Crests, Monograms & c. Engraved on Metal/ or Stone".
Credit Line: 
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number: 
2002.1.3702
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1910
eMuseum Object ID: 
51762
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Trade sign

Date: 
1890-1910
Medium: 
Paper
Dimensions: 
18 x 6 1/8 x 1/8 in.
Description: 
A cardboard sign, painted silver with a rough sandy texture and printed with a black banner with red ends and the words in silver and black "Smoke/ Nickel King/ Cigars".
Credit Line: 
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number: 
2002.1.3701
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1910
eMuseum Object ID: 
51761
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

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