String holder

Date: 
1900-1930
Medium: 
Metal, string
Dimensions: 
3 1/2 x 1 1/8 x 4 in.
Description: 
A red painted cast metal string holder and dispenser with yellow, pink and blue geometric decorations and a metal bar for holding the spool of beige twisted cotton string.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number: 
2002.1.3466
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1930
eMuseum Object ID: 
51738
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Counting machine

Date: 
1900-1930
Medium: 
Metal
Dimensions: 
10 1/2 x 5 1/4 x 5 1/2 in.
Description: 
A dark metal coin counting device with a resevoir for each size coin including dollars and half-dollars as well as quarters, dimes, nickels and pennies. Each coin area has a scale indicating the value of the stack and a corresponding key that activates a spring loaded lever, possbiliy for forcing the coins into paper sleeves. This machine may be incomplete.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number: 
2002.1.3465
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1930
eMuseum Object ID: 
51737
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Mug/ beer

Date: 
1930-1960
Medium: 
Ceramic
Dimensions: 
5 x 4 in. diameter
Description: 
A grayish-cream colored barrel shaped beer mug with a blue top border and horizontal ribbing printed in the center in dark blue "Riker's/ 101 Main Street/ Hackensack".
Credit Line: 
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number: 
2002.1.3464
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1960
eMuseum Object ID: 
51736
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Bottle/ food

Date: 
1910-1940
Medium: 
Glass
Dimensions: 
9 1/4 x 3 3/4 in. diameter
Description: 
A clear glass machine finished milk bottle embossed on one side with a symbol of a letter "M" inside a double eight-pointed star, and on the other "Mutual/ Milk and Cream/ Purity Brand/ New York".
Credit Line: 
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number: 
2002.1.3463
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1940
eMuseum Object ID: 
51735
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Store display

Date: 
1930-1960
Medium: 
Plaster, paint
Dimensions: 
8 x 9 x 7 3/4 in.
Description: 
A plaster figurine of a king's crown in red and gold with purple and gold painted gemstones on a beige pedestal embossed and highlighted in red "Seagram's/ Crown Blended Whiskies".
Credit Line: 
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number: 
2002.1.3462
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1960
eMuseum Object ID: 
51734
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Store display

Date: 
1940-1960
Medium: 
Plaster, paint
Dimensions: 
10 x 5 in. diameter
Description: 
A plaster figurine of a cartoonish smiling mustached Scotsman in a red coat with green and white plaid cuffs, kilt and cap. The green pedestal reads "Seaforth/ For Men", an aftershave lotion. The bottom has a manufacturer label "Bassons/ Moulded Products/ 1432 West Farms Road/ New York 60, New York".
Credit Line: 
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number: 
2002.1.3461
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1960
eMuseum Object ID: 
51733
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Canning jar

Date: 
1880-1910
Medium: 
Glass
Dimensions: 
9 1/4 x 4 1/2 in. diameter
Description: 
A quart size Mason jar in an unusual color-amber. The jar is embossed on the front "The/ Mason's/ Improved", the "improved" referred to a new method of closure that used a metal ring instead of a wire bail to seal a glass lid. It was notoriously unreliable and only manufactured for a brief period.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number: 
2002.1.3457
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1910
eMuseum Object ID: 
51732
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Badge/ medal

Date: 
1926
Medium: 
Metal, ribbon, celluloid, paper, enamel
Dimensions: 
4 1/4 x 2 x 1/4 in.
Description: 
A silver colored metal two-part medal. The top pin bar is a rectangular frame with embossed flourishes and inset with a printed paper with the word "Representative". It is attached to the lower medallion by a red, white and blue striped silk ribbon stamped in gold "54th Annual / Session/ Port Jervis, N.Y./ Sept 6-8, 1926. The lower medallion is a truncated square and embossed "N. Y. State Council". It has a raised, enameled circular plaque in the center that is white with a red and blue shield with gold calipers over a right-angle ruler and an arm holding a hammer and the letters "JrO/ UAM" surrounded by a laurel wreath. 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: 
2002.1.3326
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1926
eMuseum Object ID: 
51731
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Badge/ medal

Date: 
1922
Medium: 
Metal, ribbon, celluloid, paper, enamel
Dimensions: 
4 1/4 x 2 x 1/4 in.
Description: 
A silver colored metal two-part medal. The top pin bar is a rectangular frame with embossed flourishes and inset with a printed paper with the word "Representative". It is attached to the lower medallion by a red, white and blue striped silk ribbon. The lower medallion is shaped like a letter "X" with a diamond behind and embossed "50th Session New York State Council/ Albany". It has a raised, enameled circular plaque in the center that is white with a red and blue shield with gold calipers over a right-angle ruler and an arm holding a hammer and the letters "JrO/ UAM". 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: 
2002.1.3325
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1922
eMuseum Object ID: 
51730
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Box

Date: 
1900-1930
Medium: 
Paper
Dimensions: 
3 1/2 x 2 1/8 x 5/8 in.
Description: 
This light gray cardboard box had black trim on the edges and a lid that opens on a hinge. The inside of the lid reads in black "From/ Irons & Russell,/ Successors To/ Chas. F. Irons,/ Manufacturers Of/ Emblems/ 102 Friendship St./ Providence,-R.I."
Credit Line: 
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number: 
2002.1.3324
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1930
eMuseum Object ID: 
51729
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

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