Cigarette silk
Classification:
Date:
1890-1920
Medium:
Cloth
Dimensions:
3 1/4 x 2 1/2 in.
Description:
A small natural beige silk cloth printed with pink tea roses, thorny vines and green leaves with the motto "Honor thyself and God will help thee./ La Fontaine", in black, blue and gold. Printed "Nebo Cigarettes" at the edge. One of a series of famous quotes and mottos. Given as collectible premiums by cigarette manufacturers.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.3234
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
51031
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cigarette silk
Classification:
Date:
1890-1920
Medium:
Cloth
Dimensions:
3 1/4 x 2 1/2 in.
Description:
A small natural beige silk cloth printed with pink tea roses, thorny vines and green leaves with the motto "Honor thyself and God will help thee./ La Fontaine", in black, blue and gold. Printed "Nebo Cigarettes" at the edge. One of a series of famous quotes and mottos. Given as collectible premiums by cigarette manufacturers.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.3233
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
51025
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cigarette silk
Classification:
Date:
1890-1920
Medium:
Cloth
Dimensions:
3 1/8 x 2 1/4 in.
Description:
A small natural beige silk cloth printed with a color image of a fashionable woman labeled "Ziretta", wearing a long blue and white striped dress, a fur stole, and a huge black hat with red plumes, carrying a giant black and gold purse with a red "Z". One in a series featuring the "Zira Girls", see also 2002.1.2683 through 2686. Printed "Zira Cigarettes" at the edge. Given as collectible premiums by cigarette manufacturers.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.3232
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
51024
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cigarette silk
Classification:
Date:
1890-1920
Medium:
Cloth
Dimensions:
3 1/8 x 2 1/4 in.
Description:
A small natural beige silk cloth printed with a color image of a red apple hanging from a branch with green leaves. One in a series portraying flowers and fruit. Printed "Zira Cigarettes" at the edge. Given as collectible premiums by cigarette manufacturers.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.3231
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
51023
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cigarette silk
Classification:
Date:
1890-1920
Medium:
Cloth
Dimensions:
3 1/8 x 2 1/4 in.
Description:
A small natural beige silk cloth printed with a color image of purple flowers with green leaves labeled in black "Bellflower". One in a series portraying flowers and fruit. Printed "Zira Cigarettes" at the edge. Given as collectible premiums by cigarette manufacturers.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.3230
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
51022
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cigarette silk
Classification:
Date:
1890-1920
Medium:
Cloth
Dimensions:
3 x 1 7/8 in.
Description:
A small natural beige silk cloth printed with a color image of reddish-purple flowers with green leaves labeled in black "Clover". One in a series portraying flowers and fruit. Printed "Zira Cigarettes" at the edge. Given as collectible premiums by cigarette manufacturers.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.3229
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
51021
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Personal item/ fairs
Classification:
Date:
1903-1930
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
3/4 x 1 3/8 in. diameter
Description:
A very large cast metal finger ring, probably a reproduction souvenir, embossed "George Auger" on the top with starbursts designs on the sides.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.3228
Gallery Label:
In 1903, Barnum and Bailey Circus added Welsh giant George Auger (?-1922), variously reported to be eight-foot-four-inches and seven-foot-five inches tall, to its stable of curiosities. Billed as "The Cardiff Giant, positively the tallest man on earth," he immediately became one of America's most recognizable public figures, especially when he paraded down the nation's main streets in his frontiersman's clothes, high-heeled boots, and a plumed hat that made him appear nine feet tall.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1930
eMuseum Object ID:
51020
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Personal item
Classification:
Date:
1990-2000
Medium:
Paper
Dimensions:
3 3/4 x 2 1/4 in.
Description:
A red paper admission card with silver and black printing for the "The Body Shop", and a silhouette of a voluptuous woman on the front and a line for a member's signature.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.3227
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
2000
eMuseum Object ID:
51019
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Personal item
Classification:
Date:
1940-1960
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
2 x 1 1/8 in.
Description:
A thin flat gray metal military identification tag, or 'dog tag'. This tag was probably issued during World War II and is stamped with the name "Janisswski Alphonse E.", Military Identification number "RA12270280", and indications of blood type and religion, in this case "O" and "C" for Catholic. Pierced for hanging from a chain and with the notorious tooth notch in the outer edge.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.3226
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1960
eMuseum Object ID:
51018
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Personal item
Classification:
Date:
1890-1930
Medium:
Leather, cloth
Dimensions:
3 3/8 x 2 3/4 x 1/2 in.
Description:
A dark grayish green leather cover notepad with an oval celluloid insert in a frame on the front with a crest incorporating a yellow rampant lion alongside a red and yellow frame marked "C.N. Shaw/ 553 5th Ave./ New York". Inside, the notepad is marked with a shopping record on one side "Article/ Store/ Price/ Date Purchase", and on the other "Memoranda".
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.3225
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1930
eMuseum Object ID:
51017
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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