Photographic equipment

Date: 
1910-1920
Medium: 
Paper
Dimensions: 
7 1/2 x 5 1/2 x 1 1/8 in.
Description: 
A brown cardboard box top with black sides and a white paper label printed in the center with a large red Greek letter sigma marked "Sigma" surrounded by the words, in black "Keep Cool and Dry/ Open In Dark Room Only/ Lumiere/ Dry Plates./ Manufactured by/ The Lumiere N.A. Co., Ltd./ Burlington VT., U.S.A./ Works: Lyons (France)/ Burlington, Vt., U.S.A./ New York 75 Fifth Ave./ Chicago 30 E. Randolph St.".
Credit Line: 
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number: 
2002.1.3077
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1920
eMuseum Object ID: 
50801
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Photographic equipment

Date: 
1913
Medium: 
Paper
Dimensions: 
7 1/2 x 5 1/2 x 1 1/8 in.
Description: 
A brown cardboard box with black sides and a white paper label printed in the center with a large red Greek letter sigma marked "Sigma" surrounded by the words, in black "Keep Cool and Dry/ Open In Dark Room Only/ Lumiere/ Dry Plates./ Manufactured by/ Lumiere Jougla Co./New York/ New York 75 Fifth Ave./ Paris (France) 82 Rue de Rivoli". A handwritten note on one side reads "Wilson [?]ute Picnic /July 1913".
Credit Line: 
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number: 
2002.1.3076
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1913
eMuseum Object ID: 
50800
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Photographic equipment

Date: 
1892-1920
Medium: 
Paper
Dimensions: 
7 1/2 x 5 3/8 x 1 1/8 in.
Description: 
A brown cardboard box with black trim and a print, in black, of a sailor with a hatchet climbing a flagpole with an American flag surrounded by the words "Open In a Dark Room/ The Standard/ Extremely Rapid Dry Plate./ Manufactured by/ Eastman Kodak Co. Rochester, N.Y./ Successor to Standard Dry Plate Co./ Keep In A Dry Place". A white label on the side reads in red "1 Doz. 5 x 7/ Orthonon/ Emulsion No. 1209". On the reverse is a long description of the benefits of the Orthonon coating process for photographic plates.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number: 
2002.1.3075
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1920
eMuseum Object ID: 
50799
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Photographic equipment

Date: 
1892-1920
Medium: 
Paper
Dimensions: 
7 1/2 x 5 3/8 x 1 1/8 in.
Description: 
A brown cardboard box with black trim and a print, in black, of a sailor with a hatchet climbing a flagpole with an American flag surrounded by the words "Open In a Dark Room/ The Standard/ Extremely Rapid Dry Plate./ Manufactured by/ Eastman Kodak Co. Rochester, N.Y./ Successor to Standard Dry Plate Co./ Keep In A Dry Place". A white label on the side reads in red "1 Doz. 5 x 7/ Orthonon/ Emulsion No. ". On the reverse is a long description of the benefits of the Orthonon coating process for photographic plates.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number: 
2002.1.3074
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1920
eMuseum Object ID: 
50798
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Tobacco

Date: 
1945
Medium: 
Paper
Dimensions: 
2 7/8 x 1 3/8 x 3/8 in.
Description: 
A brown cardboard packet printed on both sides in black with a picture of a bellboy in a round cap carrying a tray and the words " 'Call for Philip Morris'/ America's Finest Cigarette". Inside are four unfiltered cigarettes and the hand written inscription "1945 for soldiers overseas".
Credit Line: 
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number: 
2002.1.2955
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1945
eMuseum Object ID: 
50797
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Tobacco

Date: 
1910
Medium: 
Cloth, paper
Dimensions: 
4 1/4 x 2 x 1 1/8 in.
Description: 
A padded cardboard box covered in red paper with a lid that opens on a hinge that once contained 100 tiny miniature cigarettes. The top is printed in silver with the letters "S.P.Q.R." below a company symbol of a triangle around the letter "A.B.C." and the words "A. Batschari Cigarettes". Inside the lid is the same symbol in gold and the words "Si Peu Que Rien" for "S.P.Q.R." The box contains nine tiny 1 3/4 inch long cigarettes with gold ends and "S.P.Q.R." printed on them in blue. Perhaps for smoking in a specialized cigarette holder or pipe.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number: 
2002.1.2954
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1910
eMuseum Object ID: 
50796
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Tobacco

Date: 
1910
Medium: 
Paper
Dimensions: 
3 3/8 x 1 7/8 x 3/4 in.
Description: 
A yellow and white cardboard box that once held ten cigarettes. The front has a color picture of a retriever with a bird in its mouth encircled by hunting paraphernalia such as rifles and reads in red "Hunter Dog Cigarros " and on the side "S. Monday & Sons./ 34, 36, 38, 40 South 1st. St. , Broadway, N.Y." The inside packet reads "The Name of 'Monday' On a Package of Cigars Corresponds to the 'Sterling' Mark on Silver/ Hunter Dog/ All Tobacco Cigarros"." A tobacco tax revenue stamp on the reverse is dated 1910.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number: 
2002.1.2953
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1910
eMuseum Object ID: 
50777
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Tobacco

Date: 
1880-1890
Medium: 
Paper
Dimensions: 
2 7/8 x 1 3/4 x 3/4 in.
Description: 
A white, black and gold cardboard box that once held ten cigarettes. The front has a portrait of a man with a curly white wig and reads "Old Judge/ Cigarettes/ Goodwin & Co. New York/ Decision/ Seldom Equaled -Never Excelled." On the reverse is a tax revenue stamp for the year 1883 but stamped in red with a second dates that appears to be "1888".
Credit Line: 
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number: 
2002.1.2952
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1890
eMuseum Object ID: 
50776
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Badge/ medal

Date: 
1927
Medium: 
Metal, ribbon, celluloid, paper
Dimensions: 
4 1/4 x 2 x 1/4 in.
Description: 
A gold colored metal two-part medal. The top pin bar is a rectangular frame inset with a paper typewritten with the name "Geo. J. Freedley". It is attached to the lower medallion by a red silk ribbon stamped in gold "Century Club/ Acca Temple/ Richmond, VA./ June 9, 1927. The lower medallion is a circular frame inset with a celluloid button showing a pharoah's head with red striped headcloth, and rams horns around a red five-pointed star with yellow radiating rays. The quasi-Egyptian and Arabic symbolism is representative of the Acca Temples of America also known as the Shriner's, notable for their red fez hats, miniature car parades and most significantly, philanthropic maintenance of hospitals for ill and disabled children.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number: 
2002.1.3309
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1927
eMuseum Object ID: 
50774
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Badge/ medal

Date: 
1898
Medium: 
Metal
Dimensions: 
3 7/8 x 2 1/8 x 1/4 in.
Description: 
A very dark brown colored metal two-part medal. The top pin bar is embossed with a tiny German cross and the words "Pittsburgh K.T. 1898". It is attached to the lower medallion by a chain link. The lower medallion is embossed with a central figure with a spear and sword standing over a fallen enemy encircled by the words "Nemo Me Impune Lacesset/ 1878" and "Commandery Of St. Andrew/ No. 13/ Richmond, VA." "K.T." stands for "Knights Templar".
Credit Line: 
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number: 
2002.1.3308
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1898
eMuseum Object ID: 
50758
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

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