Historical memorabilia
Classification:
Date:
1930-1960
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
1/8 x 7/8 in. diameter
Description:
A dark silver colored metal token with a round hole pierced through the center and the outline of the state of Missouri encircled by the words "5/ Missouri Sales Tax Receipt/ 5". In the 1930s when sales taxes were first instituted due to the Depression, these tokens were issued to facilitate taxing even a one-cent purchase. The denomination of a tax token was often as small as one mill or one-tenth cent. Millions of them were made, and thousands were carried out of state by travelers. They were made from aluminum, copper, brass, zinc, wood, plastic and fiber and cardboards and were issued in Alabama, Arizona, Colorado, Illinois, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Utah, and Washington states. The federal government initially reacted with alarm because states appeared to be creating a new currency - something reserved in the Constitution to the federal government. The Department of Treasury tried to halt the growing use of tax tokens, but failed. To reduce the federal government's concerns, most sales tax tokens looked very different from the national currency, e.g., plastic tokens, square tokens, holes.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.4669
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1960
eMuseum Object ID:
53275
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Historical memorabilia
Classification:
Date:
1930-1960
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
1/8 x 7/8 in. diameter
Description:
An aluminum token with a triangle cut out of the center encircled by the words "1/ Public Welfare Tax/ Token Louisiana/1". In the 1930s when sales taxes were first instituted due to the Depression, these tokens were issued to facilitate taxing even a one-cent purchase. The denomination of a tax token was often as small as one mill or one-tenth cent. Millions of them were made, and thousands were carried out of state by travelers. They were made from aluminum, copper, brass, zinc, wood, plastic and fiber and cardboards and were issued in Alabama, Arizona, Colorado, Illinois, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Utah, and Washington states. The federal government initially reacted with alarm because states appeared to be creating a new currency - something reserved in the Constitution to the federal government. The Department of Treasury tried to halt the growing use of tax tokens, but failed. To reduce the federal government's concerns, most sales tax tokens looked very different from the national currency, e.g., plastic tokens, square tokens, holes.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.4668
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1960
eMuseum Object ID:
53274
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
OPA Red Point ration tokens (10)
Classification:
Date:
1944-1945
Medium:
Vulcanized fiber
Dimensions:
5/8 in. diameter
Description:
Circular red World War II Red Point ration tokens inscribed with a number "1" encircled by "OPA / Red Point".
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.4667
Gallery Label:
The Office of Price Administration (OPA) was established during World War II to prevent wartime inflation. In April 1942, OPA issued a general maximum-price regulation that enforced price controls for most commodities and residential rents. These regulations were gradually modified and extended by OPA administrators until almost 90% of retail food prices were frozen. In addition to controlling prices, OPA was also empowered to ration scarce consumer goods in wartime by issuing ration books, coupons, and tokens such as these "Red Points." Tires, automobiles, sugar, gasoline, fuel oil, coffee, meats, and processed foods were ultimately rationed. At the end of the war, rationing was abandoned and price controls were gradually abolished.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1945
eMuseum Object ID:
53273
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Store display
Classification:
Date:
1940-1960
Medium:
Paper
Dimensions:
11 1/2 x 8 3/4 x 1/8 in.
Description:
A bright red cardboard store display card printed with a record player turntable with a foldout arm to demonstrate shock absorbant needle cartridges. It reads in part, "Duotone/ It's New! It's News! It's Shockproof! Nylon Phonograph Needle/ (You can actually bounce it on your cherished records)/ Try It/ Move This Arm Up and Down To See How This Really New Shockproof Needle Works! $2.50".
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.4559
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1960
eMuseum Object ID:
53272
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Toy/ music
Classification:
Date:
1980-2000
Medium:
Plastic
Dimensions:
1 1/4 x 9 1/4 in. diameter
Description:
A bright red plastic throwing disk, or 'frisbee', printed in the center with a black square around the words "HMV/ Record Stores", encircled by "New York/ Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame/ Atlanta Georgetown Boston Louisville Phildelphia Avon".
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.4558
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
2000
eMuseum Object ID:
53271
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pendant/ music
Classification:
Date:
1940-1960
Medium:
Plastic
Dimensions:
1/8 x 7/8 in. diameter
Description:
A tiny plastic pendant molded to resemble a black vinyl record album, with minute grooves and a green paper label in the center printed on one side "Columbia/ Walking My Baby Back Home", and on the reverse "Columbia/ Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania".
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.4557
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1960
eMuseum Object ID:
53270
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Box/ music
Classification:
Date:
1920-1940
Medium:
Paper
Dimensions:
3 1/8 x 3 1/8 x 3/4 in.
Description:
A square white cardboard box with gold edges printed with a blue banner marked "Bell Brand" attached to a dangling red bell marked "Silver Toned" above the words "Banjo/ One Set/ Silver-Plated Steel / Manufactured By Musical String Co./ New Brunswick, N.J., U.S.A./ London, Paris, Mexico City". Inside the lid "Bell Brand Strings/ Silver-Toned/ Are Sold By All Retailers Throughout The United States and by Reputable Dealers in / Canada, Europe, Africa, India, Australia, Japan, China & South Africa."
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.4556
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1940
eMuseum Object ID:
53269
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Utensil
Classification:
Date:
1940-1960
Medium:
Paper
Dimensions:
8 1/2 x 3/8 x 1/4 in.
Description:
A pair of narrow paper straws in a pink paper sleeve printed in blue "Martin Chemists/ It Is Our Pleasure To Serve You/ 72-62 Austin St. Cor. Ascan Ave. Forest Hills, L.I./ Ice Cream Delivered Promptly/ Boulevard 8-9845, 8-9747".
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.4555
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1960
eMuseum Object ID:
53268
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Utensil
Classification:
Date:
1940-1960
Medium:
Paper
Dimensions:
8 1/2 x 1/4 x 1/4 in.
Description:
A paper straw in a white paper sleeve printed in blue "Henry Halper Pharmacy/ 570 Madison Avenue At 56th Street/ New York 22, N.Y./ Plaza 3-2827--2828".
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.4554
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1960
eMuseum Object ID:
53267
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Utensil
Classification:
Date:
1940-1960
Medium:
Paper
Dimensions:
8 1/2 x 1/4 x 1/4 in.
Description:
A paper straw in a white paper sleeve printed in blue "Henry Halper Pharmacy/ 570 Madison Avenue At 56th Street/ New York 22, N.Y./ Plaza 3-2827--2828".
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.4553
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1960
eMuseum Object ID:
53266
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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