Calendar
Classification:
Date:
1906
Medium:
Paper, leather
Dimensions:
1 3/8 x 1 7/8 x 1/8 in.
Description:
A tiny calendar for the year 1906 also used for carrying stamps. The cover is camel colored leather stamped "1906". The inside pages read, in part, "The Gorham Calendar and Stamp Holder/ Gorham Co. Silversmiths and Goldsmiths, New York", with a page for every month, phases of the moon and specially treated brown paper pages in the center for mounting stamps. Closes with a tiny leather strap.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.2601
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1906
eMuseum Object ID:
50323
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Watches/ jewelry
Classification:
Date:
1948
Medium:
Metal, paper
Dimensions:
5 x 3 1/8 x 1/8 in.
Description:
This gold colored metal frame hold a paper calendar for the year 1948 below the words, in black, "M. Leonard Steinfast & Son, Inc./ Diamonds, Watches, Jewelry, Silverware, Cameras & Radios/ 71-73 Nassau Street, N.Y.C. 7/ COrtlandt 7-4295-6-7/ Old Gold and Diamonds Bought- Estates and Diamonds Appraised".
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.2600
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1948
eMuseum Object ID:
50322
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Napkin
Classification:
Date:
1980-2000
Medium:
Paper
Dimensions:
5 x 5 in.
Description:
This white paper napkin has a blue and pink border around a pink flower with green leaves and the words "Tavern On The Green" in green. On the reverse, a pink buck with yellow antlers leaps through a stylized meadow.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.2599
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
2000
eMuseum Object ID:
50321
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Shoe horn/ hotel
Classification:
Date:
1980-2000
Medium:
Plastic
Dimensions:
7 3/8 x 1 3/4 x 1/2 in.
Description:
A light green plastic shoe horn with a silver symbol printed on one end of a circle below a crown around the words "Helmsley Hotels/ The Palace".
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.2598
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
2000
eMuseum Object ID:
50320
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Sewing Needles
Classification:
Date:
1890-1930
Medium:
Paper, metal
Dimensions:
9 1/2 x 13 x 1/8 in.
Description:
An orange display card mounted with fifteen envelopes containing different size needles. Ten needle packets are 2 x 1 1/2 in. and black with a white label printed gold or silver with a red border and a black portrait of a crowned woman in the center surrounded by green leaves and red flowers. The six gold envelopes are marked "Queen Marie/ Gold Ey'd/ Sharps", each with a different gauge size including two 1/5 and 3/9; 4/8, 5/10. The four silver envelopes are marked "Queen Marie/ Silver Ey'd/ Sharps", each with a different gauge size including 2, 3, 4 and 5. Two 2 x 1 1/4 in. envelopes are printed with a different portraits and one reads "Queen Royal Gold Ey'd Sharps 1/5" and the other "Queen Victoria Silver Ey'd Sharps 1/5". Three 2 1/4 x 2 envelopes are included. One reads "Queen Marie Gold Ey'd Sharps 5/10", one reads "Queen Victoria Gold Ey'd Sharps 4/8", and one reads "Queen Victoria Silver Ey'd Sharps 1/5". The display card is printed in black with Queen Marie and the words "Queen Marie Sewing Needles/ Finest Quality/ Assorted Sizes". Has a folding cardboard easel back for standing card up for display.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.2445
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1930
eMuseum Object ID:
50319
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Sewing Needles
Classification:
Date:
1890-1930
Medium:
Paper, metal
Dimensions:
9 1/2 x 8 3/8 x 1/8 in.
Description:
An orange display card mounted with twelve envelopes containing different size needles. Eleven needle packets are 2 x 1 1/2 in. and black with a white label printed gold or silver with a red border and a black portrait of a crowned woman in the center surrounded by green leaves and red flowers. The 6 gold envelopes are marked "Queen Marie/ Gold Ey'd/ Sharps", each with a different gauge size including two 1/5 and 3/9; 4/8, 5/10. The five silver envelopes are marked "Queen Marie/ Silver Ey'd/ Sharps", each with a different gauge size including 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5. The twelfth envelope is 3 x 1 1/2 in. with a print of needles on the front in black, light blue and red and reads "Jubilee/ Best Yarn Darners/ Assorted No. 14-18". The display card is printed in black with Queen Marie and the words "Queen Marie Sewing Needles/ Finest Quality/ Assorted Sizes". Has a folding cardboard easel back for standing card up for display.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.2444
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1930
eMuseum Object ID:
50318
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Sewing Needles
Classification:
Date:
1890-1930
Medium:
Paper, metal
Dimensions:
6 1/8 x 4 1/2 x 1/8 in.
Description:
An white card with an orange border mounted with four 2 x 2 1/4 in. envelopes containing different size needles. Each needle packet is black with a white label printed gold or silver with a red border and a black portrait of a crowned woman in the center surrounded by green leaves and red flowers. The two gold envelopes are marked "Queen Marie/ Gold Ey'd/ Sharps", each marked with a different gauge size including 7/5 and 3/9. The two silver envelopes are marked "Queen Marie/ Silver Ey'd/ Sharps", each with a different gauge size including 1/5, 5/10.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.2443
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1930
eMuseum Object ID:
50317
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Sewing Needles
Classification:
Date:
1890-1930
Medium:
Paper, metal
Dimensions:
9 1/2 x 4 1/2 x 1/8 in.
Description:
An orange card mounted with four 1 1/2 x 2 1/4 in. envelopes containing different size needles. Each needle packet is black with a white label printed gold or silver with a red border and a black portrait of a crowned woman in the center surrounded by green leaves and red flowers. The two gold envelopes are marked "Queen Marie/ Gold Ey'd/ Sharps", each with a different gauge size including 4/8, 5/10. The two silver envelopes are marked "Queen Marie/ Silver Ey'd/ Sharps", each with a different gauge size including 1/5, 3/9.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.2442
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1930
eMuseum Object ID:
50316
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Sewing Supplies
Classification:
Date:
1900-1940
Medium:
Wood
Dimensions:
6 x 3/4 x 1/8 in.
Description:
This wood ruler is marked with a scale in inches and reads on the front in black "[illegible] Tischler Pleating and [illegible]/ Originator of 'Samti' Pleating and Novelties/ New York", and on the reverse "The Cross is a guarantee for satisfaction and originality" with a circle around the word "Samti".
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.2441
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1940
eMuseum Object ID:
50315
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Match box
Classification:
Date:
1890-1920
Medium:
Celluloid
Dimensions:
2 3/4 x 1 1/8 x 1/2 in.
Description:
This celluloid or early plastic rectangular case is a match box with a striker strip on the bottomIt is inscribed "Compliments of/ J.J. Cerrish & Co./ Railroad & Mill/ Supplies/ Steam & Plumbing Goods/ Portland , ME."
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.2440
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
50314
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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