Box/ Food

Date: 
1890-1910
Medium: 
Wood, paper
Dimensions: 
2 1/2 x 6 1/2 in. diameter
Description: 
This round wood box has a paper label on the top with a color print of a plate of dried fruit encircled by a red border with the words "American Fig Confection". On the side, a paper label reads in black "Wholesale Confectioner, 154 Greenwich Street,/ And 71 Cortlandt Street, New York."
Credit Line: 
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number: 
2002.1.2535
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1910
eMuseum Object ID: 
50048
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Coaster/ Food

Date: 
1920-1950
Medium: 
Paper
Dimensions: 
1/8 x 3 1/2 in. diameter
Description: 
This cardboard coaster has a blue border around the words, in blue, "Horn & Hardart/ Tapioca Pudding/ Horn & Hardart", referring to the famous New York City automat restaurant chain.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number: 
2002.1.2534
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1950
eMuseum Object ID: 
50047
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Plate/ Food

Date: 
1920-1950
Medium: 
Paper, metal, cloth
Dimensions: 
1/2 x 9 in. diameter
Description: 
This cardboard plate has a metal loop attached to the back with a cloth strip for hanging. It has a color scene in the center of the front of two birds, probably English Robins, perched upon a basket nest in a snow-covered holly tree with two chicks inside. It reads around the rim "Holiday Presents/ Merry Christmas and Happy New Year/ Compliments of H. O'Neill & Co./ Sixth Ave. cor. 20th St., New York". See also 2002.1.2532
Credit Line: 
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number: 
2002.1.2533
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1950
eMuseum Object ID: 
50046
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Plate/ Food

Date: 
1920-1950
Medium: 
Paper, metal, cloth
Dimensions: 
1/2 x 9 in. diameter
Description: 
This cardboard plate has a metal loop attached to the back with a cloth strip for hanging. It has a color scene in the center of the front of two birds, probably English Robins, perched upon a basket nest in a snow-covered holly tree with two chicks inside. It reads around the rim "Holiday Presents/ Merry Christmas and Happy New Year/ Compliments of H. O'Neill & Co./ Sixth Ave. cor. 20th St., New York".See also 2002.1.2533
Credit Line: 
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number: 
2002.1.2532
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1950
eMuseum Object ID: 
50045
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Pie Tin/ Food

Date: 
1920-1950
Medium: 
Metal
Dimensions: 
1 1/8 x 9 in. diameter
Description: 
This metal pie tin has holes pierced in the bottom for ease of slice removal. It is embossed "Le Cody/ Toasted Pies".
Credit Line: 
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number: 
2002.1.2531
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1950
eMuseum Object ID: 
50044
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Medicine

Date: 
1869
Medium: 
Paper
Dimensions: 
6 1/8 x 3/4 in. diameter
Description: 
A rolled up tube of paper with a medicinal plaster inside. It is printed in green with evergreen trees flanking the words, in red and green "Paine's/ Highly and Justly Celebrated/ Green- Mountain/ Balm of Gilead and Cedar Plaster/ ...Apothecaries Hall, corner Main and State Sts. Windsor, VT./ M.K. Paine, Druggist", with only partially legible directions for use. Has a postmark from February 1869
Credit Line: 
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number: 
2002.1.2530
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1869
eMuseum Object ID: 
50043
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Trade sign

Date: 
1880-1920
Medium: 
Metal
Dimensions: 
27 1/2 x 18 1/4 x 1/8 in.
Description: 
A lithographed tin sign advertising Mayo tobacco. It has a central print of a brick factory building with two wings and smaller inset images marked "Branding and Stamping Room" and "Prizing Room", surrounded by images of collectible tobacco trading cards including naval, animal and flag themes. A red banner at the top reads in gold "P. H. Mayo & Brother.", and below the factory "U.S. 'Navy'/ Tobacco Works/ Richmond, Va.". Names of ships and other naval references decorate the sign. Formerly F-45.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number: 
2002.1.2184
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1920
eMuseum Object ID: 
50042
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Trade Sign

Date: 
1946
Medium: 
Wood, plastic
Dimensions: 
20 x 16 1/2 x 3/4 in.
Description: 
A wood plaque with a chart entitled "Flags of American Liberty" laminated to the front. In the center is the 48 star American flag encircled by gold radiating rays and stars surrounded by colonial and revolutionary flags, flags of the early republic, confederate flags, as well as war, eminence and authority, and military and naval flags all reproduced in color.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number: 
2002.1.2183
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1946
eMuseum Object ID: 
50041
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Trade Sign

Date: 
1880-1910
Medium: 
Metal
Dimensions: 
18 3/4 x 3 1/2 x 1/2 in.
Description: 
A yellow painted tin moulding or trim piece from a larger frame that held a still- life of fruit that advertised a soda fountain product "True Fruit". It has white floral and leaf designs in shaded white and a frame around the words " 'True Fruit'/ J. Hungerford Smith Co./ Rochester, N.Y.", now a division of Con-Agra Co. See 2002.1.2181 for the main and 2002.1.2211 for a complete item.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number: 
2002.1.2182
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1910
eMuseum Object ID: 
50040
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Trade Sign

Date: 
1880-1910
Medium: 
Metal, plastic, wood
Dimensions: 
33 x 21 x 1 1/4 in.
Description: 
This chomolithographic tin sign with a light blue plastic frame was an advertisment for "True Fruit" a soda fountain product from the J. Hungerford Smith Company of Rochester, N.Y. The scene is of a table set with a white table cloth, a large ornate silver platter of fruit decorated with leaves and a statuette of a standing woman and a kneeling child draped with garlands of flowers in the center. The background is blue and gold. See 2002.1.2182 for manufacturer labeled frame trim and 2002.1.2211 for a complete item. Formerly F-9.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number: 
2002.1.2181
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1910
eMuseum Object ID: 
50039
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

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