Hardware Sign
Classification:
Date:
1900-1930
Medium:
Metal, paper
Dimensions:
13 1/2 x 9 1/2 x 1/8 in.
Description:
This black tin sign has a color diagram of the connections between a coal stove, a water boiler marked Brown & Bro's Seamless Copper Boiler", and a hot water receptacle marked "Vulcan". The front reads in red "Vulcan/ Gas Water Heater/ Hot Water Almost Instantly." The reverse has a paper label that reads "W.M. Crane Co./ Gas Appliance Manufacturers/ 1131-1133 Broadway, New York".
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.1634
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1930
eMuseum Object ID:
49711
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Hardware Sign
Classification:
Date:
c. 1900
Medium:
Glass, paper, paint
Dimensions:
7 x 5 x 1/8 in.
Description:
This sign is a glass pane with a paper card glued to the back and painted over in gold. The image is of a farmer in a red shirt and blue hat guiding a plow behind a pair of horses, with a cottage in the background. It reads in black "William C. Renz,/ Hardware and Tools/ 1547 Broadway, B'klyn, N.Y., Tel. 3506 Bushwick".
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.1633
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
49710
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Hardware Samples
Classification:
Date:
1990-2000
Medium:
Plastic, paper, metal
Dimensions:
6 x 5 x 3 1/4 in.
Description:
This dark blue rectangular box is printed on the lid and sides in gold and white "Avonite/ Color Reference". The lid opens on a hinge and inside the lid is a list of colors with number codes. The box is full of faux marble samples in a variety of solid and speckled colors including green, red with gray veins and gray with white speckles.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.1632
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
2000
eMuseum Object ID:
49709
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Paint Samples
Classification:
Date:
1950-1970
Medium:
Plastic, paper, metal
Dimensions:
4 x 2 1/2 x 1/8 in.
Description:
This rectangular sample book has a gray paper cover that is printed in dark red "DuPont/ Flat Wall Paint/ Semi-Gloss Enamel", inside are various colored samples of paint on paper cards. See also 2002.1.1629, 1630
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.1631
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1970
eMuseum Object ID:
49708
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Paint Samples
Classification:
Date:
1950-1970
Medium:
Plastic, paper, metal
Dimensions:
4 x 2 1/2 x 1/8 in.
Description:
This rectangular sample book has a gray paper cover that is printed in dark red "DuPont/ Flat Wall Paint/ Semi-Gloss Enamel", inside are various colored samples of paint on paper cards.See also 2002.1.1629, 1631
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.1630
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1970
eMuseum Object ID:
49707
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Paint Samples
Classification:
Date:
1950-1970
Medium:
Plastic, paper, metal
Dimensions:
4 x 2 1/2 x 1/8 in.
Description:
This rectangular sample book has a gray paper cover that is printed in dark red "DuPont/ Interior Gloss Enamel", inside are various colored samples of paint on paper cards.See also 2002.1.1630, 1631
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.1629
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1970
eMuseum Object ID:
49706
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Plastic samples
Classification:
Date:
1950-1970
Medium:
Plastic, paper, metal
Dimensions:
3 1/2 x 1 3/4 x 1/2 in.
Description:
This rectangular sample book has a paper cover with crest of a shield with two lions and a banner and reads in red "Imperialyte/ Imperial Chemical & Plastics Corp./ Cranston, R.I. Williams 9200/ New York Showroom/ 8 W. 40th St. LOngacre 3-7270". The back cover has a drawing of a factory marked "General Offices and Plant". Inside are samples of plastic sheets in various colors.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.1628
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1970
eMuseum Object ID:
49705
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Hardware/ household
Classification:
Date:
1940-1960
Medium:
Wood
Dimensions:
4 3/4 x 2 7/8 x 1/4 in.
Description:
This wood sample has a white paper label on one side that reads in black and red "Compo-Board/ Compo-Board is the best lining you can use for your walls and ceilings./ Compo-Board makes dry germ-proof walls and ceiling. As warm as a plaster wall a foot thick. Can be put on quickly by anyone who can drive a nail....".
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.1627
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1960
eMuseum Object ID:
49704
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Hardware/ household
Classification:
Date:
1920-1940
Medium:
Wood, paper
Dimensions:
5 3/4 x 1 1/2 x 1/4 in.
Description:
This wood sample has a yellow paper label on one side that reads in black "This trunk is constructed of 3 ply wood veneer with center ply having reverse grain, and all three plys glued together with water resistent glue, under Hydralic pressure. Plywood is the strongest known material suitable for trunk construction. Made in Petersburg, Va. by the largest Luggage Manufacturer in the World."
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.1626
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1940
eMuseum Object ID:
49703
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Hardware/ household
Classification:
Date:
1900-1920
Medium:
Wood, paper
Dimensions:
10 1/4 x 2 5/8 x 1/4 in.
Description:
This wood shingle has a paper label on one side that reads in black "Hang Out Your Shingle/ And one passer by in a thousand notices, but does not read it./ Put Your Ad. In The World/ And everybody can see and read it. The shingle did well enough in / the old days- World Ads. are the things for to-day." The back has an address "Child & Son/ 1331 Washin Av., City", and a stamp indicating this was a mailed advertisment. See also 2002.1.2487
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.1625
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
49702
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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