Tray

Date: 
1930-1960
Medium: 
Metal
Dimensions: 
1/4 x 3 1/2 in. diameter
Description: 
This circular metal tip tray or coaster has a brown woven pattern printed on the front a with drawing of a trout, salmon and clam surrounded by leafy greens and reads "Canadian Ace/ Brand Beer and Ale/ Made In U.S.A."
Credit Line: 
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number: 
2002.1.1967
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1960
eMuseum Object ID: 
49634
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Commemorative token

Date: 
1840-1880
Medium: 
Metal
Dimensions: 
1/8 x 2 1/8 in. diameter
Description: 
Commemorative token embossed with a central portrait of a man with long hair surrounded by the words "Elias Howe Jr./ Inventor & Maker, New York, U.S.A.". Howe made sewing machines and is credited with the invention of the two thread lock stitch.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number: 
2002.1.1966
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1880
eMuseum Object ID: 
49633
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Souvenir token

Date: 
1836
Medium: 
Metal
Dimensions: 
1/8 x 1 1/8 in. diameter
Description: 
Souvenir token embossed with a central image of a statue surrounded by an eagle and shield, sheaf of grain, spinning wheel, sailing ship and a doctor's caduceus and the words "American Institute/ New York". On the reverse, "Copy of a Gold Medal Awarded to / R & W Robinson/ For The Best/ Military, Naval, Sporting/ & Plain Flat Buttons/ 1836".
Credit Line: 
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number: 
2002.1.1965
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1836
eMuseum Object ID: 
49632
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Souvenir token

Date: 
1915
Medium: 
Metal
Dimensions: 
1/8 x 1 3/8 in. diameter
Description: 
Souvenir token embossed with a central image of a table lamp surrounded by words "Panama- Pacific International Exposition/ San Francisco, 1915". On the reverse, an embossed lantern surrounded by the words "The Coleman Lamp Company Wichita, Kansas/ Awarded Gold Medal".
Credit Line: 
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number: 
2002.1.1964
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1915
eMuseum Object ID: 
49631
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Hardware/ household

Date: 
1920-1940
Medium: 
Paper, metal
Dimensions: 
4 x 1 1/2 x 1/4 in.
Description: 
This light green box contains aluminum patches for mending leaks. The top is printed in blue "Mendets/ Mend All Leaks Instantly/ without the use of heat, solder, cement or rivet/ In Graniteware, Aluminum, Hot Water Bags/ tin, copper, brass, sheet iron, all cooking untensils and rubber goods.../ Collette Mfg. Co./ Amsterdam, N.Y.". The back and sides have instructions for use.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number: 
2002.1.1612
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1940
eMuseum Object ID: 
49618
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Hardware/ household

Date: 
1900-1940
Medium: 
Wood, glass, paper, cork
Dimensions: 
Box: 4 3/4 x 1 7/8 in. diameter; bottle: 3 1/4 x 1 1/4 in. diameter
Description: 
This cylindrical wood box has a domed lid with a finial knob. The black paper label has a faint picture in gold of an Asian woman holding a parasol and reads "Sapolin Gold Paint/ Ready Mixed/ Japanese/ [?]Stencorfer Bros., New York, U.S.A./ Color N110/ Size 25". Inside is a clear glass bottle stained with gold paint and closed with a cork.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number: 
2002.1.1611
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1940
eMuseum Object ID: 
49617
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Sign

Date: 
1880-1920
Medium: 
Glass, paper
Dimensions: 
8 1/2 x 6 1/2 x 1/4 in.
Description: 
A glass trade sign with paper and cardboard backing sealed with gold tape on the edges. The sign has a central drawing of a little girl in a light blue off the shoulder puffy sleeved dress holding a doll. It reads in gold on black and light blue "Genuine/ Madame Hendren/ Dolls/ Be Sure And Look For/ This Tag When You Buy A Doll/ They Walk/ They Talk/ They Sleep".
Credit Line: 
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number: 
2002.1.2130
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1920
eMuseum Object ID: 
49594
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Puzzle

Date: 
ca. 1890
Medium: 
Paper, wood
Dimensions: 
9 x 7 x 2 1/4 in.
Description: 
A two-sided wood and paper jigsaw puzzle still in its original box. The cover has paper label printed with a scene of many men in the traditional costumes of different nations handing boxes of puzzles to the man in a red, white and blue United States costume. The top reads "Clemen's Slient Teacher/Dissected Map of the United States/ and of Each State in Counties". On the side of the box the label reads "State of New York". One side of the puzzle is a detailed map of New York State, while the reverse is an advertisment for Sherwin-Williams paint with an image of the factory building with cable cars in the streets.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number: 
2002.1.2129
Bibliography: 
Hofer, Margaret K. "The Games We Played: The Golden Age of Board & Table Games." New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2003.
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1890
eMuseum Object ID: 
49593
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Puzzle

Date: 
1880-1900
Medium: 
Paper
Dimensions: 
7 1/4 x 5 x 1 in.
Description: 
A two-sided cardboard jigsaw puzzle with advertisments for Hood's Sarsaparilla on both sides, still in its original red box. The cover has white paper label printed in blue with the two scenes of the puzzle, one of a man leaving a large factory building driving a horse-drawn Hood's delivery carriage. The second scene is of a man and woman watching Hood's hot air balloons near a barn marked with a Hood's Sarsaparilla advertisment. One side of the puzzle is in color, and the other is monochrome blue on white. The cover reads, in part, Hood's Rainy Day and Balloon Puzzles/ These Puzzles are issued for the patrons of Hood's Sarsaparilla and Can Be Obtained only by sending to us three of the trade-marks printed upon the buff wrappers of Hood's Sarsaparilla."
Credit Line: 
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number: 
2002.1.2120
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1900
eMuseum Object ID: 
49592
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Medallion

Date: 
1909
Medium: 
Metal
Dimensions: 
1/8 x 1 3/8 in. diameter
Description: 
A bronze colored metal medallion embossed with a central image of four masted square rigged sailing ship labeled "The Half Moon", surrounded by the words "In Commemoration Of The Hudson -Fulton Celebration 1609-1909". On the reverse, an embossed steamship with two sails in front of the New York Palisades cliffs surrounded by the words "New York Sept. 25 To Oct. 9/ Fulton's S.S. Clermont/ 1807-1909". Pierced at the top for hanging.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number: 
2002.1.1963
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1909
eMuseum Object ID: 
49591
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

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