Bottle opener
Classification:
Date:
1900-1940
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
2 7/8 x 7/8 x 1/8 in.
Description:
This metal bottle opener is shaped like a woman and is engraved on one side with the image of a nude woman. Engraved on the reverse "Eat & Drink at/ Amazon Hotel/ 36 Fairfield Ave./ Bridgeport".
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.1702
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1940
eMuseum Object ID:
49209
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Medallion
Classification:
Date:
1868-1900
Medium:
Metal, paper, glass
Dimensions:
1/8 x 1 3/8 in. diameter
Description:
This medallion is a brass ring with a silvered glass mirror on one side and a yellow paper disk inserted in the other. The yellow disk reads in black "Steel's/ Hotel and Dining Rooms/ 341, 316 & 318/ Greenwich St.,/ N.Y./ Bet. Reade & Duane/ Pat'd June 16, 1868".
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.1701
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
49208
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pinback button
Classification:
Date:
1930-1960
Medium:
Metal, celluloid/plastic, ribbon
Dimensions:
1/8 x 1 1/4 in. diameter
Description:
This pin back button is white with blue printing and has a gray ribbon attached to it. It reads "Rudi's & Maxl's/ Original Bavarian/ Brau-Haus/ 239 East 86th St./ New York".
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.1700
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1960
eMuseum Object ID:
49207
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Box
Classification:
Date:
1874-1900
Medium:
Paper
Dimensions:
7 x 3 3/4 x 7/8 in.
Description:
This box has a blue and gold geometric pattern on beige textured paper on the sides. The top has a green, gold and red border design and is decorated with a central print of a little girl in a woman's pink bustled dress being pursued by a boy in a man's red and blue military uniform carrying a sword. A label inside the box reads "Registered 25th June 1874".
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.2263
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
49194
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Box
Classification:
Date:
1890-1930
Medium:
Paper
Dimensions:
5 3/4 x 4 x 3 in.
Description:
This bright green box with gold trim on the top edge has a paper label on the lid that reads in black "Exhibitors, Misses Natte, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil/ Flowers/ Made From Natural/ Feathers of Brazlian Birds./ No Artificial Tints./ All natural, everlasting colors, so that these Flowers/ will never fade./ Rare Brazilian Birds and Insects/ Mounted in Fine Gold./ These Goods Are For Sale, And Can Be Delivered at Once."
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.2262
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1930
eMuseum Object ID:
49193
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Box/ jewelry
Classification:
Date:
1930-1950
Medium:
Paper
Dimensions:
6 1/4 x 2 3/8 x 5/8 in.
Description:
This dark burgundy colored box has a slightly padded top which opens on a hinge. Inside the lid printed in blue "Gold & Silversmiths/ Dieges & Clust/ 15 John St./ New York."
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.2261
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1950
eMuseum Object ID:
49192
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Box/ jewelry
Classification:
Date:
1910-1940
Medium:
Paper
Dimensions:
3 1/4 x 2 3/8 x 1 1/8 in.
Description:
This pale green box has purple trim on the edges. It is printed in the center of the lid in black "C.D. Peacock, Jeweler,/ Nos. 96 & 98 State St./ Chicago." Handwritten on the box "Mother's silver watch and chain".
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.2260
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1940
eMuseum Object ID:
49191
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Box/ candy
Classification:
Date:
1930-1950
Medium:
Paper
Dimensions:
6 1/4 x 3 1/2 x 2 1/2 in.
Description:
This white box is printed on the lid with a portrait of an elderly woman within a gold frame and reads in gold "Old Time/ Fanny Farmer Candies". One long side has a print of the Statue of Liberty and the other, a cottage marked "Homestead". The short sides read "Fanny Farmer Candies/ Always Deliciously Fresh" and "Studios in Leading Cities/ Home Studio/ Rochester, New York".
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.2259
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1950
eMuseum Object ID:
49190
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Tobacco tin
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1912
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
7 x 5 1/4 in. diameter
Description:
"Roly Poly" tobacco tin in the shape of a rotund African American woman, with lithographed printing of a red kerchief and white with red polka dots dress on the base and on the cap a white head cloth around a smiling face smoking a pipe. On the back is an advertisment for "Mayo's Cut Plug" tobacco. The bottom reads "This 'Brownie' tin comes in different designs/ Get a Collection/ This brand of tobacco has been before the public for/ a great number of years-in quality it stands unsurpassed." See similar items 2002.1.478 and .479.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.2258
Gallery Label:
The American Tobacco Company issued a set of six "Roly Poly" tobacco tins in 1912. Named for their bulbous shape, each tin depicted a common stereotype of the era: Mammy, Singing Waiter, Satisfied Customer, Dutchman, Scotland Yard, and Storekeeper. Four different brands of tobacco were distributed in these tins: Mayo's, Dixie Queen, Red Indian, and U.S. Marine, with each tin holding approximately a pound of tobacco.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1917
eMuseum Object ID:
49189
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Beer Supply
Classification:
Date:
1906-1920
Medium:
Paper
Dimensions:
4 1/4 x 4 1/4 x 1 3/8 in.
Description:
A brown paper packet containing hops and yeast for brewing beer. The front is printed in black "Home Brewed English Ale" with instructions for adding the malt to ten gallons of water, starting the yeast and adding the hops. The side has a yellow paper label that reads "Superior Hops/ From Dole Brothers/ Boston, U.S.A."
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.2257
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
49188
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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