Lens cloth
Classification:
Date:
1930-1960
Medium:
Cloth
Dimensions:
6 x 3 5/8 in.
Description:
This pink lens cleaning cloth is an advertisement for an optician. It is printed "Established 1901/ Glasses/ By/ Yanss Optical Co. Inc./ 106 East 23rd Street/ Near Fourth Ave./ New York 10, N.Y./ Phone GRamercy 3-1842/ This is our only store-We have no branches/ over 50 years in / Metropolitan Building". See also 2002.1.2312, 2002.1.2314
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.503
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1960
eMuseum Object ID:
47904
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Optical
Classification:
Date:
1930-1960
Medium:
Cloth
Dimensions:
5 1/4 x 3 1/2 in.
Description:
This pale orange lens cleaning cloth is an advertisement for an optician. It is printed "Telephone STerling 8-2679/ Dr. B. Sachs/ Optometrist/ 439 Fifth Avenue/ near 9th Street/ Brooklyn 15, N.Y." with the hours of operation.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.502
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1960
eMuseum Object ID:
47903
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Optician advertisement
Classification:
Date:
1880-1920
Medium:
Paper
Dimensions:
5 x 1 1/8 in.
Description:
This paper advertisement for an optician is shaped like a pair of glasses. It reads "Oelschlaeger Bros./ 42 East 23rd St./ New York" on one lens and "We invite an/ Inspection of our stock of/ Optical Goods/ Sutiable for Christmas/ and New-Years Gifts." The back is embossed gold paper.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.501
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
47902
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pince nez
Classification:
Date:
1870-1890
Medium:
Metal, glass, hard rubber
Dimensions:
Box: 2 1/2 x 1 3/4 x 3/8 in.; Glasses: 3 3/4 x 2 1/2 in.
Description:
This small black leather case contains a pair of black folding 'pince-nez' glasses. The case has gold writing on it that reads "Ailman/ 6 Bromfield St./ Boston". The glasses frames are made of hard rubber and the lenses are shaded gray.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.500
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
47901
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Paperweight
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1880-1920
Medium:
Glass, paper
Dimensions:
7 3/4 x 4 1/8 x 1 1/8 in.
Description:
This clear glass block paperweight has beveled top edges. On the bottom, visible through the glass, engraved and highlighted in black is the name "George A. Robbins".
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.351
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
47900
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Box
Classification:
Date:
1890-1920
Medium:
Paper
Dimensions:
6 1/2 x 5 1/2 x 1 3/8 in.
Description:
This pale yellow empty box has a photo print of a man with a mustache, in a military uniform with two rows of brass buttons and epaulets, framed with a red line and the word "Manila".
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.350
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
47889
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Box
Classification:
Date:
1890-1930
Medium:
Paper
Dimensions:
3 3/8 x 2 3/8 x 1 3/8
Description:
This pale blue empty cardboard box is printed in dark blue surround by a fancy frame on the top "Cartier/ New York, 653 5th Avenue/ Paris, 13 Rue de la Paix/ London, 175 New Bond St."
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.349
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1930
eMuseum Object ID:
47888
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Phrenology head
Classification:
Date:
1880-1910
Medium:
Ceramic
Dimensions:
irregular: 12 1/2 x 5 1/2 x 5 /1/2
Description:
This ceramic head was designed for the phrenology, or skull study fad that swept the nation before 1900. It has black lines that section and divide the skull and face with indications as to the actions, emotions and abilities purported to be centered in that area. It is marked "Phrenology/ By L.N. Fowler" and on the back is an explanation of the study of "Crania and living heads..."
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.348
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1910
eMuseum Object ID:
47887
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Medicine
Classification:
Date:
1906-1920
Medium:
Paper
Dimensions:
2 1/8 x 1 1/4 x 1/2 in.
Description:
This box is green and white with black lettering. It reads "Kodol/ Dyspepsia Tablets/ For Dyspepsia, Indigestion/ Heart Burn and Similar Conditions/ E.C. De Witt & Co./ Chicago and New York." The rear has instructions for use. See also 2002.1.756, 757.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.755
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
47886
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Medicine
Classification:
Date:
1906-1920
Medium:
Paper
Dimensions:
2 1/8 x 1 1/4 x 5/8 in.
Description:
This box is white with a blue and gold scene of a sun rising over hills. It reads "De Witt's/ Kidney & Bladder Pills/ These pills also act on the Liver/ Chicago, U.S.A.". The rear has instructions for use. See also 2002.1.752, 753.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.754
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
47885
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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