Puzzle
Classification:
Date:
1930-1950
Medium:
Cardboard
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 1/8 x 8 7/8 x 6 7/8 in. ( 5.4 x 22.5 x 17.5 cm )
Description:
Three hundred piece cardboard jigsaw puzzle with picture of small boy playing soldier and peeking in the door of a recruiting station; child holding toy rifle against shoulder, wearing holster with toy gun, and has string attached to toy cannon in foreground; also wearing folded paper hat; in original cardboard box.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
INV.11135a-kkkkkkkkkkkk
Marks:
printed: on paper label affixed to side of box lid: " INTERLOCKING/ BORDER/ INTERLOCKING/ CENTER BEST- MADE/ Jigsaw Puzzle/ Subject: "LET ME AT 'EM/ SIZE 12 X 16/300 PIECES/ W. N. DE SHERBININ/ MOUNT KISCO, N.Y."
Gallery Label:
Subject matter may relate to World War II.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1950
eMuseum Object ID:
24136
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Toy: New York Central passenger railroad car
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1895-1905
Medium:
Iron, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 3/4 x 12 3/4 x 3 1/2 in. ( 9.5 x 32.4 x 8.9 cm )
Description:
Cast iron passenger car (from train set), with open platform, eight wheels, and ribbed sides; red body and roof on clerestory; clerestory with 10 small windows on each side, car with 8 windows on each side.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
1961.58
Marks:
cast: on each side of car: "NEW YORK CENTRAL & HUDSON RIVER"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1905
eMuseum Object ID:
22917
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Kerchief
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1945
Medium:
Silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 34 1/4 x 33 1/2 in. ( 87 x 85.1 cm )
Description:
Silk kerchief with the seals of the 48 states, the great seal of the United States, and the seals of the Philippine Islands, Puerto Rico, Hawaii, and Alaska; printed in various colors on red background.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
1949.34
Marks:
printed: all over: "*INDIANA SEAL*/ GREAT SEAL OF IOWA/ THE GREAT SEAL OF OHIO/ SEAL IOWA/ VERMONY UNITY/..."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1945
eMuseum Object ID:
20951
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Tablecloth
Classification:
Date:
1950
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 49 x 51 in. ( 124.5 x 129.5 cm )
Description:
Cotton printed tablecloth with a central vignette of skaters at the rink at Rockefeller center, surrounded by a banner of flags of the world held by an eagle and rectangles and squares with images of New York City landmarks; printed in maroon and blue on a white ground; maroon and blue borders.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
1950.317a
Marks:
printed: in medallions: "THEATRE/ SPORT/PROGRESS/ INDUSTRY"
printed: in rectangles: "CHRYSLER BUILDING/ CITY HALL/ PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD STATION/ WALDORF ASTORIA HOTEL/ WASHINGTON ARCH/ EMPIRE STATE/ RCA BUILDING/ FLATIRON/ ..."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1950
eMuseum Object ID:
18715
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Panel:
Classification:
Date:
1876
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 19 3/4 x 25 in. ( 50.2 x 63.5 cm )
Description:
Copperplate-printed cotton kerchief with an image of Memorial Hall art gallery with an American bald eagle and shield above; printed in black ink on a white ground; red star border.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
1944.215
Marks:
printed: on eagle's banner: "E/ PLURIBUS/ UNUM"
printed: at bottom: "MEMORIAL HALL/ ART GALLERY/ 1776 CENTENNIAL 1876"
Bibliography:
Herbert Ridgeway Collins, Threads of History: Americana Recorded on Cloth, 1775 to the Present (Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1979), 204.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1876
eMuseum Object ID:
18653
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Souvenir pillowcase
Classification:
Date:
1940-1950
Medium:
Synthetic textile
Dimensions:
Overall: 21 x 19 in. ( 53.3 x 48.3 cm )
Description:
Red synthetic textile with yellow velvet design pillowcase; poem entitled "SISTER" in the center; surrounded by images of six Military posts in San Antonio, Texas and the seal of the United States above; yellow and red fringe around the edge; underside of navy blue synthetic textile printed with a black flower pattern.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer, 1942
Object Number:
Z.1566.3
Marks:
glued: in center: "SISTER/ OFF ALL THE GIRLS I EVER/ KNEW, THERE NEVER WAS/ ONE LIKE YOU. YOUR THE/ NEAREST, YOUR THE/ DEAREST, PAL I EVER KNEW."
glued: below vignettes: "RANDOLPH/ FIELD/ BROOKS FIELD/ DUNCAN FIELD/ THE ALAMO/ KELLY FIELD/ QUADRANGLE/ FO
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1950
eMuseum Object ID:
18396
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Kerchief
Classification:
Date:
1896
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 37 x 23 3/4 in. ( 94 x 60.3 cm )
Description:
Screenprinted cotton campaign kerchief with full-length portrail of William McKinley standing on a platform surrounded by cheering crowd with a rising sun in the background; American bald eagle armorial with flags at top of kerchief; printed with red, yellow, blue and black ink on a white ground.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
1936.803
Marks:
printed: on armorial: "PROTECTION/ WE LOVE/ OUR COUNTRY/ RECIPROCITY/ HONEST MONEY"
printed: all over: "MY FRIENDS/ YOU SHALL HAVE/ PROSPERITY/ WITH FULL PROTECTION/ BELIEVE ME/ OUR /CHOICE FOR/ PRESIDENT/ WILLIAM McKINLEY/ THE AMERICAN/ PEOPLE'S/ CHAMPI
Gallery Label:
This kerchief was made for the presidential campaign of 1896.
Bibliography:
Collins, Herbert Ridgeway. Threads of History: Americana Recorded on Cloth, 1775 to the Present. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1979.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1896
eMuseum Object ID:
11063
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pennant
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1942
Medium:
Felt
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 1/4 x 27 1/2 in. ( 26 x 69.8 cm )
Description:
Maroon souvenir pennant printed with a winged U.S. shield, symbol of the U.S. Air Force; inscribed, "U.S./ AIR-CORP/ SOUVENIR OF/ KELLY FIELD/ TEX." in white ink; yellow hoist with maroon ties at both ends.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer, September 1942
Object Number:
Z.1503.1
Marks:
printed: center: "U.S./ AIR-CORP/ SOUVENIR OF/ KELLY FIELD/ TEX."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1942
eMuseum Object ID:
8884
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Scarf: 16 American Indian portraits
Classification:
Date:
1945
Medium:
Rayon
Dimensions:
Overall: 35 1/2 x 34 in. ( 90.2 x 86.4 cm )
Description:
Rayon lithographed kerchief with sixteen portraits of Native Americans in traditional dress in a grid (four across, four down); printed in red, green, yellow, blue and black on a white ground; inscribed across the bottom.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
1946.194
Marks:
printed: across bottom: "This print signed by the artist is Number: 899/ Brooke Cadwallader"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1945
eMuseum Object ID:
7283
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
sheet
Classification:
Date:
1902
Medium:
Linen, silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 88 x 73 in. ( 223.5 x 185.4 cm )
Description:
Pink linen bedsheet with embroidered and drawn work pattern of squares across the top; embroidered initials, "BCL" top center.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
1947.113a
Marks:
embroidered: center top: "BCL"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1902
eMuseum Object ID:
4017
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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