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  1. 2001.027.0006 - press, fruit

    Press spent many years in the out of doors. The central iron core has a foundry name of St. Clair Foundry. The press is in pieces and some pieces are missing. In storage Second Image is of a 2002 display which includes pieces of the cider press in this record

    Record Type: Object

    Cider Press - owned by Cider Mueller
  2. 2001.029.0005 - Stove

    Black iron short legged Laundry Stove. Stove on display in Stove Gallery. A duplicate Laundry Stove by Enterprise Foundry is also on display. The rear of the Supreme is on display and the front of the Enterprise. Enterprise at the right

    Record Type: Object

    Enterprise Laundry Stove
  3. 2001.031.0002 - Bag

    Paper bag printed on both sides in navy blue on tan. BECK's appears at the bottom of the bag and above it at the left and the right are wavy lines indicating pipe smoke. The center is solid navy blue and it reads (from the top) "Sweetened ... Charles Beck's Brand Pure Cigar Clippings for smoking and chewing. 10 cents....highest quality The back side has the same design of "pipe smoke" as the front. Back side reads frrom the top: Charles ...

    Record Type: Object

    Beck's Cigar - Bag for chewing tobacco
  4. 2001.031.0010 - Block, Printing

    Is this a multi-lithe plate which replaced lithography in 1964? Is this aluminum, silver? Check on Monotype. The flat impression on the metal is of a stove with an overhead oven. What kind of print plate is this?

    Record Type: Object

    Orbon Stove Print Plate
  5. 2001.032.0005 - box

    White cardboard box includes a grayscale photograph of the proprietor (who is unnamed). BUT IT IS JOHN SOURIS Busy B Fine Convections is located at the corner of Main and Jackson Sts., Belleville, Ill Telephone 2661 Filed in "Small Things"

    Record Type: Object

    Busy B Confectioners, Belleville
  6. 2001.046.0015 - Stove

    "Airlite" Stove manufactured by Roesch. Surface enamelled to look like wood. Stove is a short combination range - heat with wood and/or gas. Stove has been restored . Roesch ID Tag is in file.

    Record Type: Object

    Enamelled Stove - looks like wood - Roesch
  7. 2001.047.0021 - game

    Board game without playing pieces or spinner. Board game is squared off at the outer edges with colorful squares and interesting corners. The center holds an incandescent bulk surrounded by a wheel with consecutive numbes at the outer edge. Information on the production of the game and the significant players in the design of it are listed at the outer edges. Game produced by Smithsonian's Education Outreach Office. Filed in oversize...

    Record Type: Object

    Bright Ideas Game Board
  8. 2001.052.0006 - computer, digital

    Millennium Edition Hewlett Packard Laptop. Box of directions, warranty, etc. included

    Record Type: Object

    HP Laptop - Millenium Edition
  9. 2001.054.0001 - Bellows, Blacksmith's

    Wood and leather bellows, leather attached with nails splattered with hot iron leaving holes, and marks, repaired with corrugated fastners on both sides, hole in handle for hanging; one side has 2 circular 1 1/2" holes, triangle of leather on front split in leather on one side towards top handle 4" metal tip. (In stove casting display 2018)

    Record Type: Object

    Leather and wood Bellows
  10. 2001.056.0002 - Box, Cigar

    Cigar box- four sides, top and bottom made of wood- light brown in color. Box bordered with paper in yellow, red green and gray leaf design. Top displays "Fischer's 5 cents Progress" and two banner like emblems with fabric drape under both- all in black color. Orange stamp has NRA & has picture of eagle (not a revenue stamp). Stamp is incomplete. Blue paper revenue stamp illegible. Bottom has "Factory #142 8 Dist. Ill. 50" and manufacturer...

    Record Type: Object

    Inside Lid of Cigar Box
  11. 2001.056.0003 - Box, Cigar

    Box-4 sides, top & bottom, wood; color- natural wood. Name of cigar: Superba. Manufactured by Schaab & Breidenbach- appears on inside back of box. Sides plain except for front. Lid/Top- Banding in blue with "Hand Made" appearing repetitively. Lid not attached. Inside lid design in gold and dark blue, with "The Superba Cigar" in a ribbon at the center of the design. Two gold medallions & gold flourishes surround the ribbon.

    Record Type: Object

    Lid Top The Superba Cigar Manufactured By SCHAAB & BREIDENBACH Belleville I
  12. 2001.056.0005 - Box, Cigar

    Wood box banded in white Cigar name: "Commercial". Cigar name appears on outside of lid in black along with stylized design of stars and leaves. One side stamped in black "Commercial 2 for 15¢ ". In paper on other side is a red, white and blue label reading "Chas. Beck's Commercial 2 for 15¢"

    Record Type: Object

    Top of cigar box
  13. 2001.056.0006 - Box, Cigar

    Box made entirely of pressboard in natural wood color. White Banding. Stamps: Very little evidence of the tax and union made stamps. Lid/Top: Black outline stamp in the center of the lid says: Henkemeyer's . Habana spelled out below and Fabrica de Tobacos above Henkemeyer's. White oval decal placed at left side of top is partially intact. Decal printed in black reads: Flor De Toabcos de M. Henkemeyer's Belleville, Ill. Additional ...

    Record Type: Object

    Henkemeyer Cigar Box
  14. 2001.056.0007 - Box, Cigar

    Box composed completely of wood, natural color. Banding in yellow with red lettering reading Cuban Hand Made. Stamps: Registration Stamp reads "Union Made Cigar #24594899. US Seal also legible. Lip/Top: Mohr's in black plus floral detail above and below. Mohr's is centered on the lip. Inside lip paper is yellow with Mohr's 5 in red. "Hand Made and 5 cents Straight" appears in blue cursive. Yellow paper continues down into the box and reads "P...

    Record Type: Object

    Lid Mohr's Hand Made 5 C Straight
  15. 2001.056.0008 - Box, Cigar

    Box entirely wood in natural color. White banding partially intact. Stamps: Blue Registration/Tax Stamps unusual since they run from front to back on the lid. The Lid has black lettering which reads the "White Ash Cigar Mfg. by W. C. Hees, Belleville, IL A hand holding a cigar is also part of the graphic. Lid is papered inside which includes the above graphic plus a palm tree plantation and a graphic including a fountain, a human couple, a man...

    Record Type: Object

    Hees, W. C. Cigar Box Lid
  16. 2001.056.0011 - cutter, shingle

    Shingle cutter reads: Beno J. Gundlach, Belleville, ILL. 5" blade. Overall dimensions 13 1/2"

    Record Type: Object

    Beno J. Gunldach - cutter or scorer
  17. 2001.065.0008 - Box, Cigar

    Box: Wood Color: Natural Wood with Paper Banding of Red & Gold which is in poor condition. Stamps: Blue Revenue Stamp for 50 cigars illegible Lid Top: DIPLOMA GRAND in black upper case letters. Letters surrounded by stylized flowers and fruit. Lid Inside: Covered with a paper "Diploma" in green with a red ribbon; a corinthian column. A roman goddess holding a medical staff and a green wreath is at the left of the diploma. Diploma r...

    Record Type: Object

    Lid Top Diploma Grande
  18. 2001.067.0005 - Box, Cigar

    Box, 4 sides-Top & bottom, sides- pressed paper. Color: Paper in navy blue, red white. Stamps: None, box possibly not used. Lid top: Blue paper with double circle and "Beck's" in red writing. In white letters the words"Deluxe, Smooth, Smoking, 10c. Same on inside of . lid. Sides: Faded navy paper with lettering same as top. Bottom: Factory No. 243 8 Dist Ill 50 State of Ill. and accompanying notice. ...

    Record Type: Object

    Beck's Delux Cigar Box - 10 Cent digar
  19. 2001.067.0008 - Box, Cigar

    Box: 4 sides, top and bottom-wood. Color- Green/Gold border on edges "Handmade" and design. Stamps- Revenue stamp label poor. Union Shop stamp label good, #F44121090. Lid/top- Lid inside: "Smoke Sir Knight". Man in uniform costume standing on side. 5c label scribbled over, and hand written "6c" mark near man. Inside box on back- Printed "Schaab & Breidenbach, Manufacturers Belleville, Ill. SIR KNIGHT Havana Filler Hand Made High Grade" but w...

    Record Type: Object

    Lid Inside of cigar box -Smoke Sir Knight
  20. 2001.067.0009 - Box, Cigar

    Box- Four sides. Top & bottom wood; sides wood. Stamps- Illegible, torn off. Lid/top- "Smoke 127" Red and gold border " 5 c HAND MADE SPECIAL CIGARS. A drawing in blue of a man and a woman dressed in the style of the 1920s is also on the lid. Inside lid-" Smoke 127 5c. Hand Made Special Cigars" Back inside- Printed on paper: "Manufactured by August Willmann Belleville Illinois" Front and left side "Hand Made" Right side- "Smoke 127 5c H...

    Record Type: Object

    August Willmann Cigars

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