Collection Highlights
Tammany Bank
Date:
ca. 1875
Object Number:
1937.1237
Medium:
Iron, paint
SUPPORT THE NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Help us present groundbreaking exhibitions and develop educational programs about our nation's history for more than 200,000 schoolchildren annually.
Museum Collections
Luce Center
Card of buttons
Object Number:
2004.27.4
Date:
1930-1980
Medium:
Glass, paper, string
Dimensions:
Each (button): 1/2 x 1 x 3/4 in. (1.3 x 2.5 x 1.9 cm)
Overall (card): 5 1/2 x 3 1/4 in. (14 x 8.3 cm)
Description:
Card of 6 oval, cut glass buttons; 3 detached from card, 3 attached with white string. White card printed in black "B/ La Mode/ TRADE MARK/ REG. U.S. PAT. OFF."; "La Mode" logo printed in curling script over image of spread eagle; printed at bottom "SUPERIOR QUALITY." Back of card stamped in purple ink "11699 L-36."
Gallery Label:
The donor's father, Leo A. Greene (1908-1954), spent his entire career at B. Blumenthal & Co. (founded in 1877), the leading American button importer and manufacturer in the country for much of the 20th century. The company had a large showroom in New York City on Broadway between 38th and 39th streets. Greene began as a stock boy in the 1920's and rose to Vice President and a member of the Board of Directors by the end of his career. La Mode was a division of B. Blumenthal & Company.
Credit Line:
Gift of Lois Greene Stone
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
