"Valentino" ring
date: label: Date made
content: 1923 - 1924
name: label: Associated Name
content: Valentino, Rudolph
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Souvenir ring known as a "Valentino" ring in reference to actor Rudolph Valentino. The brass finger ring is cast with the image of an Egyptian pharaoh with headdress. This ring was given to the donor, Frances Scheele, by a high school girl friend, who bought it at a department store in Cleveland, Ohio. It was inexpensive then, probably retailing for less than a dollar. Some thread is wrapped around the ring to make it fit properly on the wearer's finger. This sort of movie-oriented costume jewelry was popularly referred to as "Valentino" jewelry. The donor recalled that this was "all the rage" among teenagers at the time.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: purchased
content: United States: Ohio, Cleveland
topic: label: Subject
content: Souvenirs
label: Subject
content: Motion Pictures
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Popular Entertainment
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content: Movies
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content: Movie Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Mrs. Frances J. Scheele
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1985.0168.02
label: accession number
content: 1985.0168
label: catalog number
content: 1985.0168.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Ring
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal, brass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 in x 3/4 in x 1 in; 2.54 cm x 1.905 cm x 2.54 cm