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- Trade Card for Special Fuller Brush, Fuller Brush Company, 1914 - In the last third of the nineteenth century, American consumers could choose from an unprecedented variety of goods and services. Seeking to distinguish certain products and businesses from the competition, advertisers began to print and distribute trade cards. Though the popularity of these cards diminished after 1900, some companies employed the informative, often vibrant little advertisements well into the twentieth century.
- 1914
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Trade Card for Special Fuller Brush, Fuller Brush Company, 1914
In the last third of the nineteenth century, American consumers could choose from an unprecedented variety of goods and services. Seeking to distinguish certain products and businesses from the competition, advertisers began to print and distribute trade cards. Though the popularity of these cards diminished after 1900, some companies employed the informative, often vibrant little advertisements well into the twentieth century.
- Buckminster Fuller, "Inventions: Twelve Around One," 1981 -
- 1981
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Buckminster Fuller, "Inventions: Twelve Around One," 1981
- Buckminster Fuller's Geodesic Dome Being Constructed for the United States Pavilion at Expo 67, 1966-1967 - Expo 67, held in Montreal, Canada, was the most attended world's fair of the 20th century. The United States pavilion, a 250-foot-diameter geodesic dome designed by visionary Buckminster Fuller and architect Shoji Sadao, was an interactive environmental exhibit. It remains the most iconic and fondly remembered of Fuller's built designs. This pavilion survives today as an attraction called the Biosphere.
- 1966-1967
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Buckminster Fuller's Geodesic Dome Being Constructed for the United States Pavilion at Expo 67, 1966-1967
Expo 67, held in Montreal, Canada, was the most attended world's fair of the 20th century. The United States pavilion, a 250-foot-diameter geodesic dome designed by visionary Buckminster Fuller and architect Shoji Sadao, was an interactive environmental exhibit. It remains the most iconic and fondly remembered of Fuller's built designs. This pavilion survives today as an attraction called the Biosphere.
- Fuller Electrical Company Dynamo, 1879 - In the late 1800s, arc lamps provided lighting for mills, factories, city streets and large public areas. The Fuller Electric Company produced this dynamo in 1879 to generate electricity for these lighting systems. Its design -- from the patent of James J. Wood, a Fuller employee -- was an improvement over previous dynamos and helped spread the use of arc-lamp lighting.
- 1879
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Fuller Electrical Company Dynamo, 1879
In the late 1800s, arc lamps provided lighting for mills, factories, city streets and large public areas. The Fuller Electric Company produced this dynamo in 1879 to generate electricity for these lighting systems. Its design -- from the patent of James J. Wood, a Fuller employee -- was an improvement over previous dynamos and helped spread the use of arc-lamp lighting.
- Fuller Stainless Steel Sponges Packaging -
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Fuller Stainless Steel Sponges Packaging
- Fuller Electrical Company Dynamo, circa 1889 -
- circa 1889
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Fuller Electrical Company Dynamo, circa 1889
- Fuller Electric Company Arc Lamp, circa 1877 -
- circa 1877
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Fuller Electric Company Arc Lamp, circa 1877
- What If We Reimagine How We Construct Houses — and Humanity? - Though the Dymaxion House never succeeded commercially, it inspired generations of innovators.
- January 01, 2016
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What If We Reimagine How We Construct Houses — and Humanity?
Though the Dymaxion House never succeeded commercially, it inspired generations of innovators.
- Buckminster Fuller's Geodesic Dome Model for the United States Pavilion at Expo '67, circa 1967 - Expo 67, held in Montreal, Canada, was the most attended world's fair of the 20th century. The United States pavilion, a 250-foot-diameter geodesic dome designed by visionary Buckminster Fuller and architect Shoji Sadao, was an interactive environmental exhibit. It remains the most iconic and fondly remembered of Fuller's built designs. This pavilion survives today as an attraction called the Biosphere.
- circa 1967
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Buckminster Fuller's Geodesic Dome Model for the United States Pavilion at Expo '67, circa 1967
Expo 67, held in Montreal, Canada, was the most attended world's fair of the 20th century. The United States pavilion, a 250-foot-diameter geodesic dome designed by visionary Buckminster Fuller and architect Shoji Sadao, was an interactive environmental exhibit. It remains the most iconic and fondly remembered of Fuller's built designs. This pavilion survives today as an attraction called the Biosphere.
- Geodesic Dome Test Module, Designed by R. Buckminster Fuller, 1953 -
- 1953
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Geodesic Dome Test Module, Designed by R. Buckminster Fuller, 1953