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- "Baskets for Automobiles," Heywood Brothers and Wakefield Company, Wakefield, Massachusetts, circa 1904 - There was no built-in storage in early automobiles, so entrepreneurs created custom wicker hampers designed for specific cars. Heywood Brothers and Wakefield Company produced baskets for automobiles and sold them through this catalog.
- circa 1904
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"Baskets for Automobiles," Heywood Brothers and Wakefield Company, Wakefield, Massachusetts, circa 1904
There was no built-in storage in early automobiles, so entrepreneurs created custom wicker hampers designed for specific cars. Heywood Brothers and Wakefield Company produced baskets for automobiles and sold them through this catalog.
- The 150th Anniversary, Heywood-Wakefield, The Early American Company Catalog, 1976 - Heywood Brothers and Wakefield Company, two rival 19th-century furniture companies specializing in wicker and rattan furniture, merged in 1897. In 1921, the company became the Heywood-Wakefield Company. It would become a leading American manufacturer producing quality mid-century modern furniture, and later Early American designs. The company published this 150th-anniversary catalog--dating from the founding of Heywood Brothers in 1826.
- 1826-1976
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The 150th Anniversary, Heywood-Wakefield, The Early American Company Catalog, 1976
Heywood Brothers and Wakefield Company, two rival 19th-century furniture companies specializing in wicker and rattan furniture, merged in 1897. In 1921, the company became the Heywood-Wakefield Company. It would become a leading American manufacturer producing quality mid-century modern furniture, and later Early American designs. The company published this 150th-anniversary catalog--dating from the founding of Heywood Brothers in 1826.
- Tete-a-Tete Settee, 1895-1915 - During a time when the rules of propriety were quite strict, this unusual seat physically separated young people of the opposite sex. But it still allowed their heads to come near for private conversation. Hence its name "tete-a-tete," which in French means "head-to-head."
- 1895-1915
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Tete-a-Tete Settee, 1895-1915
During a time when the rules of propriety were quite strict, this unusual seat physically separated young people of the opposite sex. But it still allowed their heads to come near for private conversation. Hence its name "tete-a-tete," which in French means "head-to-head."
- Ruth Wakefield's Toll House Tried and True Recipes - Ruth Wakefield shared her Toll House Inn restaurant's recipes for entrees, side dishes, and desserts in a best-selling cookbook, <em>Toll House Tried and True Recipes</em>. The book would go through 39 printings. The 1938 edition was the first to include the recipe for her famous cookie "invention"--the chocolate chip, which she called the "Toll House Chocolate Crunch Cookie."
- 1946
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Ruth Wakefield's Toll House Tried and True Recipes
Ruth Wakefield shared her Toll House Inn restaurant's recipes for entrees, side dishes, and desserts in a best-selling cookbook, Toll House Tried and True Recipes. The book would go through 39 printings. The 1938 edition was the first to include the recipe for her famous cookie "invention"--the chocolate chip, which she called the "Toll House Chocolate Crunch Cookie."
- Menu from Miss Wakefield Diner, Wakefield, New Hampshire, 1993 -
- 1993
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Menu from Miss Wakefield Diner, Wakefield, New Hampshire, 1993
- The Toll House, Kenneth and Ruth Wakefield, Whitman, Massachusetts, 1930-1935 - Ruth Wakefield was a dietitian and food lecturer until she and her husband Kenneth opened the Toll House Inn restaurant in Whitman, Massachusetts, in 1930. At the Toll House Inn, Wakefield served home-cooked meals for tourists and local customers. And, in the late 1930s, she "invented" what would become America's favorite cookie -- the chocolate chip.
- 1930-1935
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The Toll House, Kenneth and Ruth Wakefield, Whitman, Massachusetts, 1930-1935
Ruth Wakefield was a dietitian and food lecturer until she and her husband Kenneth opened the Toll House Inn restaurant in Whitman, Massachusetts, in 1930. At the Toll House Inn, Wakefield served home-cooked meals for tourists and local customers. And, in the late 1930s, she "invented" what would become America's favorite cookie -- the chocolate chip.
- Nalder Brothers & Company Secohmmeter, circa 1890 -
- circa 1890
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Nalder Brothers & Company Secohmmeter, circa 1890
- Roth Brothers & Company Motor, circa 1894 -
- 1895-1905
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Roth Brothers & Company Motor, circa 1894
- Nalder Brothers & Company Capacity Discharge Key, 1884-1896 -
- 1884-1896
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Nalder Brothers & Company Capacity Discharge Key, 1884-1896
- Gilson Brothers Company Catalog, "Gilson Riding Mowers," 1972 - With the rise of the suburban neighborhood at the end of the 19th century, and its explosive growth in the years that followed World War II, maintaining a "perfect" lawn became the new standard. Manufacturers promoted a whole set of specialty equipment to support this American obsession.
- 1972
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Gilson Brothers Company Catalog, "Gilson Riding Mowers," 1972
With the rise of the suburban neighborhood at the end of the 19th century, and its explosive growth in the years that followed World War II, maintaining a "perfect" lawn became the new standard. Manufacturers promoted a whole set of specialty equipment to support this American obsession.