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- Moving into the Main Storage Building - Learn what it took to pack and move tens of thousands of artifacts from offsite storage into our new Main Storage Building.
- November 24, 2021
- Collections - Article
Moving into the Main Storage Building
Learn what it took to pack and move tens of thousands of artifacts from offsite storage into our new Main Storage Building.
- Introducing the Main Storage Building - Get an introduction to our newest collections storage facility, the Main Storage Building, including the work we do and the artifacts we store there.
- November 26, 2021
- Collections - Article
Introducing the Main Storage Building
Get an introduction to our newest collections storage facility, the Main Storage Building, including the work we do and the artifacts we store there.
- Men with a Weather Balloon outside Equipment Building, 1915-1930 -
- Collections - Artifact
Men with a Weather Balloon outside Equipment Building, 1915-1930
- Noteworthy Artifacts from Our Main Storage Building -
- November 22, 2021
- Collections - Set
Noteworthy Artifacts from Our Main Storage Building
- "Main Entrance Merchandise Building, Sears, Roebuck & Co., Chicago, Ill.," 1906-1908 - Mail-order firm Sears, Roebuck, & Co. had become one of America's largest corporations by the early 1900s. Sears was particularly popular among rural Americans, as it offered better options, lower costs, and more efficient delivery methods than traditional general stores. This stereograph, one of a set of 50 sold through the Sears catalog beginning in 1908, offered a behind-the-scenes look at the company's operation.
- 1906-1908
- Collections - Artifact
"Main Entrance Merchandise Building, Sears, Roebuck & Co., Chicago, Ill.," 1906-1908
Mail-order firm Sears, Roebuck, & Co. had become one of America's largest corporations by the early 1900s. Sears was particularly popular among rural Americans, as it offered better options, lower costs, and more efficient delivery methods than traditional general stores. This stereograph, one of a set of 50 sold through the Sears catalog beginning in 1908, offered a behind-the-scenes look at the company's operation.
- Photographing Artifacts in Our Main Storage Building - Discover how our newest collections storage facility is not just a place to store artifacts, but a place to photograph them as well.
- November 25, 2021
- Collections - Article
Photographing Artifacts in Our Main Storage Building
Discover how our newest collections storage facility is not just a place to store artifacts, but a place to photograph them as well.
- Men with a Weather Balloon outside Equipment Building, 1915-1930 -
- Collections - Artifact
Men with a Weather Balloon outside Equipment Building, 1915-1930
- Employee Robert Springer in Storage Building, Henry Ford Museum, 1977 -
- October 01, 1977
- Collections - Artifact
Employee Robert Springer in Storage Building, Henry Ford Museum, 1977
- Souvenir Painting of Columbian Exposition Cold Storage Building Fire, 1893 - On July 10, 1893 the Cold Storage Building at Chicago's World's Columbian Exposition was destroyed by fire. The building stored perishable food used by fair vendors and also doubled as an ice rink. The scene of its destruction is depicted in this small painting. The fire did not deter visitors -- over 100,000 visited the fair the following day.
- July 10, 1893
- Collections - Artifact
Souvenir Painting of Columbian Exposition Cold Storage Building Fire, 1893
On July 10, 1893 the Cold Storage Building at Chicago's World's Columbian Exposition was destroyed by fire. The building stored perishable food used by fair vendors and also doubled as an ice rink. The scene of its destruction is depicted in this small painting. The fire did not deter visitors -- over 100,000 visited the fair the following day.
- Edison Diamond Disc Record, "Operatic Rag" and "The Skating Trot," 1914 - This ragtime instrumental was written by composer Julius Lenzberg, a classically grounded musician with an ear for melody. Lenzberg created many clever rags that reflected his classical background and taste for whimsy. His two ragtime masterpieces were the Hungarian Rag (1913) and Operatic Rag (1914). While existing classical compositions were the inspiration for these pieces -- Lenzberg's transformations were quite original.
- 1914
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Edison Diamond Disc Record, "Operatic Rag" and "The Skating Trot," 1914
This ragtime instrumental was written by composer Julius Lenzberg, a classically grounded musician with an ear for melody. Lenzberg created many clever rags that reflected his classical background and taste for whimsy. His two ragtime masterpieces were the Hungarian Rag (1913) and Operatic Rag (1914). While existing classical compositions were the inspiration for these pieces -- Lenzberg's transformations were quite original.