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- Hallmark "Dr. Seuss Books Series: Yertle the Turtle" Christmas Ornament, 2004 - Already known for greeting cards, Hallmark introduced a line of Christmas ornaments in 1973. The company's annual release of an increasing array of ornaments revolutionized Christmas decorating, appealing to customers' interest in marking memories and milestones as well as expressing one's personality and unique tastes.
- 2004
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Hallmark "Dr. Seuss Books Series: Yertle the Turtle" Christmas Ornament, 2004
Already known for greeting cards, Hallmark introduced a line of Christmas ornaments in 1973. The company's annual release of an increasing array of ornaments revolutionized Christmas decorating, appealing to customers' interest in marking memories and milestones as well as expressing one's personality and unique tastes.
- Book, "Successful Farming's Soils Book," 1959 -
- 1959
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Book, "Successful Farming's Soils Book," 1959
- Children's Book, "My Automobile Book," 1924 - Little Willie and Uncle George visit an automobile show in this 1924 children's book. Willie is excited about all the cars he sees (each with a colorful illustration) and Uncle George explains the different features. And like most little boys (and girls) after visiting an auto show, he falls asleep and dreams of the cars he would have when he grows up.
- 1924
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Children's Book, "My Automobile Book," 1924
Little Willie and Uncle George visit an automobile show in this 1924 children's book. Willie is excited about all the cars he sees (each with a colorful illustration) and Uncle George explains the different features. And like most little boys (and girls) after visiting an auto show, he falls asleep and dreams of the cars he would have when he grows up.
- Book, "Successful Farming's Livestock Book," 1959 - This book is characteristic of the prescriptive journals and magazines long associated with American agriculture. It contains articles related to dairy and beef cattle, swine, poultry, and sheep. It emphasizes new technology and the use of experts, showing how the mainstream agricultural media reinforced the model of maximization of production promoted after WW II.
- 1959
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Book, "Successful Farming's Livestock Book," 1959
This book is characteristic of the prescriptive journals and magazines long associated with American agriculture. It contains articles related to dairy and beef cattle, swine, poultry, and sheep. It emphasizes new technology and the use of experts, showing how the mainstream agricultural media reinforced the model of maximization of production promoted after WW II.
- Trade Card for Books & Stationery, Thomas Seddon, circa 1785 - In the last third of the nineteenth century, an unprecedented variety of consumer goods and services flooded the American market. Advertisers bombarded potential customers with trade cards. Americans enjoyed and saved the often illustrated little advertisements found in product packages or distributed by local merchants. Many survive as historical records of commercialism in the United States.
- circa 1610
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Trade Card for Books & Stationery, Thomas Seddon, circa 1785
In the last third of the nineteenth century, an unprecedented variety of consumer goods and services flooded the American market. Advertisers bombarded potential customers with trade cards. Americans enjoyed and saved the often illustrated little advertisements found in product packages or distributed by local merchants. Many survive as historical records of commercialism in the United States.
- Book, "The Ford Book of Styling," 1963 - Wealthy buyers who could afford custom bodywork always had elegant cars, but General Motors brought style to the masses when it established its styling department in 1927. By the 1950s, the stylist was king as American automakers outdid each other with increasingly flashy designs. This book highlights significant Ford design achievements, including the 1962 Mustang I Experimental Sports Car.
- 1963
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Book, "The Ford Book of Styling," 1963
Wealthy buyers who could afford custom bodywork always had elegant cars, but General Motors brought style to the masses when it established its styling department in 1927. By the 1950s, the stylist was king as American automakers outdid each other with increasingly flashy designs. This book highlights significant Ford design achievements, including the 1962 Mustang I Experimental Sports Car.
- Toy Book, "The Speaking Picture Book," circa 1885 - <em>The Speaking Picture Book</em> encouraged young children to enjoy reading. Parents would read about a lamb, donkey, cow, goat, and other animals, then pull the corresponding ivory-buttoned cord that activated handmade paper bellows. Baas, brays, moos, or bleats--sounds heard around a farmyard--resonated from the book. This noisy book entertained as well as educated children and made reading fun.
- circa 1885
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Toy Book, "The Speaking Picture Book," circa 1885
The Speaking Picture Book encouraged young children to enjoy reading. Parents would read about a lamb, donkey, cow, goat, and other animals, then pull the corresponding ivory-buttoned cord that activated handmade paper bellows. Baas, brays, moos, or bleats--sounds heard around a farmyard--resonated from the book. This noisy book entertained as well as educated children and made reading fun.
- "Wonder Book of Rubber" Comic Book, circa 1951 -
- circa 1951
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"Wonder Book of Rubber" Comic Book, circa 1951
- Recipe Book, "The Heinz Book of Salads," 1930 - Recipe booklets and cook books can be general or specific in the range and type of food featured within their pages. Like other manufactured food companies, the H.J. Heinz Company published recipe booklets which featured recipes using their products. This recipe booklet from 1930 provides recipes for many varieties of salads utilizing Heinz products.
- 1930
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Recipe Book, "The Heinz Book of Salads," 1930
Recipe booklets and cook books can be general or specific in the range and type of food featured within their pages. Like other manufactured food companies, the H.J. Heinz Company published recipe booklets which featured recipes using their products. This recipe booklet from 1930 provides recipes for many varieties of salads utilizing Heinz products.
- Hallmark "Dr. Seuss Books Series: Hop on Pop" Christmas Ornament, 2003 - Already known for greeting cards, Hallmark introduced a line of Christmas ornaments in 1973. The company's annual release of an increasing array of ornaments revolutionized Christmas decorating, appealing to customers' interest in marking memories and milestones as well as expressing one's personality and unique tastes.
- 2003
- Collections - Artifact
Hallmark "Dr. Seuss Books Series: Hop on Pop" Christmas Ornament, 2003
Already known for greeting cards, Hallmark introduced a line of Christmas ornaments in 1973. The company's annual release of an increasing array of ornaments revolutionized Christmas decorating, appealing to customers' interest in marking memories and milestones as well as expressing one's personality and unique tastes.