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- New York & Boston Dye-Wood Co. Logwood Extract Canister, 1892-1904 -
- 1892-1904
- Collections - Artifact
New York & Boston Dye-Wood Co. Logwood Extract Canister, 1892-1904
- Putnam Fadeless Dye, Turkey Red, circa 1935 -
- circa 1935
- Collections - Artifact
Putnam Fadeless Dye, Turkey Red, circa 1935
- Trade Card for White Rabbit Dye Company Egg Dye and Paper Dye, 1902 - In the last third of the nineteenth century, an unprecedented variety of consumer goods and services flooded the American market. Advertisers, armed with new methods of color printing, bombarded potential customers with trade cards. Americans enjoyed and often saved the vibrant little advertisements found in product packages or distributed by local merchants. Many survive as historical records of commercialism in the United States.
- 1902
- Collections - Artifact
Trade Card for White Rabbit Dye Company Egg Dye and Paper Dye, 1902
In the last third of the nineteenth century, an unprecedented variety of consumer goods and services flooded the American market. Advertisers, armed with new methods of color printing, bombarded potential customers with trade cards. Americans enjoyed and often saved the vibrant little advertisements found in product packages or distributed by local merchants. Many survive as historical records of commercialism in the United States.
- Easter Egg Dye, Paas Dye Company, circa 1940 -
- circa 1940
- Collections - Artifact
Easter Egg Dye, Paas Dye Company, circa 1940
- Dy-O-La Dye Co. "Modern Home Dyes: Seal Brown," 1895-1925 -
- 1895-1925
- Collections - Artifact
Dy-O-La Dye Co. "Modern Home Dyes: Seal Brown," 1895-1925
- Wells, Richardson & Company "Leamon's Genuine Aniline Dyes: Purple," 1873-1880 -
- 1873-1880
- Collections - Artifact
Wells, Richardson & Company "Leamon's Genuine Aniline Dyes: Purple," 1873-1880
- Geo. H. Reed & Company "Domestic Dyes: Orange," 1865-1880 -
- 1865-1880
- Collections - Artifact
Geo. H. Reed & Company "Domestic Dyes: Orange," 1865-1880
- Wells, Richardson & Company "Leamon's Genuine Aniline Dyes: Black," 1873-1880 -
- 1873-1880
- Collections - Artifact
Wells, Richardson & Company "Leamon's Genuine Aniline Dyes: Black," 1873-1880
- Chrysler Corporation Advertisement, "Out of a Test-Tube Came a Billion-Dollar Industry," October 1936 - In this 1936 advertisement, Chrysler Corporation suggested that behind each of its vehicles was "something far more important than the materials from which the car is made." The ad made a comparison to British chemist William Henry Perkin who, in 1856, discovered a synthetic dye. Perkin recognized something special in his dye, just as Chrysler drivers did in their automobiles.
- October 12, 1936
- Collections - Artifact
Chrysler Corporation Advertisement, "Out of a Test-Tube Came a Billion-Dollar Industry," October 1936
In this 1936 advertisement, Chrysler Corporation suggested that behind each of its vehicles was "something far more important than the materials from which the car is made." The ad made a comparison to British chemist William Henry Perkin who, in 1856, discovered a synthetic dye. Perkin recognized something special in his dye, just as Chrysler drivers did in their automobiles.
- Cocheco Velvets Special Silk Dye, 1904 -
- 1904
- Collections - Artifact
Cocheco Velvets Special Silk Dye, 1904