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- Interior Farmers' Market, 1875 -
- 1875
- Collections - Artifact
Interior Farmers' Market, 1875
- Hallmark "Tender Touches: Farmer's Market" Spring Club Ornament, 1997 - Hallmark introduced a line of Christmas ornaments in 1973. These ornaments appealed to customers' interest in marking memories, commemorating milestones, and expressing one's personality and unique tastes. This success led the company to produce ornaments for other holidays. Hallmark marketed and sold Easter and springtime ornaments in several series dating back to the 1990s.
- 1997
- Collections - Artifact
Hallmark "Tender Touches: Farmer's Market" Spring Club Ornament, 1997
Hallmark introduced a line of Christmas ornaments in 1973. These ornaments appealed to customers' interest in marking memories, commemorating milestones, and expressing one's personality and unique tastes. This success led the company to produce ornaments for other holidays. Hallmark marketed and sold Easter and springtime ornaments in several series dating back to the 1990s.
- "Farmers Market, Los Angeles," circa 1945 -
- circa 1945
- Collections - Artifact
"Farmers Market, Los Angeles," circa 1945
- Farmer's Market in a Former Theater, Northville, Michigan, January 1941 -
- January 21, 1941
- Collections - Artifact
Farmer's Market in a Former Theater, Northville, Michigan, January 1941
- Pennant, "Farmers Market, Hollywood, Cal.," 1940-1965 - Tourists purchase simple, inexpensive souvenirs as proof of their travels. These mementos transport vacationers back to the places they visited and the things they did. In the mid-20th century, felt pennants were trendy. This pennant depicts the famous Farmers Market in Hollywood, California. The market opened in 1934. It grew rapidly and became a permanent fixture -- attracting locals and out-of-towners to its stalls and shops.
- 1940-1965
- Collections - Artifact
Pennant, "Farmers Market, Hollywood, Cal.," 1940-1965
Tourists purchase simple, inexpensive souvenirs as proof of their travels. These mementos transport vacationers back to the places they visited and the things they did. In the mid-20th century, felt pennants were trendy. This pennant depicts the famous Farmers Market in Hollywood, California. The market opened in 1934. It grew rapidly and became a permanent fixture -- attracting locals and out-of-towners to its stalls and shops.
- "The Original Farmers Market, Hollywood, California," 1941 -
- 1941
- Collections - Artifact
"The Original Farmers Market, Hollywood, California," 1941
- Postcard, "Dining in the West Patio, the Original Farmer's Market, Hollywood, California," 1948 - The Original Farmer's Market began in 1934 when a dozen farmers sold produce out of their trucks to local residents. Permanent stalls soon replaced the trucks and by the late 1940s -- this postcard's date -- the Farmer's Market had become a favorite place for Hollywood stars, out-of-town tourists, and local families to meet, eat, and shop.
- 1948
- Collections - Artifact
Postcard, "Dining in the West Patio, the Original Farmer's Market, Hollywood, California," 1948
The Original Farmer's Market began in 1934 when a dozen farmers sold produce out of their trucks to local residents. Permanent stalls soon replaced the trucks and by the late 1940s -- this postcard's date -- the Farmer's Market had become a favorite place for Hollywood stars, out-of-town tourists, and local families to meet, eat, and shop.
- Farmer's Phone, 1894 - Around 1900, the Bell Telephone system was widespread, but served mostly urban areas on the East Coast. Independent telephone systems sprang up to provide service to rural customers. Most independents used phones from independent telephone manufacturers, like Stromberg-Carlson, a Chicago company whose "farmer's phone" introduced many rural Americans to the way telephones could shrink long distances. This phone was used in Cookeville, Tenn., from 1894 to 1905.
- 1894
- Collections - Artifact
Farmer's Phone, 1894
Around 1900, the Bell Telephone system was widespread, but served mostly urban areas on the East Coast. Independent telephone systems sprang up to provide service to rural customers. Most independents used phones from independent telephone manufacturers, like Stromberg-Carlson, a Chicago company whose "farmer's phone" introduced many rural Americans to the way telephones could shrink long distances. This phone was used in Cookeville, Tenn., from 1894 to 1905.
- The Old Farmer's Almanac, 1878 - Almanacs contained practical information about the coming year. Readers normally found a calendar, weather predictions, tide schedules, and information related to astronomical events, agriculture, health, politics and other matters. Interspersed were jokes and witty sayings. The Old Farmer's Almanac was first published in 1792 -- and is the oldest almanac still published in the United States.
- 1878
- Collections - Artifact
The Old Farmer's Almanac, 1878
Almanacs contained practical information about the coming year. Readers normally found a calendar, weather predictions, tide schedules, and information related to astronomical events, agriculture, health, politics and other matters. Interspersed were jokes and witty sayings. The Old Farmer's Almanac was first published in 1792 -- and is the oldest almanac still published in the United States.
- Farmer's Map of Michigan, 1831 - This map shows Michigan Territory in 1831, six years before it became the 26th state. Michigan's population growth had been slow until the opening of the Erie Canal in 1825. The canal connected the Great Lakes with the Hudson River, greatly easing the movement of people and goods between Michigan and the big cities of the northeastern United States.
- 1831
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Farmer's Map of Michigan, 1831
This map shows Michigan Territory in 1831, six years before it became the 26th state. Michigan's population growth had been slow until the opening of the Erie Canal in 1825. The canal connected the Great Lakes with the Hudson River, greatly easing the movement of people and goods between Michigan and the big cities of the northeastern United States.