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- Trade Card for Marion Manufacturing's "Leader" Machinery, 1888 - 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.
- 1888
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Trade Card for Marion Manufacturing's "Leader" Machinery, 1888
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.
- Sherwood Manufacturing Company Lubricator -
- Collections - Artifact
Sherwood Manufacturing Company Lubricator
- Manufacturer's Label with Care Instructions for a Flame Resistant Paper Dress, 1966-1967 - The Scott Paper Company offered paper dresses in 1966 as a promotional gimmick to help sell their paper products. Scott's "Paper Caper" dresses became a surprise hit, launching a nationwide fad for paper apparel. Paper garments promised convenience--you could simply discard it after one wearing. Washing the dress--which would make it highly flammable--was discouraged!
- 1966-1967
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Manufacturer's Label with Care Instructions for a Flame Resistant Paper Dress, 1966-1967
The Scott Paper Company offered paper dresses in 1966 as a promotional gimmick to help sell their paper products. Scott's "Paper Caper" dresses became a surprise hit, launching a nationwide fad for paper apparel. Paper garments promised convenience--you could simply discard it after one wearing. Washing the dress--which would make it highly flammable--was discouraged!
- Electric Manufacturing Company Tangent Galvanometer -
- Collections - Artifact
Electric Manufacturing Company Tangent Galvanometer
- Doty Manufacturing Company Vacuum Sweeper -
- Collections - Artifact
Doty Manufacturing Company Vacuum Sweeper
- Celebrating Manufacturing - If you're curious to learn more about manufacturing, take a look at this collection of blog posts and videos.
- October 02, 2015
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Celebrating Manufacturing
If you're curious to learn more about manufacturing, take a look at this collection of blog posts and videos.
- Manufacturing Day -
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Manufacturing Day
- Manufacturing Day - Join us for a preview of our upcoming temporary exhibit Collecting Mobility: New Objects, New Stories. Get a first look at some of the vehicles, artifacts and images acquired by The Henry Ford in recent years, and learn about the decision process behind each new addition to our collection.
- October 08, 2021
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Manufacturing Day
Join us for a preview of our upcoming temporary exhibit Collecting Mobility: New Objects, New Stories. Get a first look at some of the vehicles, artifacts and images acquired by The Henry Ford in recent years, and learn about the decision process behind each new addition to our collection.
- Hall Manufacturing Company Lubricator Cup -
- Collections - Artifact
Hall Manufacturing Company Lubricator Cup
- Electric Manufacturing Company Tangent Galvanometer -
- Collections - Artifact
Electric Manufacturing Company Tangent Galvanometer