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- Trade Card for Prang's Art and Educational Publications, L. Prang & Co., 1881 - 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.
- 1881
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Trade Card for Prang's Art and Educational Publications, L. Prang & Co., 1881
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.
- "Death of an Aristocrat - The Pierce Arrow," Motor Trend Magazine, Vol. 5, No. 4, April 1953 - In 1953, <em>Motor Trend</em> magazine sponsored a contest for readers interested in careers in automotive design. Entrants submitted drawings, sketches, and photos showing their design proposals, along with essays predicting automotive design trends over the next ten years. Five winners each received a $2,000 scholarship to the prestigious Art Center School in Los Angeles.
- April 01, 1953
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"Death of an Aristocrat - The Pierce Arrow," Motor Trend Magazine, Vol. 5, No. 4, April 1953
In 1953, Motor Trend magazine sponsored a contest for readers interested in careers in automotive design. Entrants submitted drawings, sketches, and photos showing their design proposals, along with essays predicting automotive design trends over the next ten years. Five winners each received a $2,000 scholarship to the prestigious Art Center School in Los Angeles.
- First International Automobile Show Program, New York, New York, February 1949 - Auto shows allowed automakers to share their latest models with the press and the public, and they gave visitors a chance to review and research. They were part trade show and part show business -- and they're nearly as old as the automobile itself. The 1900 New York Auto Show is considered the first major all-automobile show in the United States.
- 05 February 1949-10 February 1949
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First International Automobile Show Program, New York, New York, February 1949
Auto shows allowed automakers to share their latest models with the press and the public, and they gave visitors a chance to review and research. They were part trade show and part show business -- and they're nearly as old as the automobile itself. The 1900 New York Auto Show is considered the first major all-automobile show in the United States.
- "Stock Car Racing - America's New Proving Ground?," Motor Trend Magazine, Vol. 5, No. 3, March 1953 - In 1953, <em>Motor Trend</em> magazine sponsored a contest for readers interested in careers in automotive design. Entrants submitted drawings, sketches, and photos showing their design proposals, along with essays predicting automotive design trends over the next ten years. Five winners each received a $2,000 scholarship to the prestigious Art Center School in Los Angeles.
- March 01, 1953
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"Stock Car Racing - America's New Proving Ground?," Motor Trend Magazine, Vol. 5, No. 3, March 1953
In 1953, Motor Trend magazine sponsored a contest for readers interested in careers in automotive design. Entrants submitted drawings, sketches, and photos showing their design proposals, along with essays predicting automotive design trends over the next ten years. Five winners each received a $2,000 scholarship to the prestigious Art Center School in Los Angeles.
- "Gas Turbines - Full Story," Motor Trend Magazine, Vol. 5, No. 9, September 1953 - In 1953, <em>Motor Trend</em> magazine sponsored a contest for readers interested in careers in automotive design. Entrants submitted drawings, sketches, and photos showing their design proposals, along with essays predicting automotive design trends over the next ten years. Five winners each received a $2,000 scholarship to the prestigious Art Center School in Los Angeles.
- September 01, 1953
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"Gas Turbines - Full Story," Motor Trend Magazine, Vol. 5, No. 9, September 1953
In 1953, Motor Trend magazine sponsored a contest for readers interested in careers in automotive design. Entrants submitted drawings, sketches, and photos showing their design proposals, along with essays predicting automotive design trends over the next ten years. Five winners each received a $2,000 scholarship to the prestigious Art Center School in Los Angeles.
- "Custom Cars," January 1960 - Car customizers gathered ideas from a variety of specialty magazines. The editors of <em>Custom Cars</em> provided their ten best picks of custom cars for readers in this 1960 issue.
- January 01, 1960
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"Custom Cars," January 1960
Car customizers gathered ideas from a variety of specialty magazines. The editors of Custom Cars provided their ten best picks of custom cars for readers in this 1960 issue.
- Trade Card for Sulphur Bitters, A. & J.P. Ordway, 1886-1889 - 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.
- 1886-1889
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Trade Card for Sulphur Bitters, A. & J.P. Ordway, 1886-1889
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.
- Trade Card for Poultry Incubators, Reliable Incubator and Brooder Co., 1902-1914 - Late-nineteenth-century trade cards used colorful illustrations to promote and sell products. They also reflected the prejudices of the time. American illustrators often represented the United States through the character of Uncle Sam. The usually strong, confident white male contrasted with the stereotyped -- and sometimes degrading -- depictions of other nationalities. These depictions affirmed the discriminatory biases that many middle-class white Americans -- consumers of these advertisements -- held.
- 1902-1914
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Trade Card for Poultry Incubators, Reliable Incubator and Brooder Co., 1902-1914
Late-nineteenth-century trade cards used colorful illustrations to promote and sell products. They also reflected the prejudices of the time. American illustrators often represented the United States through the character of Uncle Sam. The usually strong, confident white male contrasted with the stereotyped -- and sometimes degrading -- depictions of other nationalities. These depictions affirmed the discriminatory biases that many middle-class white Americans -- consumers of these advertisements -- held.
- Dearborn Public Library, September 1945 - Until the 20th century, most book collections were not available to everyday Americans. The concept of free public libraries, often established through the support of wealthy philanthropists, gained traction in the early 1900s. Women of the local garden club funded a public library for Dearborn, Michigan, in 1919. Member Clara Ford (wife of Henry Ford) donated the land for this building, completed in 1924.
- September 21, 1945
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Dearborn Public Library, September 1945
Until the 20th century, most book collections were not available to everyday Americans. The concept of free public libraries, often established through the support of wealthy philanthropists, gained traction in the early 1900s. Women of the local garden club funded a public library for Dearborn, Michigan, in 1919. Member Clara Ford (wife of Henry Ford) donated the land for this building, completed in 1924.
- 1905 Catalog of Detroit Publishing Co. Photochrom Prints, "Aäc Photographs of Scenery and Architecture" -
- 1905
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1905 Catalog of Detroit Publishing Co. Photochrom Prints, "Aäc Photographs of Scenery and Architecture"