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- Ford Motor Company 50th Anniversary Calendar Produced in Sweden, 1952-1953 - Henry Ford II, president of Ford Motor Company, commissioned a calendar from the celebrated American illustrator Norman Rockwell to commemorate the company's 50th anniversary in 1953. Ford's promotional divisions in several countries produced variations based on the American model. This example from Sweden was spiral bound and featured the Rockwell illustrations printed on glossy paper.
- 1953
- Collections - Artifact
Ford Motor Company 50th Anniversary Calendar Produced in Sweden, 1952-1953
Henry Ford II, president of Ford Motor Company, commissioned a calendar from the celebrated American illustrator Norman Rockwell to commemorate the company's 50th anniversary in 1953. Ford's promotional divisions in several countries produced variations based on the American model. This example from Sweden was spiral bound and featured the Rockwell illustrations printed on glossy paper.
- Ericsson "Eiffel Tower" Desk Stand Phone, 1897 - This beautiful phone uses its skeletal structure to showcase telephone technology. It was made by the independent Ericsson Company and was used by the independent telephone systems struggling against the Bell System's monopoly on service and equipment. The phone is deceptively decorative--the phone's "legs" serve as the magnet for the signaling magneto.
- 1897
- Collections - Artifact
Ericsson "Eiffel Tower" Desk Stand Phone, 1897
This beautiful phone uses its skeletal structure to showcase telephone technology. It was made by the independent Ericsson Company and was used by the independent telephone systems struggling against the Bell System's monopoly on service and equipment. The phone is deceptively decorative--the phone's "legs" serve as the magnet for the signaling magneto.
- Ericsson Desk Stand Telephone, 1895 -
- 1895
- Collections - Artifact
Ericsson Desk Stand Telephone, 1895
- Wall Telephone, 1896 -
- 1896
- Collections - Artifact
Wall Telephone, 1896