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- Wrist Watch, circa 1929 -
- circa 1929
- Collections - Artifact
Wrist Watch, circa 1929
- Cylinder Music Box with Table, circa 1885 - Many cylinder-operated music boxes were imported from Switzerland during the second half of the 19th century. Music boxes like this elegant 1880s model were eagerly purchased by well-to-do people who desired automatic musical entertainment as a home amusement.
- circa 1885
- Collections - Artifact
Cylinder Music Box with Table, circa 1885
Many cylinder-operated music boxes were imported from Switzerland during the second half of the 19th century. Music boxes like this elegant 1880s model were eagerly purchased by well-to-do people who desired automatic musical entertainment as a home amusement.
- Swiss Engineer Rene Thury on His Steam-Powered Three-Wheeler, circa 1880 - Inventor, Rene Thury is best known as an electrical engineer during the 1870s through the 1920s. Less well-known is his experiment with powering a three-wheeled carriage using steam. He built this early automobile with assistance from his friend and co-worker, Jean-Jacques Nussberger. In 1879 they drove this car around Lake Geneva in Switzerland, traveling over 100 miles in 5-1/2 hours.
- circa 1880
- Collections - Artifact
Swiss Engineer Rene Thury on His Steam-Powered Three-Wheeler, circa 1880
Inventor, Rene Thury is best known as an electrical engineer during the 1870s through the 1920s. Less well-known is his experiment with powering a three-wheeled carriage using steam. He built this early automobile with assistance from his friend and co-worker, Jean-Jacques Nussberger. In 1879 they drove this car around Lake Geneva in Switzerland, traveling over 100 miles in 5-1/2 hours.
- Rolex Day Date Jubilee Wristwatch, 1959 -
- 1959
- Collections - Artifact
Rolex Day Date Jubilee Wristwatch, 1959
- Purse -
- Collections - Artifact
Purse
- "Societe d'Automobiles Piccard, Pictet & Cie Catalogue No. 27," 1908 - The Piccard-Pictet Company manufactured its first Pic-Pic automobiles in Geneva, Switzerland, in 1906. The well-built cars were widely used by the Swiss Army in World War I. But a postwar surge of imported autos to Europe cut into Pic-Pic sales. Piccard-Pictet declared bankruptcy, and the French firm of Gnome et Rhone built the last Pic-Pic cars in 1924.
- 1908
- Collections - Artifact
"Societe d'Automobiles Piccard, Pictet & Cie Catalogue No. 27," 1908
The Piccard-Pictet Company manufactured its first Pic-Pic automobiles in Geneva, Switzerland, in 1906. The well-built cars were widely used by the Swiss Army in World War I. But a postwar surge of imported autos to Europe cut into Pic-Pic sales. Piccard-Pictet declared bankruptcy, and the French firm of Gnome et Rhone built the last Pic-Pic cars in 1924.
- Cylinder Music Box, 1880-1885 -
- 1880-1885
- Collections - Artifact
Cylinder Music Box, 1880-1885
- Cylinder Music Box with Table, circa 1880 -
- circa 1880
- Collections - Artifact
Cylinder Music Box with Table, circa 1880