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- Trade Card for the Palace Dining Hall, 1880-1890 - 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.
- 1880-1890
- Collections - Artifact
Trade Card for the Palace Dining Hall, 1880-1890
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.
- 1950 Lincoln Presidential Limousine Used by Dwight D. Eisenhower - This massive convertible Lincoln was built for President Harry S Truman in 1950, but it is most associated with Truman's successor Dwight D. Eisenhower, who used the car from 1952 until 1960. Eisenhower added the distinctive plastic "bubble top." Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson also used this car as a spare until its retirement in 1967.
- 1950-1967
- Collections - Artifact
1950 Lincoln Presidential Limousine Used by Dwight D. Eisenhower
This massive convertible Lincoln was built for President Harry S Truman in 1950, but it is most associated with Truman's successor Dwight D. Eisenhower, who used the car from 1952 until 1960. Eisenhower added the distinctive plastic "bubble top." Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson also used this car as a spare until its retirement in 1967.
- Bissell Cyco Ball Bearing Carpet Sweeper "Grand Rapids," 1897-1922 -
- 1897-1922
- Collections - Artifact
Bissell Cyco Ball Bearing Carpet Sweeper "Grand Rapids," 1897-1922
- Blockraft Toy Construction Blocks, 1937-1946 - Children love to build things--whether they create imaginative worlds or smaller versions of the real one. Construction toys are quite literally and figuratively "the building blocks of childhood." Playing with them builds physical and intellectual skills--and encourages creativity. This set of colorful blocks used pegs to help secure a child's creation together.
- 1937-1946
- Collections - Artifact
Blockraft Toy Construction Blocks, 1937-1946
Children love to build things--whether they create imaginative worlds or smaller versions of the real one. Construction toys are quite literally and figuratively "the building blocks of childhood." Playing with them builds physical and intellectual skills--and encourages creativity. This set of colorful blocks used pegs to help secure a child's creation together.
- Bissell No. 5 Carpet Sweeper, 1881 -
- 1881
- Collections - Artifact
Bissell No. 5 Carpet Sweeper, 1881
- Union Army Officer, circa 1863 - This carte-de-visite made by I.G. Tomkins, Grand Rapids, Michigan, shows an unknown Union Army cavalry officer in his dress uniform. Carte-de-visite was a small photographic print on cardboard stock made by professional photographers. Popular in the United States from the Civil War in the 1860s through the 1880s, people exchanged and collected CdVs to help them remember family and celebrities.
- circa 1863
- Collections - Artifact
Union Army Officer, circa 1863
This carte-de-visite made by I.G. Tomkins, Grand Rapids, Michigan, shows an unknown Union Army cavalry officer in his dress uniform. Carte-de-visite was a small photographic print on cardboard stock made by professional photographers. Popular in the United States from the Civil War in the 1860s through the 1880s, people exchanged and collected CdVs to help them remember family and celebrities.
- The Herman Miller Furniture Company, Makers of Fine Furniture, Zeeland, Michigan, 1933 -
- 1933
- Collections - Artifact
The Herman Miller Furniture Company, Makers of Fine Furniture, Zeeland, Michigan, 1933
- Cheney Talking Machine, Model 107, circa 1918 -
- circa 1918
- Collections - Artifact
Cheney Talking Machine, Model 107, circa 1918
- Munsell Plant Tissue Color Book, 2019 -
- 2019
- Collections - Artifact
Munsell Plant Tissue Color Book, 2019
- Trade Card for Bissell Carpet Sweeper, circa 1880 - In the last third of the nineteenth century, an unprecedented variety of consumer goods flooded the American market. Some enterprising advertisers sought to distinguish their products from the competition by distributing trade cards. Special versions revealed hidden images and words when held to the light. Americans enjoyed and often saved the popular little advertisements, which survive as historical records of consumerism in the United States.
- circa 1880
- Collections - Artifact
Trade Card for Bissell Carpet Sweeper, circa 1880
In the last third of the nineteenth century, an unprecedented variety of consumer goods flooded the American market. Some enterprising advertisers sought to distinguish their products from the competition by distributing trade cards. Special versions revealed hidden images and words when held to the light. Americans enjoyed and often saved the popular little advertisements, which survive as historical records of consumerism in the United States.