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- Trade Card for the New Hub Range, Smith & Anthony Stove Co., 1870-1900 - 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.
- 1870-1900
- Collections - Artifact
Trade Card for the New Hub Range, Smith & Anthony Stove Co., 1870-1900
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.
- Small Animal Tread Power, circa 1898 - As farmers mechanized barn and farmyard work in the nineteenth century, they began to use stationary power sources. Some invested in animal treadmills, which used the same "endless belt" concept as modern exercise treadmills to convert animals' movement into power for a range of agricultural machinery. This version, designed for dogs, goats, or sheep, could run small machines like butter churns or cream separators.
- circa 1898
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Small Animal Tread Power, circa 1898
As farmers mechanized barn and farmyard work in the nineteenth century, they began to use stationary power sources. Some invested in animal treadmills, which used the same "endless belt" concept as modern exercise treadmills to convert animals' movement into power for a range of agricultural machinery. This version, designed for dogs, goats, or sheep, could run small machines like butter churns or cream separators.
- Wells, Richardson & Company "Leamon's Genuine Aniline Dyes: Black," 1873-1880 -
- 1873-1880
- Collections - Artifact
Wells, Richardson & Company "Leamon's Genuine Aniline Dyes: Black," 1873-1880
- Lucky Strike Bowling Game, 1937-1946 - The English, Dutch and Germans each brought variations of bowling to America. An early literary account of the game can be found in Washington Irving's story of Rip Van Winkle. Before taking his famous twenty-year nap, Van Winkle discovered a group of odd looking bowlers. The well-known, Catskill Mountain sleeper can be seen adorning this box of tenpins.
- 1937-1946
- Collections - Artifact
Lucky Strike Bowling Game, 1937-1946
The English, Dutch and Germans each brought variations of bowling to America. An early literary account of the game can be found in Washington Irving's story of Rip Van Winkle. Before taking his famous twenty-year nap, Van Winkle discovered a group of odd looking bowlers. The well-known, Catskill Mountain sleeper can be seen adorning this box of tenpins.
- Wooden Doll, 1880-1885 -
- 1880-1885
- Collections - Artifact
Wooden Doll, 1880-1885
- Eureka Butter Worker No. 1, circa 1885 -
- circa 1885
- Collections - Artifact
Eureka Butter Worker No. 1, circa 1885
- Stanley Cookstove, 1832-1838 - When cooking in a fireplace, a woman could adeptly adjust cooking temperature by moving food closer to or farther away from the fire. Controlling heat distribution on early cast iron stoves proved a bigger challenge. Henry Stanley offered this solution: a cookstove with a revolving stovetop to rotate food directly over or away from the firebox.
- 1832-1838
- Collections - Artifact
Stanley Cookstove, 1832-1838
When cooking in a fireplace, a woman could adeptly adjust cooking temperature by moving food closer to or farther away from the fire. Controlling heat distribution on early cast iron stoves proved a bigger challenge. Henry Stanley offered this solution: a cookstove with a revolving stovetop to rotate food directly over or away from the firebox.
- Yucca for the Hair and Scalp, 1890-1901 - People have sought a cure for hair loss for thousands of years. In the late nineteenth-century, the makers of "Yucca for the Hair" marketed their concoction as a cure for baldness, dandruff, and other diseases of the scalp. The proprietors of this patent medicine claimed the plant-based extract invigorated the scalp, promoted hair growth and rendered hair "soft, glossy and luxuriant."
- 1890-1901
- Collections - Artifact
Yucca for the Hair and Scalp, 1890-1901
People have sought a cure for hair loss for thousands of years. In the late nineteenth-century, the makers of "Yucca for the Hair" marketed their concoction as a cure for baldness, dandruff, and other diseases of the scalp. The proprietors of this patent medicine claimed the plant-based extract invigorated the scalp, promoted hair growth and rendered hair "soft, glossy and luxuriant."
- Enertech Wind Turbine, 1984 - In the 1980s Enertech grew to be a leading producer of wind turbines--in an industry fast becoming dominated by European companies. This particular unit was one of 8 installed in Princeton, Massachusetts. The Princeton wind farm, which began operation in September 1984, grew from the community's eagerness to explore alternatives to buying power generated by the Seabrook, New Hampshire, nuclear facility.
- 1984
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Enertech Wind Turbine, 1984
In the 1980s Enertech grew to be a leading producer of wind turbines--in an industry fast becoming dominated by European companies. This particular unit was one of 8 installed in Princeton, Massachusetts. The Princeton wind farm, which began operation in September 1984, grew from the community's eagerness to explore alternatives to buying power generated by the Seabrook, New Hampshire, nuclear facility.
- Wells, Richardson & Company "Leamon's Genuine Aniline Dyes: Purple," 1873-1880 -
- 1873-1880
- Collections - Artifact
Wells, Richardson & Company "Leamon's Genuine Aniline Dyes: Purple," 1873-1880