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- Hooked Rug, Gift to Henry Ford, 1937 - For many women in the early 20th century, Henry Ford's affordable automobile represented freedom and financial security, especially if they were fortunate to be part of the Ford Motor Company family. Their expressions of thanks were often homemade, like this unusual hooked rug. A popular gift, many of these found their way to the industrialist's estate, Fair Lane.
- 1937
- Collections - Artifact
Hooked Rug, Gift to Henry Ford, 1937
For many women in the early 20th century, Henry Ford's affordable automobile represented freedom and financial security, especially if they were fortunate to be part of the Ford Motor Company family. Their expressions of thanks were often homemade, like this unusual hooked rug. A popular gift, many of these found their way to the industrialist's estate, Fair Lane.
- Battery, 1888-1890 -
- 1888-1890
- Collections - Artifact
Battery, 1888-1890
- The Barrett Adding Machine, circa 1914 - Mechanical adding machines were indispensable office equipment used before the computer era. These devices were perfected by the American Arithmometer Company in 1886, spurred on by William Seward Burrough's desire to reduce drudgery in clerical arithmetic work. Transistors and electronic desktop calculators displaced adding machines in the 1950s; by the 1970s, microchips reduced calculators to the size of a shirt pocket.
- circa 1914
- Collections - Artifact
The Barrett Adding Machine, circa 1914
Mechanical adding machines were indispensable office equipment used before the computer era. These devices were perfected by the American Arithmometer Company in 1886, spurred on by William Seward Burrough's desire to reduce drudgery in clerical arithmetic work. Transistors and electronic desktop calculators displaced adding machines in the 1950s; by the 1970s, microchips reduced calculators to the size of a shirt pocket.
- Fox Visible Desk Typewriter, 1906-1921 -
- 1906-1921
- Collections - Artifact
Fox Visible Desk Typewriter, 1906-1921