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- Wright Brothers at the International Aviation Tournament, Belmont Park, Long Island, New York, October 1910 - Brothers Orville (left) and Wilbur Wright achieved the first powered, controlled, heavier-than-air flight with their Wright Flyer in 1903. Flight was the great scientific challenge of the day, and some of the brightest minds -- and deepest pockets -- struggled to meet it. Through careful research, thoughtful experimentation, and endless encouragement from their father and sister, these Ohio bicycle shop owners succeeded.
- October 01, 1910
- Collections - Artifact
Wright Brothers at the International Aviation Tournament, Belmont Park, Long Island, New York, October 1910
Brothers Orville (left) and Wilbur Wright achieved the first powered, controlled, heavier-than-air flight with their Wright Flyer in 1903. Flight was the great scientific challenge of the day, and some of the brightest minds -- and deepest pockets -- struggled to meet it. Through careful research, thoughtful experimentation, and endless encouragement from their father and sister, these Ohio bicycle shop owners succeeded.
- Trade Card for Acme Decorative Paints, Acme White Lead & Color Works, 1884-1900 - 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.
- 1884-1900
- Collections - Artifact
Trade Card for Acme Decorative Paints, Acme White Lead & Color Works, 1884-1900
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.