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- Parnelli/Offy Race Car Driven by Joe Leonard in the 1972 Schaefer 500, July 1972 - Joe Leonard won three national motorcycle racing championships from 1954 to 1957 before he moved to USAC Champ Car racing in 1964. Over the next 11 seasons, he made 98 starts and earned USAC national championships in 1971 and 1972. Leonard competed in the Indianapolis 500 nine times, finishing in third place in 1967 and 1972.
- July 29, 1972
- Collections - Artifact
Parnelli/Offy Race Car Driven by Joe Leonard in the 1972 Schaefer 500, July 1972
Joe Leonard won three national motorcycle racing championships from 1954 to 1957 before he moved to USAC Champ Car racing in 1964. Over the next 11 seasons, he made 98 starts and earned USAC national championships in 1971 and 1972. Leonard competed in the Indianapolis 500 nine times, finishing in third place in 1967 and 1972.
- Trade Card for Empire Baking Powder, Craig Baking Powder Co., 1880-1900 - Late-nineteenth-century manufacturers used trade cards to promote and sell products. These colorful advertisements also reflected the racial prejudices of the time. Card illustrators typically depicted African Americans with enlarged or distorted features, either wearing colorful clothes or dressed as servants, and often involved in some comical mishap. These depictions affirmed the discriminatory biases that many white Americans -- the consumers of these cards -- held.
- 1880-1900
- Collections - Artifact
Trade Card for Empire Baking Powder, Craig Baking Powder Co., 1880-1900
Late-nineteenth-century manufacturers used trade cards to promote and sell products. These colorful advertisements also reflected the racial prejudices of the time. Card illustrators typically depicted African Americans with enlarged or distorted features, either wearing colorful clothes or dressed as servants, and often involved in some comical mishap. These depictions affirmed the discriminatory biases that many white Americans -- the consumers of these cards -- held.
- Objects Printed by MakerBot "Cupcake" CNC 3D Printer, 2010-2013 -
- 2010-2013
- Collections - Artifact
Objects Printed by MakerBot "Cupcake" CNC 3D Printer, 2010-2013
- Lucky Lee Lott Tribute Shirt, 1990 - Stunt car driver "Lucky" Lee Lott and his Hell Drivers entertained audiences throughout the United States from 1935 to 1955. Lott crashed, jumped, flipped and demolished thousands of cars during his career. A fan made this t-shirt as a tribute to Lott's daredevil performances.
- 1990
- Collections - Artifact
Lucky Lee Lott Tribute Shirt, 1990
Stunt car driver "Lucky" Lee Lott and his Hell Drivers entertained audiences throughout the United States from 1935 to 1955. Lott crashed, jumped, flipped and demolished thousands of cars during his career. A fan made this t-shirt as a tribute to Lott's daredevil performances.
- Leon Duray Being Timed at Culver City Speedway, California, 1927 - Leon Duray crossed the finish line in first place on March 6, 1927 at Culver City Speedway. From 1910-1930, most major American auto races were contested on tracks made of wood. These oval-shaped "board tracks" had high banked turns that allowed very high speeds but were also very dangerous.
- March 06, 1927
- Collections - Artifact
Leon Duray Being Timed at Culver City Speedway, California, 1927
Leon Duray crossed the finish line in first place on March 6, 1927 at Culver City Speedway. From 1910-1930, most major American auto races were contested on tracks made of wood. These oval-shaped "board tracks" had high banked turns that allowed very high speeds but were also very dangerous.
- Parnelli/Offy Race Car Driven by Joe Leonard in the 1972 Schaefer 500, July 1972 - Joe Leonard won three national motorcycle racing championships from 1954 to 1957 before he moved to USAC Champ Car racing in 1964. Over the next 11 seasons, he made 98 starts and earned USAC national championships in 1971 and 1972. Leonard competed in the Indianapolis 500 nine times, finishing in third place in 1967 and 1972.
- July 29, 1972
- Collections - Artifact
Parnelli/Offy Race Car Driven by Joe Leonard in the 1972 Schaefer 500, July 1972
Joe Leonard won three national motorcycle racing championships from 1954 to 1957 before he moved to USAC Champ Car racing in 1964. Over the next 11 seasons, he made 98 starts and earned USAC national championships in 1971 and 1972. Leonard competed in the Indianapolis 500 nine times, finishing in third place in 1967 and 1972.
- Trade Card for Empire Baking Powder, Craig Baking Powder Co., 1880-1900 - 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.
- 1880-1900
- Collections - Artifact
Trade Card for Empire Baking Powder, Craig Baking Powder Co., 1880-1900
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.
- Trade Card for Solar Tip Shoes, John Mundell & Co., 1870-1890 - As color printing gained momentum in the late 19th century, trade cards became a major means of advertising goods and services. Americans enjoyed and often saved the little advertisements found in product packages or distributed by local merchants. This trade card advertises Solar Tip Shoes sold by John Mundell & Company.
- 1870-1890
- Collections - Artifact
Trade Card for Solar Tip Shoes, John Mundell & Co., 1870-1890
As color printing gained momentum in the late 19th century, trade cards became a major means of advertising goods and services. Americans enjoyed and often saved the little advertisements found in product packages or distributed by local merchants. This trade card advertises Solar Tip Shoes sold by John Mundell & Company.
- MakerBot "Cupcake" CNC 3D Printer, 2010 -
- 2010
- Collections - Artifact
MakerBot "Cupcake" CNC 3D Printer, 2010