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- Television Monitor Control Unit, Used by WWJ-TV, circa 1950 -
- circa 1950
- Collections - Artifact
Television Monitor Control Unit, Used by WWJ-TV, circa 1950
- "DuMont Television, the 21-Inch Milford," 1952 - In the experimental days of television, Dr. Allen B. DuMont pioneered both television manufacture and broadcasting. DuMont Laboratories were responsible for many early technical innovations, including the first consumer-oriented electronic television set in 1938. This is a two-sided advertisement for a 1952 21-inch DuMont television set.
- 1952
- Collections - Artifact
"DuMont Television, the 21-Inch Milford," 1952
In the experimental days of television, Dr. Allen B. DuMont pioneered both television manufacture and broadcasting. DuMont Laboratories were responsible for many early technical innovations, including the first consumer-oriented electronic television set in 1938. This is a two-sided advertisement for a 1952 21-inch DuMont television set.
- WWJ-TV Television Camera, circa 1950 -
- circa 1950
- Collections - Artifact
WWJ-TV Television Camera, circa 1950
- "DuMont Television, the 21-Inch Oxford," 1952 - In the experimental days of television, Dr. Allen B. DuMont pioneered both television manufacture and broadcasting. DuMont Laboratories were responsible for many early technical innovations, including the first consumer-oriented electronic television set in 1938. In 1946, DuMont created his own television network, which rivaled NBC until competition forced its broadcasting to cease in the mid-1950s.
- 1952
- Collections - Artifact
"DuMont Television, the 21-Inch Oxford," 1952
In the experimental days of television, Dr. Allen B. DuMont pioneered both television manufacture and broadcasting. DuMont Laboratories were responsible for many early technical innovations, including the first consumer-oriented electronic television set in 1938. In 1946, DuMont created his own television network, which rivaled NBC until competition forced its broadcasting to cease in the mid-1950s.
- Tweezers, 1900-1920 - A clock and watchmaker uses a range of tools to create or repair timepieces. Among this skilled craftsperson's many tools are files, saws, reamers, burnishers and tweezers, like this one. Tweezers are generally used to pick up and handle small components, but some have shaped jaws for specialized tasks.
- 1900-1920
- Collections - Artifact
Tweezers, 1900-1920
A clock and watchmaker uses a range of tools to create or repair timepieces. Among this skilled craftsperson's many tools are files, saws, reamers, burnishers and tweezers, like this one. Tweezers are generally used to pick up and handle small components, but some have shaped jaws for specialized tasks.
- Trade Card for Dr. Jayne's Patent Medicines, "The Family Pet," 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 Dr. Jayne's Patent Medicines, "The Family Pet," 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.