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- Trade Card for Singer Sewing Machines, circa 1891 - As color printing gained momentum in the late 19th century, trade cards became a major means of advertising goods and services. The Singer Sewing Machine Company -- founded when Isaac Singer introduced the first practical sewing machine for home use in 1851 -- embraced this method of advertising. The Singer Company produced colorful trade cards, like this one, which informed customers about popular sewing machine.
- circa 1891
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Trade Card for Singer Sewing Machines, circa 1891
As color printing gained momentum in the late 19th century, trade cards became a major means of advertising goods and services. The Singer Sewing Machine Company -- founded when Isaac Singer introduced the first practical sewing machine for home use in 1851 -- embraced this method of advertising. The Singer Company produced colorful trade cards, like this one, which informed customers about popular sewing machine.
- Trade Card for Knapp's Throat Cure and Packer's All Healing Tar Soap, H. W. Knapp, Packer Manufacturing Co., 1882 - 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.
- 1882
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Trade Card for Knapp's Throat Cure and Packer's All Healing Tar Soap, H. W. Knapp, Packer Manufacturing Co., 1882
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.
- Walt Disney Posing in the Greenfield Village Tintype Studio, 1940 - Walt Disney spent years imagining his ground-breaking theme park, Disneyland, before it opened in 1955. Disney visited many places to find inspiration, including Henry Ford's Greenfield Village. During a tour in 1940, he stopped in the village tintype studio. Disney posed for and autographed this portrait for display in the studio
- April 12, 1940
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Walt Disney Posing in the Greenfield Village Tintype Studio, 1940
Walt Disney spent years imagining his ground-breaking theme park, Disneyland, before it opened in 1955. Disney visited many places to find inspiration, including Henry Ford's Greenfield Village. During a tour in 1940, he stopped in the village tintype studio. Disney posed for and autographed this portrait for display in the studio
- Second Floor of H. J. Heinz Company Stables, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, circa 1910 - The H.J. Heinz Company spared no expense when caring for its Percheron horses. The processed food manufacturer stabled horses on the second floor of a three-story "equine palace" in Pittsburgh. Grooms spread high-quality bedding, as this photograph shows, to help keep their charges clean between shifts hitched to Heinz delivery wagons.
- circa 1910
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Second Floor of H. J. Heinz Company Stables, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, circa 1910
The H.J. Heinz Company spared no expense when caring for its Percheron horses. The processed food manufacturer stabled horses on the second floor of a three-story "equine palace" in Pittsburgh. Grooms spread high-quality bedding, as this photograph shows, to help keep their charges clean between shifts hitched to Heinz delivery wagons.
- Magazine, GlasHaus, Vol. 1, No. 1, "Shoes," August 8, 1987 - <em>GlasHaus</em> magazine was designed by Rudy VanderLans, co-founder of the digital type foundry, Emigre, Inc. VanderLans tested the limits of the Macintosh computer as a creative design tool, producing adventurous magazine layouts for several publications. <em>Glashaus</em> was a San Francisco "hot house for international style, fashion, and entertainment." This thematic magazine advertised their activities and the local fashion scene.
- August 08, 1987
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Magazine, GlasHaus, Vol. 1, No. 1, "Shoes," August 8, 1987
GlasHaus magazine was designed by Rudy VanderLans, co-founder of the digital type foundry, Emigre, Inc. VanderLans tested the limits of the Macintosh computer as a creative design tool, producing adventurous magazine layouts for several publications. Glashaus was a San Francisco "hot house for international style, fashion, and entertainment." This thematic magazine advertised their activities and the local fashion scene.
- Poultry Fountain -
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Poultry Fountain
- Harp Seal Hand Puppet, circa 1980 -
- circa 1980
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Harp Seal Hand Puppet, circa 1980
- Employee Cyndi Scott Feeding a Racoon in Greenfield Village, 1977 -
- 1977
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Employee Cyndi Scott Feeding a Racoon in Greenfield Village, 1977
- Postcard, Cats with a Basket of Flowers, "A Happy Birthday," 1908 - Depictions of cats and kittens often appeared in art and folk art in the United States. Inexpensive lithograph prints made in the mid-19th century helped to make this topic popular. Starting in the late 1890s picture postcards included these types of popular illustrations of cats. Sending colorful postcards through the U.S. mail continued to be widespread well into the 1910s.
- 1908
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Postcard, Cats with a Basket of Flowers, "A Happy Birthday," 1908
Depictions of cats and kittens often appeared in art and folk art in the United States. Inexpensive lithograph prints made in the mid-19th century helped to make this topic popular. Starting in the late 1890s picture postcards included these types of popular illustrations of cats. Sending colorful postcards through the U.S. mail continued to be widespread well into the 1910s.
- 1969 Renault Advertisement, "The Horse is Better than Most 1970 Cars" - French automaker Renault was formed in 1899 by brothers Louis, Marcel, and Fernand Renault. The company built its early reputation in part through racing, and it expanded into commercial vehicles as well. Following World War II, Renault's compact Dauphine sold well in the United States. Renault increased its American footprint through a partnership with American Motors Corporation launched in 1979.
- 1969
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1969 Renault Advertisement, "The Horse is Better than Most 1970 Cars"
French automaker Renault was formed in 1899 by brothers Louis, Marcel, and Fernand Renault. The company built its early reputation in part through racing, and it expanded into commercial vehicles as well. Following World War II, Renault's compact Dauphine sold well in the United States. Renault increased its American footprint through a partnership with American Motors Corporation launched in 1979.