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- Postcard, Views of Medford, Massacusetts, circa 1908 -
- circa 1908
- Collections - Artifact
Postcard, Views of Medford, Massacusetts, circa 1908
- Program, "The First Annual Hot Rod Exposition and Automotive Equipment Display," 1948 - Hot rodding took off in southern California after World War II. The Southern California Timing Association (SCTA), who sponsored this exposition, ran hot rod events at southern California's dry lakes, developing safety rules and equipment, and running the races safely and efficiently. This trade show brought together users and suppliers to spark ideas and ignite hot rod culture and economy.
- 1948
- Collections - Artifact
Program, "The First Annual Hot Rod Exposition and Automotive Equipment Display," 1948
Hot rodding took off in southern California after World War II. The Southern California Timing Association (SCTA), who sponsored this exposition, ran hot rod events at southern California's dry lakes, developing safety rules and equipment, and running the races safely and efficiently. This trade show brought together users and suppliers to spark ideas and ignite hot rod culture and economy.
- Armory and Furniture Company next to Maccabees Temple, Port Huron, Michigan, 1909 - From 1895 to 1924, the Detroit Publishing Company was one of the major image publishers in the world. The company's wide-ranging stock of original photographs documented life and landscapes from across the nation and around the globe. From the tens of thousands of negatives, the company created prints, postcards, lantern slides, panoramas, and other merchandise for sale to educators, businessmen, advertisers, homeowners and travelers.
- June 15, 1909
- Collections - Artifact
Armory and Furniture Company next to Maccabees Temple, Port Huron, Michigan, 1909
From 1895 to 1924, the Detroit Publishing Company was one of the major image publishers in the world. The company's wide-ranging stock of original photographs documented life and landscapes from across the nation and around the globe. From the tens of thousands of negatives, the company created prints, postcards, lantern slides, panoramas, and other merchandise for sale to educators, businessmen, advertisers, homeowners and travelers.
- E. M. Laird's 1915 Exhibition Biplane Flying Near the Armory Building, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, May 12-13, 1916 - Self-taught pilot and engineer Emil Matthew "Matty" Laird built this airplane -- his third -- in 1915. He equipped it with a six-cylinder engine that gave the biplane its nickname: "Boneshaker." Laird flew it in stunt exhibitions across the United States. In 1916, Katherine Stinson took the "Boneshaker" to Japan and China -- where she became the first woman to fly.
- 12 May 1916 - 13 May 1916
- Collections - Artifact
E. M. Laird's 1915 Exhibition Biplane Flying Near the Armory Building, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, May 12-13, 1916
Self-taught pilot and engineer Emil Matthew "Matty" Laird built this airplane -- his third -- in 1915. He equipped it with a six-cylinder engine that gave the biplane its nickname: "Boneshaker." Laird flew it in stunt exhibitions across the United States. In 1916, Katherine Stinson took the "Boneshaker" to Japan and China -- where she became the first woman to fly.