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- Program, "Grand Amateur Concert!," Court House, Detroit, Michigan, October 31, 1866 -
- October 31, 1866
- Collections - Artifact
Program, "Grand Amateur Concert!," Court House, Detroit, Michigan, October 31, 1866
- Second Line Funeral Parade Honoring Danny Barker, New Orleans, Louisiana, May 3, 1995 -
- May 03, 1995
- Collections - Artifact
Second Line Funeral Parade Honoring Danny Barker, New Orleans, Louisiana, May 3, 1995
- "Li'l Abner and His Dogpatch Band" Mechanical Toy, 1945-1950 - A key-wound clockwork mechanism causes the figures to move on this toy based upon the Li'l Abner comic strip, created in 1934. Unique Art's history is not well known, although it may have been associated with Ferdinand Strauss or Louis Marx, who are more well-known producers of mechanical tin clockwork toys.
- 1945-1950
- Collections - Artifact
"Li'l Abner and His Dogpatch Band" Mechanical Toy, 1945-1950
A key-wound clockwork mechanism causes the figures to move on this toy based upon the Li'l Abner comic strip, created in 1934. Unique Art's history is not well known, although it may have been associated with Ferdinand Strauss or Louis Marx, who are more well-known producers of mechanical tin clockwork toys.
- Old Timer's Band at B-24 Radio Station Broadcast Studio, Willow Run Bomber Plant, 1944 - At its peak, Ford Motor Company's Willow Run bomber plant employed more than 42,000 people. The factory's five million square feet of roofed workspace included everything needed to train and care for its workforce, including classrooms, a hospital, dining rooms, and recreational facilities. An on-site radio station provided news and entertainment programming to employees.
- May 20, 1944
- Collections - Artifact
Old Timer's Band at B-24 Radio Station Broadcast Studio, Willow Run Bomber Plant, 1944
At its peak, Ford Motor Company's Willow Run bomber plant employed more than 42,000 people. The factory's five million square feet of roofed workspace included everything needed to train and care for its workforce, including classrooms, a hospital, dining rooms, and recreational facilities. An on-site radio station provided news and entertainment programming to employees.
- Trade Card for Adam Forepaugh & Sells Bros. Circus, "Musical Band of Elephants," 1870-1890 - 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.
- 1870-1890
- Collections - Artifact
Trade Card for Adam Forepaugh & Sells Bros. Circus, "Musical Band of Elephants," 1870-1890
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.
- Wixom Brothers Circus at Ithaca, Michigan Fairgounds, August 18, 1900 - Small traveling circuses in the late 19th and early 20th century arrived in towns with great fanfare. Performers, animals and musicians paraded down streets. This free publicity, circus owners hoped, would arouse the interest of the residents and potential customers. This photograph shows the Wixom Brothers Circus marching to the fairgrounds in Ithaca, Michigan.
- August 18, 1900
- Collections - Artifact
Wixom Brothers Circus at Ithaca, Michigan Fairgounds, August 18, 1900
Small traveling circuses in the late 19th and early 20th century arrived in towns with great fanfare. Performers, animals and musicians paraded down streets. This free publicity, circus owners hoped, would arouse the interest of the residents and potential customers. This photograph shows the Wixom Brothers Circus marching to the fairgrounds in Ithaca, Michigan.
- Two Band Performers with Instruments, circa 1890 -
- circa 1890
- Collections - Artifact
Two Band Performers with Instruments, circa 1890
- Hallmark "Merry Music Makers" Christmas Ornament, 2002 - Already known for greeting cards, Hallmark introduced a line of Christmas ornaments in 1973. The company's annual release of an increasing array of ornaments revolutionized Christmas decorating, appealing to customers' interest in marking memories and milestones as well as expressing one's personality and unique tastes.
- 2002
- Collections - Artifact
Hallmark "Merry Music Makers" Christmas Ornament, 2002
Already known for greeting cards, Hallmark introduced a line of Christmas ornaments in 1973. The company's annual release of an increasing array of ornaments revolutionized Christmas decorating, appealing to customers' interest in marking memories and milestones as well as expressing one's personality and unique tastes.
- Richmond Hill School Band, circa 1937 -
- circa 1937
- Collections - Artifact
Richmond Hill School Band, circa 1937
- Tuba Used at Presidential Inaugurations -
- 1899-1920
- Collections - Artifact
Tuba Used at Presidential Inaugurations