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- Bathers on the Dock at The Old Club, St. Clair Flats, Michigan, circa 1916 - 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.
- circa 1916
- Collections - Artifact
Bathers on the Dock at The Old Club, St. Clair Flats, Michigan, circa 1916
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.
- Hallmark "A Holiday for Two" Christmas Ornament, 2006 - 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.
- 2006
- Collections - Artifact
Hallmark "A Holiday for Two" Christmas Ornament, 2006
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.
- "At Atlantic City," 1906 -
- circa 1902
- Collections - Artifact
"At Atlantic City," 1906
- Circus Performer Dolly Adams, "The Water Queen," circa 1880 - Circus performer Dolly Adams, nicknamed "The Water Queen," posed in her bathing suit for this carte-de-visite around 1880. The carte-de-visite was a small photographic print on cardboard stock made by professional photographers. People exchanged and collected cartes-de-visite, popular in the United States from the Civil War in the 1860s through the 1880s, to help them remember family and celebrities.
- circa 1880
- Collections - Artifact
Circus Performer Dolly Adams, "The Water Queen," circa 1880
Circus performer Dolly Adams, nicknamed "The Water Queen," posed in her bathing suit for this carte-de-visite around 1880. The carte-de-visite was a small photographic print on cardboard stock made by professional photographers. People exchanged and collected cartes-de-visite, popular in the United States from the Civil War in the 1860s through the 1880s, to help them remember family and celebrities.
- Edward "Buster" Pussler, Malcolm Morris, Rosalie Pussler, Earl Stone, Wilhelmina Morris, Rose Stone, Helen Morris, and Mary Ruth Stone Woodburn, St. Mary's County, Maryland, 1934 -
- 1934
- Collections - Artifact
Edward "Buster" Pussler, Malcolm Morris, Rosalie Pussler, Earl Stone, Wilhelmina Morris, Rose Stone, Helen Morris, and Mary Ruth Stone Woodburn, St. Mary's County, Maryland, 1934
- "Beach Party" Tammy Doll Outfit, 1964-1966 -
- 1964-1966
- Collections - Artifact
"Beach Party" Tammy Doll Outfit, 1964-1966
- Poster, Edison Kinetoscope Motion Picture, "Pastime Moving Picture Show," 1904-1906 - This early movie poster was probably used by traveling exhibitors or at amusement parks to advertise short motion pictures viewed on the Edison Projecting Kinetoscope in small movie houses throughout the United States. The number of exhibitors proliferated in this period creating the need for generic types of posters to advertise a wide variety of short motion pictures.
- 1904-1906
- Collections - Artifact
Poster, Edison Kinetoscope Motion Picture, "Pastime Moving Picture Show," 1904-1906
This early movie poster was probably used by traveling exhibitors or at amusement parks to advertise short motion pictures viewed on the Edison Projecting Kinetoscope in small movie houses throughout the United States. The number of exhibitors proliferated in this period creating the need for generic types of posters to advertise a wide variety of short motion pictures.
- Bathing Suit with Skirt, 1890-1900 -
- 1890-1900
- Collections - Artifact
Bathing Suit with Skirt, 1890-1900
- "At Atlantic City," 1906 -
- circa 1902
- Collections - Artifact
"At Atlantic City," 1906
- Catalina Bathing Suit, circa 1930 -
- circa 1930
- Collections - Artifact
Catalina Bathing Suit, circa 1930