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- Container Opener, 1933-1938 -
- 1933-1938
- Collections - Artifact
Container Opener, 1933-1938
- Container Opener, 1933-1938 -
- 1933-1938
- Collections - Artifact
Container Opener, 1933-1938
- Chevrolet Dealer, Clarence Gifford Motor Sales, Inc., Promotional Can & Bottle Opener, 1957 - Promotional giveaways can place advertising messages deeper into people's lives than billboards or magazine ads. The power of branding -- coupled with consumer brand loyalty -- has also led to the creation of promotional items designed for sale to the public. Simple tools, like this 1957 can opener from a Chevrolet dealer, provided space for company brands and became daily reminders to consumers.
- 1957
- Collections - Artifact
Chevrolet Dealer, Clarence Gifford Motor Sales, Inc., Promotional Can & Bottle Opener, 1957
Promotional giveaways can place advertising messages deeper into people's lives than billboards or magazine ads. The power of branding -- coupled with consumer brand loyalty -- has also led to the creation of promotional items designed for sale to the public. Simple tools, like this 1957 can opener from a Chevrolet dealer, provided space for company brands and became daily reminders to consumers.
- "Nifty" Bottle Opener & Corkscrew Tool Used by Lindbergh Family, 1942-1950 - Charles and Anne Lindbergh used this "Nifty" bottle opener and corkscrew when on cross-country trips. The Lindbergh family traveled to 37 states and Ontario, Canada between 1942 and 1957 in a trailer supplied by Henry Ford.
- 1942-1957
- Collections - Artifact
"Nifty" Bottle Opener & Corkscrew Tool Used by Lindbergh Family, 1942-1950
Charles and Anne Lindbergh used this "Nifty" bottle opener and corkscrew when on cross-country trips. The Lindbergh family traveled to 37 states and Ontario, Canada between 1942 and 1957 in a trailer supplied by Henry Ford.
- Barware Set Prototype, 2003 - Starting in the early 1980s--and already established as an internationally recognized architect--Michael Graves began to pursue a parallel career as a product designer. Over the following three and a half decades he and his collaborators designed everything from humble household goods to limited edition luxury items for clients as diverse as Steuben, Alessi, Target, J. C. Penney, and Disney.
- 2003
- Collections - Artifact
Barware Set Prototype, 2003
Starting in the early 1980s--and already established as an internationally recognized architect--Michael Graves began to pursue a parallel career as a product designer. Over the following three and a half decades he and his collaborators designed everything from humble household goods to limited edition luxury items for clients as diverse as Steuben, Alessi, Target, J. C. Penney, and Disney.
- Turner & Wescott Milk Bottle Opener, 1932-1958 - Dairies have supplied fresh milk products to consumers in glass bottles since the late 1800s. Dairies sealed the bottles with glass, metal, or cardboard caps for spill-free deliveries. Turner & Wescott, a Pennsylvania dairy operating into the late 1900s, shipped its products in wide-mouthed bottles with a metal cap. Customers needed an opener like this to pry off the cap.
- 1932-1958
- Collections - Artifact
Turner & Wescott Milk Bottle Opener, 1932-1958
Dairies have supplied fresh milk products to consumers in glass bottles since the late 1800s. Dairies sealed the bottles with glass, metal, or cardboard caps for spill-free deliveries. Turner & Wescott, a Pennsylvania dairy operating into the late 1900s, shipped its products in wide-mouthed bottles with a metal cap. Customers needed an opener like this to pry off the cap.
- Steinerbru Beer Bottle Opener Used by the Jackson Family, Selma, Alabama - In 2023, The Henry Ford acquired the Selma, Alabama, home of Dr. Sullivan and Richie Jean Sherrod Jackson, where Dr. Martin Luther King and Civil Rights leaders planned the 1965 Selma-to-Montgomery Voting Rights marches. It opened in Greenfield Village in 2026. The home and its contents not only document the voting rights struggle but also shed light on 20th-century Black American middle-class life.
- 1933-1955
- Collections - Artifact
Steinerbru Beer Bottle Opener Used by the Jackson Family, Selma, Alabama
In 2023, The Henry Ford acquired the Selma, Alabama, home of Dr. Sullivan and Richie Jean Sherrod Jackson, where Dr. Martin Luther King and Civil Rights leaders planned the 1965 Selma-to-Montgomery Voting Rights marches. It opened in Greenfield Village in 2026. The home and its contents not only document the voting rights struggle but also shed light on 20th-century Black American middle-class life.
- Country Club Bottle Opener Used by the Jackson Family, Selma, Alabama -
- Collections - Artifact
Country Club Bottle Opener Used by the Jackson Family, Selma, Alabama