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- Hallmark "Platinum Pro" Christmas Ornament, 2007 - 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.
- 2007
- Collections - Artifact
Hallmark "Platinum Pro" Christmas Ornament, 2007
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.
- Hallmark "An American Girl: Felicity 1774" Christmas Ornaments, 2004 - 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.
- 2004
- Collections - Artifact
Hallmark "An American Girl: Felicity 1774" Christmas Ornaments, 2004
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.
- Toilet Brush Model, 1999 - 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.
- 1999
- Collections - Artifact
Toilet Brush Model, 1999
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.
- Scratch Brush, 1900-1920 - A clock and watchmaker uses a range of tools to create or repair timepieces. Among this skilled craftsperson's many tools are files, saws, reamers, burnishers and scratch brushes, like this one. Brushes with brass wire bristles are dipped into a wet cleaning solution and used to polish and brighten areas that cannot be accessed by a burnisher.
- 1900-1920
- Collections - Artifact
Scratch Brush, 1900-1920
A clock and watchmaker uses a range of tools to create or repair timepieces. Among this skilled craftsperson's many tools are files, saws, reamers, burnishers and scratch brushes, like this one. Brushes with brass wire bristles are dipped into a wet cleaning solution and used to polish and brighten areas that cannot be accessed by a burnisher.
- Scratch Brush, 1900-1920 - A clock and watchmaker uses a range of tools to create or repair timepieces. Among this skilled craftsperson's many tools are files, saws, reamers, burnishers and scratch brushes, like this one. Brushes with brass wire bristles are dipped into a wet cleaning solution and used to polish and brighten areas that cannot be accessed by a burnisher.
- 1900-1920
- Collections - Artifact
Scratch Brush, 1900-1920
A clock and watchmaker uses a range of tools to create or repair timepieces. Among this skilled craftsperson's many tools are files, saws, reamers, burnishers and scratch brushes, like this one. Brushes with brass wire bristles are dipped into a wet cleaning solution and used to polish and brighten areas that cannot be accessed by a burnisher.
- Servant Call System from the Charles F. Brush Residence, Cleveland, Ohio, circa 1885 - Annunciators were call systems that alerted servants to the needs of the household in which they worked. Each room contained a button to trigger the annunciator housed in servant's quarters. Primitive 18th-century bell systems evolved with the rise of battery power, telegraphy, and home electrification. This device was from the Charles F. Brush mansion, inventor of the arc lamp.
- circa 1885
- Collections - Artifact
Servant Call System from the Charles F. Brush Residence, Cleveland, Ohio, circa 1885
Annunciators were call systems that alerted servants to the needs of the household in which they worked. Each room contained a button to trigger the annunciator housed in servant's quarters. Primitive 18th-century bell systems evolved with the rise of battery power, telegraphy, and home electrification. This device was from the Charles F. Brush mansion, inventor of the arc lamp.
- Cleaning Kit for Pathex Motion Picture Camera and Projector, 1923-1931 - Pathe, a French phonograph and cinema equipment company, introduced a small, affordable film projector for home use to the U. S. market in 1925. The Model D projector ran 9.5-millimeter film -- a competitor to the more expensive 16-millimeter film made by the U. S. firm, Kodak. Pathex, the company's U. S. subsidiary, also distributed humorous and educational films for the home entertainment market.
- 1923-1931
- Collections - Artifact
Cleaning Kit for Pathex Motion Picture Camera and Projector, 1923-1931
Pathe, a French phonograph and cinema equipment company, introduced a small, affordable film projector for home use to the U. S. market in 1925. The Model D projector ran 9.5-millimeter film -- a competitor to the more expensive 16-millimeter film made by the U. S. firm, Kodak. Pathex, the company's U. S. subsidiary, also distributed humorous and educational films for the home entertainment market.
- Stainless Steel Toilet Brush and Holder, Production Sample, 2013 - 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.
- 2013
- Collections - Artifact
Stainless Steel Toilet Brush and Holder, Production Sample, 2013
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.
- Brush Model - 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.
- Collections - Artifact
Brush Model
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.
- Portrait of Wells W. Leggett, 1870-1891 -
- 1870-1891
- Collections - Artifact
Portrait of Wells W. Leggett, 1870-1891