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- Printing Plate with Image of Chairs -
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Printing Plate with Image of Chairs
- Trade Card for Mellin's Food, 1897 - 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.
- 1897
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Trade Card for Mellin's Food, 1897
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.
- Trade Card for Hecker's Buckwheat, Hecker-Jones-Jewell Milling Co., 1893 - 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.
- 1893
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Trade Card for Hecker's Buckwheat, Hecker-Jones-Jewell Milling Co., 1893
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.
- Playing Tea Party, 1920-1930 -
- 1920-1930
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Playing Tea Party, 1920-1930
- Fisher-Price Advertisement, "It Took Fisher-Price and 2,043 Mothers to Design a High Chair Like This," 1990 - By the time Fisher-Price created this advertisement, highchairs had been around for centuries--but the company now claimed it improved on the age-old design. Fisher-Price proudly announced that it had listened to "the experts"-- 2.043 moms--when designing this highchair. The company stated that the sturdy and stable chair was easy to use--especially when juggling a baby with one hand--and easy to clean.
- 1990
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Fisher-Price Advertisement, "It Took Fisher-Price and 2,043 Mothers to Design a High Chair Like This," 1990
By the time Fisher-Price created this advertisement, highchairs had been around for centuries--but the company now claimed it improved on the age-old design. Fisher-Price proudly announced that it had listened to "the experts"-- 2.043 moms--when designing this highchair. The company stated that the sturdy and stable chair was easy to use--especially when juggling a baby with one hand--and easy to clean.
- Highchair, 1943 - By the early 20th century highchairs for young children were common, with many designs incorporating attached trays. The sturdy locking tray on this highchair, from the 1940s, safeguarded the small child from falling. The tray also provided a convenient serving area away from the table -- letting parents regulate the child's diet and manage reachable distractions.
- 1943
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Highchair, 1943
By the early 20th century highchairs for young children were common, with many designs incorporating attached trays. The sturdy locking tray on this highchair, from the 1940s, safeguarded the small child from falling. The tray also provided a convenient serving area away from the table -- letting parents regulate the child's diet and manage reachable distractions.
- Ethel Grace Fitzgibbons in High Chair near Christmas Tree and Toys, 1911 -
- February 01, 1911
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Ethel Grace Fitzgibbons in High Chair near Christmas Tree and Toys, 1911
- Child's Hitchcock Chair, 1825-1865 - Entrepreneur Lambert Hitchcock dreamed of manufacturing affordable furniture, using uniform parts that were quickly and cheaply made by machine and easy to assemble. By the late 1820s, Hitchcock's Connecticut factory was turning out some 15,000 chairs per year. The chairs were so popular during their heyday that many competitors tried to imitate their look.
- 1825-1865
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Child's Hitchcock Chair, 1825-1865
Entrepreneur Lambert Hitchcock dreamed of manufacturing affordable furniture, using uniform parts that were quickly and cheaply made by machine and easy to assemble. By the late 1820s, Hitchcock's Connecticut factory was turning out some 15,000 chairs per year. The chairs were so popular during their heyday that many competitors tried to imitate their look.
- Windsor Child's Highchair, circa 1820-1840 - This Windsor highchair allowed a child to sit at the same level as the dining table making it easier for parents to feed the child. Highchairs, however, were not a common piece of household furniture in the early 1800s. Most small children had to sit on someone's lap or find other ways to boost themselves to table level during meals.
- circa 1820-1840
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Windsor Child's Highchair, circa 1820-1840
This Windsor highchair allowed a child to sit at the same level as the dining table making it easier for parents to feed the child. Highchairs, however, were not a common piece of household furniture in the early 1800s. Most small children had to sit on someone's lap or find other ways to boost themselves to table level during meals.
- Trade Card for Mellin's Food, 1883-1899 - 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.
- 1883-1899
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Trade Card for Mellin's Food, 1883-1899
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.