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- Trade Card for Russell & Holliday, Grocer, 1880-1890 - 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.
- 1880-1890
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Trade Card for Russell & Holliday, Grocer, 1880-1890
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.
- Orange Groves, Riverside, California, circa 1900 - Orange growers and packers in Riverside, California, joined forces to launch the Riverside Fruit Exchange in 1893. The exchange marketed navel oranges, grown in expansive groves like this one. To increase production of the sweet, seedless crop consumers craved, growers propagated new trees by grafting buds onto rootstock. At harvest time, workers hand-picked and packed the oranges for sale.
- circa 1900
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Orange Groves, Riverside, California, circa 1900
Orange growers and packers in Riverside, California, joined forces to launch the Riverside Fruit Exchange in 1893. The exchange marketed navel oranges, grown in expansive groves like this one. To increase production of the sweet, seedless crop consumers craved, growers propagated new trees by grafting buds onto rootstock. At harvest time, workers hand-picked and packed the oranges for sale.
- Report of Branch Thrift Garden Progress, July 1932 -
- July 22, 1932
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Report of Branch Thrift Garden Progress, July 1932
- Orange Groves and Snow-Capped Peaks, circa 1900 -
- circa 1900
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Orange Groves and Snow-Capped Peaks, circa 1900
- Tourists Driving through Mariposa Grove, Yosemite Valley, California, circa 1905 - Paying customers could see some of Yosemite National Park's most famous features from the comfort of a seven-passenger Pierce-Arrow automobile. One highlight of taking this "Horseshoe Route" was a ride through the Wawona Tunnel Tree. The Giant Sequoia in Mariposa Grove was cut as a tourist attraction in 1881.
- circa 1905
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Tourists Driving through Mariposa Grove, Yosemite Valley, California, circa 1905
Paying customers could see some of Yosemite National Park's most famous features from the comfort of a seven-passenger Pierce-Arrow automobile. One highlight of taking this "Horseshoe Route" was a ride through the Wawona Tunnel Tree. The Giant Sequoia in Mariposa Grove was cut as a tourist attraction in 1881.
- Lake Kissena, Queens, New York, 1890-1915 - In 1890, Jenny Young Chandler, 25 years old and recently widowed, began working for the <em>New York Herald</em>. As a photojournalist and feature writer, Chandler captured life in Brooklyn, New York, and vicinity. By 1922, the time of her death, she had produced over 800 glass plate negatives. Her sensitive, insightful photographs depict people from all walks of life and the world in which they lived.
- 1890-1915
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Lake Kissena, Queens, New York, 1890-1915
In 1890, Jenny Young Chandler, 25 years old and recently widowed, began working for the New York Herald. As a photojournalist and feature writer, Chandler captured life in Brooklyn, New York, and vicinity. By 1922, the time of her death, she had produced over 800 glass plate negatives. Her sensitive, insightful photographs depict people from all walks of life and the world in which they lived.
- "What is an Entrepreneur?" Clip from Interview with Melvin Parson, April 5, 2019 - Melvin Parson, founder of We The People Growers Association, was the Spring 2019 Entrepreneur-In-Residence at The Henry Ford, funded by the William Davidson Foundation Initiative for Entrepreneurship. During his interview, Parson explains his journey and mission towards securing equality and social justice through urban farming, comparing it to taking a seat at the table as a full member of society.
- April 05, 2019
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"What is an Entrepreneur?" Clip from Interview with Melvin Parson, April 5, 2019
Melvin Parson, founder of We The People Growers Association, was the Spring 2019 Entrepreneur-In-Residence at The Henry Ford, funded by the William Davidson Foundation Initiative for Entrepreneurship. During his interview, Parson explains his journey and mission towards securing equality and social justice through urban farming, comparing it to taking a seat at the table as a full member of society.
- "Farming: Connecting to the Earth and Community" Clip from Pre-Interview with Melvin Parson, April 5, 2019 - Melvin Parson, founder of We The People Growers Association, was the Spring 2019 Entrepreneur-In-Residence at The Henry Ford, funded by the William Davidson Foundation Initiative for Entrepreneurship. During his interview, Parson explains his journey and mission towards securing equality and social justice through urban farming, comparing it to taking a seat at the table as a full member of society.
- April 05, 2019
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"Farming: Connecting to the Earth and Community" Clip from Pre-Interview with Melvin Parson, April 5, 2019
Melvin Parson, founder of We The People Growers Association, was the Spring 2019 Entrepreneur-In-Residence at The Henry Ford, funded by the William Davidson Foundation Initiative for Entrepreneurship. During his interview, Parson explains his journey and mission towards securing equality and social justice through urban farming, comparing it to taking a seat at the table as a full member of society.
- Redlands, View from Smiley Heights, Colorado, 1900-1910 -
- 1900-1910
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Redlands, View from Smiley Heights, Colorado, 1900-1910
- Shelf Clock By John Winkley, 1787-1792 -
- 1787-1792
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Shelf Clock By John Winkley, 1787-1792