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- Covered Wagon Lamp, 1959 -
- 1959
- Collections - Artifact
Covered Wagon Lamp, 1959
- Instructions from a Covered Wagon Lamp Kit, 1959 -
- 1959
- Collections - Artifact
Instructions from a Covered Wagon Lamp Kit, 1959
- A Party of Emigrants to California, Crossing the Plains, 1852 - Soon after the Mexican-American War ended in 1848, the newly acquired territory of California became the destination of hundreds of thousands of Americans, especially after gold was discovered at Sutter's Mill outside Sacramento. The California Gold Rush pulled Americans across the continent. This wood engraving is one of the few known portrayals of the migrations created at that time.
- January 01, 1852
- Collections - Artifact
A Party of Emigrants to California, Crossing the Plains, 1852
Soon after the Mexican-American War ended in 1848, the newly acquired territory of California became the destination of hundreds of thousands of Americans, especially after gold was discovered at Sutter's Mill outside Sacramento. The California Gold Rush pulled Americans across the continent. This wood engraving is one of the few known portrayals of the migrations created at that time.
- Conestoga Wagon in Henry Ford Museum, circa 1941 - Irving Bacon, a Ford Motor Company employee and Henry Ford's personal artist, created pen-and-ink drawings to illustrate guidebooks for the Edison Institute Museum and Greenfield Village (now The Henry Ford) when they officially opened to the public in 1933. An illustrated souvenir guidebook helped visitors navigate the exhibits and grounds. Ford also used these drawings in other company publications.
- circa 1941
- Collections - Artifact
Conestoga Wagon in Henry Ford Museum, circa 1941
Irving Bacon, a Ford Motor Company employee and Henry Ford's personal artist, created pen-and-ink drawings to illustrate guidebooks for the Edison Institute Museum and Greenfield Village (now The Henry Ford) when they officially opened to the public in 1933. An illustrated souvenir guidebook helped visitors navigate the exhibits and grounds. Ford also used these drawings in other company publications.
- Conestoga Wagon in Henry Ford Museum, circa 1941 -
- circa 1941
- Collections - Artifact
Conestoga Wagon in Henry Ford Museum, circa 1941
- "Jerry O'Mahony Dining Cars: In Our Line We Lead the World," 1928 - The New Jersey-based Jerry O'Mahony Dining Cars was one of the leading diner manufacturers for decades, building hundreds of diners in numerous styles and giving many diner builders their start. This 1928 catalog features its new steel dining car, the "Monarch," along with its other models and advice to would-be operators.
- 1928
- Collections - Artifact
"Jerry O'Mahony Dining Cars: In Our Line We Lead the World," 1928
The New Jersey-based Jerry O'Mahony Dining Cars was one of the leading diner manufacturers for decades, building hundreds of diners in numerous styles and giving many diner builders their start. This 1928 catalog features its new steel dining car, the "Monarch," along with its other models and advice to would-be operators.
- "Chuck-Wagon Meal near Palm Springs," October 20, 1959 -
- circa 1959
- Collections - Artifact
"Chuck-Wagon Meal near Palm Springs," October 20, 1959
- Oxen and Wagons on Main Street, Buffalo, Wyoming Territory, 1885 - In the 1880s, towns in the western United States that were isolated from river and rail transportation networks relied on freight haulers to supply needed goods. Drivers navigated heavy, product-laden wagons hitched to teams of mules or oxen over mountain passes and across lonely, open expanses to deliver their cargo. This image show wagons loaded with goods on Main Street in Buffalo, Wyoming.
- 1885
- Collections - Artifact
Oxen and Wagons on Main Street, Buffalo, Wyoming Territory, 1885
In the 1880s, towns in the western United States that were isolated from river and rail transportation networks relied on freight haulers to supply needed goods. Drivers navigated heavy, product-laden wagons hitched to teams of mules or oxen over mountain passes and across lonely, open expanses to deliver their cargo. This image show wagons loaded with goods on Main Street in Buffalo, Wyoming.
- "Transportation around the World" Mural in the Public Lounge of the Ford Rotunda, 1952-1953 - As part of its fiftieth anniversary celebration in 1953, Ford Motor Company refurbished the Rotunda--an exhibit area and hospitality center for Ford's Rouge factory tours. The company commissioned Cincinnati artist Charley Harper to design a mural honoring the Model T. Visitors could view the completed mural, titled <em>Transportation around the World</em>, in the Rotunda's public lounge.
- 1952-1953
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"Transportation around the World" Mural in the Public Lounge of the Ford Rotunda, 1952-1953
As part of its fiftieth anniversary celebration in 1953, Ford Motor Company refurbished the Rotunda--an exhibit area and hospitality center for Ford's Rouge factory tours. The company commissioned Cincinnati artist Charley Harper to design a mural honoring the Model T. Visitors could view the completed mural, titled Transportation around the World, in the Rotunda's public lounge.
- "Battle Scenes of the Rebellion" General Sherman's March, Civil War Panorama - In the 1880s, Thomas Clarkson Gordon, a self-taught artist and Civil War veteran, created a panorama depicting scenes from the Civil War. Gordon stitched together 15 paintings -- each 7 by 14 feet -- into a canvas roll more than 100 feet long. He toured his multi-paneled panorama throughout eastern Indiana, retelling the history of the conflict through his vivid illustrations.
- 1864
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"Battle Scenes of the Rebellion" General Sherman's March, Civil War Panorama
In the 1880s, Thomas Clarkson Gordon, a self-taught artist and Civil War veteran, created a panorama depicting scenes from the Civil War. Gordon stitched together 15 paintings -- each 7 by 14 feet -- into a canvas roll more than 100 feet long. He toured his multi-paneled panorama throughout eastern Indiana, retelling the history of the conflict through his vivid illustrations.