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- Sponge Market, Key West Harbor, Fla., U.S.A., 1898 -
- 1898
- Collections - Artifact
Sponge Market, Key West Harbor, Fla., U.S.A., 1898
- Boating in the Trough of the Potomac, Maryland, 1890 - From 1895 to 1924, the Detroit Publishing Company was one of the major image publishers in the world. The company's wide-ranging stock of original photographs documented life and landscapes from across the nation and around the globe. From the tens of thousands of negatives, the company created prints, postcards, lantern slides, panoramas, and other merchandise for sale to educators, businessmen, advertisers, homeowners and travelers.
- 1890
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Boating in the Trough of the Potomac, Maryland, 1890
From 1895 to 1924, the Detroit Publishing Company was one of the major image publishers in the world. The company's wide-ranging stock of original photographs documented life and landscapes from across the nation and around the globe. From the tens of thousands of negatives, the company created prints, postcards, lantern slides, panoramas, and other merchandise for sale to educators, businessmen, advertisers, homeowners and travelers.
- What "Captains Courageous" Bring Home: Cleaning Codfish on Cape Ann Wharf, Gloucester, Mass. -
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What "Captains Courageous" Bring Home: Cleaning Codfish on Cape Ann Wharf, Gloucester, Mass.
- Menu-Insert Card, "With That Fisherman Fresh Flavor! Grilled Halibut Steak Tartar Sauce," 1950-1970 - Diner owners provided additional meal options for customers with menu cards like this one. While customers could order from the standard menu, this card's snappy graphics and alluring price offered an easy culinary decision. Owners could also update their specials daily, changing out yesterday's cards for ones touting the meal planned for today.
- 1950-1970
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Menu-Insert Card, "With That Fisherman Fresh Flavor! Grilled Halibut Steak Tartar Sauce," 1950-1970
Diner owners provided additional meal options for customers with menu cards like this one. While customers could order from the standard menu, this card's snappy graphics and alluring price offered an easy culinary decision. Owners could also update their specials daily, changing out yesterday's cards for ones touting the meal planned for today.
- Punch Bowl, 1700-1760 - Eighteen-century Americans from all levels of society consumed punch at events, such as births, weddings, funerals, etc. The drink usually consisted of alcohol (mainly rum), citrus juice, sugar, and water. Punch bowls were a necessary part of a host's table setting. Depending on one's economic status, Americans owned punch bowls made of silver, pewter, or decorated ceramic, like this one.
- 1700-1760
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Punch Bowl, 1700-1760
Eighteen-century Americans from all levels of society consumed punch at events, such as births, weddings, funerals, etc. The drink usually consisted of alcohol (mainly rum), citrus juice, sugar, and water. Punch bowls were a necessary part of a host's table setting. Depending on one's economic status, Americans owned punch bowls made of silver, pewter, or decorated ceramic, like this one.
- Trade Card for Lone Fisherman Cigarettes, Marburg Bros., 1865-1891 - 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.
- 1865-1891
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Trade Card for Lone Fisherman Cigarettes, Marburg Bros., 1865-1891
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 Lone Fisherman Cigarettes, Marburg Bros., 1865-1891 - 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.
- 1865-1891
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Trade Card for Lone Fisherman Cigarettes, Marburg Bros., 1865-1891
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.
- Fisherman's Choice Net Sample Card, Wm. J. Hooper Manufacturing Co., 1850-1900 -
- 1850-1900
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Fisherman's Choice Net Sample Card, Wm. J. Hooper Manufacturing Co., 1850-1900
- Cape Ann Fisherman Mending Nets, Gloucester, Massachusetts, circa 1905 - From 1895 to 1924, the Detroit Publishing Company was one of the major image publishers in the world. The company's wide-ranging stock of original photographs documented life and landscapes from across the nation and around the globe. From the tens of thousands of negatives, the company created prints, postcards, lantern slides, panoramas, and other merchandise for sale to educators, businessmen, advertisers, homeowners and travelers.
- circa 1905
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Cape Ann Fisherman Mending Nets, Gloucester, Massachusetts, circa 1905
From 1895 to 1924, the Detroit Publishing Company was one of the major image publishers in the world. The company's wide-ranging stock of original photographs documented life and landscapes from across the nation and around the globe. From the tens of thousands of negatives, the company created prints, postcards, lantern slides, panoramas, and other merchandise for sale to educators, businessmen, advertisers, homeowners and travelers.
- Calabash Bottle, 1850-1855 - Glass factories in America began producing inexpensive, mold-formed flasks in the early 1800s. These figured flasks, often decorated with symbols of national pride or political or cultural affiliation, appealed to America's common man. Hunting and fishing themes were also popular. This calabash -- a gourd-like form popular in the mid-19th century -- probably attracted the attention of sportsmen or those who made a living by capturing wild game.
- 1850-1855
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Calabash Bottle, 1850-1855
Glass factories in America began producing inexpensive, mold-formed flasks in the early 1800s. These figured flasks, often decorated with symbols of national pride or political or cultural affiliation, appealed to America's common man. Hunting and fishing themes were also popular. This calabash -- a gourd-like form popular in the mid-19th century -- probably attracted the attention of sportsmen or those who made a living by capturing wild game.