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- Macbeth Monax Single Fitter Ball Globe, 1920-1935 -
- 1920-1935
- Collections - Artifact
Macbeth Monax Single Fitter Ball Globe, 1920-1935
- "Shell Regular" Gasoline Pump Globe, 1948-1959 - Illuminated globes first appeared atop American gasoline pumps in 1912. They evolved over time from simple ball or pill shapes to more elaborate sculptures. Royal Dutch Shell Group used globes in the shape of the company's distinctive pecten shell logo. These globes not only attracted customers, they also provided light for pump attendants working at night.
- 1948-1959
- Collections - Artifact
"Shell Regular" Gasoline Pump Globe, 1948-1959
Illuminated globes first appeared atop American gasoline pumps in 1912. They evolved over time from simple ball or pill shapes to more elaborate sculptures. Royal Dutch Shell Group used globes in the shape of the company's distinctive pecten shell logo. These globes not only attracted customers, they also provided light for pump attendants working at night.
- Conoco Gasoline Pump Globe, circa 1925 - Gas pump globes -- lighted glass spheres perched atop pumps -- first appeared in 1912. They evolved over time from simple ball or pill shapes to elaborate crowns, clover leafs, shells, and other forms. These globes not only attracted customers, they also provided light for pump attendants working at night. Globes disappeared in the 1950s as pump designs and marketing strategies changed.
- circa 1925
- Collections - Artifact
Conoco Gasoline Pump Globe, circa 1925
Gas pump globes -- lighted glass spheres perched atop pumps -- first appeared in 1912. They evolved over time from simple ball or pill shapes to elaborate crowns, clover leafs, shells, and other forms. These globes not only attracted customers, they also provided light for pump attendants working at night. Globes disappeared in the 1950s as pump designs and marketing strategies changed.
- Glassblower Working in Menlo Park Glass House, Greenfield Village, 1932 -
- October 13, 1932
- Collections - Artifact
Glassblower Working in Menlo Park Glass House, Greenfield Village, 1932
- Advertising Poster, "Butler Paper is a Gas," circa 1987 - Gas pump globes -- lighted glass spheres perched atop pumps -- first appeared in 1912. They evolved over time from simple ball or pill shapes to elaborate crowns, clover leafs, shells, and other forms. These globes not only attracted customers, they also provided light for pump attendants working at night. Globes disappeared in the 1950s as pump designs and marketing strategies changed.
- circa 1987
- Collections - Artifact
Advertising Poster, "Butler Paper is a Gas," circa 1987
Gas pump globes -- lighted glass spheres perched atop pumps -- first appeared in 1912. They evolved over time from simple ball or pill shapes to elaborate crowns, clover leafs, shells, and other forms. These globes not only attracted customers, they also provided light for pump attendants working at night. Globes disappeared in the 1950s as pump designs and marketing strategies changed.
- Ceiling Light Fixture, 1960-1965 -
- 1960-1965
- Collections - Artifact
Ceiling Light Fixture, 1960-1965
- Ceiling Light Fixture, 1960-1965 -
- 1960-1965
- Collections - Artifact
Ceiling Light Fixture, 1960-1965
- Ceiling Light Fixture, 1960-1965 -
- 1960-1965
- Collections - Artifact
Ceiling Light Fixture, 1960-1965
- Ceiling Light Fixture, 1960-1965 -
- 1960-1965
- Collections - Artifact
Ceiling Light Fixture, 1960-1965
- Lincoln Highway Marker, circa 1925 - This glass, electric streetlight globe from Wooster, Ohio, identified the Lincoln Highway, America's first cross-country, named highway. Dedicated in 1913, it ran for more than 3,000 miles from New York City to San Francisco, passing through 13 states on its original routing. By 1925, the federal government began numbering the patchwork of named highways, and the Lincoln Highway passed into memory.
- circa 1925
- Collections - Artifact
Lincoln Highway Marker, circa 1925
This glass, electric streetlight globe from Wooster, Ohio, identified the Lincoln Highway, America's first cross-country, named highway. Dedicated in 1913, it ran for more than 3,000 miles from New York City to San Francisco, passing through 13 states on its original routing. By 1925, the federal government began numbering the patchwork of named highways, and the Lincoln Highway passed into memory.