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- A Vineyard in Fresno, California, 1901 -
- 1901
- Collections - Artifact
A Vineyard in Fresno, California, 1901
- Mug, 1894 - Maria Longworth Nichols (1849-1932) founded Rookwood Pottery--the pioneering art pottery company in America--in Cincinnati in 1880. She hired talented potters and decorators to create innovative ceramic wares. Trendsetting imagery and glazes made Rookwood famous and helped establish the look of art pottery. A woman named Olga Reed (b. 1873) decorated this Rookwood mug in 1894.
- 1894
- Collections - Artifact
Mug, 1894
Maria Longworth Nichols (1849-1932) founded Rookwood Pottery--the pioneering art pottery company in America--in Cincinnati in 1880. She hired talented potters and decorators to create innovative ceramic wares. Trendsetting imagery and glazes made Rookwood famous and helped establish the look of art pottery. A woman named Olga Reed (b. 1873) decorated this Rookwood mug in 1894.
- Goblet, circa 1900 -
- circa 1900
- Collections - Artifact
Goblet, circa 1900
- Harvesting Black Grapes for Champagne Pommery & Greno near Rheims, France, circa 1925 -
- circa 1925
- Collections - Artifact
Harvesting Black Grapes for Champagne Pommery & Greno near Rheims, France, circa 1925
- Crate Label, "Mont'Elisa Beauty Brand Zinfandel Grapes," 1940-1950 - In 1869, the transcontinental railroad opened eastern markets to the West Coast produce industry for the first time. As produce companies shipped crates of fruits and vegetables across the country, they needed a way to distinguish their goods from their competitors'. Colorful, eye-catching labels, like this one for Mont'Elisa Beauty Brand Zinfandel Grapes, were created to attract grocers purchasing goods from wholesale markets.
- 1940-1950
- Collections - Artifact
Crate Label, "Mont'Elisa Beauty Brand Zinfandel Grapes," 1940-1950
In 1869, the transcontinental railroad opened eastern markets to the West Coast produce industry for the first time. As produce companies shipped crates of fruits and vegetables across the country, they needed a way to distinguish their goods from their competitors'. Colorful, eye-catching labels, like this one for Mont'Elisa Beauty Brand Zinfandel Grapes, were created to attract grocers purchasing goods from wholesale markets.
- Pitcher, 1887-1910 -
- 1887-1910
- Collections - Artifact
Pitcher, 1887-1910
- John Burroughs with His Grapevines, Riverby, 1914 - John Burroughs (1837-1921) was an internationally known naturalist and essayist who wrote about accessible and familiar landscapes. In 1873, Burroughs bought a plot of land overlooking the Hudson in the Catskills of upstate New York and named it Riverby. Here, he farmed and cultivated grapes and fruit trees. He also erected a family home and built secluded retreats where he penned some of his most famous works.
- 1914
- Collections - Artifact
John Burroughs with His Grapevines, Riverby, 1914
John Burroughs (1837-1921) was an internationally known naturalist and essayist who wrote about accessible and familiar landscapes. In 1873, Burroughs bought a plot of land overlooking the Hudson in the Catskills of upstate New York and named it Riverby. Here, he farmed and cultivated grapes and fruit trees. He also erected a family home and built secluded retreats where he penned some of his most famous works.
- Wine Bottle, 1846-1852 -
- 1846-1852
- Collections - Artifact
Wine Bottle, 1846-1852
- Raisin Drying Racks in a Vineyard at Fresno, California, 1901 -
- 1901
- Collections - Artifact
Raisin Drying Racks in a Vineyard at Fresno, California, 1901
- John Burroughs Examining Grapevines, circa 1910 - John Burroughs (1837-1921) was an internationally known naturalist and essayist who wrote about accessible and familiar landscapes. In 1873, Burroughs bought a plot of land overlooking the Hudson in the Catskills of upstate New York and named it Riverby. Here, he farmed and cultivated grapes and fruit trees. He also erected a family home and built secluded retreats where he penned some of his most famous works.
- circa 1910
- Collections - Artifact
John Burroughs Examining Grapevines, circa 1910
John Burroughs (1837-1921) was an internationally known naturalist and essayist who wrote about accessible and familiar landscapes. In 1873, Burroughs bought a plot of land overlooking the Hudson in the Catskills of upstate New York and named it Riverby. Here, he farmed and cultivated grapes and fruit trees. He also erected a family home and built secluded retreats where he penned some of his most famous works.