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- Grocery Store Dairy Case Stocked with Pennbrook Milk Company Products, circa 1950 -
- circa 1950
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Grocery Store Dairy Case Stocked with Pennbrook Milk Company Products, circa 1950
- Apron, 1957-1963 -
- 1957-1963
- Collections - Artifact
Apron, 1957-1963
- Horse-Drawn Delivery Wagon Outside a Grocery Store, circa 1900 - Before automobiles became practical, America relied on horses and horse-drawn vehicles to move people, freight, money, and information to places railroads and waterways didn't go. This photograph, taken at the turn of the twentieth century, shows a horse-drawn wagon used to deliver groceries.
- circa 1900
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Horse-Drawn Delivery Wagon Outside a Grocery Store, circa 1900
Before automobiles became practical, America relied on horses and horse-drawn vehicles to move people, freight, money, and information to places railroads and waterways didn't go. This photograph, taken at the turn of the twentieth century, shows a horse-drawn wagon used to deliver groceries.
- Spice Canister, 1901-1912 - Before products like coffee, tea, and spices were individually packaged with company labels and logos grocers dispensed them from metal bins and canisters. These large tin containers were not only a convenient storage place that kept products dry, but their colorful painted, printed, and stenciled decorations provided an attractive display on the store's shelves and counters.
- 1901-1912
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Spice Canister, 1901-1912
Before products like coffee, tea, and spices were individually packaged with company labels and logos grocers dispensed them from metal bins and canisters. These large tin containers were not only a convenient storage place that kept products dry, but their colorful painted, printed, and stenciled decorations provided an attractive display on the store's shelves and counters.
- "I Went in for a Jug of Molasses," Drawing for the Magic Lantern Slide Series "Little Breeches," 1906 - Joseph Boggs Beale created artwork that was reproduced to make magic lantern slides. His works include some of the most artistic slide illustrations made in the late-19th and early-20th centuries. Beale was also prolific, producing more than 2000 images used in over 250 different lantern slide sets. Beale made this drawing to illustrate part of the John Hay poem, "Little Breeches."
- 1906
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"I Went in for a Jug of Molasses," Drawing for the Magic Lantern Slide Series "Little Breeches," 1906
Joseph Boggs Beale created artwork that was reproduced to make magic lantern slides. His works include some of the most artistic slide illustrations made in the late-19th and early-20th centuries. Beale was also prolific, producing more than 2000 images used in over 250 different lantern slide sets. Beale made this drawing to illustrate part of the John Hay poem, "Little Breeches."
- Cream of Tartar Canister, 1880-1890 - Before products like coffee, tea, and spices were individually packaged with company labels and logos grocers dispensed them from metal bins and canisters. These large tin containers were not only a convenient storage place that kept products dry, but their colorful painted, printed, and stenciled decorations provided an attractive display on the store's shelves and counters.
- 1880-1890
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Cream of Tartar Canister, 1880-1890
Before products like coffee, tea, and spices were individually packaged with company labels and logos grocers dispensed them from metal bins and canisters. These large tin containers were not only a convenient storage place that kept products dry, but their colorful painted, printed, and stenciled decorations provided an attractive display on the store's shelves and counters.
- Horse-Drawn Vehicles in Front of Grocery Store in Rochester, New Hampshire, circa 1910 - The early 20th-century shift from horse-drawn vehicles to automobiles was rapid, but it did not happen overnight. Horses remained a vital part of American transportation well into the 1900s, especially beyond major cities. In this photograph, men pose with three of the horse-drawn wagons used to transport goods to and from this Rochester, New Hampshire, grocery store.
- circa 1910
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Horse-Drawn Vehicles in Front of Grocery Store in Rochester, New Hampshire, circa 1910
The early 20th-century shift from horse-drawn vehicles to automobiles was rapid, but it did not happen overnight. Horses remained a vital part of American transportation well into the 1900s, especially beyond major cities. In this photograph, men pose with three of the horse-drawn wagons used to transport goods to and from this Rochester, New Hampshire, grocery store.
- Slaven's Grocery, Tawas City, Michigan, 1935-1950 - Photographic cards like this one, with their glued-on labels, were a preliminary step taken by Dexter Press before producing postcards for small-business owners to mail or hand out. As shown in this 1940s photograph, Slaven's Grocery was a small but well-stocked store in Tawas City, a city located along Lake Huron in the Lower Peninsula of Michigan.
- 1935-1950
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Slaven's Grocery, Tawas City, Michigan, 1935-1950
Photographic cards like this one, with their glued-on labels, were a preliminary step taken by Dexter Press before producing postcards for small-business owners to mail or hand out. As shown in this 1940s photograph, Slaven's Grocery was a small but well-stocked store in Tawas City, a city located along Lake Huron in the Lower Peninsula of Michigan.