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- Trade Card for Carriage & Buggy Paints, Peninsular White Lead & Color Works, 1880-1900 - 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.
- 1880-1900
- Collections - Artifact
Trade Card for Carriage & Buggy Paints, Peninsular White Lead & Color Works, 1880-1900
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.
- Tissue Paper Party Hat, 1920-1940 -
- 1920-1940
- Collections - Artifact
Tissue Paper Party Hat, 1920-1940
- Ruth McCulloch Hat Box, 1950-1960 -
- circa 1950
- Collections - Artifact
Ruth McCulloch Hat Box, 1950-1960
- Famous Glamour Veil Hat, 1960-1965 -
- 1960-1965
- Collections - Artifact
Famous Glamour Veil Hat, 1960-1965
- Larkin Company Catalog, "Stylish Wearing Apparel Given as Premiums with the Larkin Products," Spring/Summer 1908 - John D. Larkin established a soap manufacturing company in 1875. He hired his brother-in-law, Elbert Hubbard, as a salesman. Hubbard developed "The Larkin Idea," a plan that sold goods directly to consumers through mail-order catalogs and offered incentivizing giveaways. It was a success. By the early 1900s, Larkin's catalogs contained pages of products and even more pages of premiums from which customers could choose.
- 1908
- Collections - Artifact
Larkin Company Catalog, "Stylish Wearing Apparel Given as Premiums with the Larkin Products," Spring/Summer 1908
John D. Larkin established a soap manufacturing company in 1875. He hired his brother-in-law, Elbert Hubbard, as a salesman. Hubbard developed "The Larkin Idea," a plan that sold goods directly to consumers through mail-order catalogs and offered incentivizing giveaways. It was a success. By the early 1900s, Larkin's catalogs contained pages of products and even more pages of premiums from which customers could choose.
- Christian Dior Turban, Worn by Elizabeth Parke Firestone, 1955-1960 -
- 1955-1960
- Collections - Artifact
Christian Dior Turban, Worn by Elizabeth Parke Firestone, 1955-1960
- Skullcap, 1850-1910 - During the late 1800s and early 1900s men wore simple, close-fitting, brimless caps like this when working outside or in laboratories, factories or workshops. These caps protected the hair from dirt and debris and kept the head warm.
- 1850-1910
- Collections - Artifact
Skullcap, 1850-1910
During the late 1800s and early 1900s men wore simple, close-fitting, brimless caps like this when working outside or in laboratories, factories or workshops. These caps protected the hair from dirt and debris and kept the head warm.
- Skullcap, 1850-1910 - During the late 1800s and early 1900s men wore simple, close-fitting, brimless caps like this when working outside or in laboratories, factories or workshops. These caps protected the hair from dirt and debris and kept the head warm.
- 1850-1910
- Collections - Artifact
Skullcap, 1850-1910
During the late 1800s and early 1900s men wore simple, close-fitting, brimless caps like this when working outside or in laboratories, factories or workshops. These caps protected the hair from dirt and debris and kept the head warm.
- Skullcap, 1850-1910 - During the late 1800s and early 1900s men wore simple, close-fitting, brimless caps like this when working outside or in laboratories, factories or workshops. These caps protected the hair from dirt and debris and kept the head warm.
- 1850-1910
- Collections - Artifact
Skullcap, 1850-1910
During the late 1800s and early 1900s men wore simple, close-fitting, brimless caps like this when working outside or in laboratories, factories or workshops. These caps protected the hair from dirt and debris and kept the head warm.
- Skullcap, 1850-1910 - During the late 1800s and early 1900s men wore simple, close-fitting, brimless caps like this when working outside or in laboratories, factories or workshops. These caps protected the hair from dirt and debris and kept the head warm.
- 1850-1910
- Collections - Artifact
Skullcap, 1850-1910
During the late 1800s and early 1900s men wore simple, close-fitting, brimless caps like this when working outside or in laboratories, factories or workshops. These caps protected the hair from dirt and debris and kept the head warm.