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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
- Famous Glamour Veil Hat, 1960-1965 -
- 1960-1965
- Collections - Artifact
Famous Glamour Veil Hat, 1960-1965
- Ruth McCulloch Hat Box, 1950-1960 -
- circa 1950
- Collections - Artifact
Ruth McCulloch Hat Box, 1950-1960
- Fire Hat, circa 1890 - No piece of equipment symbolizes a firefighter's dangerous work like the fire helmet. Its hard shell protects from falling debris, and its oversized brim directs water away from the neck. Early helmets were made from leather, while later versions featured metal shells. Modern helmets use lightweight composite materials, but they retain the familiar shape.
- circa 1890
- Collections - Artifact
Fire Hat, circa 1890
No piece of equipment symbolizes a firefighter's dangerous work like the fire helmet. Its hard shell protects from falling debris, and its oversized brim directs water away from the neck. Early helmets were made from leather, while later versions featured metal shells. Modern helmets use lightweight composite materials, but they retain the familiar shape.
- Hat Stand -
- Collections - Artifact
Hat Stand
- Hat, circa 1954 -
- circa 1954
- Collections - Artifact
Hat, circa 1954
- Hat -
- Collections - Artifact
Hat
- Marshall Field & Company French Room Hatbox, 1955-1970 -
- 1955-1970
- Collections - Artifact
Marshall Field & Company French Room Hatbox, 1955-1970
- John Cavanagh Ltd. Hatbox, 1925-1940 -
- 1925-1940
- Collections - Artifact
John Cavanagh Ltd. Hatbox, 1925-1940