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- Bowl, 1910 - Social reformers in Boston, Massachusetts, organized the Saturday Evening Girls Club to educate and improve the lives of impoverished immigrant girls. In 1907, the club established a pottery. The Saturday Evening Girls created an array of remarkable Arts and Crafts wares, including children's dishes and sets. Some of these dishes were personalized with a child's name; others bore rhymes or simple phrases.
- 1910
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Bowl, 1910
Social reformers in Boston, Massachusetts, organized the Saturday Evening Girls Club to educate and improve the lives of impoverished immigrant girls. In 1907, the club established a pottery. The Saturday Evening Girls created an array of remarkable Arts and Crafts wares, including children's dishes and sets. Some of these dishes were personalized with a child's name; others bore rhymes or simple phrases.
- Oil Painting, Landscape with Hens, by Jean Maurice Thibon, 1875-1900 - Chickens come in many shapes, sizes, and colors, as represented in this French genre painting. They scratch the dirt in search of worms and bugs for protein and seeds that add calories to their diets. Dust baths help them ward off lice and other pests. Nineteenth-century farm families kept flocks like this in and around barnyards as a source of protein-rich eggs.
- 1875-1900
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Oil Painting, Landscape with Hens, by Jean Maurice Thibon, 1875-1900
Chickens come in many shapes, sizes, and colors, as represented in this French genre painting. They scratch the dirt in search of worms and bugs for protein and seeds that add calories to their diets. Dust baths help them ward off lice and other pests. Nineteenth-century farm families kept flocks like this in and around barnyards as a source of protein-rich eggs.
- Horsehide Lap Robe, 1919 - The open-air car bodies that prevailed into the 1920s gave little protection from cold. Automobile blankets, or lap robes, were popular accessories for cool-weather motoring. These heavy blankets, typically of wool, plush, or horsehide, and often waterproofed with a chemical treatment or a rubber backing, usually measured around 60 inches by 80 inches -- large enough for passengers to share.
- 1919
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Horsehide Lap Robe, 1919
The open-air car bodies that prevailed into the 1920s gave little protection from cold. Automobile blankets, or lap robes, were popular accessories for cool-weather motoring. These heavy blankets, typically of wool, plush, or horsehide, and often waterproofed with a chemical treatment or a rubber backing, usually measured around 60 inches by 80 inches -- large enough for passengers to share.
- Advertisement for Plymouth Voyager, 1984 - Chrysler introduced its all-new Plymouth Voyager and Dodge Caravan models for 1984. The minivan was something new in the family-car market -- larger than a station wagon, but smaller than a traditional van and able to fit into most garages. Chrysler's minivans handled like cars, too, with a front-wheel-drive layout that kept riders lower to the ground than full-size vans.
- 1984
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Advertisement for Plymouth Voyager, 1984
Chrysler introduced its all-new Plymouth Voyager and Dodge Caravan models for 1984. The minivan was something new in the family-car market -- larger than a station wagon, but smaller than a traditional van and able to fit into most garages. Chrysler's minivans handled like cars, too, with a front-wheel-drive layout that kept riders lower to the ground than full-size vans.