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- Percussion Rifle, circa 1855 -
- circa 1855
- Collections - Artifact
Percussion Rifle, circa 1855
- Thomas Edison, Charles Batchelor, and Uriah Painter with Edison's Phonograph, April 18, 1878 - While in Washington, D.C., for an 1878 presentation to the National Academy of Sciences, inventor Thomas Edison, his lab assistant Charles Batchelor, and Philadelphia Inquirer correspondent Uriah Painter sat for famed Civil War photographer Mathew Brady. They posed with Edison's phonograph, a new invention that could, for the first time, record and reproduce sound. The machine made Edison an overnight celebrity.
- April 18, 1878
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Thomas Edison, Charles Batchelor, and Uriah Painter with Edison's Phonograph, April 18, 1878
While in Washington, D.C., for an 1878 presentation to the National Academy of Sciences, inventor Thomas Edison, his lab assistant Charles Batchelor, and Philadelphia Inquirer correspondent Uriah Painter sat for famed Civil War photographer Mathew Brady. They posed with Edison's phonograph, a new invention that could, for the first time, record and reproduce sound. The machine made Edison an overnight celebrity.
- "Eager for Deer," Man and Dogs Ready for Hunting in the Woods, circa 1903 - From 1895 to 1924, the Detroit Publishing Company was one of the major image publishers in the world. The company's wide-ranging stock of original photographs documented life and landscapes from across the nation and around the globe. From the tens of thousands of negatives, the company created prints, postcards, lantern slides, panoramas, and other merchandise for sale to educators, businessmen, advertisers, homeowners and travelers.
- circa 1895
- Collections - Artifact
"Eager for Deer," Man and Dogs Ready for Hunting in the Woods, circa 1903
From 1895 to 1924, the Detroit Publishing Company was one of the major image publishers in the world. The company's wide-ranging stock of original photographs documented life and landscapes from across the nation and around the globe. From the tens of thousands of negatives, the company created prints, postcards, lantern slides, panoramas, and other merchandise for sale to educators, businessmen, advertisers, homeowners and travelers.
- Hallmark "The Old West Series: Mountain Man" Christmas Ornament, 2000 - Already known for greeting cards, Hallmark introduced a line of Christmas ornaments in 1973. The company's annual release of an increasing array of ornaments revolutionized Christmas decorating, appealing to customers' interest in marking memories and milestones as well as expressing one's personality and unique tastes.
- 2000
- Collections - Artifact
Hallmark "The Old West Series: Mountain Man" Christmas Ornament, 2000
Already known for greeting cards, Hallmark introduced a line of Christmas ornaments in 1973. The company's annual release of an increasing array of ornaments revolutionized Christmas decorating, appealing to customers' interest in marking memories and milestones as well as expressing one's personality and unique tastes.
- Animal Trap, circa 1850 -
- circa 1850
- Collections - Artifact
Animal Trap, circa 1850
- Hunting Bag, 1805 -
- 1805
- Collections - Artifact
Hunting Bag, 1805
- Bandbox, 1830-1840 - In the early 1800s, Americans used bandboxes to store clothing, accessories, and other small items. Bandboxes were handy containers in the home or when traveling by stage, boat, or rail. Manufacturers covered these inexpensive pasteboard or wooden boxes with colorful papers that sometimes depicted idyllic rural scenes. This bandbox's paper depicts two hunters and their dogs pursuing a deer.
- 1830-1840
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Bandbox, 1830-1840
In the early 1800s, Americans used bandboxes to store clothing, accessories, and other small items. Bandboxes were handy containers in the home or when traveling by stage, boat, or rail. Manufacturers covered these inexpensive pasteboard or wooden boxes with colorful papers that sometimes depicted idyllic rural scenes. This bandbox's paper depicts two hunters and their dogs pursuing a deer.
- Animal Trap, circa 1850 -
- circa 1850
- Collections - Artifact
Animal Trap, circa 1850
- Animal Trap, circa 1920 -
- circa 1920
- Collections - Artifact
Animal Trap, circa 1920
- Bellows - Have you ever fanned a fire? Historically, people used bellows to create updrafts of air to help ignite or sustain a fire in a hearth or stove. Moving the handled wood panels back and forth captured air in a leather chamber and expelled it out a metal nozzle. Some bellows were simple and undecorated; others were elaborately painted or carved; all were utilitarian.
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Bellows
Have you ever fanned a fire? Historically, people used bellows to create updrafts of air to help ignite or sustain a fire in a hearth or stove. Moving the handled wood panels back and forth captured air in a leather chamber and expelled it out a metal nozzle. Some bellows were simple and undecorated; others were elaborately painted or carved; all were utilitarian.