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- Official's Armband from Indianapolis 500 Automobile Race, 1914 - The fourth annual Indianapolis 500 took place on May 30, 1914. French driver Rene Thomas, with riding mechanic Robert Laly, took the checkered flag in a French-built Delage. Thomas set a new average race speed record of 82.47 miles per hour. In fact, Europe dominated the 1914 race. French and Belgian drivers finished in five of the top six places.
- May 30, 1914
- Collections - Artifact
Official's Armband from Indianapolis 500 Automobile Race, 1914
The fourth annual Indianapolis 500 took place on May 30, 1914. French driver Rene Thomas, with riding mechanic Robert Laly, took the checkered flag in a French-built Delage. Thomas set a new average race speed record of 82.47 miles per hour. In fact, Europe dominated the 1914 race. French and Belgian drivers finished in five of the top six places.
- Eddie Cantor's "Tell it to the Judge" Game, circa 1936 - Game companies have used famous individuals to help sell their toys and games. Eddie Cantor, radio, film and Broadway personality, lent his name to this Parker Brothers' game created in the 1930s. Game play sometimes has little relationship to the celebrity endorsing the product. Players in this game race around the board avoiding tickets and fines.
- circa 1936
- Collections - Artifact
Eddie Cantor's "Tell it to the Judge" Game, circa 1936
Game companies have used famous individuals to help sell their toys and games. Eddie Cantor, radio, film and Broadway personality, lent his name to this Parker Brothers' game created in the 1930s. Game play sometimes has little relationship to the celebrity endorsing the product. Players in this game race around the board avoiding tickets and fines.
- Lantern Slide, Maud Muller Series, "Alas for the Maiden, Alas for the Judge, for Rich Repiner and Household Drudge," 1894 - Joseph Boggs Beale (1841-1926) created artwork that was reproduced to make magic lantern slides like this one. His illustrations were photographed onto glass then hand colored. Beale was prolific, producing more than 2000 images used in over 250 different lantern slide sets. This slide was one of six created to illustrate John Greenleaf Whittier's poem "Maud Muller."
- 1894
- Collections - Artifact
Lantern Slide, Maud Muller Series, "Alas for the Maiden, Alas for the Judge, for Rich Repiner and Household Drudge," 1894
Joseph Boggs Beale (1841-1926) created artwork that was reproduced to make magic lantern slides like this one. His illustrations were photographed onto glass then hand colored. Beale was prolific, producing more than 2000 images used in over 250 different lantern slide sets. This slide was one of six created to illustrate John Greenleaf Whittier's poem "Maud Muller."
- Trade Card for G.H. Mumm & Co. Extra Dry and Dry Verzenay Wine, circa 1883 - 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.
- circa 1883
- Collections - Artifact
Trade Card for G.H. Mumm & Co. Extra Dry and Dry Verzenay Wine, circa 1883
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.
- The Samson Battery No. 2, 1916-1935 - In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, people used batteries to power telegraph and telephone systems, ring bells and alarms, or spark gasoline engines. The Samson Electric Company had made wet cell battery like this one for years before moving production to Canton, Massachusetts. The glass jar held a conductive solution surrounding the carbon and zinc elements that produced an electrochemical reaction.
- 1916-1935
- Collections - Artifact
The Samson Battery No. 2, 1916-1935
In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, people used batteries to power telegraph and telephone systems, ring bells and alarms, or spark gasoline engines. The Samson Electric Company had made wet cell battery like this one for years before moving production to Canton, Massachusetts. The glass jar held a conductive solution surrounding the carbon and zinc elements that produced an electrochemical reaction.
- Military Commission Involved in the Lincoln Assassination Trial, 1865 -
- March 29, 1965
- Collections - Artifact
Military Commission Involved in the Lincoln Assassination Trial, 1865
- Automobiles Lined Up for Judging at Old Car Festival in Greenfield Village, September 1962 - Held annually since 1951, The Henry Ford's Old Car Festival is the longest-running antique automobile show in the United States. While its specific events, activities and featured time periods have evolved over the decades, Old Car Festival's enthusiastic celebration of early American motoring remains unchanged.
- 15 September 1962-16 September 1962
- Collections - Artifact
Automobiles Lined Up for Judging at Old Car Festival in Greenfield Village, September 1962
Held annually since 1951, The Henry Ford's Old Car Festival is the longest-running antique automobile show in the United States. While its specific events, activities and featured time periods have evolved over the decades, Old Car Festival's enthusiastic celebration of early American motoring remains unchanged.
- Automobiles Lined Up for Judging at Old Car Festival in Greenfield Village, September 1962 - Held annually since 1951, The Henry Ford's Old Car Festival is the longest-running antique automobile show in the United States. While its specific events, activities and featured time periods have evolved over the decades, Old Car Festival's enthusiastic celebration of early American motoring remains unchanged.
- 15 September 1962-16 September 1962
- Collections - Artifact
Automobiles Lined Up for Judging at Old Car Festival in Greenfield Village, September 1962
Held annually since 1951, The Henry Ford's Old Car Festival is the longest-running antique automobile show in the United States. While its specific events, activities and featured time periods have evolved over the decades, Old Car Festival's enthusiastic celebration of early American motoring remains unchanged.
- Automobiles Lined Up for Judging at Old Car Festival in Greenfield Village, September 1962 - Held annually since 1951, The Henry Ford's Old Car Festival is the longest-running antique automobile show in the United States. While its specific events, activities and featured time periods have evolved over the decades, Old Car Festival's enthusiastic celebration of early American motoring remains unchanged.
- 15 September 1962-16 September 1962
- Collections - Artifact
Automobiles Lined Up for Judging at Old Car Festival in Greenfield Village, September 1962
Held annually since 1951, The Henry Ford's Old Car Festival is the longest-running antique automobile show in the United States. While its specific events, activities and featured time periods have evolved over the decades, Old Car Festival's enthusiastic celebration of early American motoring remains unchanged.
- Lantern Slide, Maud Muller Series, "The Judge Looked Back as He Climbed the Hill, and Saw Maud Muller Standing Still," 1894 - Joseph Boggs Beale (1841-1926) created artwork that was reproduced to make magic lantern slides like this one. His illustrations were photographed onto glass then hand colored. Beale was prolific, producing more than 2000 images used in over 250 different lantern slide sets. This slide was one of six created to illustrate John Greenleaf Whittier's poem "Maud Muller."
- 1894
- Collections - Artifact
Lantern Slide, Maud Muller Series, "The Judge Looked Back as He Climbed the Hill, and Saw Maud Muller Standing Still," 1894
Joseph Boggs Beale (1841-1926) created artwork that was reproduced to make magic lantern slides like this one. His illustrations were photographed onto glass then hand colored. Beale was prolific, producing more than 2000 images used in over 250 different lantern slide sets. This slide was one of six created to illustrate John Greenleaf Whittier's poem "Maud Muller."