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- Hallmark "The Light Within" Christmas Ornament, 2002 - 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.
- 2002
- Collections - Artifact
Hallmark "The Light Within" Christmas Ornament, 2002
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.
- Santa Lucia Ornament, 2021 - Winter Solstice marks the shortest day and longest night of year. Throughout history, world cultures have held festivals and ceremonies that look forward to the light, warmth, and life-giving properties of the returning sun. While St. Lucia's Day honors a Christian martyr, it incorporates early Norse Winter Solstice traditions of lighting fires to ward off spirits during the longest night.
- 2021
- Collections - Artifact
Santa Lucia Ornament, 2021
Winter Solstice marks the shortest day and longest night of year. Throughout history, world cultures have held festivals and ceremonies that look forward to the light, warmth, and life-giving properties of the returning sun. While St. Lucia's Day honors a Christian martyr, it incorporates early Norse Winter Solstice traditions of lighting fires to ward off spirits during the longest night.
- Alexander Wright and Co. Methven's Screen, 1880-1895 -
- 1880-1895
- Collections - Artifact
Alexander Wright and Co. Methven's Screen, 1880-1895
- "Spectro-Chrome Manual for Dinshah Spectro-Chrome," circa 1945 -
- 1945
- Collections - Artifact
"Spectro-Chrome Manual for Dinshah Spectro-Chrome," circa 1945
- Santa Lucia Ornament, 2021 - Winter Solstice marks the shortest day and longest night of year. Throughout history, world cultures have held festivals and ceremonies that look forward to the light, warmth, and life-giving properties of the returning sun. While St. Lucia's Day honors a Christian martyr, it incorporates early Norse Winter Solstice traditions of lighting fires to ward off spirits during the longest night.
- 2021
- Collections - Artifact
Santa Lucia Ornament, 2021
Winter Solstice marks the shortest day and longest night of year. Throughout history, world cultures have held festivals and ceremonies that look forward to the light, warmth, and life-giving properties of the returning sun. While St. Lucia's Day honors a Christian martyr, it incorporates early Norse Winter Solstice traditions of lighting fires to ward off spirits during the longest night.
- Essay by John Burroughs, "Thoughts Suggested by Hearing Tyndall Lecture on Light," circa 1870 -
- circa 1870
- Collections - Artifact
Essay by John Burroughs, "Thoughts Suggested by Hearing Tyndall Lecture on Light," circa 1870
- Dinshah Spectro-Chrome Institute Spectro-Chrome, circa 1945 -
- circa 1945
- Collections - Artifact
Dinshah Spectro-Chrome Institute Spectro-Chrome, circa 1945
- "Pneumonic Tempus for 1951: For Research and Practical Application of the Visible Spectrum," 1950 -
- 1950
- Collections - Artifact
"Pneumonic Tempus for 1951: For Research and Practical Application of the Visible Spectrum," 1950
- Ripley Company, Inc. Brochure, "Series 70 Photo-Electric Controls," 1946 - George Devol was a problem solver and prolific inventor -- particularly in the area of automation. In the 1930s, he formed United Cinephone Corporation. The company made electric and photoelectric controls, switches and timers used to speed up and improve manufacturing. His most important work led to his patent for the first industrial robot.
- 1946
- Collections - Artifact
Ripley Company, Inc. Brochure, "Series 70 Photo-Electric Controls," 1946
George Devol was a problem solver and prolific inventor -- particularly in the area of automation. In the 1930s, he formed United Cinephone Corporation. The company made electric and photoelectric controls, switches and timers used to speed up and improve manufacturing. His most important work led to his patent for the first industrial robot.
- "Opticks: or a Treatise on Reflections, Refractions, Inflections and Colours of Light," 4th ed., 1730 -
- 1730
- Collections - Artifact
"Opticks: or a Treatise on Reflections, Refractions, Inflections and Colours of Light," 4th ed., 1730