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- A Farmer Works in a Field with a Mule-Drawn Drill Planter, 1870-1890 -
- 1870-1890
- Collections - Artifact
A Farmer Works in a Field with a Mule-Drawn Drill Planter, 1870-1890
- School Reward of Merit, 1870-1900 - During the nineteenth-century, teachers recognized students with paper "rewards of merit." These small tokens commended a student's excellent work, perfect attendance, good behavior or other noteworthy accomplishment. Some contained simple handwritten sentiments from the teacher to the pupil. Many were printed and colorful, with space available to write in the student's name as well as their own.
- 1870-1900
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School Reward of Merit, 1870-1900
During the nineteenth-century, teachers recognized students with paper "rewards of merit." These small tokens commended a student's excellent work, perfect attendance, good behavior or other noteworthy accomplishment. Some contained simple handwritten sentiments from the teacher to the pupil. Many were printed and colorful, with space available to write in the student's name as well as their own.
- Trade Card for "Standard Java" Coffee, Chase & Sanborn, 1887-1895 - 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.
- 1887-1895
- Collections - Artifact
Trade Card for "Standard Java" Coffee, Chase & Sanborn, 1887-1895
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.
- Chesapeake and Ohio Canal at Williamsport, Maryland, circa 1903 - President George Washington was devoted to improving the Potomac, the only river bisecting the Appalachian mountain barrier and an important trade route. Americans continued work on the waterway, completing the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal in 1850. In this Detroit Publishing Company photograph, a team of mules pulls a boat over one of the canal's aqueducts.
- circa 1903
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Chesapeake and Ohio Canal at Williamsport, Maryland, circa 1903
President George Washington was devoted to improving the Potomac, the only river bisecting the Appalachian mountain barrier and an important trade route. Americans continued work on the waterway, completing the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal in 1850. In this Detroit Publishing Company photograph, a team of mules pulls a boat over one of the canal's aqueducts.
- Morris and Essex Canal, near Mountain View, New Jersey, 1890-1901 - For nearly thirty years, 1895 to 1924, the Detroit Publishing Company was one of the major image publishers in the world. The company had a wide-ranging stock of original photographs, including this image of a section of the Morris Canal. The canal used a series of water-driven inclined planes to move anthracite, a type of coal, across northern New Jersey.
- 1890-1901
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Morris and Essex Canal, near Mountain View, New Jersey, 1890-1901
For nearly thirty years, 1895 to 1924, the Detroit Publishing Company was one of the major image publishers in the world. The company had a wide-ranging stock of original photographs, including this image of a section of the Morris Canal. The canal used a series of water-driven inclined planes to move anthracite, a type of coal, across northern New Jersey.
- Men at Work at the Flat Rock Sawmill, circa 1905 -
- July 12, 1938
- Collections - Artifact
Men at Work at the Flat Rock Sawmill, circa 1905
- Harvesting Olives, H. J. Heinz Company, Seville, Spain, circa 1915 - H. J. Heinz recognized that specific climates and soil-types were best for each fruit and vegetable, ensuring a better taste for his products. He considered Spain to be the best for olives. Laborers picked the olives and sent them to the nearby Heinz factory where they were cleaned, processed, and packaged in clear glass jars for market.
- circa 1915
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Harvesting Olives, H. J. Heinz Company, Seville, Spain, circa 1915
H. J. Heinz recognized that specific climates and soil-types were best for each fruit and vegetable, ensuring a better taste for his products. He considered Spain to be the best for olives. Laborers picked the olives and sent them to the nearby Heinz factory where they were cleaned, processed, and packaged in clear glass jars for market.
- Making Sorghum Molasses near Memphis, Tennessee, September 1937 -
- September 10, 1937
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Making Sorghum Molasses near Memphis, Tennessee, September 1937
- People with Wagon Pulled by Mules, Southwestern United States - In 1913, Henry Ford established Ford Motor Company's photographic department. Though few internal records describe company photography, remaining photographs reveal a wide range of departmental activity. Over nearly 100 years, Ford photographers documented company ventures, personal affairs, and daily life across the country and around the world.
- circa 1950
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People with Wagon Pulled by Mules, Southwestern United States
In 1913, Henry Ford established Ford Motor Company's photographic department. Though few internal records describe company photography, remaining photographs reveal a wide range of departmental activity. Over nearly 100 years, Ford photographers documented company ventures, personal affairs, and daily life across the country and around the world.
- Trade Card Depicting Dentist and Patient, 1870-1900 - In the last third of the nineteenth century, an unprecedented variety of consumer goods and services flooded the American market. Advertisers bombarded potential customers with trade cards. Americans enjoyed and saved the often illustrated little advertisements found in product packages or distributed by local merchants. Many survive as historical records of commercialism in the United States.
- 1870-1900
- Collections - Artifact
Trade Card Depicting Dentist and Patient, 1870-1900
In the last third of the nineteenth century, an unprecedented variety of consumer goods and services flooded the American market. Advertisers bombarded potential customers with trade cards. Americans enjoyed and saved the often illustrated little advertisements found in product packages or distributed by local merchants. Many survive as historical records of commercialism in the United States.