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- Magnolia Air-Tight Parlor Stove, 1854-1858 - Stoves were more efficient than open fireplaces--they used less fuel and heated rooms more effectively. By the 1840s, stove-making had become a big industry, as new manufacturing techniques made stoves stronger, lighter, and less expensive. Style mattered. People wanted their stoves to be eye-catching, as well as useful. The neighboring cities of Troy and Albany, New York, were America's "stove capitals" from 1830 to 1870.
- 1854-1858
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Magnolia Air-Tight Parlor Stove, 1854-1858
Stoves were more efficient than open fireplaces--they used less fuel and heated rooms more effectively. By the 1840s, stove-making had become a big industry, as new manufacturing techniques made stoves stronger, lighter, and less expensive. Style mattered. People wanted their stoves to be eye-catching, as well as useful. The neighboring cities of Troy and Albany, New York, were America's "stove capitals" from 1830 to 1870.
- Parlor Table, 1870-1890 -
- 1870-1890
- Collections - Artifact
Parlor Table, 1870-1890
- Family Parlor Portrait, circa 1900 - The parlor of this middle-class northern Indiana family is filled with fashionable goods that provided a comfortable lifestyle. By the late 19th century, factories were turning out consumer goods of all kinds, advertising told potential customers what was available, and railroads made it easier to get goods to local stores. This family could also have obtained goods by mail order--even the piano.
- circa 1895
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Family Parlor Portrait, circa 1900
The parlor of this middle-class northern Indiana family is filled with fashionable goods that provided a comfortable lifestyle. By the late 19th century, factories were turning out consumer goods of all kinds, advertising told potential customers what was available, and railroads made it easier to get goods to local stores. This family could also have obtained goods by mail order--even the piano.
- Behrens Ice Cream Parlor, Brooklyn, New York, 1935-1950 - Photographic cards like this one, with their glued-on labels, were a preliminary step taken by Dexter Press before producing postcards for small-business owners to mail or hand out. In the 1940s, when this photograph was taken, this Brooklyn, New York, ice cream parlor claimed to be the "most popular spot in town." The business was sold in the late 1950s.
- 1935-1950
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Behrens Ice Cream Parlor, Brooklyn, New York, 1935-1950
Photographic cards like this one, with their glued-on labels, were a preliminary step taken by Dexter Press before producing postcards for small-business owners to mail or hand out. In the 1940s, when this photograph was taken, this Brooklyn, New York, ice cream parlor claimed to be the "most popular spot in town." The business was sold in the late 1950s.
- Floral Parlor Stove, 1855-1857 - Stoves were more efficient than open fireplaces--they used less fuel and heated rooms more effectively. By the 1840s, stove-making had become a big industry, as new manufacturing techniques made stoves stronger, lighter, and less expensive. Style mattered. People wanted their stoves to be eye-catching, as well as useful. The neighboring cities of Troy and Albany, New York, were America's "stove capitals" from 1830 to 1870.
- 1855-1857
- Collections - Artifact
Floral Parlor Stove, 1855-1857
Stoves were more efficient than open fireplaces--they used less fuel and heated rooms more effectively. By the 1840s, stove-making had become a big industry, as new manufacturing techniques made stoves stronger, lighter, and less expensive. Style mattered. People wanted their stoves to be eye-catching, as well as useful. The neighboring cities of Troy and Albany, New York, were America's "stove capitals" from 1830 to 1870.
- Temple Parlor Stove, 1854-1861 - Abraham and Mary Lincoln had a Temple brand heating stove of this design in the front parlor of their Springfield, Illinois home. It appears in an illustration published in March of 1861. The Gothic Revival style stove in the form of a cottage or small house would have been fashionable in a middle class house of the 1850s, when the Lincolns were furnishing their home.
- 1854-1861
- Collections - Artifact
Temple Parlor Stove, 1854-1861
Abraham and Mary Lincoln had a Temple brand heating stove of this design in the front parlor of their Springfield, Illinois home. It appears in an illustration published in March of 1861. The Gothic Revival style stove in the form of a cottage or small house would have been fashionable in a middle class house of the 1850s, when the Lincolns were furnishing their home.
- Cottage Air-Tight Parlor Stove, circa 1847 -
- circa 1847
- Collections - Artifact
Cottage Air-Tight Parlor Stove, circa 1847
- Coca-Cola Chandelier, Used in Eurich's Ice Cream Parlor, circa 1900 - This chandelier originally hung in an early 20th-century Detroit area store -- one that probably sold ice cream and fountain drinks and sodas. The glowing light was a perfect way to advertise Coca-Cola -- a drink available at the store's counter. And the Tiffany-inspired glass shade would have evoked a high-quality status to the store it graced.
- circa 1900
- Collections - Artifact
Coca-Cola Chandelier, Used in Eurich's Ice Cream Parlor, circa 1900
This chandelier originally hung in an early 20th-century Detroit area store -- one that probably sold ice cream and fountain drinks and sodas. The glowing light was a perfect way to advertise Coca-Cola -- a drink available at the store's counter. And the Tiffany-inspired glass shade would have evoked a high-quality status to the store it graced.
- Eurich's Ice Cream Parlor, Dearborn, Michigan, circa 1962 -
- circa 1962
- Collections - Artifact
Eurich's Ice Cream Parlor, Dearborn, Michigan, circa 1962
- Parlor Stove, circa 1845 -
- circa 1845
- Collections - Artifact
Parlor Stove, circa 1845