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- Cancelled Requisition Form for E.E. Rice & Son, Barre, Massachusetts, August 13, 1920 - Though it operated some direct-sales offices in major cities, Ford Motor Company sold most of its Model T cars through franchise agreements with independent dealers. Each franchisee received the right to sell Ford cars within a specific territory. Ford encouraged dealers by offering discounts and rebates to high sellers. But low-selling dealers risked losing their territories.
- August 13, 1920
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Cancelled Requisition Form for E.E. Rice & Son, Barre, Massachusetts, August 13, 1920
Though it operated some direct-sales offices in major cities, Ford Motor Company sold most of its Model T cars through franchise agreements with independent dealers. Each franchisee received the right to sell Ford cars within a specific territory. Ford encouraged dealers by offering discounts and rebates to high sellers. But low-selling dealers risked losing their territories.
- Hoeing Rice, South Carolina, U.S.A., 1900-1910 - Rice grows best when fields are flooded at planting time and periodically during the growing season. Managing the water levels required an infrastructure as well as regular maintenance. This stereograph shows workers with a broad and heavy hoe, removing weeds and deepening the channel in a rice field.
- 1900-1910
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Hoeing Rice, South Carolina, U.S.A., 1900-1910
Rice grows best when fields are flooded at planting time and periodically during the growing season. Managing the water levels required an infrastructure as well as regular maintenance. This stereograph shows workers with a broad and heavy hoe, removing weeds and deepening the channel in a rice field.
- Team Sitting in the Thomas Flyer Looking over Rice Paddies in Japan, New York to Paris Race, 1908 - The 1908 New York to Paris race was a 22,000-mile automobile endurance contest. After crossing the continental United States, teams shipped their vehicles to Asia. The Americans, driving a Thomas Flyer, disembarked in Japan in early May. As the Flyer and crew trekked carefully over the narrow Japanese roads, they encountered many inquisitive, courteous and helpful people.
- 1908
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Team Sitting in the Thomas Flyer Looking over Rice Paddies in Japan, New York to Paris Race, 1908
The 1908 New York to Paris race was a 22,000-mile automobile endurance contest. After crossing the continental United States, teams shipped their vehicles to Asia. The Americans, driving a Thomas Flyer, disembarked in Japan in early May. As the Flyer and crew trekked carefully over the narrow Japanese roads, they encountered many inquisitive, courteous and helpful people.
- Argosy All-Story Weekly, February 12, 1921 - Newspaper and magazine publisher Frank A. Munsey printed <em>Argosy</em> magazine with all fiction stories in 1896, launching a new form of popular literature--the pulp magazine. Named for the rough, inexpensive woodpulp paper they were printed on, "pulps" reached their peak of popularity in the 1920s. Readers could choose from action and adventure stories, like those published in <em>Argosy</em>, as well detective stories, love stories, and westerns.
- February 12, 1921
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Argosy All-Story Weekly, February 12, 1921
Newspaper and magazine publisher Frank A. Munsey printed Argosy magazine with all fiction stories in 1896, launching a new form of popular literature--the pulp magazine. Named for the rough, inexpensive woodpulp paper they were printed on, "pulps" reached their peak of popularity in the 1920s. Readers could choose from action and adventure stories, like those published in Argosy, as well detective stories, love stories, and westerns.
- Lord and Lady Kelvin Visiting General Electric Company, Schenectady, New York, September 23, 1897 -
- September 23, 1897
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Lord and Lady Kelvin Visiting General Electric Company, Schenectady, New York, September 23, 1897
- Portrait of E.W. Rice, Jr., 1887-1920 -
- 1887-1920
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Portrait of E.W. Rice, Jr., 1887-1920
- Recipe Booklet, "The Cook is in the Parlour Cookbook from Campbell's Soups and Minute Rice," 1965-1970 -
- 1965-1970
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Recipe Booklet, "The Cook is in the Parlour Cookbook from Campbell's Soups and Minute Rice," 1965-1970
- Official Start of First NHRA Drag Racing Meet, Great Bend, Kansas, 1955 - The National Hot Rod Association, established in 1951 to govern drag racing, held its first national championship meet in 1955. The event took place on an airport runway in Great Bend, Kansas. Drag races run like tournaments. Two cars at a time face off, the winner advances, and the loser is eliminated. The last remaining driver earns the grand prize.
- 1955
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Official Start of First NHRA Drag Racing Meet, Great Bend, Kansas, 1955
The National Hot Rod Association, established in 1951 to govern drag racing, held its first national championship meet in 1955. The event took place on an airport runway in Great Bend, Kansas. Drag races run like tournaments. Two cars at a time face off, the winner advances, and the loser is eliminated. The last remaining driver earns the grand prize.
- Sports Luncheon in Honor of State Champions of Ford Good Drivers League, August 30, 1940 - Ford Motor Company created the Good Drivers League in 1940 to promote safe driving habits among high school students. More than 60,000 teenaged drivers competed during the program's first year, with each state's champion traveling to the 1940 New York World's Fair for the national finals. On the event's last day, League officials hosted a special Sports Luncheon for the participants.
- August 30, 1940
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Sports Luncheon in Honor of State Champions of Ford Good Drivers League, August 30, 1940
Ford Motor Company created the Good Drivers League in 1940 to promote safe driving habits among high school students. More than 60,000 teenaged drivers competed during the program's first year, with each state's champion traveling to the 1940 New York World's Fair for the national finals. On the event's last day, League officials hosted a special Sports Luncheon for the participants.
- Open the Flood Gates, Flooding a Rice Field at High Tide, South Carolina, U.S.A. - Rice grows best when fields are flooded at planting time and periodically during the growing season. Enslaved people built the infrastructure that rice required before the Civil War. After the war, rice cultivation expanded along the Gulf Coast. This stereograph shows a man tending the crop while the back educates viewers about U.S. rice cultivation during the late-19th and early-20th centuries.
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Open the Flood Gates, Flooding a Rice Field at High Tide, South Carolina, U.S.A.
Rice grows best when fields are flooded at planting time and periodically during the growing season. Enslaved people built the infrastructure that rice required before the Civil War. After the war, rice cultivation expanded along the Gulf Coast. This stereograph shows a man tending the crop while the back educates viewers about U.S. rice cultivation during the late-19th and early-20th centuries.