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- Hallmark "Roller Skating Rabbit" Christmas Ornament, 1984 - 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.
- 1984
- Collections - Artifact
Hallmark "Roller Skating Rabbit" Christmas Ornament, 1984
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.
- Hallmark "Child's Age Collection: My Fifth Christmas" Christmas Ornament, 2006 - 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 appealed to customers' interest in marking memories and milestones as well as expressing one's personality and unique tastes. Purchasing an ornament like this one would bring back happy family memories of that event year after year.
- 2006
- Collections - Artifact
Hallmark "Child's Age Collection: My Fifth Christmas" Christmas Ornament, 2006
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 appealed to customers' interest in marking memories and milestones as well as expressing one's personality and unique tastes. Purchasing an ornament like this one would bring back happy family memories of that event year after year.
- Book, "Handbook of Winter Sports," 1879 - Late-nineteenth-century sportswriter Henry Chadwick was an advocate for exercise and healthy activities. He is best known for his promotion of baseball, but encouraged Americans to participate in all types of sports. In 1879, he authored <em>Hand Book of Winter Sports</em>. The book instructs readers on how to play and enjoy several seasonal activities, including skating, curling, ice boating and American football.
- 1879
- Collections - Artifact
Book, "Handbook of Winter Sports," 1879
Late-nineteenth-century sportswriter Henry Chadwick was an advocate for exercise and healthy activities. He is best known for his promotion of baseball, but encouraged Americans to participate in all types of sports. In 1879, he authored Hand Book of Winter Sports. The book instructs readers on how to play and enjoy several seasonal activities, including skating, curling, ice boating and American football.
- Hallmark "Child's Age Collection: My Fifth Christmas" Christmas Ornament, 2005 - 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 appealed to customers' interest in marking memories and milestones as well as expressing one's personality and unique tastes. Purchasing an ornament like this one would bring back happy family memories of that event year after year.
- 2005
- Collections - Artifact
Hallmark "Child's Age Collection: My Fifth Christmas" Christmas Ornament, 2005
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 appealed to customers' interest in marking memories and milestones as well as expressing one's personality and unique tastes. Purchasing an ornament like this one would bring back happy family memories of that event year after year.
- Hallmark "Child's Age Collection: My Fifth Christmas" Christmas Ornament, 2004 - 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 appealed to customers' interest in marking memories and milestones as well as expressing one's personality and unique tastes. Purchasing an ornament like this one would bring back happy family memories of that event year after year.
- 2004
- Collections - Artifact
Hallmark "Child's Age Collection: My Fifth Christmas" Christmas Ornament, 2004
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 appealed to customers' interest in marking memories and milestones as well as expressing one's personality and unique tastes. Purchasing an ornament like this one would bring back happy family memories of that event year after year.
- Automatic Roller Skates -
- Collections - Artifact
Automatic Roller Skates
- Trade Card for Stoves and Ranges, Peninsular Stove Company, 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 Stoves and Ranges, Peninsular Stove Company, 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.
- Trade Card for Stoves and Ranges, Peninsular Stove Company, 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 Stoves and Ranges, Peninsular Stove Company, 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.
- Child's Handkerchief, 1945-1955 - Before disposable tissues became popular, people carried cloth handkerchiefs to help with sneezes and sniffles. Children's versions were made with images and in colors designed to appeal to these smaller folk.
- 1945-1955
- Collections - Artifact
Child's Handkerchief, 1945-1955
Before disposable tissues became popular, people carried cloth handkerchiefs to help with sneezes and sniffles. Children's versions were made with images and in colors designed to appeal to these smaller folk.
- Trade Card for the Northampton Roller Skating Rink, 1881 - In the last third of the nineteenth century, promoters used a popular medium--trade cards--to announce shows, activities, and community events. Americans enjoyed and often saved the vibrant little advertisements, which survive as historical records of leisure in the United States.
- 1881
- Collections - Artifact
Trade Card for the Northampton Roller Skating Rink, 1881
In the last third of the nineteenth century, promoters used a popular medium--trade cards--to announce shows, activities, and community events. Americans enjoyed and often saved the vibrant little advertisements, which survive as historical records of leisure in the United States.