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- Trade Card for Russell & Holliday, Grocer, 1880-1890 - 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.
- 1880-1890
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Trade Card for Russell & Holliday, Grocer, 1880-1890
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.
- Two Women Looking Out the Back of 1904 Packard, circa 1905 - This 1904 Packard had a rear center door, which was common on horse-drawn vehicles of the time. Automobiles were in transition. They were playthings for the wealthy, yet to replace buggies for everyday transportation. These well-to-do women use a custom-made wicker hamper to carry flowers they may have gathered during their expensive excursion.
- circa 1905
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Two Women Looking Out the Back of 1904 Packard, circa 1905
This 1904 Packard had a rear center door, which was common on horse-drawn vehicles of the time. Automobiles were in transition. They were playthings for the wealthy, yet to replace buggies for everyday transportation. These well-to-do women use a custom-made wicker hamper to carry flowers they may have gathered during their expensive excursion.
- Steam Train Traveling Through the Countryside, circa 1905 - 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 steam locomotive chugging across the North American countryside. It pulls a short load: just one passenger car and a caboose.
- circa 1905
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Steam Train Traveling Through the Countryside, circa 1905
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 steam locomotive chugging across the North American countryside. It pulls a short load: just one passenger car and a caboose.
- Lithograph, "Winter Morning in the Country," 1873 -
- 1873
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Lithograph, "Winter Morning in the Country," 1873
- Old Wooden Bridge over Rouge River near Coons Mill, Michigan, circa 1925 -
- circa 1925
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Old Wooden Bridge over Rouge River near Coons Mill, Michigan, circa 1925
- Mezzotint, "North View of Middletown & Its Vicinity," circa 1830 - Before railroads, long-distance travelers often rode in public coaches. They would jostle along rough country roads with mail, freight, and other passengers "in stages," stopping every few hours to change horses. This engraving depicts a stagecoach journeying toward Middletown, Connecticut.
- circa 1830
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Mezzotint, "North View of Middletown & Its Vicinity," circa 1830
Before railroads, long-distance travelers often rode in public coaches. They would jostle along rough country roads with mail, freight, and other passengers "in stages," stopping every few hours to change horses. This engraving depicts a stagecoach journeying toward Middletown, Connecticut.
- "Most of the Staff of the Frontier Nursing Hospital at Hyden, Leslie Co., Ky.," June 26, 1928 - Mary Breckinridge, the daughter of a prominent Southern family, established the Frontier Nursing Service (FNS) in 1925. Breckinridge initially backed the enterprise with her own money, but soon cultivated wealthy individuals, including Clara Ford and her son Edsel, to help support the FNS. Through her philanthropic efforts, Breckinridge brought qualified nurse-midwives and modern, life-saving healthcare to many inaccessible areas of eastern Kentucky.
- June 26, 1928
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"Most of the Staff of the Frontier Nursing Hospital at Hyden, Leslie Co., Ky.," June 26, 1928
Mary Breckinridge, the daughter of a prominent Southern family, established the Frontier Nursing Service (FNS) in 1925. Breckinridge initially backed the enterprise with her own money, but soon cultivated wealthy individuals, including Clara Ford and her son Edsel, to help support the FNS. Through her philanthropic efforts, Breckinridge brought qualified nurse-midwives and modern, life-saving healthcare to many inaccessible areas of eastern Kentucky.
- "Corner of Dispensary in the Temporary Quarters of the Kentucky Committee at Hyden," 1927-1929 - Mary Breckinridge, the daughter of a prominent Southern family, established the Frontier Nursing Service (FNS) in 1925. Breckinridge initially backed the enterprise with her own money, but soon cultivated wealthy individuals, including Clara Ford and her son Edsel, to help support the FNS. Through her philanthropic efforts, Breckinridge brought qualified nurse-midwives and modern, life-saving healthcare to many inaccessible areas of eastern Kentucky.
- 1927-1929
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"Corner of Dispensary in the Temporary Quarters of the Kentucky Committee at Hyden," 1927-1929
Mary Breckinridge, the daughter of a prominent Southern family, established the Frontier Nursing Service (FNS) in 1925. Breckinridge initially backed the enterprise with her own money, but soon cultivated wealthy individuals, including Clara Ford and her son Edsel, to help support the FNS. Through her philanthropic efforts, Breckinridge brought qualified nurse-midwives and modern, life-saving healthcare to many inaccessible areas of eastern Kentucky.
- Linsey Quilt, 1860-1880 - This quilt is made from linsey, a handwoven wool fabric with a cotton warp. During the Civil War, when the Union blockade created critical shortages of cloth, southerners wove linsey to help satisfy the need for clothing and bedding for civilians and soldiers. After the war, when factory-made cloth again became available, resourceful southern women used discarded linsey clothing and blankets to make warm quilts.
- 1860-1880
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Linsey Quilt, 1860-1880
This quilt is made from linsey, a handwoven wool fabric with a cotton warp. During the Civil War, when the Union blockade created critical shortages of cloth, southerners wove linsey to help satisfy the need for clothing and bedding for civilians and soldiers. After the war, when factory-made cloth again became available, resourceful southern women used discarded linsey clothing and blankets to make warm quilts.
- Autocar Type VIII Tonneau Crossing a Stream, 1903 - In the 1800s, horses carried Americans to places railroads and waterways did not go. The arrival of the automobile in the early 1900s brought a promise for something new -- if not better. Though the earliest cars were only accessible to the wealthy, these well-dressed women crossing a rocky stream with their chauffeur foreshadow an imminent shift in American transportation.
- 1903
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Autocar Type VIII Tonneau Crossing a Stream, 1903
In the 1800s, horses carried Americans to places railroads and waterways did not go. The arrival of the automobile in the early 1900s brought a promise for something new -- if not better. Though the earliest cars were only accessible to the wealthy, these well-dressed women crossing a rocky stream with their chauffeur foreshadow an imminent shift in American transportation.