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- Black Light Poster Featuring a Ship, 1971-1974 - This poster is printed with phosphorescent ink that fluoresces with an uncanny glow under ultraviolet light. These posters were popular with the counterculture and psychedelic music scenes of the 1960s-70s. Common themes include fantastical creatures, landscapes, new age spirituality, pop culture, and political images associated with the Black Power movement. Recently, nightlife culture has helped revive the blacklight aesthetic.
- 1971-1974
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Black Light Poster Featuring a Ship, 1971-1974
This poster is printed with phosphorescent ink that fluoresces with an uncanny glow under ultraviolet light. These posters were popular with the counterculture and psychedelic music scenes of the 1960s-70s. Common themes include fantastical creatures, landscapes, new age spirituality, pop culture, and political images associated with the Black Power movement. Recently, nightlife culture has helped revive the blacklight aesthetic.
- Tile, 1915-1930 -
- 1915-1930
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Tile, 1915-1930
- Can Label, "Defender Brand Tomatoes," 1913-1918 - Labels of the late 19th to early-20th-centuries were colorful and eye-catching. Skilled lithographers created these labels for packing companies to attract customers' attention and encourage them to purchase their company's product over their competitors'. This label for Defender Brand Tomatoes was designed by Simpson and Doeller, a prominent lithograph company for can labels out of Baltimore, Maryland.
- 1913-1918
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Can Label, "Defender Brand Tomatoes," 1913-1918
Labels of the late 19th to early-20th-centuries were colorful and eye-catching. Skilled lithographers created these labels for packing companies to attract customers' attention and encourage them to purchase their company's product over their competitors'. This label for Defender Brand Tomatoes was designed by Simpson and Doeller, a prominent lithograph company for can labels out of Baltimore, Maryland.
- Watercolor Painting, "Sailors Snug Harbor," by Joseph D.L. Van Wagner, 1886 -
- 1886
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Watercolor Painting, "Sailors Snug Harbor," by Joseph D.L. Van Wagner, 1886
- Tile, 1910-1920 - Maria Longworth Nichols (1849-1932) founded Rookwood Pottery--the pioneering art pottery company in America--in Cincinnati in 1880. She hired talented potters and decorators to create innovative ceramic wares. Trendsetting imagery and glazes made Rookwood famous and helped establish the look of art pottery. In addition to decorative vessels, Rookwood produced tiles like this for architectural installations.
- 1910-1920
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Tile, 1910-1920
Maria Longworth Nichols (1849-1932) founded Rookwood Pottery--the pioneering art pottery company in America--in Cincinnati in 1880. She hired talented potters and decorators to create innovative ceramic wares. Trendsetting imagery and glazes made Rookwood famous and helped establish the look of art pottery. In addition to decorative vessels, Rookwood produced tiles like this for architectural installations.
- Flask, 1825-1840 - Glass factories in America began producing inexpensive, mold-formed flasks in the early 1800s. These figured flasks, often decorated with symbols of national or civic pride, appealed to America's common man. Citizens of Baltimore, Maryland, would have recognized the image of the city's Washington Monument on this locally made flask. And the sloop would have been a familiar sight to those living in this port city.
- 1825-1840
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Flask, 1825-1840
Glass factories in America began producing inexpensive, mold-formed flasks in the early 1800s. These figured flasks, often decorated with symbols of national or civic pride, appealed to America's common man. Citizens of Baltimore, Maryland, would have recognized the image of the city's Washington Monument on this locally made flask. And the sloop would have been a familiar sight to those living in this port city.
- Tile, 1910-1920 - Maria Longworth Nichols (1849-1932) founded Rookwood Pottery--the pioneering art pottery company in America--in Cincinnati in 1880. She hired talented potters and decorators to create innovative ceramic wares. Trendsetting imagery and glazes made Rookwood famous and helped establish the look of art pottery. In addition to decorative vessels, Rookwood produced tiles like this for architectural installations.
- 1910-1920
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Tile, 1910-1920
Maria Longworth Nichols (1849-1932) founded Rookwood Pottery--the pioneering art pottery company in America--in Cincinnati in 1880. She hired talented potters and decorators to create innovative ceramic wares. Trendsetting imagery and glazes made Rookwood famous and helped establish the look of art pottery. In addition to decorative vessels, Rookwood produced tiles like this for architectural installations.
- Bandbox, circa 1840 - In the early 1800s, Americans used bandboxes to store clothing, accessories, and other small items. Bandboxes were handy containers in the home or when traveling by stage, boat, or rail. Manufacturers covered these inexpensive pasteboard or wooden boxes with colorful papers. This bandbox's paper depicts a combination steam-and-sailing ship. This hybrid travel option made oceangoing travel quicker over traditional sailing ships.
- circa 1840
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Bandbox, circa 1840
In the early 1800s, Americans used bandboxes to store clothing, accessories, and other small items. Bandboxes were handy containers in the home or when traveling by stage, boat, or rail. Manufacturers covered these inexpensive pasteboard or wooden boxes with colorful papers. This bandbox's paper depicts a combination steam-and-sailing ship. This hybrid travel option made oceangoing travel quicker over traditional sailing ships.
- "'America,' Most Famous Yacht in History, Brought Cup to America in 1851," 1903 Postcard - From 1895 to 1924, the Detroit Publishing Company was one of the major image publishers in the world. It had a wide-ranging stock of original photographs, many of which were colored using the company's patented "Phostint" process. Popular "Phostint" postcards, the Detroit Publishing Company claimed, were delicately "executed in Nature's Coloring" to be truthful, tasteful, beautiful, and educational.
- 1903
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"'America,' Most Famous Yacht in History, Brought Cup to America in 1851," 1903 Postcard
From 1895 to 1924, the Detroit Publishing Company was one of the major image publishers in the world. It had a wide-ranging stock of original photographs, many of which were colored using the company's patented "Phostint" process. Popular "Phostint" postcards, the Detroit Publishing Company claimed, were delicately "executed in Nature's Coloring" to be truthful, tasteful, beautiful, and educational.
- Watercolor Painting, Champion Tugboat in Detroit River, by Seth A. Whipple, 1880-1882 -
- 1880-1882
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Watercolor Painting, Champion Tugboat in Detroit River, by Seth A. Whipple, 1880-1882