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- Hallmark "Little Spooners" Christmas Ornament, 1996 - 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.
- 1996
- Collections - Artifact
Hallmark "Little Spooners" Christmas Ornament, 1996
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.
- Sunrise Dairy Cream Carton, circa 1932 -
- circa 1932
- Collections - Artifact
Sunrise Dairy Cream Carton, circa 1932
- Moonlight Wiener Roast in the Arizona Desert, 1955 - A group of happy people roasts hot dogs by the light of the desert moon in this photo taken in 1955. The cactus, like the grand specimens surrounding these reveling roasters, is an enduring symbol of Arizona. The saguaro cactus blossom was designated the state's official flower in 1931.
- 1955
- Collections - Artifact
Moonlight Wiener Roast in the Arizona Desert, 1955
A group of happy people roasts hot dogs by the light of the desert moon in this photo taken in 1955. The cactus, like the grand specimens surrounding these reveling roasters, is an enduring symbol of Arizona. The saguaro cactus blossom was designated the state's official flower in 1931.
- "Florida, Sunset on the Ocklawaha," 1899 - From 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 many scenes from around the world. These colorful prints were reproduced for ads, purchased to decorate homes and offices, bought as souvenirs, and used as teaching tools in schools and libraries.
- circa 1890
- Collections - Artifact
"Florida, Sunset on the Ocklawaha," 1899
From 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 many scenes from around the world. These colorful prints were reproduced for ads, purchased to decorate homes and offices, bought as souvenirs, and used as teaching tools in schools and libraries.
- Trade Card for Clark's O.N.T. Spool Cotton Thread, 1880-1900 - 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.
- 1880-1900
- Collections - Artifact
Trade Card for Clark's O.N.T. Spool Cotton Thread, 1880-1900
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.