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- Sign, "This Place is Bugged," 1974 -
- 1974
- Collections - Artifact
Sign, "This Place is Bugged," 1974
- "Uncle Sam" Mechanical Bank, 1886-1900 - Cast iron mechanical banks, which used ingenious mechanisms to deposit the money, became particularly popular between 1870 and 1930. Banks were produced in a variety of forms. When the button behind Uncle Sam's left foot is pressed, the coin in his right hand is deposited into the open valise at the same time that his beard whiskers move.
- 1886-1900
- Collections - Artifact
"Uncle Sam" Mechanical Bank, 1886-1900
Cast iron mechanical banks, which used ingenious mechanisms to deposit the money, became particularly popular between 1870 and 1930. Banks were produced in a variety of forms. When the button behind Uncle Sam's left foot is pressed, the coin in his right hand is deposited into the open valise at the same time that his beard whiskers move.
- Fisher-Price "School Days Play Desk," 1975 -
- 1975
- Collections - Artifact
Fisher-Price "School Days Play Desk," 1975
- Detroit Automobile Club Badge, 1915-1920 - Members of the Detroit Auto Club displayed their membership in the organization by attaching a badge to their car. This late 1910s enameled badge contains the club logo, membership number, and a warning to would-be auto thieves.
- 1915-1920
- Collections - Artifact
Detroit Automobile Club Badge, 1915-1920
Members of the Detroit Auto Club displayed their membership in the organization by attaching a badge to their car. This late 1910s enameled badge contains the club logo, membership number, and a warning to would-be auto thieves.
- Trade Card for Children's Leather Shoe Tips, American Shoe Tip Co., circa 1875 - 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 1875
- Collections - Artifact
Trade Card for Children's Leather Shoe Tips, American Shoe Tip Co., circa 1875
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.
- "Uncle Sam" Mechanical Bank, 1886-1900 - Cast iron mechanical banks, which used ingenious mechanisms to deposit the money, became particularly popular between 1870 and 1930. Banks were produced in a variety of forms. When the button behind Uncle Sam's left foot is pressed, the coin in his right hand is deposited into the open valise at the same time that his beard whiskers move.
- 1886-1900
- Collections - Artifact
"Uncle Sam" Mechanical Bank, 1886-1900
Cast iron mechanical banks, which used ingenious mechanisms to deposit the money, became particularly popular between 1870 and 1930. Banks were produced in a variety of forms. When the button behind Uncle Sam's left foot is pressed, the coin in his right hand is deposited into the open valise at the same time that his beard whiskers move.
- Flask, 1826-1830 - Glass factories in America began producing inexpensive, mold-formed flasks in the early 1800s. These figured flasks, often decorated with symbols of national pride or political or cultural affiliation, appealed to America's common man. Many flasks, like this one, contain traditional symbols representing America -- the image of an eagle on one side and Columbia wearing a liberty cap on the other.
- 1826-1830
- Collections - Artifact
Flask, 1826-1830
Glass factories in America began producing inexpensive, mold-formed flasks in the early 1800s. These figured flasks, often decorated with symbols of national pride or political or cultural affiliation, appealed to America's common man. Many flasks, like this one, contain traditional symbols representing America -- the image of an eagle on one side and Columbia wearing a liberty cap on the other.
- Leather Punch -
- Collections - Artifact
Leather Punch
- Jacket with Peace Symbol Buttons, 1967-1973 -
- 1967-1973
- Collections - Artifact
Jacket with Peace Symbol Buttons, 1967-1973
- Mold -
- Collections - Artifact
Mold