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- Trade Card for Singer Sewing Machines, 1892 - 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 1892
- Collections - Artifact
Trade Card for Singer Sewing Machines, 1892
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.
- Pocket Watch Given to Sidi Mustapha Khaznadar, Grand Vizier of Tunis, by President Andrew Johnson, 1865 -
- April 01, 1865
- Collections - Artifact
Pocket Watch Given to Sidi Mustapha Khaznadar, Grand Vizier of Tunis, by President Andrew Johnson, 1865
- "Life," Bound Volume, November-December 1952 - First published in 1883 as a general-interest and humor publication, Life magazine became America's first all-photographic weekly news magazine after being purchased and re-envisioned by publisher Henry Luce in 1936. Under Luce, its popularity boomed, and by the 1950s more than 22 million Americans read the publication. This bound volume contains issues from November and December 1952.
- November 1952-December 1952
- Collections - Artifact
"Life," Bound Volume, November-December 1952
First published in 1883 as a general-interest and humor publication, Life magazine became America's first all-photographic weekly news magazine after being purchased and re-envisioned by publisher Henry Luce in 1936. Under Luce, its popularity boomed, and by the 1950s more than 22 million Americans read the publication. This bound volume contains issues from November and December 1952.
- Trade Card for Singer Sewing Machines, 1892 - As color printing gained momentum in the late 19th century, trade cards became a major means of advertising goods and services. Americans enjoyed and often saved the vibrant little advertisements found in product packages or distributed by local merchants. The Singer Sewing Machine Company had a series of trade cards, like this one, offering images of Singer machine users from around the world in their national dress.
- circa 1892
- Collections - Artifact
Trade Card for Singer Sewing Machines, 1892
As color printing gained momentum in the late 19th century, trade cards became a major means of advertising goods and services. Americans enjoyed and often saved the vibrant little advertisements found in product packages or distributed by local merchants. The Singer Sewing Machine Company had a series of trade cards, like this one, offering images of Singer machine users from around the world in their national dress.
- Portrait of Ramiro Gaita, Attache to the Ambassador of Tunisia, 1865 -
- 1865
- Collections - Artifact
Portrait of Ramiro Gaita, Attache to the Ambassador of Tunisia, 1865