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- Trade Card for Wheeler & Wilson's New High-Arm Family Sewing Machine, the "No. 9," circa 1890 - 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 little advertisements found in product packages or distributed by local merchants. This trade card advertises products available from Wheeler & Wilson Manufacturing Company.
- circa 1890
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Trade Card for Wheeler & Wilson's New High-Arm Family Sewing Machine, the "No. 9," circa 1890
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 little advertisements found in product packages or distributed by local merchants. This trade card advertises products available from Wheeler & Wilson Manufacturing Company.
- Postcard, "Chief's Auto, Waterbury Fire Dept.," 1912 - Fire departments, eager to eliminate the costs and complications of horses, were quick to adopt motor vehicles. In addition to motorized pumpers and trucks, many departments purchased automobiles for use by fire chiefs. With a car, a fire chief and staff could travel swiftly to the scene of a fire.
- February 28, 1912
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Postcard, "Chief's Auto, Waterbury Fire Dept.," 1912
Fire departments, eager to eliminate the costs and complications of horses, were quick to adopt motor vehicles. In addition to motorized pumpers and trucks, many departments purchased automobiles for use by fire chiefs. With a car, a fire chief and staff could travel swiftly to the scene of a fire.
- Vanderbilt Dormitory, Wall Street, Sheffield Scientific School, Yale Univ., 1909 -
- 1909
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Vanderbilt Dormitory, Wall Street, Sheffield Scientific School, Yale Univ., 1909
- Zip's Diner Menu, November 2011 -
- November 01, 2011
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Zip's Diner Menu, November 2011
- Engraving, "Yale College, New Haven," 1838 - This 1838 engraving of New Haven, Connecticut, features a two-wheeled New England ox cart in the foreground. The picturesque print also features people strolling through town, with Yale College buildings in the background.
- 1838
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Engraving, "Yale College, New Haven," 1838
This 1838 engraving of New Haven, Connecticut, features a two-wheeled New England ox cart in the foreground. The picturesque print also features people strolling through town, with Yale College buildings in the background.
- Drawing, Outside Ends of South Parlor Bay, Noah Webster House, New Haven, Connecticut, September 28, 1936 -
- September 28, 1936
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Drawing, Outside Ends of South Parlor Bay, Noah Webster House, New Haven, Connecticut, September 28, 1936
- Benny, the "Job Boss," outside the Sugar House at the Kelley Home, Andover, Connecticut, 1959 -
- 1959
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Benny, the "Job Boss," outside the Sugar House at the Kelley Home, Andover, Connecticut, 1959
- Dismantling Daggett Farmhouse in Connecticut for the Move to Greenfield Village, 1977 - In 1977, Henry Ford Museum acquired an 18th-century farmhouse from northeastern Connecticut. Skilled workers dismantled the home and rebuilt it in Greenfield Village using hand construction methods. It was originally interpreted with a focus on architecture and antiques, but furnishings and demonstrations in the home now recreate the life of its original occupants, the Daggett family, in the 1760s.
- 1977
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Dismantling Daggett Farmhouse in Connecticut for the Move to Greenfield Village, 1977
In 1977, Henry Ford Museum acquired an 18th-century farmhouse from northeastern Connecticut. Skilled workers dismantled the home and rebuilt it in Greenfield Village using hand construction methods. It was originally interpreted with a focus on architecture and antiques, but furnishings and demonstrations in the home now recreate the life of its original occupants, the Daggett family, in the 1760s.
- Daggett Farmhouse - Like other farm families living in northeastern Connecticut in the 1760s, the Daggetts made and grew many of the things they needed. Along with farming, Samuel Daggett was a house builder and furniture maker. The "saltbox" form of this house -- with short roof in front and long in back -- was a typical New England house type of this era.
- circa 1755
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Daggett Farmhouse
Like other farm families living in northeastern Connecticut in the 1760s, the Daggetts made and grew many of the things they needed. Along with farming, Samuel Daggett was a house builder and furniture maker. The "saltbox" form of this house -- with short roof in front and long in back -- was a typical New England house type of this era.
- Steel Engraving, "Eastern View of the Public Square or Green in New Haven CT," circa 1840 - Prolific illustrator John Warner Barber sketched this charming scene of the eastern view of the public square of New Haven, Connecticut. The circa 1840 color engraving depicts a pastoral scene of buildings, people strolling, and a stagecoach.
- circa 1840
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Steel Engraving, "Eastern View of the Public Square or Green in New Haven CT," circa 1840
Prolific illustrator John Warner Barber sketched this charming scene of the eastern view of the public square of New Haven, Connecticut. The circa 1840 color engraving depicts a pastoral scene of buildings, people strolling, and a stagecoach.