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- Letter from Richard Gutman Notifying Henry Ford Museum of a Diner Available for Purchase, September 7, 1982 -
- September 07, 1982
- Collections - Artifact
Letter from Richard Gutman Notifying Henry Ford Museum of a Diner Available for Purchase, September 7, 1982
- Fire Insurance Map of the American Paper Tube Co., Woonsocket, Rhode Island, Surveyed December 7, 1929 - Fire insurance maps provided information to insurance companies about potential risks to homes, businesses, and factories. These maps -- with their easily identifiable symbols and color-coding -- depicted structural features, types of construction, and locations of fire hazards. Armed with this information, insurance underwriters could propose reasonable rates and offer protection against possible catastrophic financial loss in the event of a fire.
- December 07, 1929
- Collections - Artifact
Fire Insurance Map of the American Paper Tube Co., Woonsocket, Rhode Island, Surveyed December 7, 1929
Fire insurance maps provided information to insurance companies about potential risks to homes, businesses, and factories. These maps -- with their easily identifiable symbols and color-coding -- depicted structural features, types of construction, and locations of fire hazards. Armed with this information, insurance underwriters could propose reasonable rates and offer protection against possible catastrophic financial loss in the event of a fire.
- Letter from William Bailey to George Appleton, February 21, 1880 -
- February 21, 1880
- Collections - Artifact
Letter from William Bailey to George Appleton, February 21, 1880
- Dressing Table, 1750-1765 -
- 1750-1765
- Collections - Artifact
Dressing Table, 1750-1765
- Westinghouse Transformer, 1889-1900 - Transformers increase or decrease voltage and are essential to alternating current (AC) power systems. In the late 1800s, with the help of transformers, AC power systems proved more efficient and economical than their direct current competitors. Transformers helped convert electricity to high voltage for transmission across long distances, then reduced it to lower, safer voltages for use in homes and factories.
- 1889-1900
- Collections - Artifact
Westinghouse Transformer, 1889-1900
Transformers increase or decrease voltage and are essential to alternating current (AC) power systems. In the late 1800s, with the help of transformers, AC power systems proved more efficient and economical than their direct current competitors. Transformers helped convert electricity to high voltage for transmission across long distances, then reduced it to lower, safer voltages for use in homes and factories.
- Letter from William Talbot to George Appleton, July 16, 1877 -
- July 16, 1877
- Collections - Artifact
Letter from William Talbot to George Appleton, July 16, 1877
- Anne Firestone at White Elephant Ball, September 1956 -
- September 01, 1956
- Collections - Artifact
Anne Firestone at White Elephant Ball, September 1956
- Providence and Worcester Canal Boat Company Schedule from Newspaper, Rhode Island, 1829 - The first half of the 19th century was the heyday of canal construction and use in the United States, providing easier access to territories for settlement and commerce. This advertisement of the Providence and Worcester Canal Boat Company, from September 8, 1829, supplied dates and times of departure, along with freight and passenger rates between the two cities.
- September 08, 1829
- Collections - Artifact
Providence and Worcester Canal Boat Company Schedule from Newspaper, Rhode Island, 1829
The first half of the 19th century was the heyday of canal construction and use in the United States, providing easier access to territories for settlement and commerce. This advertisement of the Providence and Worcester Canal Boat Company, from September 8, 1829, supplied dates and times of departure, along with freight and passenger rates between the two cities.
- Rabbit Costume Worn by a Member of the Firestone Family at White Elephant Ball, 1956 -
- 1956
- Collections - Artifact
Rabbit Costume Worn by a Member of the Firestone Family at White Elephant Ball, 1956
- Armington & Sims Engine Co. at Its Original Site, Providence, Rhode Island, 1889-1929 -
- 1889-1929
- Collections - Artifact
Armington & Sims Engine Co. at Its Original Site, Providence, Rhode Island, 1889-1929