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- Identification Card and Admission Tickets for the New York World's Fair, 1940 - This identification card and tickets for the New York World's Fair of 1939-40 were issued to Frank Campsall, Henry Ford's private secretary. The Ford Motor Company Pavilion, echoing the fair's "World of Tomorrow" theme, offered a vision of a technologized, prosperous future.
- 1940
- Collections - Artifact
Identification Card and Admission Tickets for the New York World's Fair, 1940
This identification card and tickets for the New York World's Fair of 1939-40 were issued to Frank Campsall, Henry Ford's private secretary. The Ford Motor Company Pavilion, echoing the fair's "World of Tomorrow" theme, offered a vision of a technologized, prosperous future.
- Wallet, circa 1861 - Written on the inside flap of this wallet are the words, "William James Womack, A.D. 1861, His Pocketbook." Womack's daughter recalled that her father brought the wallet, and the two ten dollar Confederate bills it contained, back from the South during the Civil War. Many Civil War soldiers collected such "souvenirs" while serving in the army.
- circa 1861
- Collections - Artifact
Wallet, circa 1861
Written on the inside flap of this wallet are the words, "William James Womack, A.D. 1861, His Pocketbook." Womack's daughter recalled that her father brought the wallet, and the two ten dollar Confederate bills it contained, back from the South during the Civil War. Many Civil War soldiers collected such "souvenirs" while serving in the army.
- Wallet, 2010 - Starting in the early 1980s--and already established as an internationally recognized architect--Michael Graves began to pursue a parallel career as a product designer. Over the following three and a half decades he and his collaborators designed everything from humble household goods to limited edition luxury items for clients as diverse as Steuben, Alessi, Target, J. C. Penney, and Disney.
- 2010
- Collections - Artifact
Wallet, 2010
Starting in the early 1980s--and already established as an internationally recognized architect--Michael Graves began to pursue a parallel career as a product designer. Over the following three and a half decades he and his collaborators designed everything from humble household goods to limited edition luxury items for clients as diverse as Steuben, Alessi, Target, J. C. Penney, and Disney.
- Panama-Pacific International Exposition Souvenir Wallet, 1915 - The Panama-Pacific International Exposition celebrated the 1914 completion of the Panama Canal and the 400th anniversary of the discovery of the Pacific Ocean. Nearly nineteen million people visited San Francisco, recently recovered from a devastating 1906 earthquake, during the fair in 1915. Many returned home with mementos of the exhibition, such as this souvenir wallet.
- 1915
- Collections - Artifact
Panama-Pacific International Exposition Souvenir Wallet, 1915
The Panama-Pacific International Exposition celebrated the 1914 completion of the Panama Canal and the 400th anniversary of the discovery of the Pacific Ocean. Nearly nineteen million people visited San Francisco, recently recovered from a devastating 1906 earthquake, during the fair in 1915. Many returned home with mementos of the exhibition, such as this souvenir wallet.
- Leather Billfold, 1925-1945 - A billfold, like this one from the second quarter of the 20th century, organized all the bits of paper in a person's pockets. Carrying money, photographs, membership cards, and driver's license is easy -- if you remember to take it with you.
- 1925-1945
- Collections - Artifact
Leather Billfold, 1925-1945
A billfold, like this one from the second quarter of the 20th century, organized all the bits of paper in a person's pockets. Carrying money, photographs, membership cards, and driver's license is easy -- if you remember to take it with you.