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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.
- 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.
- Henry Ford's Private Railroad Car "Fair Lane," 1921 - By 1920, Henry and Clara Ford found it increasingly difficult to travel with any degree of privacy. They purchased a private railcar and named it <EM>Fair Lane</EM>. The car had four private rooms, an observation lounge, a dining room, and a fully equipped kitchen. It could accommodate eight passengers. The couple made over 400 trips using <EM>Fair Lane</EM> before selling the passenger car in 1942.
- June 23, 1921
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Henry Ford's Private Railroad Car "Fair Lane," 1921
By 1920, Henry and Clara Ford found it increasingly difficult to travel with any degree of privacy. They purchased a private railcar and named it Fair Lane. The car had four private rooms, an observation lounge, a dining room, and a fully equipped kitchen. It could accommodate eight passengers. The couple made over 400 trips using Fair Lane before selling the passenger car in 1942.
- Easter Greeting Card, "Sweet Peace Within Your Heart Remain Till Sunny Easter Comes Again," 1905 - Sending greeting cards and postcards for the Easter holiday became popular in the United States by the 1880s. Publishers made cards with themes of a religious nature as well as secular decorations to celebrate the arrival of spring. Artists working for these publishers illustrated the cards with images symbolic of the season, such as crosses, angels, flowers, eggs, children, birds, and rabbits.
- circa 1905
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Easter Greeting Card, "Sweet Peace Within Your Heart Remain Till Sunny Easter Comes Again," 1905
Sending greeting cards and postcards for the Easter holiday became popular in the United States by the 1880s. Publishers made cards with themes of a religious nature as well as secular decorations to celebrate the arrival of spring. Artists working for these publishers illustrated the cards with images symbolic of the season, such as crosses, angels, flowers, eggs, children, birds, and rabbits.
- Pair of Silhouettes, 1791-1809 -
- 1791-1809
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Pair of Silhouettes, 1791-1809
- "Profile of the Carriage of George Washington," 1792 - This elegant carriage, used by George Washington at one of his two presidential inaugurations, is quite different from the armored limousines used by the White House now. But, with its formal lines and stately appointments, the carriage appropriately reflects the power and the dignity of the American presidency -- something still required of presidential vehicles today.
- 1792
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"Profile of the Carriage of George Washington," 1792
This elegant carriage, used by George Washington at one of his two presidential inaugurations, is quite different from the armored limousines used by the White House now. But, with its formal lines and stately appointments, the carriage appropriately reflects the power and the dignity of the American presidency -- something still required of presidential vehicles today.
- Trade Card for Pond's Extract, Pond's Extract Co., 1886-1910 - 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.
- 1886-1910
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Trade Card for Pond's Extract, Pond's Extract Co., 1886-1910
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.
- Trade Card for Pond's Extract, Pond's Extract Co., 1886-1910 - 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.
- 1886-1910
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Trade Card for Pond's Extract, Pond's Extract Co., 1886-1910
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.
- Chastleton Patience Board, circa 1900 - This fold-out game board provides a solid surface for playing Patience -- a number of puzzle card games similar to Solitaire. Long fabric pockets secure cards in play, while wood slots provide storage. The board was designed by Mary Whitmore Jones who also authored works describing how to play the infinite varieties of the game.
- circa 1900
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Chastleton Patience Board, circa 1900
This fold-out game board provides a solid surface for playing Patience -- a number of puzzle card games similar to Solitaire. Long fabric pockets secure cards in play, while wood slots provide storage. The board was designed by Mary Whitmore Jones who also authored works describing how to play the infinite varieties of the game.
- Steel Engraving, "Teddington Locks," circa 1837 - Before railroads, rivers provided quick transportation routes for people and goods. But rapids and dams impeded a boat's movement. To avert these obstacles, a lock was built to lift or lower a boat from one navigable section of a waterway to another. This steel engraving, done about 1837, depicts the Teddington locks on the River Thames in England.
- 1835-1840
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Steel Engraving, "Teddington Locks," circa 1837
Before railroads, rivers provided quick transportation routes for people and goods. But rapids and dams impeded a boat's movement. To avert these obstacles, a lock was built to lift or lower a boat from one navigable section of a waterway to another. This steel engraving, done about 1837, depicts the Teddington locks on the River Thames in England.
- Letter from John Trumbull to A. C. de Poggi, August 12, 1788 - American artist John Trumbull met Antonio Cesare Poggi while studying in Europe in the late 1700s. Poggi was an artist, art dealer and print publisher. The two became business associates and friends. In this letter from 1788, Trumbull is happy to hear that Poggi has entered an agreement with an engraver to create printing plates of Trumbull's paintings.
- August 12, 1788
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Letter from John Trumbull to A. C. de Poggi, August 12, 1788
American artist John Trumbull met Antonio Cesare Poggi while studying in Europe in the late 1700s. Poggi was an artist, art dealer and print publisher. The two became business associates and friends. In this letter from 1788, Trumbull is happy to hear that Poggi has entered an agreement with an engraver to create printing plates of Trumbull's paintings.