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- Steamboat and Cargo at a Landing, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1866-1890 -
- 1866-1890
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Steamboat and Cargo at a Landing, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1866-1890
- Train with Steam Locomotive, Passenger and Freight Cars, circa 1856 - Locomotive boilers had to stay hot to produce steam. Lagging -- insulation around the boiler -- was crucial. This American-type locomotive of the 1850s had narrow wooden strips mounted around its boiler for insulation. But the wood deteriorated quickly when exposed to weather and sparks. Improved designs placed a protective sheet metal jacket over the wood.
- circa 1856
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Train with Steam Locomotive, Passenger and Freight Cars, circa 1856
Locomotive boilers had to stay hot to produce steam. Lagging -- insulation around the boiler -- was crucial. This American-type locomotive of the 1850s had narrow wooden strips mounted around its boiler for insulation. But the wood deteriorated quickly when exposed to weather and sparks. Improved designs placed a protective sheet metal jacket over the wood.
- Suit, Worn by Hamilton Roddis, 1934-1937 -
- 1934-1937
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Suit, Worn by Hamilton Roddis, 1934-1937
- Clip-On Bow Tie, 1950-1955 -
- 1950-1955
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Clip-On Bow Tie, 1950-1955
- Beaker, 1842-1851 -
- 1842-1851
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Beaker, 1842-1851
- Ford Motor Company Ship "Oneida" at New Orleans, Louisiana, circa 1924 - In the 1920s, Henry Ford assembled a fleet of cargo carriers, ocean-going ships, barges, tugboats and canal boats to bring raw materials to or take finished products from his new manufacturing complex on the Rouge River. The <em>Oneida</em>, a small ocean-going freighter acquired in 1923, carried automobile parts to Ford plants along America's Atlantic and Gulf coasts, and to foreign plants in South America and Europe.
- circa 1924
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Ford Motor Company Ship "Oneida" at New Orleans, Louisiana, circa 1924
In the 1920s, Henry Ford assembled a fleet of cargo carriers, ocean-going ships, barges, tugboats and canal boats to bring raw materials to or take finished products from his new manufacturing complex on the Rouge River. The Oneida, a small ocean-going freighter acquired in 1923, carried automobile parts to Ford plants along America's Atlantic and Gulf coasts, and to foreign plants in South America and Europe.
- Old St. Louis Cemetery, New Orleans, Louisiana, circa 1870 - This carte-de-visite shows the above ground vaults of Old Saint Louis Cemetery in New Orleans, Louisiana around 1870. Cartes-de-visite - small photographic prints on cardboard stock - were made in professional photographers' studios. Americans collected and exchanged cartes-de-visites, which remained popular in the United States from the Civil War in the 1860s through the 1880s.
- circa 1870
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Old St. Louis Cemetery, New Orleans, Louisiana, circa 1870
This carte-de-visite shows the above ground vaults of Old Saint Louis Cemetery in New Orleans, Louisiana around 1870. Cartes-de-visite - small photographic prints on cardboard stock - were made in professional photographers' studios. Americans collected and exchanged cartes-de-visites, which remained popular in the United States from the Civil War in the 1860s through the 1880s.
- H. J. Heinz and Employees at the 1884 World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1884 - H.J. Heinz was a master of marketing and displayed his company's products at world's fairs, regional fairs and expositions. These exhibits typically included elaborate product displays and samples for fairgoers. This photograph shows H.J. Heinz and a few employees behind the counter of the Heinz booth at the World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition held in New Orleans, Louisiana, in 1884.
- 1884-1885
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H. J. Heinz and Employees at the 1884 World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1884
H.J. Heinz was a master of marketing and displayed his company's products at world's fairs, regional fairs and expositions. These exhibits typically included elaborate product displays and samples for fairgoers. This photograph shows H.J. Heinz and a few employees behind the counter of the Heinz booth at the World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition held in New Orleans, Louisiana, in 1884.
- Gus Mayer Co., Ltd. Hatbox, 1925-1935 -
- 1925-1935
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Gus Mayer Co., Ltd. Hatbox, 1925-1935
- "Credit Sale of Valuable Slaves! by Julian Neville, Auctioneer," New Orleans, Louisiana, circa 1850 - The wealth and power of Southern plantation owners depended upon a large labor force of enslaved people -- especially when cotton became "king" in the Deep South during the 1800s. They justified their actions by considering enslaved people to be mere pieces of property. New Orleans became a major slave auction center after about 1820.
- circa 1850
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"Credit Sale of Valuable Slaves! by Julian Neville, Auctioneer," New Orleans, Louisiana, circa 1850
The wealth and power of Southern plantation owners depended upon a large labor force of enslaved people -- especially when cotton became "king" in the Deep South during the 1800s. They justified their actions by considering enslaved people to be mere pieces of property. New Orleans became a major slave auction center after about 1820.