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- Trade Card for Domestic Sewing Machine Company, circa 1890 - 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.
- circa 1890
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Trade Card for Domestic Sewing Machine Company, circa 1890
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.
- TWA Salt and Pepper Shakers, 1965-1975 - Diane Beers joined TWA as a flight attendant in 1965 but left to marry Richard Hill a year later -- a time when many airlines employed only single women in that job. Beers Hill continued her interest in the aviation industry and assembled an impressive collection of memorabilia, including salt and pepper containers used in airline food service.
- 1965-1975
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TWA Salt and Pepper Shakers, 1965-1975
Diane Beers joined TWA as a flight attendant in 1965 but left to marry Richard Hill a year later -- a time when many airlines employed only single women in that job. Beers Hill continued her interest in the aviation industry and assembled an impressive collection of memorabilia, including salt and pepper containers used in airline food service.
- Braniff "Tampa" Coaster, 1965-1982 - Diane Beers joined TWA as a flight attendant in 1965 but left to marry Richard Hill a year later -- a time when many airlines employed only single women in that job. Beers Hill continued her interest in the aviation industry and assembled an impressive collection of memorabilia, including drink coasters promoting Braniff Airlines service to Tampa, Florida.
- 1965-1982
- Collections - Artifact
Braniff "Tampa" Coaster, 1965-1982
Diane Beers joined TWA as a flight attendant in 1965 but left to marry Richard Hill a year later -- a time when many airlines employed only single women in that job. Beers Hill continued her interest in the aviation industry and assembled an impressive collection of memorabilia, including drink coasters promoting Braniff Airlines service to Tampa, Florida.
- Braniff "Tampa" Coaster, 1965-1982 - Diane Beers joined TWA as a flight attendant in 1965 but left to marry Richard Hill a year later -- a time when many airlines employed only single women in that job. Beers Hill continued her interest in the aviation industry and assembled an impressive collection of memorabilia, including drink coasters promoting Braniff Airlines service to Tampa, Florida.
- 1965-1982
- Collections - Artifact
Braniff "Tampa" Coaster, 1965-1982
Diane Beers joined TWA as a flight attendant in 1965 but left to marry Richard Hill a year later -- a time when many airlines employed only single women in that job. Beers Hill continued her interest in the aviation industry and assembled an impressive collection of memorabilia, including drink coasters promoting Braniff Airlines service to Tampa, Florida.
- Sample Book for Lancaster Mills, "36 Inch Klinton Fancies," Fall 1927 -
- Fall 1927
- Collections - Artifact
Sample Book for Lancaster Mills, "36 Inch Klinton Fancies," Fall 1927
- Clinton Wire Cloth Company Sales Catalog, "Power Loom Wire Cloth of Every Variety," circa 1885 -
- circa 1885
- Collections - Artifact
Clinton Wire Cloth Company Sales Catalog, "Power Loom Wire Cloth of Every Variety," circa 1885
- Sample Book for Lancaster Mills, "Glenkirk," Spring 1928 -
- Spring 1928
- Collections - Artifact
Sample Book for Lancaster Mills, "Glenkirk," Spring 1928
- Braniff "Tampa" Coaster, 1965-1982 - Diane Beers joined TWA as a flight attendant in 1965 but left to marry Richard Hill a year later -- a time when many airlines employed only single women in that job. Beers Hill continued her interest in the aviation industry and assembled an impressive collection of memorabilia, including drink coasters promoting Braniff Airlines service to Tampa, Florida.
- 1965-1982
- Collections - Artifact
Braniff "Tampa" Coaster, 1965-1982
Diane Beers joined TWA as a flight attendant in 1965 but left to marry Richard Hill a year later -- a time when many airlines employed only single women in that job. Beers Hill continued her interest in the aviation industry and assembled an impressive collection of memorabilia, including drink coasters promoting Braniff Airlines service to Tampa, Florida.