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- Prolon Bowl, 1950-1960 - After World War II, the Pro-Phy-Lac-Tic Brush Company expanded its product line from toothbrushes to items made from plastic resins. In 1955, building on the popularity of Melmac dinnerware (made with shatterproof, lightweight melamine), the company introduced its Prolon brand of dinnerware. This colorful line of dinnerware was designed by Irving Harper of the industrial design firm George Nelson Associates.
- 1950-1960
- Collections - Artifact
Prolon Bowl, 1950-1960
After World War II, the Pro-Phy-Lac-Tic Brush Company expanded its product line from toothbrushes to items made from plastic resins. In 1955, building on the popularity of Melmac dinnerware (made with shatterproof, lightweight melamine), the company introduced its Prolon brand of dinnerware. This colorful line of dinnerware was designed by Irving Harper of the industrial design firm George Nelson Associates.
- Trade Card for Florence Knitting Silk and Corticelli Silk Thread, Nonotuck Silk Co., 1880-1900 - 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.
- 1880-1900
- Collections - Artifact
Trade Card for Florence Knitting Silk and Corticelli Silk Thread, Nonotuck Silk Co., 1880-1900
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.
- Florence Sewing Machine, 1860-1865 - When new inventions like stoves, sewing machines and radios first came on the market, they seemed jarring and out of place next to people's furniture. Manufacturers learned that these devices would sell better if their mechanisms were hidden behind stylish cabinetry or fancy decoration. Fashionable parlor furniture inspired the ornately scrolled and pierced iron legs of this elaborately decorated sewing machine.
- 1860-1865
- Collections - Artifact
Florence Sewing Machine, 1860-1865
When new inventions like stoves, sewing machines and radios first came on the market, they seemed jarring and out of place next to people's furniture. Manufacturers learned that these devices would sell better if their mechanisms were hidden behind stylish cabinetry or fancy decoration. Fashionable parlor furniture inspired the ornately scrolled and pierced iron legs of this elaborately decorated sewing machine.
- Melmac Dinner Service, circa 1960 - After World War II, the Pro-Phy-Lac-Tic Brush Company expanded its product line from toothbrushes to items made from plastic resins. In 1955, building on the popularity of Melmac dinnerware (made with shatterproof, lightweight melamine), the company introduced its Prolon brand of dinnerware. This colorful line of dinnerware was designed by Irving Harper of the industrial design firm George Nelson Associates.
- circa 1960
- Collections - Artifact
Melmac Dinner Service, circa 1960
After World War II, the Pro-Phy-Lac-Tic Brush Company expanded its product line from toothbrushes to items made from plastic resins. In 1955, building on the popularity of Melmac dinnerware (made with shatterproof, lightweight melamine), the company introduced its Prolon brand of dinnerware. This colorful line of dinnerware was designed by Irving Harper of the industrial design firm George Nelson Associates.
- Prolon Bowl, 1950-1960 - After World War II, the Pro-Phy-Lac-Tic Brush Company expanded its product line from toothbrushes to items made from plastic resins. In 1955, building on the popularity of Melmac dinnerware (made with shatterproof, lightweight melamine), the company introduced its Prolon brand of dinnerware. This colorful line of dinnerware was designed by Irving Harper of the industrial design firm George Nelson Associates.
- 1950-1960
- Collections - Artifact
Prolon Bowl, 1950-1960
After World War II, the Pro-Phy-Lac-Tic Brush Company expanded its product line from toothbrushes to items made from plastic resins. In 1955, building on the popularity of Melmac dinnerware (made with shatterproof, lightweight melamine), the company introduced its Prolon brand of dinnerware. This colorful line of dinnerware was designed by Irving Harper of the industrial design firm George Nelson Associates.
- Trade Card for the Light Running New Home Sewing Machine, New Home Sewing Machine Co., 1882-1900 - 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.
- 1882-1900
- Collections - Artifact
Trade Card for the Light Running New Home Sewing Machine, New Home Sewing Machine Co., 1882-1900
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 Florence Lamp Stove, Florence Machine Company, 1875-1885 - 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.
- 1875-1885
- Collections - Artifact
Trade Card for Florence Lamp Stove, Florence Machine Company, 1875-1885
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 New Home Sewing Machines, "How Quietly It Runs!," circa 1875 - 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 1880
- Collections - Artifact
Trade Card for New Home Sewing Machines, "How Quietly It Runs!," circa 1875
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 Crown Sewing Machines and Florence Oil Stoves, Florence Machine Company, circa 1880 - 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 1880
- Collections - Artifact
Trade Card for Crown Sewing Machines and Florence Oil Stoves, Florence Machine Company, circa 1880
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 the Light Running New Home Sewing Machine, New Home Sewing Machine Co., 1882 - 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.
- 1882
- Collections - Artifact
Trade Card for the Light Running New Home Sewing Machine, New Home Sewing Machine Co., 1882
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.