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- Covered Vegetable Dish Used by the Jackson Family, Selma, Alabama -
- Collections - Artifact
Covered Vegetable Dish Used by the Jackson Family, Selma, Alabama
- Trade Card for Glenwood Ranges & Heaters, Weir Stove 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 Glenwood Ranges & Heaters, Weir Stove 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.
- Automobile Racing Trophy Won by George M. Holley, 1903 - George M. Holley founded his first automotive company, with his brother Earl, in 1896 -- when he was still a teenager. After initially building three- and four-wheeled vehicles, the brothers specialized in carburetors, and the Holley Carburetor Company became a major supplier to American automakers. George Holley won this trophy in a 1903 auto race.
- September 07, 1903
- Collections - Artifact
Automobile Racing Trophy Won by George M. Holley, 1903
George M. Holley founded his first automotive company, with his brother Earl, in 1896 -- when he was still a teenager. After initially building three- and four-wheeled vehicles, the brothers specialized in carburetors, and the Holley Carburetor Company became a major supplier to American automakers. George Holley won this trophy in a 1903 auto race.
- Torch Lake Steam Locomotive, 1873 - <em>Torch Lake</em>, built by Mason Machine Works in 1873, hauled ore for the Calumet and Hecla Mining Company on Michigan's Keweenaw Peninsula. The engine is an articulated design. The driving wheels pivot under the boiler, allowing the locomotive to handle sharp curves. <em>Torch Lake</em> joined The Henry Ford's collection in 1969.
- 1873
- Collections - Artifact
Torch Lake Steam Locomotive, 1873
Torch Lake, built by Mason Machine Works in 1873, hauled ore for the Calumet and Hecla Mining Company on Michigan's Keweenaw Peninsula. The engine is an articulated design. The driving wheels pivot under the boiler, allowing the locomotive to handle sharp curves. Torch Lake joined The Henry Ford's collection in 1969.
- Sugar and Creamer Set with Tray Used by the Jackson Family, Selma, Alabama -
- circa 1958
- Collections - Artifact
Sugar and Creamer Set with Tray Used by the Jackson Family, Selma, Alabama
- Trophy Awarded to William Mitchell's Stingray at SCCA Cumberland National Races, 1960 - The Corvette Stingray Racer, a favorite project of General Motors design head Bill Mitchell, made its competition debut in April 1959 under Mitchell's personal sponsorship. With driver Dick Thompson, it won a Sports Car Club of America National Championship in 1960. Following the car's retirement from racing, Mitchell had it modified for his own use on public streets.
- May 15, 1960
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Trophy Awarded to William Mitchell's Stingray at SCCA Cumberland National Races, 1960
The Corvette Stingray Racer, a favorite project of General Motors design head Bill Mitchell, made its competition debut in April 1959 under Mitchell's personal sponsorship. With driver Dick Thompson, it won a Sports Car Club of America National Championship in 1960. Following the car's retirement from racing, Mitchell had it modified for his own use on public streets.
- Trade Card for Glenwood & Elmwood Ranges & Parlor Stoves, Weir Stove Co., 1886-1893 - Late-nineteenth-century manufacturers used trade cards to promote and sell products. These colorful advertisements also reflected the racial prejudices of the time. Card illustrators typically depicted African Americans with enlarged or distorted features, speaking with stereotypical language and often involved in some comical mishap. These images dehumanized blacks and affirmed the discriminatory biases many white Americans -- consumers of these trade cards -- held.
- 1886-1893
- Collections - Artifact
Trade Card for Glenwood & Elmwood Ranges & Parlor Stoves, Weir Stove Co., 1886-1893
Late-nineteenth-century manufacturers used trade cards to promote and sell products. These colorful advertisements also reflected the racial prejudices of the time. Card illustrators typically depicted African Americans with enlarged or distorted features, speaking with stereotypical language and often involved in some comical mishap. These images dehumanized blacks and affirmed the discriminatory biases many white Americans -- consumers of these trade cards -- held.
- Trade Card for Glenwood Ranges, Weir Stove 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 Glenwood Ranges, Weir Stove 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.
- Chest of Drawers, Attributed to Robert Crosman, 1735 -
- 1735
- Collections - Artifact
Chest of Drawers, Attributed to Robert Crosman, 1735
- Workers outside a Factory, Most Likely Oakland Mill, Taunton, Massachusetts, circa 1890 -
- circa 1890
- Collections - Artifact
Workers outside a Factory, Most Likely Oakland Mill, Taunton, Massachusetts, circa 1890