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- Bell System Alarm Relay, circa 1965 - Connected to a telephone, this signal relay could extend typical ringtones. It amplified the volume of ringing, and distinctive tones could be created for incoming calls: chimes, horns, and vibrating bells. A system like this was useful in loud industrial settings and large spaces.
- circa 1965
- Collections - Artifact
Bell System Alarm Relay, circa 1965
Connected to a telephone, this signal relay could extend typical ringtones. It amplified the volume of ringing, and distinctive tones could be created for incoming calls: chimes, horns, and vibrating bells. A system like this was useful in loud industrial settings and large spaces.
- Page Woven Wire Fence Co. Trade Catalog, "Page Fence Age, Volume XI, No. 1," April 1901 -
- April 01, 1901
- Collections - Artifact
Page Woven Wire Fence Co. Trade Catalog, "Page Fence Age, Volume XI, No. 1," April 1901
- Trade Card for Suspenders, Queen City Suspender Co., 1870-1880 - In the last third of the nineteenth century, an unprecedented variety of consumer goods and services flooded the American market. Advertisers bombarded potential customers with trade cards. Americans enjoyed and saved the often illustrated little advertisements found in product packages or distributed by local merchants. Many survive as historical records of commercialism in the United States.
- 1870-1880
- Collections - Artifact
Trade Card for Suspenders, Queen City Suspender Co., 1870-1880
In the last third of the nineteenth century, an unprecedented variety of consumer goods and services flooded the American market. Advertisers bombarded potential customers with trade cards. Americans enjoyed and saved the often illustrated 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 Ben Einstein's Star Clothing House, Adrian, Michigan, 1870-1900 - As color printing gained momentum in the late 19th century, trade cards became a major means of advertising goods and services. Americans enjoyed and often saved the little advertisements found in product packages or distributed by local merchants. This trade card advertises the Star Clothing House in Adrian, Michigan.
- 1870-1900
- Collections - Artifact
Trade Card for Ben Einstein's Star Clothing House, Adrian, Michigan, 1870-1900
As color printing gained momentum in the late 19th century, trade cards became a major means of advertising goods and services. Americans enjoyed and often saved the little advertisements found in product packages or distributed by local merchants. This trade card advertises the Star Clothing House in Adrian, Michigan.
- Trade Card for Ball's Health Preserving Corsets, 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 Ball's Health Preserving Corsets, 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.
- Robbins Cultivator, circa 1876 -
- circa 1876
- Collections - Artifact
Robbins Cultivator, circa 1876
- Trade Card for the Star Clothing House, 1876-1900 - As color printing gained momentum in the late 19th century, trade cards became a major means of advertising goods and services. Americans enjoyed and often saved the little advertisements found in product packages or distributed by local merchants. This trade card advertises the Star Clothing House in Adrian, Michigan.
- 1876-1900
- Collections - Artifact
Trade Card for the Star Clothing House, 1876-1900
As color printing gained momentum in the late 19th century, trade cards became a major means of advertising goods and services. Americans enjoyed and often saved the little advertisements found in product packages or distributed by local merchants. This trade card advertises the Star Clothing House in Adrian, Michigan.
- Trade Card for Ball's Health Preserving Corsets, 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 Ball's Health Preserving Corsets, 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.
- Trade Card for Ball's Health Preserving Corsets, 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 Ball's Health Preserving Corsets, 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.
- Trade Card for J. Wesley & Sons Low Priced Clothiers, circa 1860 - 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 1860
- Collections - Artifact
Trade Card for J. Wesley & Sons Low Priced Clothiers, circa 1860
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.