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- Portrait of Police Officer Patrick J. Sheehan, Inscribed to Nora O'Donnell, 1893 - Growing American urban centers spurred the creation of modern police departments in the mid-1800s. By the end of the century, most police officers wore military-type uniforms and badges to help citizens easily identify them. This cabinet card shows Patrick Sheehan decked out in his uniform. Friends and family usually exchanged cabinet cards, sometimes adding a personal greeting on the back.
- May 31, 1893
- Collections - Artifact
Portrait of Police Officer Patrick J. Sheehan, Inscribed to Nora O'Donnell, 1893
Growing American urban centers spurred the creation of modern police departments in the mid-1800s. By the end of the century, most police officers wore military-type uniforms and badges to help citizens easily identify them. This cabinet card shows Patrick Sheehan decked out in his uniform. Friends and family usually exchanged cabinet cards, sometimes adding a personal greeting on the back.
- Portrait of Man Wearing Uniform and Badge, 1860-1870 - The carte-de-visite was a small photographic print on cardboard stock made by professional photographers. Popular in the United States from the 1860s through the 1880s, people exchanged and collected them to help them remember family and friends. This CdV shows a man with a badge -- perhaps a police officer. In the late 1800s, most police officers wore badges and military-type uniforms to help citizens identify them.
- 1860-1870
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Portrait of Man Wearing Uniform and Badge, 1860-1870
The carte-de-visite was a small photographic print on cardboard stock made by professional photographers. Popular in the United States from the 1860s through the 1880s, people exchanged and collected them to help them remember family and friends. This CdV shows a man with a badge -- perhaps a police officer. In the late 1800s, most police officers wore badges and military-type uniforms to help citizens identify them.
- Postcard, "New York World's Fair 1939, Vanity Fair Building" - Postcards from the 1939 New York World's Fair depicted colorful images of exposition buildings or other scenes. Tourists purchased these and mailed them back to family and friends. This postcard was part of a series produced by the Miller Art Company of Brooklyn, New York, that all featured the iconic fair symbols, the Trylon and Perisphere, on their left-hand side.
- 1939
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Postcard, "New York World's Fair 1939, Vanity Fair Building"
Postcards from the 1939 New York World's Fair depicted colorful images of exposition buildings or other scenes. Tourists purchased these and mailed them back to family and friends. This postcard was part of a series produced by the Miller Art Company of Brooklyn, New York, that all featured the iconic fair symbols, the Trylon and Perisphere, on their left-hand side.
- Fauntleroy Style Boy's Suit, 1885-1900 -
- 1885-1900
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Fauntleroy Style Boy's Suit, 1885-1900
- Via-Tector Home Broadcaster and Pick-Up Adapter, circa 1926 -
- circa 1926
- Collections - Artifact
Via-Tector Home Broadcaster and Pick-Up Adapter, circa 1926
- T-Strap Pumps, Worn by Elizabeth Parke Firestone, circa 1930 - Elizabeth Parke Firestone's refined sense of fashion reflected years of interest in clothing design and collaboration with world-renowned couturiers. Firestone dressed impeccably from head to toe, accessorizing her designer ensembles with carefully selected hats, gloves, handbags, and footwear. Firestone's wardrobe included shoes of favored styles in many custom-dyed colors, to ensure a perfect match.
- circa 1930
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T-Strap Pumps, Worn by Elizabeth Parke Firestone, circa 1930
Elizabeth Parke Firestone's refined sense of fashion reflected years of interest in clothing design and collaboration with world-renowned couturiers. Firestone dressed impeccably from head to toe, accessorizing her designer ensembles with carefully selected hats, gloves, handbags, and footwear. Firestone's wardrobe included shoes of favored styles in many custom-dyed colors, to ensure a perfect match.
- Kirkman Flakes, 1940-1949 -
- 1940-1949
- Collections - Artifact
Kirkman Flakes, 1940-1949
- Guitar Effects Pedal, "Total Sonic Annihilation," 2013 - This guitar effects pedal is an example of the growing culture of creators building custom noisemaking devices. Death By Audio is a company that works in opposition to mass-production--they actively choose to hand-assemble and solder their pedals. These decisions, alongside the unique sonic qualities of the pedals, all feed into traditions of musical craftsmanship, amateur invention, and "DIY" spirit.
- 2013
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Guitar Effects Pedal, "Total Sonic Annihilation," 2013
This guitar effects pedal is an example of the growing culture of creators building custom noisemaking devices. Death By Audio is a company that works in opposition to mass-production--they actively choose to hand-assemble and solder their pedals. These decisions, alongside the unique sonic qualities of the pedals, all feed into traditions of musical craftsmanship, amateur invention, and "DIY" spirit.
- Trade Card for Higgins' German Laundry Soap, Charles S. Higgins Company, 1870-1890 - 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.
- 1870-1890
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Trade Card for Higgins' German Laundry Soap, Charles S. Higgins Company, 1870-1890
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.
- Studio Portrait of a Seated Man, circa 1865 -
- circa 1865
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Studio Portrait of a Seated Man, circa 1865