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- Magnolia Air-Tight Parlor Stove, 1854-1858 - Stoves were more efficient than open fireplaces--they used less fuel and heated rooms more effectively. By the 1840s, stove-making had become a big industry, as new manufacturing techniques made stoves stronger, lighter, and less expensive. Style mattered. People wanted their stoves to be eye-catching, as well as useful. The neighboring cities of Troy and Albany, New York, were America's "stove capitals" from 1830 to 1870.
- 1854-1858
- Collections - Artifact
Magnolia Air-Tight Parlor Stove, 1854-1858
Stoves were more efficient than open fireplaces--they used less fuel and heated rooms more effectively. By the 1840s, stove-making had become a big industry, as new manufacturing techniques made stoves stronger, lighter, and less expensive. Style mattered. People wanted their stoves to be eye-catching, as well as useful. The neighboring cities of Troy and Albany, New York, were America's "stove capitals" from 1830 to 1870.
- Bell from Aiken Hosiery Mill, Franklin, New Hampshire, 1884-1887 -
- 1884-1887
- Collections - Artifact
Bell from Aiken Hosiery Mill, Franklin, New Hampshire, 1884-1887
- Electric Manufacturing Company Tangent Galvanometer -
- Collections - Artifact
Electric Manufacturing Company Tangent Galvanometer
- Box Stove, circa 1845 -
- circa 1845
- Collections - Artifact
Box Stove, circa 1845
- Parlor Stove -
- Collections - Artifact
Parlor Stove
- Parlor Stove, 1853-1854 - Stoves were more efficient than open fireplaces--they used less fuel and heated rooms more effectively. By the 1840s, stove-making had become a big industry, as new manufacturing techniques made stoves stronger, lighter, and less expensive. Style mattered. People wanted their stoves to be eye-catching, as well as useful. The neighboring cities of Troy and Albany, New York, were America's "stove capitals" from 1830 to 1870.
- 1853-1854
- Collections - Artifact
Parlor Stove, 1853-1854
Stoves were more efficient than open fireplaces--they used less fuel and heated rooms more effectively. By the 1840s, stove-making had become a big industry, as new manufacturing techniques made stoves stronger, lighter, and less expensive. Style mattered. People wanted their stoves to be eye-catching, as well as useful. The neighboring cities of Troy and Albany, New York, were America's "stove capitals" from 1830 to 1870.
- Mathematician Susan Cole Working on Ship Design Models at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, July 1990 -
- July 05, 1990
- Collections - Artifact
Mathematician Susan Cole Working on Ship Design Models at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, July 1990
- Racing Poster, "Triple Victory of the Racing Sports Cars, Tourist Trophy of Ireland," 1955 - This poster celebrated a 1-2-3 finish by Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR cars in the 1955 Tourist Trophy of Ireland race, held September 17. Stirling Moss and John Fitch took the checkered flag in the #10 car. They were followed by Juan Manuel Fangio and Karl Kling in the #9 car, and Wolfgang von Trips and Andre Simon in the #11 car.
- 1955
- Collections - Artifact
Racing Poster, "Triple Victory of the Racing Sports Cars, Tourist Trophy of Ireland," 1955
This poster celebrated a 1-2-3 finish by Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR cars in the 1955 Tourist Trophy of Ireland race, held September 17. Stirling Moss and John Fitch took the checkered flag in the #10 car. They were followed by Juan Manuel Fangio and Karl Kling in the #9 car, and Wolfgang von Trips and Andre Simon in the #11 car.
- Trade Card for Sundstrand Adding and Calculating Machine, Sundstrand Adding Machine Co., circa 1920 - Writing with a quill, metal nib or fountain pen could be messy. Ink could smear or smudge with the slightest touch. In America by the late 1800s absorbent paper blotters became the preferred method to soak up wet ink. Companies produced small inexpensive blotters as advertisements and giveaways well into the twentieth century.
- circa 1920
- Collections - Artifact
Trade Card for Sundstrand Adding and Calculating Machine, Sundstrand Adding Machine Co., circa 1920
Writing with a quill, metal nib or fountain pen could be messy. Ink could smear or smudge with the slightest touch. In America by the late 1800s absorbent paper blotters became the preferred method to soak up wet ink. Companies produced small inexpensive blotters as advertisements and giveaways well into the twentieth century.
- Floral Parlor Stove, 1855-1857 - Stoves were more efficient than open fireplaces--they used less fuel and heated rooms more effectively. By the 1840s, stove-making had become a big industry, as new manufacturing techniques made stoves stronger, lighter, and less expensive. Style mattered. People wanted their stoves to be eye-catching, as well as useful. The neighboring cities of Troy and Albany, New York, were America's "stove capitals" from 1830 to 1870.
- 1855-1857
- Collections - Artifact
Floral Parlor Stove, 1855-1857
Stoves were more efficient than open fireplaces--they used less fuel and heated rooms more effectively. By the 1840s, stove-making had become a big industry, as new manufacturing techniques made stoves stronger, lighter, and less expensive. Style mattered. People wanted their stoves to be eye-catching, as well as useful. The neighboring cities of Troy and Albany, New York, were America's "stove capitals" from 1830 to 1870.