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- Teakettle, 1868-1881 - Cast iron pots, pans, kettles, skillets, and other utensils have been essential in American kitchens for centuries. Cooks used these utilitarian objects to prepare meals and heat water in hearths or -- by the mid-1800s -- atop coal or wood-burning stoves. Lighter and easier-to-clean materials began replacing heavy cast iron cookware beginning in the late 19th century, but cast iron still has a place in many cooks' kitchens.
- 1868-1881
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Teakettle, 1868-1881
Cast iron pots, pans, kettles, skillets, and other utensils have been essential in American kitchens for centuries. Cooks used these utilitarian objects to prepare meals and heat water in hearths or -- by the mid-1800s -- atop coal or wood-burning stoves. Lighter and easier-to-clean materials began replacing heavy cast iron cookware beginning in the late 19th century, but cast iron still has a place in many cooks' kitchens.
- U.S. Army 1st Lieutenant Wearing the Society of the Army of the Potomac Medal, circa 1877 -
- circa 1877
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U.S. Army 1st Lieutenant Wearing the Society of the Army of the Potomac Medal, circa 1877
- Advertising Poster, "E.J. Bowen's Choice Seeds," 1904 -
- 1904
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Advertising Poster, "E.J. Bowen's Choice Seeds," 1904
- Lithographed Book Illustration, Milward & Oldershaw's Pork Packing Plant on the Ohio River, Covington, Kentucky, 1851 -
- 1842
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Lithographed Book Illustration, Milward & Oldershaw's Pork Packing Plant on the Ohio River, Covington, Kentucky, 1851
- "McGuffey's New Fourth Eclectic Reader," Originally Published 1885, Reprinted by Henry Ford, 1930 - Henry Ford remembered fondly the McGuffey Readers he studied in the one-room schools of his youth. He even had them reprinted in 1930, so that students in his Edison Institute Schools could learn from them as well. Ford -- having looked up some of his childhood classmates -- gave this reprinted Reader to Olive Burdeno, who had attended school with Ford in the 1870s.
- 1930
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"McGuffey's New Fourth Eclectic Reader," Originally Published 1885, Reprinted by Henry Ford, 1930
Henry Ford remembered fondly the McGuffey Readers he studied in the one-room schools of his youth. He even had them reprinted in 1930, so that students in his Edison Institute Schools could learn from them as well. Ford -- having looked up some of his childhood classmates -- gave this reprinted Reader to Olive Burdeno, who had attended school with Ford in the 1870s.
- Carlisle & Finch Dynamo, 1897-1915 -
- 1897-1915
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Carlisle & Finch Dynamo, 1897-1915
- Textbook, "McGuffey's New Fifth Eclectic Reader," 1866 -
- 1866
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Textbook, "McGuffey's New Fifth Eclectic Reader," 1866
- 1951 Crosley Hotshot Roadster - Rich from building radios and refrigerators, Powel Crosley thought a small, affordable car might appeal to Americans. His sporty $924 roadster had an overhead cam engine and removable doors. Although it won races against foreign sports cars, it lost the U.S. sales race to big American machines. After losing $3 million, Crosley finally abandoned his dream in 1952.
- 1951
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1951 Crosley Hotshot Roadster
Rich from building radios and refrigerators, Powel Crosley thought a small, affordable car might appeal to Americans. His sporty $924 roadster had an overhead cam engine and removable doors. Although it won races against foreign sports cars, it lost the U.S. sales race to big American machines. After losing $3 million, Crosley finally abandoned his dream in 1952.
- Star Wars Play Set, All Terrain Armored Transport (AT-AT), circa 1980 - George Lucas's science fiction classics, the original <em>Star Wars</em> trilogy of movies, captured the imaginations of adults and children alike. Toy manufacturers eagerly sought the right to sell licensed toys based on these movies. Action figures and toys based on the film, like this AT-AT play set, defined childhood for many during the late 1970s and early 1980s.
- circa 1980
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Star Wars Play Set, All Terrain Armored Transport (AT-AT), circa 1980
George Lucas's science fiction classics, the original Star Wars trilogy of movies, captured the imaginations of adults and children alike. Toy manufacturers eagerly sought the right to sell licensed toys based on these movies. Action figures and toys based on the film, like this AT-AT play set, defined childhood for many during the late 1970s and early 1980s.
- Woodbury Facial Soap, 1940-1959 -
- 1940-1959
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Woodbury Facial Soap, 1940-1959