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- Telephone Line Insulator Used by Alexander Graham Bell, Brantford, Canada, circa 1876 - In August 1876, Alexander Graham Bell conducted additional experiments on voice transmission over wire -- he had successfully patented his telephone a few months earlier. While in Brantford, Ontario, Bell strung a wire from a nearby telegraph line along a fence to his father's home. This telephone insulator was part of that connection, recovered years later, and donated to The Henry Ford.
- circa 1876
- Collections - Artifact
Telephone Line Insulator Used by Alexander Graham Bell, Brantford, Canada, circa 1876
In August 1876, Alexander Graham Bell conducted additional experiments on voice transmission over wire -- he had successfully patented his telephone a few months earlier. While in Brantford, Ontario, Bell strung a wire from a nearby telegraph line along a fence to his father's home. This telephone insulator was part of that connection, recovered years later, and donated to The Henry Ford.
- Sales Catalog of the H. J. Heinz Company and Products, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, circa 1910 - With humble beginnings exclusively selling horseradish in 1869, H.J. Heinz continued to expand his product line to build the "House of Heinz" and become a leader in the manufactured food industry. This sales catalog highlights the manufacturing process and provides photographs of the factories, branch houses, and employees. It also contains information and photographs of each of the "57 Varieties" of Heinz products.
- 1910
- Collections - Artifact
Sales Catalog of the H. J. Heinz Company and Products, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, circa 1910
With humble beginnings exclusively selling horseradish in 1869, H.J. Heinz continued to expand his product line to build the "House of Heinz" and become a leader in the manufactured food industry. This sales catalog highlights the manufacturing process and provides photographs of the factories, branch houses, and employees. It also contains information and photographs of each of the "57 Varieties" of Heinz products.
- Letter from T. Arthur Potts to the Secretary of Henry Ford regarding Bell Telephone Insulator, circa 1925 - In August 1876, Alexander Graham Bell conducted additional experiments on voice transmission over wire -- he had successfully patented his telephone a few months earlier. While in Brantford, Ontario, Bell strung a wire from a nearby telegraph line along a fence to his father's home. Thomas Potts wrote to the secretary of Henry Ford, donating one of the telephone insulators recovered from the site.
- circa 1925
- Collections - Artifact
Letter from T. Arthur Potts to the Secretary of Henry Ford regarding Bell Telephone Insulator, circa 1925
In August 1876, Alexander Graham Bell conducted additional experiments on voice transmission over wire -- he had successfully patented his telephone a few months earlier. While in Brantford, Ontario, Bell strung a wire from a nearby telegraph line along a fence to his father's home. Thomas Potts wrote to the secretary of Henry Ford, donating one of the telephone insulators recovered from the site.
- Drawing and Map related to Bell Telephone Insulator, circa 1925 - In August 1876, Alexander Graham Bell conducted additional experiments on voice transmission over wire -- he had successfully patented his telephone a few months earlier. While in Brantford, Ontario, Bell strung a wire from a nearby telegraph line along a fence to his father's home. Thomas Potts donated a telephone insulator, recovered years later from the site, and made a map showing its location.
- circa 1925
- Collections - Artifact
Drawing and Map related to Bell Telephone Insulator, circa 1925
In August 1876, Alexander Graham Bell conducted additional experiments on voice transmission over wire -- he had successfully patented his telephone a few months earlier. While in Brantford, Ontario, Bell strung a wire from a nearby telegraph line along a fence to his father's home. Thomas Potts donated a telephone insulator, recovered years later from the site, and made a map showing its location.