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- Unloading Bananas from Steamer, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1900-1910 - Bananas arrived on grocery store shelves via a transportation system controlled by competing fruit companies and their government allies. Refrigerated railcars moved the crop from Central American plantations to ships bound for U.S. ports in the Gulf of Mexico. This photograph shows dockworkers in New Orleans, Louisiana, transferring bunches of bananas -- each weighing around 86 pounds -- to a refrigerated railcar for transport to market.
- 1900-1910
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Unloading Bananas from Steamer, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1900-1910
Bananas arrived on grocery store shelves via a transportation system controlled by competing fruit companies and their government allies. Refrigerated railcars moved the crop from Central American plantations to ships bound for U.S. ports in the Gulf of Mexico. This photograph shows dockworkers in New Orleans, Louisiana, transferring bunches of bananas -- each weighing around 86 pounds -- to a refrigerated railcar for transport to market.
- Bitters Bottle, 1850-1860 - Bitters is an herb-infused alcoholic mixture. Named for its bitter taste, the liquid was originally developed as a medicinal tonic to help soothe stomach complaints or other digestive disorders. During the late-19th and early-20th centuries, patent medicine dealers bottled and sold the elixir. Americans purchased bitters in simple mold-blown bottles or ones shaped like drums, barrels, cabins, and even pineapples.
- 1850-1860
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Bitters Bottle, 1850-1860
Bitters is an herb-infused alcoholic mixture. Named for its bitter taste, the liquid was originally developed as a medicinal tonic to help soothe stomach complaints or other digestive disorders. During the late-19th and early-20th centuries, patent medicine dealers bottled and sold the elixir. Americans purchased bitters in simple mold-blown bottles or ones shaped like drums, barrels, cabins, and even pineapples.
- Layout for Title Page of "Heinz Year Book for 1928" - The H.J. Heinz Company employed an ambitious and comprehensive advertising strategy to market its "57 Varieties" of pickled foods and condiments to customers at home, in stores, and everywhere in between. This layout was for the "Heinz Year Book" for 1928, which featured dozens of images that described the company's advertising strategy.
- 1928
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Layout for Title Page of "Heinz Year Book for 1928"
The H.J. Heinz Company employed an ambitious and comprehensive advertising strategy to market its "57 Varieties" of pickled foods and condiments to customers at home, in stores, and everywhere in between. This layout was for the "Heinz Year Book" for 1928, which featured dozens of images that described the company's advertising strategy.
- Fruit and Vegetable Scale, Used by the Krasnoff Family at Eastern Market, Detroit, Michigan, 1923-1940 -
- 1923-1940
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Fruit and Vegetable Scale, Used by the Krasnoff Family at Eastern Market, Detroit, Michigan, 1923-1940
- Set of Melamine Tableware, 1950-1960 - During the early 1950s, plastic dinnerware in the form of melamine was introduced to the American market. By 1956, twenty-five percent of Americans owned at least a pair of these plates. Industrial designers Russel and Mary Wright were famous for producing aesthetically pleasing ceramic dinnerware as early as the 1930s. This set, in fashionable turquoise, was the Wrights' first design in plastic.
- 1950-1960
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Set of Melamine Tableware, 1950-1960
During the early 1950s, plastic dinnerware in the form of melamine was introduced to the American market. By 1956, twenty-five percent of Americans owned at least a pair of these plates. Industrial designers Russel and Mary Wright were famous for producing aesthetically pleasing ceramic dinnerware as early as the 1930s. This set, in fashionable turquoise, was the Wrights' first design in plastic.
- How to Grow Vegetables and Fruits by the Organic Method, 1971 -
- 1971
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How to Grow Vegetables and Fruits by the Organic Method, 1971
- Hamilton-Beach "Dominion" Juicer, circa 1965 -
- circa 1965
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Hamilton-Beach "Dominion" Juicer, circa 1965
- Ford Model T Pickup Used by James Cargo, Wholesale Fruit and Vegetable Dealer, Eastern Market, Detroit, Michigan, March 1925 -
- March 27, 1925
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Ford Model T Pickup Used by James Cargo, Wholesale Fruit and Vegetable Dealer, Eastern Market, Detroit, Michigan, March 1925
- Woman with Basket of Fruit, New Orleans, Louisiana, circa 1905 -
- circa 1905
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Woman with Basket of Fruit, New Orleans, Louisiana, circa 1905
- John Burroughs at Woodchuck Lodge, September 22, 1917 - John Burroughs (1837-1921) was an internationally known naturalist and essayist who wrote about accessible and familiar landscapes. In 1913, with financial assistance from Henry Ford, Burroughs purchased the house built by his brother Curtis on land near Burroughs's birthplace in Roxbury, New York. Woodchuck Lodge, as Burroughs referred to it, became his summer retreat and its natural surroundings became the subject of his creative works.
- September 22, 1917
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John Burroughs at Woodchuck Lodge, September 22, 1917
John Burroughs (1837-1921) was an internationally known naturalist and essayist who wrote about accessible and familiar landscapes. In 1913, with financial assistance from Henry Ford, Burroughs purchased the house built by his brother Curtis on land near Burroughs's birthplace in Roxbury, New York. Woodchuck Lodge, as Burroughs referred to it, became his summer retreat and its natural surroundings became the subject of his creative works.