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- Edsel Ford's Office, Ford Engineering Laboratory, circa 1924 - This photograph shows Edsel Ford's office in the Ford Engineering Laboratory when it was completed in 1924. Edsel Ford became president of Ford Motor Company in 1919, and he remained so until his death in 1943. Though Ford Motor Company's official headquarters stayed at Highland Park, influence shifted to the Dearborn laboratory when senior executives were there.
- circa 1924
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Edsel Ford's Office, Ford Engineering Laboratory, circa 1924
This photograph shows Edsel Ford's office in the Ford Engineering Laboratory when it was completed in 1924. Edsel Ford became president of Ford Motor Company in 1919, and he remained so until his death in 1943. Though Ford Motor Company's official headquarters stayed at Highland Park, influence shifted to the Dearborn laboratory when senior executives were there.
- Manual, "Window Dressing for the Bus Terminal," 1941 - <EM>Bus Transportation</EM> magazine sponsored a yearly contest for the best window displays promoting the industry. This piece was one winner in 1940. The judging staff called it "a highly original design with 'stop and look' appeal." This effective piece of bus terminal window dressing enticed viewers to dream of a Michigan vacation enjoyed while traveling on the Blue Goose line.
- 1941
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Manual, "Window Dressing for the Bus Terminal," 1941
Bus Transportation magazine sponsored a yearly contest for the best window displays promoting the industry. This piece was one winner in 1940. The judging staff called it "a highly original design with 'stop and look' appeal." This effective piece of bus terminal window dressing enticed viewers to dream of a Michigan vacation enjoyed while traveling on the Blue Goose line.
- Printing Plate Image of Advertising Card for M.E. Von Mach, Designer and Decorator, Detoit, Michigan -
- 1890-1910
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Printing Plate Image of Advertising Card for M.E. Von Mach, Designer and Decorator, Detoit, Michigan
- Trade Card for Plain & Decorative Paper Hanging and Painting, Geo. C. Webb, 1870-1890 - In the last third of the nineteenth century, an unprecedented variety of consumer goods and services flooded the American market. Advertisers bombarded potential customers with trade cards. Americans enjoyed and saved the often illustrated 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 Plain & Decorative Paper Hanging and Painting, Geo. C. Webb, 1870-1890
In the last third of the nineteenth century, an unprecedented variety of consumer goods and services flooded the American market. Advertisers bombarded potential customers with trade cards. Americans enjoyed and saved the often illustrated little advertisements found in product packages or distributed by local merchants. Many survive as historical records of commercialism in the United States.
- Ansonia Clock Company Statue Shelf Clock, 1880-1900 -
- 1880-1900
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Ansonia Clock Company Statue Shelf Clock, 1880-1900
- E.N. Welch Manufacturing. Co. Shelf Clock, 1875-1900 -
- 1875-1900
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E.N. Welch Manufacturing. Co. Shelf Clock, 1875-1900
- The Jewish home beautiful : written by Betty D. Greenberg and Althea O. Silverman, 1955 - The National Women's League of the United Synagogue (now the Women's League for Conservative Judaism) published thirteen editions of "The Jewish Home Beautiful" between 1941 and 1975. This popular cookbook included traditional recipes along with detailed instructions for table settings and other entertaining suggestions. A common wedding gift, "The Jewish Home Beautiful" helped preserve and advance Jewish customs in mid-twentieth-century America.
- 1955
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The Jewish home beautiful : written by Betty D. Greenberg and Althea O. Silverman, 1955
The National Women's League of the United Synagogue (now the Women's League for Conservative Judaism) published thirteen editions of "The Jewish Home Beautiful" between 1941 and 1975. This popular cookbook included traditional recipes along with detailed instructions for table settings and other entertaining suggestions. A common wedding gift, "The Jewish Home Beautiful" helped preserve and advance Jewish customs in mid-twentieth-century America.
- Needlecraft, July 1921 -
- July 01, 1921
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Needlecraft, July 1921
- Card Advertising M.E. Von Mach, Original Designer, Artistic Household and Church Decorator, Detroit, Michigan, 1900-1920 -
- 1900-1920
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Card Advertising M.E. Von Mach, Original Designer, Artistic Household and Church Decorator, Detroit, Michigan, 1900-1920
- Maximilian E. Von Mach outside His Shop on Michigan Avenue, Detroit, Michigan, 1886-1919 -
- 1886-1919
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Maximilian E. Von Mach outside His Shop on Michigan Avenue, Detroit, Michigan, 1886-1919