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- Scott-Powell Aristocrats Dairy Milk Jug, 1937 -
- 1937
- Collections - Artifact
Scott-Powell Aristocrats Dairy Milk Jug, 1937
- Advertising Layout Showing a "Heinz Girl" Labeling Jars of Heinz Apple Butter, circa 1909 - Before complete mechanization of the manufacturing process, many tasks at the Heinz factory were done by hand. Photographs of this process were often taken and then modified for advertising and publications. Pictured here is a female employee placing labels on the crocks of Heinz fruit butters and preserves.
- circa 1909
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Advertising Layout Showing a "Heinz Girl" Labeling Jars of Heinz Apple Butter, circa 1909
Before complete mechanization of the manufacturing process, many tasks at the Heinz factory were done by hand. Photographs of this process were often taken and then modified for advertising and publications. Pictured here is a female employee placing labels on the crocks of Heinz fruit butters and preserves.
- Shipping Box for Tobacco, 1880-1920 - Workers at Will Currier's shoe shop in Newton, New Hampshire, used a variety of tools, fasteners and bits of leather, wood, and metal to make shoes. Small wooden boxes, like this one, helped organize the shop and kept needed material close at hand.
- 1880-1920
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Shipping Box for Tobacco, 1880-1920
Workers at Will Currier's shoe shop in Newton, New Hampshire, used a variety of tools, fasteners and bits of leather, wood, and metal to make shoes. Small wooden boxes, like this one, helped organize the shop and kept needed material close at hand.
- Parlor Cabinet, Attributed to Alexander Roux, 1860-1875 - Wealthy Victorians showcased their expensive possessions -- vases, sculptures, candelabra or other finery -- on this equally showy piece of furniture. This mid-18th-century parlor cabinet combines a mixture of elaborate design elements -- a large Sevres porcelain plaque, floral marquetry, ebonized wood, ormolu and gilded accents among others. What better place to flaunt your wealth?
- 1860-1875
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Parlor Cabinet, Attributed to Alexander Roux, 1860-1875
Wealthy Victorians showcased their expensive possessions -- vases, sculptures, candelabra or other finery -- on this equally showy piece of furniture. This mid-18th-century parlor cabinet combines a mixture of elaborate design elements -- a large Sevres porcelain plaque, floral marquetry, ebonized wood, ormolu and gilded accents among others. What better place to flaunt your wealth?
- Vegetable Storage Room in a Ford Motor Company Cafeteria Kitchens, May 18, 1931 -
- May 18, 1931
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Vegetable Storage Room in a Ford Motor Company Cafeteria Kitchens, May 18, 1931
- Four Gallon Stoneware Jug, 1850-1875 - This jug was made of a durable, leak-proof pottery called stoneware, shaped on a potter's wheel. The orange-peel-like outer glaze was created when the potter threw handfuls of common rock salt into a white-hot kiln during the piece's firing. Salt-glazed stoneware pieces were decorated with an amazing array of designs, including the flower and other embellishments on this piece.
- 1850-1875
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Four Gallon Stoneware Jug, 1850-1875
This jug was made of a durable, leak-proof pottery called stoneware, shaped on a potter's wheel. The orange-peel-like outer glaze was created when the potter threw handfuls of common rock salt into a white-hot kiln during the piece's firing. Salt-glazed stoneware pieces were decorated with an amazing array of designs, including the flower and other embellishments on this piece.
- Fruehauf Trailer Co. Advertising Card, "Warehousemen's Van," 1931-1941 - Founded in Detroit in 1918, the Fruehauf Trailer Company built and sold fifth-wheel semi-trailers that became the prototype for the big freight-hauling trailers seen on American highways today. At its peak, Fruehauf had 16 plants and more than 80 distributors, and it manufactured trailers for civilian and military uses. The company ceased independent operations in 1997.
- 1931-1941
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Fruehauf Trailer Co. Advertising Card, "Warehousemen's Van," 1931-1941
Founded in Detroit in 1918, the Fruehauf Trailer Company built and sold fifth-wheel semi-trailers that became the prototype for the big freight-hauling trailers seen on American highways today. At its peak, Fruehauf had 16 plants and more than 80 distributors, and it manufactured trailers for civilian and military uses. The company ceased independent operations in 1997.
- Milk Can -
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Milk Can
- Unloading Portions of Daggett Farmhouse before Reconstruction in Greenfield Village, 1977 -
- 1977
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Unloading Portions of Daggett Farmhouse before Reconstruction in Greenfield Village, 1977
- Ediphone Wax Cylinder Holder, 1910-1940 - Dictaphones and Ediphones were sound recording devices used for efficient oral dictation in business settings. From the late 1800s and well into the 1900s, these office machines used wax cylinders to record dictation. A storage rack, such as this one, kept the cylinders safe and organized.
- 1910-1940
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Ediphone Wax Cylinder Holder, 1910-1940
Dictaphones and Ediphones were sound recording devices used for efficient oral dictation in business settings. From the late 1800s and well into the 1900s, these office machines used wax cylinders to record dictation. A storage rack, such as this one, kept the cylinders safe and organized.