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- Public Service Poster, "Say Howdy without the Hands," 2020 -
- 2020
- Collections - Artifact
Public Service Poster, "Say Howdy without the Hands," 2020
- John Lewis Falls after Being Struck while Protesting at a Nashville Restaurant That Refused to Serve Blacks, May 1, 1964 -
- May 01, 1964
- Collections - Artifact
John Lewis Falls after Being Struck while Protesting at a Nashville Restaurant That Refused to Serve Blacks, May 1, 1964
- Heinz Company Sales Personnel Booklet Album, 1902-1923 - Company scrapbooks are often reminders of the company's history, significant moments in time, and the employees who worked there. This album, compiled by the H. J. Heinz Company, includes booklets and manuals for window and store displays, sample demonstrations, and salesmanship. Also included are two company publications, "The Spice of Life," and "The House of Heinz."
- 1902-1923
- Collections - Artifact
Heinz Company Sales Personnel Booklet Album, 1902-1923
Company scrapbooks are often reminders of the company's history, significant moments in time, and the employees who worked there. This album, compiled by the H. J. Heinz Company, includes booklets and manuals for window and store displays, sample demonstrations, and salesmanship. Also included are two company publications, "The Spice of Life," and "The House of Heinz."
- Ford Military Ambulance at the Highland Park Plant, September 1918, Donated to the American Red Cross - Ford Motor Company donated $500,000 to the Red Cross early in World War I. The humanitarian organization used the money to purchase nearly 1,000 Ford vehicles, including 107 ambulances, for wartime use. Ford produced another 5,745 ambulances during the war for the Allied Powers. Ford designed the vehicles in consultation with the U.S. Surgeon General's Office and frontline ambulance drivers.
- September 13, 1918
- Collections - Artifact
Ford Military Ambulance at the Highland Park Plant, September 1918, Donated to the American Red Cross
Ford Motor Company donated $500,000 to the Red Cross early in World War I. The humanitarian organization used the money to purchase nearly 1,000 Ford vehicles, including 107 ambulances, for wartime use. Ford produced another 5,745 ambulances during the war for the Allied Powers. Ford designed the vehicles in consultation with the U.S. Surgeon General's Office and frontline ambulance drivers.
- Tintype Pendant, 1863 - The development of the tintype with its increased durability over daguerreotypes and ambrotypes lent itself to creating mementoes and keepsakes, housed in a variety of cases including jewelry. This particular pendant could be a piece of mourning jewelry or it could have been a keepsake given to a loved one by a soldier going off to war.
- 1863
- Collections - Artifact
Tintype Pendant, 1863
The development of the tintype with its increased durability over daguerreotypes and ambrotypes lent itself to creating mementoes and keepsakes, housed in a variety of cases including jewelry. This particular pendant could be a piece of mourning jewelry or it could have been a keepsake given to a loved one by a soldier going off to war.
- Portrait of Fiddler "Uncle Jimmy" Thompson, January 1926 - Jesse Donald "Uncle Jimmy" Thompson began playing fiddle as a boy in Texas. Later in life he competed in fiddling contests, including one sponsored by a Kentucky Ford dealer in 1926. Thompson's most notable performance was in Nashville on November 28, 1925, when he became the first artist featured on WSM radio's <em>Barn Dance</em> -- soon renamed the <em>Grand Ole Opry</em>.
- January 20, 1926
- Collections - Artifact
Portrait of Fiddler "Uncle Jimmy" Thompson, January 1926
Jesse Donald "Uncle Jimmy" Thompson began playing fiddle as a boy in Texas. Later in life he competed in fiddling contests, including one sponsored by a Kentucky Ford dealer in 1926. Thompson's most notable performance was in Nashville on November 28, 1925, when he became the first artist featured on WSM radio's Barn Dance -- soon renamed the Grand Ole Opry.
- Louisville and Nashville Railroad Restroom Sign, 1929 - From the late 19th through the mid-20th centuries, segregation laws in Southern states separated African Americans and whites in almost every aspect of public life -- from railroad cars and schools to restrooms and drinking fountains. Varying from state to state, these laws were supposed to establish facilities that were "separate but equal." In reality, these were almost never equal.
- 1929
- Collections - Artifact
Louisville and Nashville Railroad Restroom Sign, 1929
From the late 19th through the mid-20th centuries, segregation laws in Southern states separated African Americans and whites in almost every aspect of public life -- from railroad cars and schools to restrooms and drinking fountains. Varying from state to state, these laws were supposed to establish facilities that were "separate but equal." In reality, these were almost never equal.