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- Eve Curie Visiting Menlo Park Laboratory in Greenfield Village, April 1939 - Eve Curie, daughter of two-time Nobel Prize recipient Marie Curie, visited Greenfield Village on April 1, 1939. Eve had written a biography about her famous mother and was on a tour of America, lecturing on the history of women in science. Ten years earlier, Marie had visited Greenfield Village for the Light's Golden Jubilee celebration and had spoken highly of the event.
- April 01, 1939
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Eve Curie Visiting Menlo Park Laboratory in Greenfield Village, April 1939
Eve Curie, daughter of two-time Nobel Prize recipient Marie Curie, visited Greenfield Village on April 1, 1939. Eve had written a biography about her famous mother and was on a tour of America, lecturing on the history of women in science. Ten years earlier, Marie had visited Greenfield Village for the Light's Golden Jubilee celebration and had spoken highly of the event.
- Organ Pedalboard -
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Organ Pedalboard
- Trade Card for Estey Organ Company, "The Estey Overture," 1880-1890 - In the last third of the nineteenth century, an unprecedented variety of consumer goods and services flooded the American market. Advertisers, armed with new methods of color printing, bombarded potential customers with trade cards. Americans enjoyed and often saved the vibrant little advertisements found in product packages or distributed by local merchants. Many survive as historical records of commercialism in the United States.
- 1880-1890
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Trade Card for Estey Organ Company, "The Estey Overture," 1880-1890
In the last third of the nineteenth century, an unprecedented variety of consumer goods and services flooded the American market. Advertisers, armed with new methods of color printing, bombarded potential customers with trade cards. Americans enjoyed and often saved the vibrant little advertisements found in product packages or distributed by local merchants. Many survive as historical records of commercialism in the United States.
- Trade Card for the Burdett Organ Company, 1880-1885 - As color printing gained momentum in the late 19th century, trade cards became a major means of advertising goods and services. Americans enjoyed and often saved the little advertisements found in product packages or distributed by local merchants. This trade card advertises the Burdett Organ Company.
- 1880-1885
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Trade Card for the Burdett Organ Company, 1880-1885
As color printing gained momentum in the late 19th century, trade cards became a major means of advertising goods and services. Americans enjoyed and often saved the little advertisements found in product packages or distributed by local merchants. This trade card advertises the Burdett Organ Company.
- Trade Card for Estey Organ Company, circa 1880 - In the last third of the nineteenth century, an unprecedented variety of consumer goods and services flooded the American market. Advertisers, armed with new methods of color printing, bombarded potential customers with trade cards. Americans enjoyed and often saved the vibrant little advertisements found in product packages or distributed by local merchants. Many survive as historical records of commercialism in the United States.
- circa 1880
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Trade Card for Estey Organ Company, circa 1880
In the last third of the nineteenth century, an unprecedented variety of consumer goods and services flooded the American market. Advertisers, armed with new methods of color printing, bombarded potential customers with trade cards. Americans enjoyed and often saved the vibrant little advertisements found in product packages or distributed by local merchants. Many survive as historical records of commercialism in the United States.
- Melodeon, 1847-1855 -
- 1847-1855
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Melodeon, 1847-1855
- Trade Card for Sohmer Pianos, Sohmer Piano Co., 1882-1900 - In the last third of the nineteenth century, an unprecedented variety of consumer goods and services flooded the American market. Advertisers, armed with new methods of color printing, bombarded potential customers with trade cards. Americans enjoyed and often saved the vibrant little advertisements found in product packages or distributed by local merchants. Many survive as historical records of commercialism in the United States.
- 1882-1900
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Trade Card for Sohmer Pianos, Sohmer Piano Co., 1882-1900
In the last third of the nineteenth century, an unprecedented variety of consumer goods and services flooded the American market. Advertisers, armed with new methods of color printing, bombarded potential customers with trade cards. Americans enjoyed and often saved the vibrant little advertisements found in product packages or distributed by local merchants. Many survive as historical records of commercialism in the United States.
- Printing Plate with Image of a Pump Organ -
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Printing Plate with Image of a Pump Organ
- Hallmark "CRAYOLA Crayon Series: Bright Vibrant Carols" Christmas Ornament, 1991 - Already known for greeting cards, Hallmark introduced a line of Christmas ornaments in 1973. The company's annual release of an increasing array of ornaments revolutionized Christmas decorating, appealing to customers' interest in marking memories and milestones as well as expressing one's personality and unique tastes.
- 1991
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Hallmark "CRAYOLA Crayon Series: Bright Vibrant Carols" Christmas Ornament, 1991
Already known for greeting cards, Hallmark introduced a line of Christmas ornaments in 1973. The company's annual release of an increasing array of ornaments revolutionized Christmas decorating, appealing to customers' interest in marking memories and milestones as well as expressing one's personality and unique tastes.
- Fiddler Jep Bisbee and Henry Ford, November 1923 - Henry Ford loved Jep Bisbee's fiddling--it was a pleasant reminder of the country dancing of Ford's rural youth. In November 1923, Bisbee, with his daughter Beulah and son Earl, played music at Ford's childhood home, which Ford had lovingly restored to its 1870s appearance. Ford later recalled that Bisbee's music inspired the industrialist to revive the dances of his youth.
- November 25, 1923
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Fiddler Jep Bisbee and Henry Ford, November 1923
Henry Ford loved Jep Bisbee's fiddling--it was a pleasant reminder of the country dancing of Ford's rural youth. In November 1923, Bisbee, with his daughter Beulah and son Earl, played music at Ford's childhood home, which Ford had lovingly restored to its 1870s appearance. Ford later recalled that Bisbee's music inspired the industrialist to revive the dances of his youth.