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- Toy Horse Drawn Fire Engine, 1890-1910 -
- 1890-1910
- Collections - Artifact
Toy Horse Drawn Fire Engine, 1890-1910
- Toy Horse Drawn Fire Patrol Wagon, 1890-1910 -
- 1890-1910
- Collections - Artifact
Toy Horse Drawn Fire Patrol Wagon, 1890-1910
- Trade Card for Bon Ton Chromo, Blakeslee & Company, circa 1895 - 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 1895
- Collections - Artifact
Trade Card for Bon Ton Chromo, Blakeslee & Company, circa 1895
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 Bon Ton Chromo, Blakeslee & Company, circa 1895 - 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 1895
- Collections - Artifact
Trade Card for Bon Ton Chromo, Blakeslee & Company, circa 1895
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.
- "Dolly Rope Jumper" Mechanical Toy, 1875-1895 -
- 1875-1895
- Collections - Artifact
"Dolly Rope Jumper" Mechanical Toy, 1875-1895
- Palace Bank, 1880-1920 - In the late-19th and early-20th centuries, several manufacturers marketed cast-iron toy banks to parents as a way to encourage thrift in children. Some banks used mechanical actions to deposit a coin, while others, like this one, just had a slot where the coin was dropped. These simple banks came in a variety of shapes that delighted children of all ages.
- 1880-1920
- Collections - Artifact
Palace Bank, 1880-1920
In the late-19th and early-20th centuries, several manufacturers marketed cast-iron toy banks to parents as a way to encourage thrift in children. Some banks used mechanical actions to deposit a coin, while others, like this one, just had a slot where the coin was dropped. These simple banks came in a variety of shapes that delighted children of all ages.
- Political Game, "Blocks of Five or The Administration Puzzle," 1888 - Republican Benjamin Harrison narrowly won the presidential election of 1888. Democrats would accuse Republicans of sending men who sold their votes to the polls in controllable groups, or "blocks of five." Party officials could be sure of how these groups voted since nineteenth-century voting practices involved casting a preprinted party ballot. This game, created after the election, became a playful jab at political corruption.
- 1888
- Collections - Artifact
Political Game, "Blocks of Five or The Administration Puzzle," 1888
Republican Benjamin Harrison narrowly won the presidential election of 1888. Democrats would accuse Republicans of sending men who sold their votes to the polls in controllable groups, or "blocks of five." Party officials could be sure of how these groups voted since nineteenth-century voting practices involved casting a preprinted party ballot. This game, created after the election, became a playful jab at political corruption.
- Hose Carriage Pull Toy, 1890-1910 - Transportation toys have reflected larger technological innovations in society, in both their use of different materials and the types of vehicles they have represented. In 1870, Edward R. Ives joined partner Cornelius Blakeslee to produce clockwork and cast iron toys, such as this hose carriage pull toy, as well as to distribute toys for other manufacturers.
- 1890-1910
- Collections - Artifact
Hose Carriage Pull Toy, 1890-1910
Transportation toys have reflected larger technological innovations in society, in both their use of different materials and the types of vehicles they have represented. In 1870, Edward R. Ives joined partner Cornelius Blakeslee to produce clockwork and cast iron toys, such as this hose carriage pull toy, as well as to distribute toys for other manufacturers.