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- Bicycle Racer H. Arnold, circa 1890 - This cabinet card pictures H. Arnold, a racer in the early 1890s. Arnold competed in various bicycle meets in the early 1890s, but was overshadowed by other speedsters of the period.
- circa 1890
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Bicycle Racer H. Arnold, circa 1890
This cabinet card pictures H. Arnold, a racer in the early 1890s. Arnold competed in various bicycle meets in the early 1890s, but was overshadowed by other speedsters of the period.
- Trade Card for the Knights of Labor, "Age & Beauty," 1884-1887 -
- 1884-1887
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Trade Card for the Knights of Labor, "Age & Beauty," 1884-1887
- Book Used by the Wright Family, "Half-Hours with the Best Authors," Volume I, circa 1848 - Bishop Milton Wright maintained an extensive library in his Dayton, Ohio, home. His books ranged from scientific works like Charles Darwin's <EM>On the Origin of Species</EM>, to poems by Virgil, to novels by Mark Twain. Wright's sons, Wilbur and Orville, used the bishop's books on physics and ornithology to start their research on the problem of human flight.
- circa 1848
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Book Used by the Wright Family, "Half-Hours with the Best Authors," Volume I, circa 1848
Bishop Milton Wright maintained an extensive library in his Dayton, Ohio, home. His books ranged from scientific works like Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species, to poems by Virgil, to novels by Mark Twain. Wright's sons, Wilbur and Orville, used the bishop's books on physics and ornithology to start their research on the problem of human flight.
- Trade Card for the Labor Organization Knights of Labor, 1883-1887 - 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.
- 1883-1887
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Trade Card for the Labor Organization Knights of Labor, 1883-1887
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.
- Music Sheet, "On the Old Assembly Line," 1942 -
- 1942
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Music Sheet, "On the Old Assembly Line," 1942
- Trade Card for the Knights of Labor, "Science & Art," 1884-1887 -
- 1884-1887
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Trade Card for the Knights of Labor, "Science & Art," 1884-1887
- Trade Card for Merrick's Spool Cotton, Merrick Thread Co., 1893-1898 - 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 Merrick's Spool Cotton by Merrick Thread Company.
- 1893-1898
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Trade Card for Merrick's Spool Cotton, Merrick Thread Co., 1893-1898
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 Merrick's Spool Cotton by Merrick Thread Company.
- "A Date with a Dish: A Cook Book of American Negro Recipes," 1948 - Freda DeKnight, a longtime food columnist for <EM>Ebony</EM> magazine, put together this cookbook. It included not only standard southern dishes, but a wide variety of recipes from African Americans all over America.
- 1948
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"A Date with a Dish: A Cook Book of American Negro Recipes," 1948
Freda DeKnight, a longtime food columnist for Ebony magazine, put together this cookbook. It included not only standard southern dishes, but a wide variety of recipes from African Americans all over America.
- The Works of William Shakspere [sic], 1868 -
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- 1868
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The Works of William Shakspere [sic], 1868
- Trade Card for the Knights of Labor, "Our Daily Bread," 1884-1887 -
- 1884-1887
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Trade Card for the Knights of Labor, "Our Daily Bread," 1884-1887