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- Hallmark "The Swat Team" Christmas Ornament, 1993 - 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.
- 1993
- Collections - Artifact
Hallmark "The Swat Team" Christmas Ornament, 1993
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.
- Swift, 1800-1900 -
- 1800-1900
- Collections - Artifact
Swift, 1800-1900
- Clock Reel, 1800-1900 - A clock reel is a device used to wind spun yarn into measured skeins. The mechanism is similar to a mechanical clock. The dial's hand is attached to gears that count off the number of times the reel revolves. The dial kept track automatically, making it easy to know how many yards had been spun--without having to keep track in one's head.
- 1800-1900
- Collections - Artifact
Clock Reel, 1800-1900
A clock reel is a device used to wind spun yarn into measured skeins. The mechanism is similar to a mechanical clock. The dial's hand is attached to gears that count off the number of times the reel revolves. The dial kept track automatically, making it easy to know how many yards had been spun--without having to keep track in one's head.
- Swift, 1800-1900 -
- 1800-1900
- Collections - Artifact
Swift, 1800-1900
- Model of a Clock Reel, circa 1900 -
- circa 1900
- Collections - Artifact
Model of a Clock Reel, circa 1900
- Wonoco Yarns Company Sample Book, circa 1950 -
- circa 1950
- Collections - Artifact
Wonoco Yarns Company Sample Book, circa 1950
- Niddy-Noddy, circa 1800 - A niddy noddy is a tool used to measure spun yarn. Wrapping the yarn completely around the niddy noddy one time equaled two yards. It took 560 yards of yarn to make a skein. A woman might spin four to six skeins a day. Winding the yarn into skeins on a niddy noddy told her just how much she had.
- circa 1800
- Collections - Artifact
Niddy-Noddy, circa 1800
A niddy noddy is a tool used to measure spun yarn. Wrapping the yarn completely around the niddy noddy one time equaled two yards. It took 560 yards of yarn to make a skein. A woman might spin four to six skeins a day. Winding the yarn into skeins on a niddy noddy told her just how much she had.
- Trade Card for Florence Knitting Silk and Corticelli Silk Thread, Nonotuck Silk Co., 1880-1900 - 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.
- 1880-1900
- Collections - Artifact
Trade Card for Florence Knitting Silk and Corticelli Silk Thread, Nonotuck Silk Co., 1880-1900
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.
- Niddy-Noddy, circa 1850 - A niddy noddy is a tool used to measure spun yarn. Wrapping the yarn completely around the niddy noddy one time equaled two yards. It took 560 yards of yarn to make a skein. A woman might spin four to six skeins a day. Winding the yarn into skeins on a niddy noddy told her just how much she had.
- circa 1850
- Collections - Artifact
Niddy-Noddy, circa 1850
A niddy noddy is a tool used to measure spun yarn. Wrapping the yarn completely around the niddy noddy one time equaled two yards. It took 560 yards of yarn to make a skein. A woman might spin four to six skeins a day. Winding the yarn into skeins on a niddy noddy told her just how much she had.
- Clock Reel, Made by Joseph Gregg, 1780-1800 - A clock reel is a device used to wind spun yarn into measured skeins. The mechanism is similar to a mechanical clock. The dial's hand is attached to gears that count off the number of times the reel revolves. The dial kept track automatically, making it easy to know how many yards had been spun--without having to keep track in one's head.
- 1780-1800
- Collections - Artifact
Clock Reel, Made by Joseph Gregg, 1780-1800
A clock reel is a device used to wind spun yarn into measured skeins. The mechanism is similar to a mechanical clock. The dial's hand is attached to gears that count off the number of times the reel revolves. The dial kept track automatically, making it easy to know how many yards had been spun--without having to keep track in one's head.