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- Bathers on the Dock at The Old Club, St. Clair Flats, Michigan, circa 1916 - From 1895 to 1924, the Detroit Publishing Company was one of the major image publishers in the world. The company's wide-ranging stock of original photographs documented life and landscapes from across the nation and around the globe. From the tens of thousands of negatives, the company created prints, postcards, lantern slides, panoramas, and other merchandise for sale to educators, businessmen, advertisers, homeowners and travelers.
- circa 1916
- Collections - Artifact
Bathers on the Dock at The Old Club, St. Clair Flats, Michigan, circa 1916
From 1895 to 1924, the Detroit Publishing Company was one of the major image publishers in the world. The company's wide-ranging stock of original photographs documented life and landscapes from across the nation and around the globe. From the tens of thousands of negatives, the company created prints, postcards, lantern slides, panoramas, and other merchandise for sale to educators, businessmen, advertisers, homeowners and travelers.
- Hallmark "A Holiday for Two" Christmas Ornament, 2006 - 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.
- 2006
- Collections - Artifact
Hallmark "A Holiday for Two" Christmas Ornament, 2006
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.
- "At Atlantic City," 1906 -
- circa 1902
- Collections - Artifact
"At Atlantic City," 1906
- Circus Performer Dolly Adams, "The Water Queen," circa 1880 - Circus performer Dolly Adams, nicknamed "The Water Queen," posed in her bathing suit for this carte-de-visite around 1880. The carte-de-visite was a small photographic print on cardboard stock made by professional photographers. People exchanged and collected cartes-de-visite, popular in the United States from the Civil War in the 1860s through the 1880s, to help them remember family and celebrities.
- circa 1880
- Collections - Artifact
Circus Performer Dolly Adams, "The Water Queen," circa 1880
Circus performer Dolly Adams, nicknamed "The Water Queen," posed in her bathing suit for this carte-de-visite around 1880. The carte-de-visite was a small photographic print on cardboard stock made by professional photographers. People exchanged and collected cartes-de-visite, popular in the United States from the Civil War in the 1860s through the 1880s, to help them remember family and celebrities.
- Edward "Buster" Pussler, Malcolm Morris, Rosalie Pussler, Earl Stone, Wilhelmina Morris, Rose Stone, Helen Morris, and Mary Ruth Stone Woodburn, St. Mary's County, Maryland, 1934 -
- 1934
- Collections - Artifact
Edward "Buster" Pussler, Malcolm Morris, Rosalie Pussler, Earl Stone, Wilhelmina Morris, Rose Stone, Helen Morris, and Mary Ruth Stone Woodburn, St. Mary's County, Maryland, 1934
- "Beach Party" Tammy Doll Outfit, 1964-1966 -
- 1964-1966
- Collections - Artifact
"Beach Party" Tammy Doll Outfit, 1964-1966
- Poster, Edison Kinetoscope Motion Picture, "Pastime Moving Picture Show," 1904-1906 - This early movie poster was probably used by traveling exhibitors or at amusement parks to advertise short motion pictures viewed on the Edison Projecting Kinetoscope in small movie houses throughout the United States. The number of exhibitors proliferated in this period creating the need for generic types of posters to advertise a wide variety of short motion pictures.
- 1904-1906
- Collections - Artifact
Poster, Edison Kinetoscope Motion Picture, "Pastime Moving Picture Show," 1904-1906
This early movie poster was probably used by traveling exhibitors or at amusement parks to advertise short motion pictures viewed on the Edison Projecting Kinetoscope in small movie houses throughout the United States. The number of exhibitors proliferated in this period creating the need for generic types of posters to advertise a wide variety of short motion pictures.
- "At Atlantic City," 1906 -
- circa 1902
- Collections - Artifact
"At Atlantic City," 1906
- Amelia Earhart and Dorothy Binney Putnam at Manursing Beach, Rye, New York, 1928 - Amelia Earhart's successful flight across the Atlantic Ocean in 1928 brought instant fame. Her publicist (and eventual husband) George Putnam worked with Earhart to nurture that fame. Payments Earhart received for speeches and product endorsements helped fund further aviation endeavors. Her 1937 disappearance only added to Earhart's mystique. Arguably, she remains America's best-known female pilot even today.
- 1928
- Collections - Artifact
Amelia Earhart and Dorothy Binney Putnam at Manursing Beach, Rye, New York, 1928
Amelia Earhart's successful flight across the Atlantic Ocean in 1928 brought instant fame. Her publicist (and eventual husband) George Putnam worked with Earhart to nurture that fame. Payments Earhart received for speeches and product endorsements helped fund further aviation endeavors. Her 1937 disappearance only added to Earhart's mystique. Arguably, she remains America's best-known female pilot even today.
- Bath House, Belle Isle, Detroit, Michigan - Belle Isle is the largest municipal island park in the United States. Fredrick Law Olmsted, the father of landscape architecture, designed portions of the park. The City of Detroit opened Belle Isle to the public in 1880; over 260,000 people visited the park in the summer of 1882, proving its immediate popularity. It has remained among Michigan's most visited parks.
- 1910-1920
- Collections - Artifact
Bath House, Belle Isle, Detroit, Michigan
Belle Isle is the largest municipal island park in the United States. Fredrick Law Olmsted, the father of landscape architecture, designed portions of the park. The City of Detroit opened Belle Isle to the public in 1880; over 260,000 people visited the park in the summer of 1882, proving its immediate popularity. It has remained among Michigan's most visited parks.