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- AAA Souvenir Toy Suitcase, 1955-1975 -
- 1955-1975
- Collections - Artifact
AAA Souvenir Toy Suitcase, 1955-1975
- Presentation Box with Scroll Given to Henry Ford by FordIndia Auto Dealers, July 30, 1938 - Henry Ford's corporate family was generous when it came to acknowledging their leader's enterprising and innovative strides forward. Within this elaborately rendered silver casket is a scroll signed by representatives of Fordindia marking the occasion of Henry Ford's 75th birthday. The inscription reveals the esteem and high regard which was felt by Ford employees towards their employer.
- 1938
- Collections - Artifact
Presentation Box with Scroll Given to Henry Ford by FordIndia Auto Dealers, July 30, 1938
Henry Ford's corporate family was generous when it came to acknowledging their leader's enterprising and innovative strides forward. Within this elaborately rendered silver casket is a scroll signed by representatives of Fordindia marking the occasion of Henry Ford's 75th birthday. The inscription reveals the esteem and high regard which was felt by Ford employees towards their employer.
- Circus Poster, Barnum and Bailey Circus Presents: "Oriental India," 1896 - In the late nineteenth century, printers developed a lithograph method that produced brightly colored posters. In advance of a circus coming to town, general agents glued these eye-catching generic posters to building walls, fences, and in window displays. To announce when and where the performances would happen, local printers sometimes provided letterpress paper date strips to paste onto the posters' lower margin.
- 1896
- Collections - Artifact
Circus Poster, Barnum and Bailey Circus Presents: "Oriental India," 1896
In the late nineteenth century, printers developed a lithograph method that produced brightly colored posters. In advance of a circus coming to town, general agents glued these eye-catching generic posters to building walls, fences, and in window displays. To announce when and where the performances would happen, local printers sometimes provided letterpress paper date strips to paste onto the posters' lower margin.
- Trade Card for C.I. Hood & Co. with Hood's Photos of the World, "Bride and Bridegroom, Polki, India," 1890-1910 - In the late 19th century, trade cards were a major means of advertising goods and services. Patent medicine producer, C.I. Hood & Co., had its own advertising department, creating cookbooks, calendars, and, most abundantly, trade cards. The trade card series, "Hood's Photos of the World," became popular among consumers, as it offered views of far-away places, providing a window to the broader world.
- 1890-1910
- Collections - Artifact
Trade Card for C.I. Hood & Co. with Hood's Photos of the World, "Bride and Bridegroom, Polki, India," 1890-1910
In the late 19th century, trade cards were a major means of advertising goods and services. Patent medicine producer, C.I. Hood & Co., had its own advertising department, creating cookbooks, calendars, and, most abundantly, trade cards. The trade card series, "Hood's Photos of the World," became popular among consumers, as it offered views of far-away places, providing a window to the broader world.
- Trade Card for C.I. Hood & Co. with Hood's Photos of the World, "Valley of Cashmere, India," 1890-1910 - In the late 19th century, trade cards were a major means of advertising goods and services. Patent medicine producer, C.I. Hood & Co., had its own advertising department, creating cookbooks, calendars, and, most abundantly, trade cards. The trade card series, "Hood's Photos of the World," became popular among consumers, as it offered views of far-away places, providing a window to the broader world.
- 1890-1910
- Collections - Artifact
Trade Card for C.I. Hood & Co. with Hood's Photos of the World, "Valley of Cashmere, India," 1890-1910
In the late 19th century, trade cards were a major means of advertising goods and services. Patent medicine producer, C.I. Hood & Co., had its own advertising department, creating cookbooks, calendars, and, most abundantly, trade cards. The trade card series, "Hood's Photos of the World," became popular among consumers, as it offered views of far-away places, providing a window to the broader world.
- Trade Card for C.I. Hood & Co. with Hood's Photos of the World, "Maharaja's Official Residence at Rewah, India," 1890-1910 - In the late 19th century, trade cards were a major means of advertising goods and services. Patent medicine producer, C.I. Hood & Co., had its own advertising department, creating cookbooks, calendars, and, most abundantly, trade cards. The trade card series, "Hood's Photos of the World," became popular among consumers, as it offered views of far-away places, providing a window to the broader world.
- 1890-1910
- Collections - Artifact
Trade Card for C.I. Hood & Co. with Hood's Photos of the World, "Maharaja's Official Residence at Rewah, India," 1890-1910
In the late 19th century, trade cards were a major means of advertising goods and services. Patent medicine producer, C.I. Hood & Co., had its own advertising department, creating cookbooks, calendars, and, most abundantly, trade cards. The trade card series, "Hood's Photos of the World," became popular among consumers, as it offered views of far-away places, providing a window to the broader world.
- Oxcart Passing Ford Automobiles Dealership, India, 1920 - Ford sold the Model T throughout the world. This photograph from 1920 was taken in front of a dealership in India.
- 1920
- Collections - Artifact
Oxcart Passing Ford Automobiles Dealership, India, 1920
Ford sold the Model T throughout the world. This photograph from 1920 was taken in front of a dealership in India.
- "The 1950 Lincoln Presidential Limousine in India" Clip from Interview with Clint Hill, 2013 - Clint Hill was sworn in as a Special Agent with the United States Secret Service in 1958. Over the course of his 17-year career, Hill served Presidents Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard M. Nixon, and Gerald R. Ford. Hill retired as Assistant Director of the Secret Service, responsible for all protective forces, in 1975.
- November 19, 2013
- Collections - Artifact
"The 1950 Lincoln Presidential Limousine in India" Clip from Interview with Clint Hill, 2013
Clint Hill was sworn in as a Special Agent with the United States Secret Service in 1958. Over the course of his 17-year career, Hill served Presidents Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard M. Nixon, and Gerald R. Ford. Hill retired as Assistant Director of the Secret Service, responsible for all protective forces, in 1975.
- Trade Card for Ariosa Coffee, Arbuckle Bros., "India," 1893 - Grocers sold coffee in bulk when John and Charles Arbuckle came up with an innovative process for individually packaging different grades of coffee. Their popular Ariosa coffee beans were glazed with a sugar and egg coating supposedly to improve quality and flavor. This trade card, from the Chicago Columbian Exposition, was in a series depicting different nations' sports and pastimes.
- 1893
- Collections - Artifact
Trade Card for Ariosa Coffee, Arbuckle Bros., "India," 1893
Grocers sold coffee in bulk when John and Charles Arbuckle came up with an innovative process for individually packaging different grades of coffee. Their popular Ariosa coffee beans were glazed with a sugar and egg coating supposedly to improve quality and flavor. This trade card, from the Chicago Columbian Exposition, was in a series depicting different nations' sports and pastimes.
- Wool Comb, circa 1800 -
- circa 1800
- Collections - Artifact
Wool Comb, circa 1800