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- Trade Card for Thoroughbred Poultry, P. E. Twining, 1870-1900 - In the last third of the nineteenth century, an unprecedented variety of consumer goods and services flooded the American market. Advertisers bombarded potential customers with trade cards. Americans enjoyed and saved the often illustrated little advertisements found in product packages or distributed by local merchants. Many survive as historical records of commercialism in the United States.
- 1870-1900
- Collections - Artifact
Trade Card for Thoroughbred Poultry, P. E. Twining, 1870-1900
In the last third of the nineteenth century, an unprecedented variety of consumer goods and services flooded the American market. Advertisers bombarded potential customers with trade cards. Americans enjoyed and saved the often illustrated little advertisements found in product packages or distributed by local merchants. Many survive as historical records of commercialism in the United States.
- Twine Holder -
- Collections - Artifact
Twine Holder
- Deering Twine Binder Trade Card, "The Way the Boys Do It in Minnesota & Dakota," 1881 - Oxen were the main source of power on many farms before the development of portable steam and internal combustion engines. Under yoke, as shown here, they could haul a wide range of heavy objects: logs and boulders; vehicles, like wagons; or agricultural equipment, like plows. Using specially designed treadmills, oxen could also power stationary machinery in barns or farmyards.
- 1881
- Collections - Artifact
Deering Twine Binder Trade Card, "The Way the Boys Do It in Minnesota & Dakota," 1881
Oxen were the main source of power on many farms before the development of portable steam and internal combustion engines. Under yoke, as shown here, they could haul a wide range of heavy objects: logs and boulders; vehicles, like wagons; or agricultural equipment, like plows. Using specially designed treadmills, oxen could also power stationary machinery in barns or farmyards.
- Box of Twinings Lapsang Souchong Tea Bags, 1980-2000 - This food item was one of the many exotic delicacies sold at A. Rensch & Co., a family-owned specialty-import food store that opened in Toledo, Ohio, in 1882. Customers interested in exotic canned and bottled foods, hard-to-find teas and coffees, and all manner of imported meats and cheeses would have frequented a store like this. A. Rensch & Co. also sold gift boxes.
- 1980-2000
- Collections - Artifact
Box of Twinings Lapsang Souchong Tea Bags, 1980-2000
This food item was one of the many exotic delicacies sold at A. Rensch & Co., a family-owned specialty-import food store that opened in Toledo, Ohio, in 1882. Customers interested in exotic canned and bottled foods, hard-to-find teas and coffees, and all manner of imported meats and cheeses would have frequented a store like this. A. Rensch & Co. also sold gift boxes.
- Trade Card for Excelsior Folding Binder & Light Mower, Hoover & Gamble, 1888 - 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.
- 1888
- Collections - Artifact
Trade Card for Excelsior Folding Binder & Light Mower, Hoover & Gamble, 1888
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.
- Wellington Puritan Mills, Inc. Cotton Twine -
- Collections - Artifact
Wellington Puritan Mills, Inc. Cotton Twine
- Twine Binder, circa 1880 -
- circa 1880
- Collections - Artifact
Twine Binder, circa 1880
- Walter A Wood Twine Self Binding Harvester, 1881 -
- 1881
- Collections - Artifact
Walter A Wood Twine Self Binding Harvester, 1881
- William Deering & Co. Wood-Fibre Twine Souvenir Medal from Columbian Exposition, 1893 - More than 25 million visitors attended the World's Columbian Exposition held in Chicago, Illinois, in 1893. The fair celebrated the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's landing in America. Many fairgoers returned home with mementos, such as this souvenir medal from William Deering and Company.
- 1893
- Collections - Artifact
William Deering & Co. Wood-Fibre Twine Souvenir Medal from Columbian Exposition, 1893
More than 25 million visitors attended the World's Columbian Exposition held in Chicago, Illinois, in 1893. The fair celebrated the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's landing in America. Many fairgoers returned home with mementos, such as this souvenir medal from William Deering and Company.