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- Hallmark "The Merry Bakers: Snicker & Doodle" 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 "The Merry Bakers: Snicker & Doodle" 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.
- Promotional Sunglasses, Made for President Gerald Ford's Re-election Campaign, 1976 -
- 1976
- Collections - Artifact
Promotional Sunglasses, Made for President Gerald Ford's Re-election Campaign, 1976
- Eyeglass Case, 1880-1920 -
- 1880-1920
- Collections - Artifact
Eyeglass Case, 1880-1920
- "Private Secretary" Tammy Doll Outfit, 1964-1966 -
- 1964-1966
- Collections - Artifact
"Private Secretary" Tammy Doll Outfit, 1964-1966
- Trade Card for J. F. Stein, Optician, "Paris," circa 1890 - 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.
- circa 1890
- Collections - Artifact
Trade Card for J. F. Stein, Optician, "Paris," circa 1890
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.
- Eyeglasses Chain Used by Richie Jean Jackson, Selma, Alabama - In 2023, The Henry Ford acquired the Selma, Alabama, home of Dr. Sullivan and Richie Jean Sherrod Jackson, where Dr. Martin Luther King and Civil Rights leaders planned the 1965 Selma-to-Montgomery Voting Rights marches. The Jackson Home opened in Greenfield Village in 2026. The home and its contents not only document the voting rights struggle but also shed light on 20th-century Black American middle-class life.
- Collections - Artifact
Eyeglasses Chain Used by Richie Jean Jackson, Selma, Alabama
In 2023, The Henry Ford acquired the Selma, Alabama, home of Dr. Sullivan and Richie Jean Sherrod Jackson, where Dr. Martin Luther King and Civil Rights leaders planned the 1965 Selma-to-Montgomery Voting Rights marches. The Jackson Home opened in Greenfield Village in 2026. The home and its contents not only document the voting rights struggle but also shed light on 20th-century Black American middle-class life.
- Spectacles -
- Collections - Artifact
Spectacles
- Compco Company's "Triad" 3D Slide Projector, circa 1955 -
- circa 1955
- Collections - Artifact
Compco Company's "Triad" 3D Slide Projector, circa 1955
- "Travel Along" Tammy Doll Outfit, 1964-1966 -
- 1964-1966
- Collections - Artifact
"Travel Along" Tammy Doll Outfit, 1964-1966
- "2000" Eyeglasses, circa 1999 - Big glasses touting the new year have become a popular fashion item at New Year's Eve parties. On December 31, 1999, Kim Smith handed out party-favors, like this one, to family and guests--helping partygoers welcome in the new millennium.
- circa 1999
- Collections - Artifact
"2000" Eyeglasses, circa 1999
Big glasses touting the new year have become a popular fashion item at New Year's Eve parties. On December 31, 1999, Kim Smith handed out party-favors, like this one, to family and guests--helping partygoers welcome in the new millennium.