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- "The Story of Your Car" Comic Book, 1953 - The American Automobile Association (AAA) distributed copies of this comic book, <em>The Story of Your Car</em>, at its 1953 annual meeting. Twin brothers Francis and Freelan Stanley, builders of steam automobiles, appeared prominently on the cover. The comic's cover also featured several automobile predecessors, including everything from an ox cart to Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot's steam dray of 1769.
- 1953
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"The Story of Your Car" Comic Book, 1953
The American Automobile Association (AAA) distributed copies of this comic book, The Story of Your Car, at its 1953 annual meeting. Twin brothers Francis and Freelan Stanley, builders of steam automobiles, appeared prominently on the cover. The comic's cover also featured several automobile predecessors, including everything from an ox cart to Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot's steam dray of 1769.
- Hallmark "Dr. Seuss Books Series: Yertle the Turtle" Christmas Ornament, 2004 - 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.
- 2004
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Hallmark "Dr. Seuss Books Series: Yertle the Turtle" Christmas Ornament, 2004
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.
- Comic Book, "Hot Rods and Racing Cars," December 1966 - Drive fast. Win the race. Catch the thief. Get the girl. Wannabe hot rodders could live out their racing fantasies by reading this issue of <EM>Hot Rods and Racing Cars</EM>. And no one gets hurt.
- December 01, 1966
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Comic Book, "Hot Rods and Racing Cars," December 1966
Drive fast. Win the race. Catch the thief. Get the girl. Wannabe hot rodders could live out their racing fantasies by reading this issue of Hot Rods and Racing Cars. And no one gets hurt.
- Your Ford V-8 Car Reference Book for 1936 - Automobile owner's manuals are as old as the automobile itself. Early manuals often included step-by-step instructional guides to operating a vehicle. Later manuals focused more on recommended maintenance procedures and service intervals. More recently, automakers have supplemented their printed manuals with digital versions available online or through in-car information and entertainment systems.
- 1936
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Your Ford V-8 Car Reference Book for 1936
Automobile owner's manuals are as old as the automobile itself. Early manuals often included step-by-step instructional guides to operating a vehicle. Later manuals focused more on recommended maintenance procedures and service intervals. More recently, automakers have supplemented their printed manuals with digital versions available online or through in-car information and entertainment systems.
- Book, "Successful Farming's Soils Book," 1959 -
- 1959
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Book, "Successful Farming's Soils Book," 1959
- Children's Book, "My Automobile Book," 1924 - Little Willie and Uncle George visit an automobile show in this 1924 children's book. Willie is excited about all the cars he sees (each with a colorful illustration) and Uncle George explains the different features. And like most little boys (and girls) after visiting an auto show, he falls asleep and dreams of the cars he would have when he grows up.
- 1924
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Children's Book, "My Automobile Book," 1924
Little Willie and Uncle George visit an automobile show in this 1924 children's book. Willie is excited about all the cars he sees (each with a colorful illustration) and Uncle George explains the different features. And like most little boys (and girls) after visiting an auto show, he falls asleep and dreams of the cars he would have when he grows up.
- Book, "Successful Farming's Livestock Book," 1959 - This book is characteristic of the prescriptive journals and magazines long associated with American agriculture. It contains articles related to dairy and beef cattle, swine, poultry, and sheep. It emphasizes new technology and the use of experts, showing how the mainstream agricultural media reinforced the model of maximization of production promoted after WW II.
- 1959
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Book, "Successful Farming's Livestock Book," 1959
This book is characteristic of the prescriptive journals and magazines long associated with American agriculture. It contains articles related to dairy and beef cattle, swine, poultry, and sheep. It emphasizes new technology and the use of experts, showing how the mainstream agricultural media reinforced the model of maximization of production promoted after WW II.
- Trade Card for Books & Stationery, Thomas Seddon, circa 1785 - 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 1610
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Trade Card for Books & Stationery, Thomas Seddon, circa 1785
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.
- Book, "The Ford Book of Styling," 1963 - Wealthy buyers who could afford custom bodywork always had elegant cars, but General Motors brought style to the masses when it established its styling department in 1927. By the 1950s, the stylist was king as American automakers outdid each other with increasingly flashy designs. This book highlights significant Ford design achievements, including the 1962 Mustang I Experimental Sports Car.
- 1963
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Book, "The Ford Book of Styling," 1963
Wealthy buyers who could afford custom bodywork always had elegant cars, but General Motors brought style to the masses when it established its styling department in 1927. By the 1950s, the stylist was king as American automakers outdid each other with increasingly flashy designs. This book highlights significant Ford design achievements, including the 1962 Mustang I Experimental Sports Car.
- Toy Book, "The Speaking Picture Book," circa 1885 - <em>The Speaking Picture Book</em> encouraged young children to enjoy reading. Parents would read about a lamb, donkey, cow, goat, and other animals, then pull the corresponding ivory-buttoned cord that activated handmade paper bellows. Baas, brays, moos, or bleats--sounds heard around a farmyard--resonated from the book. This noisy book entertained as well as educated children and made reading fun.
- circa 1885
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Toy Book, "The Speaking Picture Book," circa 1885
The Speaking Picture Book encouraged young children to enjoy reading. Parents would read about a lamb, donkey, cow, goat, and other animals, then pull the corresponding ivory-buttoned cord that activated handmade paper bellows. Baas, brays, moos, or bleats--sounds heard around a farmyard--resonated from the book. This noisy book entertained as well as educated children and made reading fun.