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- Eastman Kodak Co. Studio Scale, 1903-1914 -
- 1903-1914
- Collections - Artifact
Eastman Kodak Co. Studio Scale, 1903-1914
- Dairymens Supply Co. Spring Balance, 1912-1921 -
- 1912-1921
- Collections - Artifact
Dairymens Supply Co. Spring Balance, 1912-1921
- Employees Weighing Cans of Beans, H. J. Heinz Company Main Plant, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, circa 1920 - Before complete mechanization of the manufacturing process, many tasks at the Heinz factory were done by hand. The H. J. Heinz Company documented the many departments of the manufacturing process through photographs. This photograph shows employees filling and weighing cans of beans to ensure accuracy and consistency.
- circa 1920
- Collections - Artifact
Employees Weighing Cans of Beans, H. J. Heinz Company Main Plant, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, circa 1920
Before complete mechanization of the manufacturing process, many tasks at the Heinz factory were done by hand. The H. J. Heinz Company documented the many departments of the manufacturing process through photographs. This photograph shows employees filling and weighing cans of beans to ensure accuracy and consistency.
- Kelvin, Bottomley & Baird Electric Balance, 1913-1920 -
- 1913-1920
- Collections - Artifact
Kelvin, Bottomley & Baird Electric Balance, 1913-1920
- Siemens & Halske Electric Balance, circa 1875 -
- circa 1875
- Collections - Artifact
Siemens & Halske Electric Balance, circa 1875
- Trade Card for Sample Room & Billiard Hall, T. A. Rowley, circa 1919 - 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.
- circa 1919
- Collections - Artifact
Trade Card for Sample Room & Billiard Hall, T. A. Rowley, circa 1919
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.
- Trader Buying Rubber, Fordlandia, Brazil, 1931 - Henry Ford established Fordlandia and Belterra in the Brazilian rainforest to supply rubber for automobile production. He began shipping machinery and supplies to the Amazon in 1928. Ford paid the indigenous workers good wages and supplied various amenities -- he also imposed foreign work traditions and behavioral restrictions which the workers resented. The plantations failed and Ford Motor Company disposed of the project in 1945.
- August 15, 1931
- Collections - Artifact
Trader Buying Rubber, Fordlandia, Brazil, 1931
Henry Ford established Fordlandia and Belterra in the Brazilian rainforest to supply rubber for automobile production. He began shipping machinery and supplies to the Amazon in 1928. Ford paid the indigenous workers good wages and supplied various amenities -- he also imposed foreign work traditions and behavioral restrictions which the workers resented. The plantations failed and Ford Motor Company disposed of the project in 1945.