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• 29 September 1890-03 October 1890
• Collections - Artifact

Advertising Poster for the "Fortieth Hillsdale Fair," HIllsdale, Michigan, 1890

• 1911
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Advertising Poster for the 1911 Ford Model T Sold by Ford Dealer Henri Depasse, Paris and Neuilly, France, 1910-1911

Ford Motor Company opened its first international sales branch, in Paris, France, in 1908. The Paris office became the heart of Ford's marketing efforts throughout the European continent. The company established a French subsidiary, Ford France, in 1916. This French-language poster advertised Henri Depasse's dealerships in Paris and Neuilly. Depasse opened his first Ford dealership in 1908.

• January 01, 1865
• Collections - Artifact

"Capture of Fort Fisher, January 15, 1865"

• 1857
• Collections - Artifact

Chromolithograph, "The Great Eastern on the Stocks as Seen From the River," 1857

The SS Great Eastern is shown under construction in this print. It was the largest passenger ship ever built at the time of its launch in 1858. In 1866, the Great Eastern was converted to lay the second--and first successful--transatlantic cable. During its career, this ship laid multiple submarine communication cables totaling over 32,000 miles.

• circa 1880
• Collections - Artifact

"Portable and Agricultural Engines a Specialty Since 1852," circa 1880

• 1904-1906
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Poster, Edison Kinetoscope Motion Picture, "Pastime Moving Picture Show," 1904-1906

This early movie poster was probably used by traveling exhibitors or at amusement parks to advertise short motion pictures viewed on the Edison Projecting Kinetoscope in small movie houses throughout the United States. The number of exhibitors proliferated in this period creating the need for generic types of posters to advertise a wide variety of short motion pictures.

• circa 1928
• Collections - Artifact

Advertising Poster Featuring the Master Magician Thurston, "All Out of a Hat" circa 1928

• 1909
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Racing Poster, "Coupe Gordon Bennett 1909, Curtiss le Gagnant"

James Gordon Bennett, Jr., owner and publisher of the New York Herald, sponsored a series of aviation contests from 1909 to 1920. The Gordon Bennett Aviation Trophy went to the pilot who covered a set distance in the fastest time. American pilot Glenn Curtiss won the inaugural prize in 1909. Bennett sponsored similar competitions for gas balloons and automobiles.

• circa 1845
• Collections - Artifact

Chromolithograph, "Venetian Gondola," circa 1845

• circa 1875
• Collections - Artifact

Lithograph, "Buckeye Mower & Reaper," circa 1875