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- Employee Working at Heinz Glass Factory, Sharpsburg, Pennsylvania, 1885-1910 - Before complete mechanization of the manufacturing process, many tasks at the Heinz factory were done by hand. The H.J. Heinz Company made their own boxes, glassware, cans, advertisements, and labels, allowing most production to be completed in-house. This photograph features a worker at the Heinz Glass Factory.
- 1885-1910
- Collections - Artifact
Employee Working at Heinz Glass Factory, Sharpsburg, Pennsylvania, 1885-1910
Before complete mechanization of the manufacturing process, many tasks at the Heinz factory were done by hand. The H.J. Heinz Company made their own boxes, glassware, cans, advertisements, and labels, allowing most production to be completed in-house. This photograph features a worker at the Heinz Glass Factory.
- Miniature Kiln, Displayed at the New York World's Fair, 1939 - Henry Ford firmly believed in the "practical educational value" of World's Fair exhibits. During the 1939-40 New York World's Fair, he highlighted the work of students attending his experimental schools. In the Ford building, boys from Ford's Edison Institute Schools operated quarter-size replicas based on machines from Thomas Edison's Menlo Park. Miniature equipment and displays completed the scene.
- 1939
- Collections - Artifact
Miniature Kiln, Displayed at the New York World's Fair, 1939
Henry Ford firmly believed in the "practical educational value" of World's Fair exhibits. During the 1939-40 New York World's Fair, he highlighted the work of students attending his experimental schools. In the Ford building, boys from Ford's Edison Institute Schools operated quarter-size replicas based on machines from Thomas Edison's Menlo Park. Miniature equipment and displays completed the scene.
- Moore Dry Kiln Company Fire Prevention Sign, 1936-1969 -
- 1936-1969
- Collections - Artifact
Moore Dry Kiln Company Fire Prevention Sign, 1936-1969
- Moore Dry Kilns Sign, 1936-1969 -
- 1936-1969
- Collections - Artifact
Moore Dry Kilns Sign, 1936-1969
- Workers Putting Hops in a Drying Kiln, Oregon, 1923-1924 -
- 1923-1924
- Collections - Artifact
Workers Putting Hops in a Drying Kiln, Oregon, 1923-1924
- H.J. Caulkins & Company Catalog, "Revelation Kilns," 1913-1937 - Horace J. Caulkins' Detroit-based company began producing the Revelation line of china kilns in the 1890s, when a china painting craze swept the nation. Caulkins partnered with china painter Mary Chase Perry to help promote Revelation kilns, and the pair founded Detroit's renowned Pewabic Pottery in 1903. The pottery sold Revelation kilns and replacement parts well into the 20th century.
- 1913-1937
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H.J. Caulkins & Company Catalog, "Revelation Kilns," 1913-1937
Horace J. Caulkins' Detroit-based company began producing the Revelation line of china kilns in the 1890s, when a china painting craze swept the nation. Caulkins partnered with china painter Mary Chase Perry to help promote Revelation kilns, and the pair founded Detroit's renowned Pewabic Pottery in 1903. The pottery sold Revelation kilns and replacement parts well into the 20th century.