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- Lord and Lady Kelvin Visiting General Electric Company, Schenectady, New York, September 23, 1897 -
- September 23, 1897
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Lord and Lady Kelvin Visiting General Electric Company, Schenectady, New York, September 23, 1897
- Julius Rosenwald Boards a Carriage in Greenfield Village, October 21, 1929 - On October 21, 1929, Henry Ford hosted a celebration in Dearborn, Michigan, to honor his friend Thomas A. Edison. Known as Light's Golden Jubilee, the event commemorated the 50th anniversary of Edison's invention of a practical incandescent lamp. Among the invited guests was Julius Rosenwald, chairman and part owner of Sears. This image shows Rosenwald boarding a carriage for a tour of Greenfield Village.
- October 21, 1929
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Julius Rosenwald Boards a Carriage in Greenfield Village, October 21, 1929
On October 21, 1929, Henry Ford hosted a celebration in Dearborn, Michigan, to honor his friend Thomas A. Edison. Known as Light's Golden Jubilee, the event commemorated the 50th anniversary of Edison's invention of a practical incandescent lamp. Among the invited guests was Julius Rosenwald, chairman and part owner of Sears. This image shows Rosenwald boarding a carriage for a tour of Greenfield Village.
- Andrew Carnegie Bookplate, circa 1915 - Bookplates show ownership, but they can also tell us more. Often pasted on the inside of a book's front cover or endpaper, these printed labels contain the owner's name and sometimes the words "ex-libris" (Latin for "from the library of"). Coats of arms, crests, other decorative images, poems, mottoes, and even font type provide insight into the beliefs, passions, and interests of the book's owner.
- circa 1915
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Andrew Carnegie Bookplate, circa 1915
Bookplates show ownership, but they can also tell us more. Often pasted on the inside of a book's front cover or endpaper, these printed labels contain the owner's name and sometimes the words "ex-libris" (Latin for "from the library of"). Coats of arms, crests, other decorative images, poems, mottoes, and even font type provide insight into the beliefs, passions, and interests of the book's owner.
- Julius Rosenwald and Adolph Ochs at Eagle Tavern, October 21, 1929 - On October 21, 1929, Henry Ford hosted a celebration in Dearborn, Michigan, to honor his friend Thomas A. Edison. Known as Light's Golden Jubilee, the event commemorated the 50th anniversary of Edison's invention of a practical incandescent lamp. Among the invited guests were Julius Rosenwald, chairman and part owner of Sears, and Adolph Ochs, newspaper publisher and owner of the <em>New York Times</em>.
- October 21, 1929
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Julius Rosenwald and Adolph Ochs at Eagle Tavern, October 21, 1929
On October 21, 1929, Henry Ford hosted a celebration in Dearborn, Michigan, to honor his friend Thomas A. Edison. Known as Light's Golden Jubilee, the event commemorated the 50th anniversary of Edison's invention of a practical incandescent lamp. Among the invited guests were Julius Rosenwald, chairman and part owner of Sears, and Adolph Ochs, newspaper publisher and owner of the New York Times.
- Portrait of Peter Cooper, circa 1880 - Professional photographers began producing cabinet cards in 1867. Consumers quickly preferred them over earlier cartes-de-visite, which were mounted on smaller cardboard stock. Through the early 1900s, Americans commonly exchanged and collected cabinet photographs of family, friends and celebrities. This example, made in Boston, Massachusetts, around 1880, depicts American industrialist, inventor, and philanthropist Peter Cooper.
- circa 1880
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Portrait of Peter Cooper, circa 1880
Professional photographers began producing cabinet cards in 1867. Consumers quickly preferred them over earlier cartes-de-visite, which were mounted on smaller cardboard stock. Through the early 1900s, Americans commonly exchanged and collected cabinet photographs of family, friends and celebrities. This example, made in Boston, Massachusetts, around 1880, depicts American industrialist, inventor, and philanthropist Peter Cooper.