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- Hallmark "I Love My Dog Photo Holder" Christmas Ornament, 2001 - 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.
- 2001
- Collections - Artifact
Hallmark "I Love My Dog Photo Holder" Christmas Ornament, 2001
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.
- Bremner Brothers Butter Wafer Can, 1934-1960 - This food item was one of the many exotic delicacies sold at A. Rensch & Co., a family-owned specialty-import food store that opened in Toledo, Ohio, in 1882. Customers interested in exotic canned and bottled foods, hard-to-find teas and coffees, and all manner of imported meats and cheeses would have frequented a store like this. A. Rensch & Co. also sold gift boxes.
- 1934-1960
- Collections - Artifact
Bremner Brothers Butter Wafer Can, 1934-1960
This food item was one of the many exotic delicacies sold at A. Rensch & Co., a family-owned specialty-import food store that opened in Toledo, Ohio, in 1882. Customers interested in exotic canned and bottled foods, hard-to-find teas and coffees, and all manner of imported meats and cheeses would have frequented a store like this. A. Rensch & Co. also sold gift boxes.
- Trade Card for Sugar Wafer Cookies, National Biscuit Company, 1902 - 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.
- 1902
- Collections - Artifact
Trade Card for Sugar Wafer Cookies, National Biscuit Company, 1902
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.
- Biscuit Cutter, 1950-1980 -
- 1950-1980
- Collections - Artifact
Biscuit Cutter, 1950-1980
- Juanita Richardson Sherrod's Biscuit Recipe -
- Collections - Artifact
Juanita Richardson Sherrod's Biscuit Recipe
- Biscuit Cutter Used by the Jackson Family, Selma, Alabama -
- 1930-1949
- Collections - Artifact
Biscuit Cutter Used by the Jackson Family, Selma, Alabama
- Hallmark "Special Dog Photo Holder" Christmas Ornament, 1999 - 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.
- 1999
- Collections - Artifact
Hallmark "Special Dog Photo Holder" Christmas Ornament, 1999
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.
- Biscuit Cutter Used by the Jackson Family, Selma, Alabama - In 2023, The Henry Ford acquired the Selma, Alabama, home of Dr. Sullivan and Richie Jean Sherrod Jackson, where Dr. Martin Luther King and Civil Rights leaders planned the 1965 Selma-to-Montgomery Voting Rights marches. The Jackson Home opened in Greenfield Village in 2026. The home and its contents not only document the voting rights struggle but also shed light on 20th-century Black American middle-class life.
- 1945-1960
- Collections - Artifact
Biscuit Cutter Used by the Jackson Family, Selma, Alabama
In 2023, The Henry Ford acquired the Selma, Alabama, home of Dr. Sullivan and Richie Jean Sherrod Jackson, where Dr. Martin Luther King and Civil Rights leaders planned the 1965 Selma-to-Montgomery Voting Rights marches. The Jackson Home opened in Greenfield Village in 2026. The home and its contents not only document the voting rights struggle but also shed light on 20th-century Black American middle-class life.
- Recipe Booklet, "Armour and Company, Meat Selection, Preparation, and 100 Ways to Serve It," 1934 -
- 1934
- Collections - Artifact
Recipe Booklet, "Armour and Company, Meat Selection, Preparation, and 100 Ways to Serve It," 1934
- Trade Card for Uneeda Biscuit Crackers, National Biscuit Co., circa 1930 -
- circa 1930
- Collections - Artifact
Trade Card for Uneeda Biscuit Crackers, National Biscuit Co., circa 1930