The Master Silk Printer of April 1923, a trade publication in the Cooper-Hewitt Museum Library collection, joined in the “Egyptomania” phenomenon and featured a new line of printed fabrics inspired by more »
Category: Trade Literature
An image from a 1901 seed catalog back cover, featuring some Bronze Turkeys with "1/4 wild blood." These images are also part of the Libraries online exhibition, Seed Catalogs. Happy Thanksgiving more »
In a previous post, we featured candy recipes from the 1907 Ice Cream and Candy Makers’ Factory Guide. As you can tell from the title, the guide also has an more »
In this 1892 catalog from the Libraries' trade literature collection, located in the National Museum of American History Library, Sylph Cycles, a product of the Rouse-Duryea Cycle Co., promotes their more »
We checked for candy related catalogs in the Trade Literature Collection at the National Museum of American History Library and found the Ice Cream and Candy Makers’ Factory Guide. It’s more »
Acorn clock, about 1849; by the Forestville Manufacturing Co., Bristol, Connecticut. Gift of Albert Adsit Clemons, through George H. Paltridge A special Libraries' thank you to National Museum of American more »
Ever wonder how candy was made in the nineteenth century? An 1874 catalog from Thomas Mills & Brother entitled Descriptive and Illustrated Catalogue of Goods advertises a machine which made more »