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- Chrysler Corporation Advertisement, "Out of a Test-Tube Came a Billion-Dollar Industry," October 1936 - In this 1936 advertisement, Chrysler Corporation suggested that behind each of its vehicles was "something far more important than the materials from which the car is made." The ad made a comparison to British chemist William Henry Perkin who, in 1856, discovered a synthetic dye. Perkin recognized something special in his dye, just as Chrysler drivers did in their automobiles.
- October 12, 1936
- Collections - Artifact
Chrysler Corporation Advertisement, "Out of a Test-Tube Came a Billion-Dollar Industry," October 1936
In this 1936 advertisement, Chrysler Corporation suggested that behind each of its vehicles was "something far more important than the materials from which the car is made." The ad made a comparison to British chemist William Henry Perkin who, in 1856, discovered a synthetic dye. Perkin recognized something special in his dye, just as Chrysler drivers did in their automobiles.
- Mrs. Stewart's Liquid Bluing Used by Susana Allen Hunter, 1962-1975 -
- 1962-1975
- Collections - Artifact
Mrs. Stewart's Liquid Bluing Used by Susana Allen Hunter, 1962-1975
- Sample Book for Hellwig Silk Dyeing Company, "Indanthrene Colors," 1900-1920 -
- 1900-1920
- Collections - Artifact
Sample Book for Hellwig Silk Dyeing Company, "Indanthrene Colors," 1900-1920
- Trade Card for Cleopatra Fast Black Dye, Louis Hermsdorf, 1870-1900 - 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.
- 1870-1900
- Collections - Artifact
Trade Card for Cleopatra Fast Black Dye, Louis Hermsdorf, 1870-1900
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.
- Wells, Richardson & Company "Leamon's Genuine Aniline Dyes: Black," 1873-1880 -
- 1873-1880
- Collections - Artifact
Wells, Richardson & Company "Leamon's Genuine Aniline Dyes: Black," 1873-1880
- Wells, Richardson & Company "Leamon's Genuine Aniline Dyes: Purple," 1873-1880 -
- 1873-1880
- Collections - Artifact
Wells, Richardson & Company "Leamon's Genuine Aniline Dyes: Purple," 1873-1880
- The Diamond Dye Almanac, Wells, Richardson & Co. Household Guide, 1887 -
- 1887
- Collections - Artifact
The Diamond Dye Almanac, Wells, Richardson & Co. Household Guide, 1887
- Trade Card for Diamond Dyes, Wells, Richardson & Co., 1880-1885 - 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.
- 1880-1885
- Collections - Artifact
Trade Card for Diamond Dyes, Wells, Richardson & Co., 1880-1885
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.
- Putnam Fadeless Dye, Turkey Red, circa 1935 -
- circa 1935
- Collections - Artifact
Putnam Fadeless Dye, Turkey Red, circa 1935
- New York & Boston Dye-Wood Co. Logwood Extract Canister, 1892-1904 -
- 1892-1904
- Collections - Artifact
New York & Boston Dye-Wood Co. Logwood Extract Canister, 1892-1904