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Ad, Magazine - 2006.001
Color printed ad for Dow Chemical Company. Image depicts a woman and her baby next to a christmas tree.
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Ad, Magazine - 2006.132
Color printed ad for Dow Chemical Company. Image depicts a little girl on a see-saw over a background of a map.
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Ad, Magazine - 2014.010.111
Print magazine ads connected to the pesticide collection, consisting of promotional materials, household and commercial sprayers and dispersion devices, and other pest control equipment. This ad appeared in The Ladies' Home Journal, July 1925.
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Ad, Magazine - 2014.010.114
Print magazine ads connected to the pesticide collection, consisting of promotional materials, household and commercial sprayers and dispersion devices, and other pest control equipment. This ad appeared in Woman's Day, June 1947.
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Ad, Magazine - 2014.039
Sears Golden Microscope Sets Advertisement, from Boy's Life Magazine, Dec. 1971. During the 1970s, Sears Roebuck produced numerous experimental laboratory kits aimed at children, including this microscope outfit. Boys' Life is the monthly magazine of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA). Its targeted readership is young American males between the ages of 6 and 18. In 1911, George S. Barton of Somerville, Massachusetts founded and published the f...
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Ad, Magazine - 2014.040
Erector Set Advertisement by Gilbert Children, from Popular Science Magazine, 1956. A brand of metal toy construction sets, originally patented by Alfred Carlton Gilbert and first sold by his company, The Mysto Manufacturing Company of New Haven, Connecticut, in 1913. In 1916, the company was reorganized as the A.C. Gilbert Company. Erector sets consists of various metal beams with regular holes for assembly using nuts and bolts. Other mechani...
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Ad, Magazine - 2014.041
American Seeds Advertisement, "Boys! Girls! Sell American Seeds, Get Your Prize," 1945. The American Seed company, formerly of Lancaster, PA, sold its seeds through catalogue, using children and youth as agents. This advertisement provides images of the "prizes" available to young people who sold seeds on behalf of the company. Among the offerings is a "Complete Chemistry Set" with the Chemcraft brand name.
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Drawing - 2015.015.003
Drawings were created by donor as a child between ages of 6 and 10 on scrap paper with pencil. Drawings depict computers, rockets, farm machines, jet engines, and road construction equipment. Drawings show inspiration taken from Kenner Hydrodynamic Sets.
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Magazine - 2006.024
Better Homes & Gardens Magazine featuring an article entitled "DDT… A deadly new bug killer as potent against insects as the sulfas and penicillin are against disease" by Walter Adams on page 19. The cover depicts two girls playing with a tea set on a patio in front of a house.
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Poster - 2015.004.002
This two-color poster advertises a performance of magic tricks, as part of the Mysto Magic Show Set, manufactured by the A. C. Gilbert Company around 1940. The kit included theatrical makeup, props, and an instruction booklet, designed for putting on magic shows and performing tricks. Aimed towards children, the set included interlocking cardboard rings, playing cards, a "jumping peg" trick, and a magic wand. A blank space at the bottom fo the po...
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