Beer bottle label for Wiener Beer brand produced by D.G. Yuengling & SonBeer bottle label for Wiener Beer brand produced by D.G. Yuengling & Son in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries…
Beinecke, Frederick W.Frederick W. Beinecke nurtured, along with his two brothers and lifelong business partners Edwin and Walter, The Sperry & Hutchinson Company (S&H) of New York City, the leading trading stamp company in the United States.
Ben-Hur publicity photo, 1899-1900Publicity still from the first Ben-Hur production, in New York, 1899-1900.
Ben-Hur Race Mechanism Diagram, n.d.Two (or more) chariots of four horses each were cranked forward or backward by windlasses under the stage. The machinery,…
Berkshire Knitting Mills RecordsCreated By: Pennsylvania State University Publisher: Historical Collections and Labor Archives, Special Collections Library, Pennsylvania State University
Berliner Gramophone CompanyBerliner Gramophone Company, 10th & Lombard St, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Berliner Helicopter, ca. 1911Aviator Paul Peck in a helicopter designed by Berliner in Mineola, NY, ca. 1911.
Berliner, EmileAlthough he has been overshadowed in the public imagination by contemporaries Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas Edison, German-American inventor and entrepreneur Emile Berliner actually improved two inventions associated closely with those other men, the telephone and the talking machine.
Berliner's Award Certificate for the Franklin MedalAward certificate for Emile Berliner's Franklin Medal, May 15, 1929. Awarded by the Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, PA.
Berliner's wishes for after his deathA handwritten statement by Emile Berliner detailing the type of funeral he wishes and offering a closing note to his children and grandchildren.
Berlitz, Maximilian DGerman-Jewish immigrant Maximilian D. Berlitz founded the first Berlitz School of Languages in the United States in 1878. He went on to create a company that made his name synonymous with foreign-language instruction in the United States and throughout the world.
Bethlehem, one of the Brethren’s Principal Settlements, in Pennsylvania, 1757“A View of Bethlehem, one of the Brethren’s Principal Settlements, in Pennsylvania,” copper engraving, 14 ½” x 18 ½.”
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, 1784View of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, in 1784, two years after Henrich Miller’s death.
Bettmann, OttoOtto Ludwig Bettmann was a German Jewish refugee who emigrated from Berlin to New York City in 1935 and established a unique picture archive in the United States. At a time when photojournalism was on the rise, he was able to channel his personal penchant and obsession for collecting pictures into a thriving business.
