25th anniversary of Keuffel & Esser Co.On Tuesday, July 19, 1892, Keuffel & Esser Co. celebrated its twenty-fifth anniversary with a company picnic at Berg’s Oriental…
A. Schoenhut Company Newspaper AdvertisementThis advertisement for the A. Schoenhut Company appeared in 1912, the year of founder Albert Schoenhut’s death. It featured two…
Adler, Cone, & Shipley AdvertisementDuring the Civil War, Herman Cone resided in Jonesborough, Tennessee. Although most residents of the town (and the surrounding area)…
Advertisement for an early American silver brazier by John ConeyAdvertisement for an early American silver brazier by John Coney (1655-1722), Arts & Decoration, March 1921, p. 419.
Advertisement for Farmers and Merchants BankIn 1871, Hellman founded the Farmers and Merchants Bank of Los Angeles with former California governor John G. Downey and…
Advertisement for Gebelein's Silver Shop“A Shop of Old Interesting Silver,” advertisement in Antiques, July 1922.
Advertisement for Keuffel & Esser Co. in the program of the Hoboken Academy FairThe Hoboken Academy was a private German school founded by Saxon immigrant Adolf Douai in 1860. Keuffel served as president…
Agitation which delays our war industries is ‘made in Germany.’ Let us all pull together to win the war quicklyThis poster by the National Industrial Conservation Movement shows a man/agitator receiving an Iron Cross from Kaiser Wilhelm in “Plot…
Alger Estate AgreementAccording to an unpublished archival biography of Stratemeyer, “after reading the boys’ books of Oliver Optic and Horatio Alger, Jr.,…
America’s Most Unique BasementThe following article, published in 1915 in The Dry Goods Reporter, lays out the policies behind Filene’s Automatic Bargain Basement…
American Brewing Company’s Bock Beer Advertisement, 1890In January 1890, Henry, Jr., Oscar, and Hugo Koehler founded the American Brewery Company on the site of their former…
Anheuser-Busch advertisementAnheuser-Busch advertisement, May 19, 1892. The advertisement suggests that people generally preferred Anheuser-Busch bottled beer to wine. Interestingly, this did…
Anheuser-Busch advertisement announcing the completion of the new brew houseAnheuser-Busch advertisement announcing the completion of the new brew house, February 27, 1892. According to the advertisement, the addition of…
Anheuser-Busch advertisement for Malt-NutrineAnheuser-Busch advertisement for Malt-Nutrine, May 13, 1895. The advertisement, which was clearly geared toward female consumers, shows two upper-class women…
Anheuser-Busch Advertisement: First Brewery to Introduce Pasteurized Bottled Beer in AmericaAnheuser-Busch Advertisement: First Brewery to Introduce Pasteurized Bottled Beer in America. From: Frank Leslie's Illustrated Weekly, Vol. LXXV, No. 1939…
Announcement of the Homebuilders Club in "The Craftsman"The year 1904 saw the introduction of Stickley’s Craftsman Homebuilders Club, which published home plans for middle-class families. The club…
Annual Report of the Kaiser Wilhelm School [Kaiser-Wilhelm-Schule] in Shanghai for the 1913/14 Academic YearThe Kaiser Wilhelm School in Shanghai offered a German-language, German-centered education to the children of German immigrants, merchants, businessmen, and…
Arsenal Brewery Advertisement, Davenport, IowaIn 1872, Henry Koehler, Sr., and his brother-in-law Rudolf Lange purchased the Arsenal Brewery at Front & Mound Streets in…
