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- The Declaration of Independence and George Washington: A Chirographic Portrait - Immediately after the Civil War, William Pratt, a penmanship teacher, and Augustus Hageboeck, a Davenport, Iowa, printer, created this striking image of George Washington. In its unique design, the print blended commerce, country, and long-simmering ideas of freedom and union.
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- July 03, 2026
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The Declaration of Independence and George Washington: A Chirographic Portrait
Immediately after the Civil War, William Pratt, a penmanship teacher, and Augustus Hageboeck, a Davenport, Iowa, printer, created this striking image of George Washington. In its unique design, the print blended commerce, country, and long-simmering ideas of freedom and union.
- Roald Amundsen Over the North Pole - The list of Norwegian Roald Amundsen's polar accomplishments is impressive. From 1903 to 1906, Amundsen and a crew of six navigated the first ship through the famed Northwest Passage. In 1911, he became the first person to set foot at the South Pole.
- July 04, 2023
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Roald Amundsen Over the North Pole
The list of Norwegian Roald Amundsen's polar accomplishments is impressive. From 1903 to 1906, Amundsen and a crew of six navigated the first ship through the famed Northwest Passage. In 1911, he became the first person to set foot at the South Pole.
- Results by Radio: Election Day 1920 - In 1920, a growing number of Americans could stay at home and listen to presidential election returns announced over the expanding wireless media — radio.
- October 15, 2020
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Results by Radio: Election Day 1920
In 1920, a growing number of Americans could stay at home and listen to presidential election returns announced over the expanding wireless media — radio.
- Joseph Boggs Beale: Lantern Slide Artist - Joseph Boggs Beale produced more than 2,000 illustrations used to create slides for magic lantern shows from the 1880s until about 1920, demonstrating a high level of cinematic quality for screen-projected images at a time before motion pictures.
- April 02, 2021
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Joseph Boggs Beale: Lantern Slide Artist
Joseph Boggs Beale produced more than 2,000 illustrations used to create slides for magic lantern shows from the 1880s until about 1920, demonstrating a high level of cinematic quality for screen-projected images at a time before motion pictures.
- The Easter Bunny's Origins in America - Spring! A time to celebrate! The season brings longer days, warmer weather, and new life. Budding flowers, baby chicks and lambs, painted eggs, and, of course, the Easter Bunny — all symbolize the return of spring and the end of dreary winter.
- April 15, 2025
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The Easter Bunny's Origins in America
Spring! A time to celebrate! The season brings longer days, warmer weather, and new life. Budding flowers, baby chicks and lambs, painted eggs, and, of course, the Easter Bunny — all symbolize the return of spring and the end of dreary winter.
- Illustrating the Holidays: A Disney Connection - In the 1930s and especially after the Second World War, American greeting card companies began hiring well-known artists and illustrators to design Christmas cards. Artist-designed cards enticed customers to purchase a company's cards.
- December 03, 2024
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Illustrating the Holidays: A Disney Connection
In the 1930s and especially after the Second World War, American greeting card companies began hiring well-known artists and illustrators to design Christmas cards. Artist-designed cards enticed customers to purchase a company's cards.
- Vojtěch Kubašta: Beyond Borders - Vojtěch Kubašta is a name unfamiliar to most Americans. It's not surprising, as Kubašta lived and worked in Prague, behind the Iron Curtain in what is now the Czech Republic, for most of his life.
- October 21, 2025
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Vojtěch Kubašta: Beyond Borders
Vojtěch Kubašta is a name unfamiliar to most Americans. It's not surprising, as Kubašta lived and worked in Prague, behind the Iron Curtain in what is now the Czech Republic, for most of his life.
- Stories of Long-Distance Human Voice Transmission - Objects and their histories can sometimes be inadvertently separated or lost — especially in long-lived institutions and museums.
- August 28, 2025
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Stories of Long-Distance Human Voice Transmission
Objects and their histories can sometimes be inadvertently separated or lost — especially in long-lived institutions and museums.
- Women in Service: From the Civil War to WWII - Throughout history, women have served their country during war and in peacetime, on the home front and at the front lines — whether through active service, or by using their talents and time to support our fighting forces from afar.
- August 15, 2025
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Women in Service: From the Civil War to WWII
Throughout history, women have served their country during war and in peacetime, on the home front and at the front lines — whether through active service, or by using their talents and time to support our fighting forces from afar.
- "Turn Down the Leaf and See": Read, See, Touch, Lift, Learn - Boxed and tucked away for many years in the Benson Ford Research Center archives at The Henry Ford, this turn-up book has found a new life — a metamorphosis — much like its title. This "book" — a sheet of cut and folded paper — engaged the reader in tactile learning and instilled moral lessons in interactive ways, conveying lessons and meaning through visual images and texts that change with the lift of a flap.
- July 31, 2024
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"Turn Down the Leaf and See": Read, See, Touch, Lift, Learn
Boxed and tucked away for many years in the Benson Ford Research Center archives at The Henry Ford, this turn-up book has found a new life — a metamorphosis — much like its title. This "book" — a sheet of cut and folded paper — engaged the reader in tactile learning and instilled moral lessons in interactive ways, conveying lessons and meaning through visual images and texts that change with the lift of a flap.