The Emergence of an Industrial Nation, 1840-1893

109 Court Street, Boston, Massachusetts. Emile Berliner worked here while employed by American Bell Telephone. The building is also known…

An 1870s advertisement in both English and German, the former displayed first.

1928 Gemünder Art Violin produced by Oscar A. Gemünder. Front and back detail with label.

Abschied der Auswanderer (emigrants‘ farewell), painting by Antoine Volkmar, 1860.

Historical accounting book showing the records for citric acid, 1882.

Actor portraying Isaac M. Singer demonstrating his first sewing machine to printer George Zieber, from The Singer Light, Special Issue,…

Actors portraying Isaac M. Singer and George Zieber examining a Lerow and Blodgett produced in Zieber and Orson Phelps’ Boston shop, from The Singer Light, Special Issue, 6.

By the 1870s lager beer was so popular advertisers could joke that it was available even at the North pole.

Aftermath of 1882 fire in Cincinnati, Ohio

Aftermath of the 1871 Chicago Fire showing ruins of the burnt district of the city

Photograph of Alamo Plaza, c.1868. The Menger Hotel and the Western Brewery were located on the eastern side of the…

Alexander von Humboldt Statue, Tower Grove Park, St. Louis, MO

Portrait of Benjamin Altman, not dated.

American Judge Louis Marshall, September 12, 1929

American Turners Logo

Ammonia compression machinery for refrigeration purposes. Temperature gauges are visible on the rear wall. August Schell Brewing Company, 1990.

1937 photograph of the Amoskeag Mills in Manchester, New Hampshire. During the nineteenth century, the Amoskeag Manufacturing Company had been…