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1893-present
Wilder Pickard established his china company in 1893 in Edgerton, Wisconsin; by 1900, the company had moved to Chicago. The company specialized in hand-painted china, as advertised in the 1907 image below. A piece of a porcelain plate…

"Said lots shall never be sold, leased or conveyed or rented to any person not of the white or Caucasian race, nor shall said parcels ever be used or occupied by any such person except such as may be serving as domestics for the owner or tenant of…

"Said lots shall never be sold, leased or conveyed or rented to any person not of the white or Caucasian race, nor shall said parcels ever be used or occupied by any such person except such as may be serving as domestics for the owner or tenant of…

Pierrot gestures in the park by moonlight in the opening scene of The Wonder Hat, illustrated by Jaime Deare.

Still in love, Pierrot grabs Columbine, in this scene from The Wonder Hat illustrated by Jaime Deare.

Pierrot guesses the slipper's magic, in this scene from The Wonder Hat illustrated by Jaime Deare.

Pierrot, influenced by the magic slipper, thinks he is in love with Columbine, in this scene from The Wonder Hat illustrated by Jaime Deare.

An advertisement for the Seville Packing Company's Pim-Olas olives.

Medal from when O'Neill served as a Pipe Band Judge at the Highland Picnic

1891-1920
Pitkin & Brooks was an importer of china and glassware, established in 1891 and incorporated in 1901; the company did not produced its own wares, but applied its own makers’ mark to all the products it sold. The business had a large…

A print advertisement for L. T. Piver's face powders and perfumes.

Video by Karen Larson

Music by Emily Hilgenberg