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- Candy Dish Used by the Jackson Family, Selma, Alabama - In 2023, The Henry Ford acquired the Selma, Alabama, home of Dr. Sullivan and Richie Jean Sherrod Jackson, where Dr. Martin Luther King and Civil Rights leaders planned the 1965 Selma-to-Montgomery Voting Rights marches. The Jackson Home opened in Greenfield Village in 2026. The home and its contents not only document the voting rights struggle but also shed light on 20th-century Black American middle-class life.
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Candy Dish Used by the Jackson Family, Selma, Alabama
In 2023, The Henry Ford acquired the Selma, Alabama, home of Dr. Sullivan and Richie Jean Sherrod Jackson, where Dr. Martin Luther King and Civil Rights leaders planned the 1965 Selma-to-Montgomery Voting Rights marches. The Jackson Home opened in Greenfield Village in 2026. The home and its contents not only document the voting rights struggle but also shed light on 20th-century Black American middle-class life.
- Louisiana Purchase Exposition Souvenir Dish, 1904 - In 1904, visitors to the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis, Missouri, could purchase a variety of souvenir and decorative items. These mementos usually contain the name of the fair and a view of a prominent building. This lattice-edged plate displays the fair's Festival Hall and Cascade Gardens. Keepsakes like this provided a lasting remembrance of the fairgoer's trip.
- 1904
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Louisiana Purchase Exposition Souvenir Dish, 1904
In 1904, visitors to the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis, Missouri, could purchase a variety of souvenir and decorative items. These mementos usually contain the name of the fair and a view of a prominent building. This lattice-edged plate displays the fair's Festival Hall and Cascade Gardens. Keepsakes like this provided a lasting remembrance of the fairgoer's trip.
- Centennial Candy Container, 1876 - America's first official World's Fair celebrated the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Around ten million people visited Philadelphia during the Centennial International Exhibition of 1876. Many returned home with mementos, like this Liberty Bell-shaped candy dish containing confections manufactured onsite by Croft, Wilbur and Company (later Wilbur Chocolate) in the exposition's Machinery Hall.
- 1876
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Centennial Candy Container, 1876
America's first official World's Fair celebrated the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Around ten million people visited Philadelphia during the Centennial International Exhibition of 1876. Many returned home with mementos, like this Liberty Bell-shaped candy dish containing confections manufactured onsite by Croft, Wilbur and Company (later Wilbur Chocolate) in the exposition's Machinery Hall.