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Some of the most expensive are French and German 18th century examples, and the record auction price for a German box is £789,250 (about US$1.3 million), bid in 2003 at Christie's in London. Modern snuff boxes are made from a variety of woods, pewter and even plastic and are manufactured in surprising numbers due, largely, to snuff's ...
Fort Worth: Recorded Texas Historic Landmark; part of Fairmount-Southside Historic District 57: Katy Freight Depot: Katy Freight Depot: February 7, 2020 : 100 South Jones St. Fort Worth: 58: Knights of Pythias Building: Knights of Pythias Building
There were four big porcelain factories that made snuff boxes around this time, Chantilly porcelain (1725–1800), Saint-Cloud porcelain (1677–1766), Mennecy porcelain (1734–73), and the royal Vincennes porcelain (1740–56), which moved to become Sèvres porcelain (1756–present). Additionally independent makers produced them with no ...
18th century in Spanish Texas (1690−1820) — located in northern colonial Mexico, within the Spanish Viceroyalty of New Spain. 13th; 14th; 15th; 16th; 17th; 18th ...
A factory worker in Fort Worth, Texas, 1942. The Lone Star Army Ammunition Plant and the Longhorn Army Ammunition Plant were built as part of the WWII buildup. Hundreds of thousands of American (and some allied) soldiers, sailors and airmen trained in the state. All sectors of the economy boomed as the homefront prospered.
Now, bottles and cans did not have a brand logo anymore, but an engravement that said: "No Deposit, No Return". [3] In the early 1950s, disposable cans and bottles made up 30% of beer that was sold packaged. [1] Technological advances made disposable bottles more prevalent, but social and economic changes were important as well. [3]
18th; 19th; 20th; 21st; 22nd; 23rd; Subcategories. This category has the following 9 subcategories, out of 9 total. 0–9. 1716 in Texas (1 C) 1718 in Texas (1 C ...
General Worth by Mathew Brady. The history of Fort Worth, Texas, in the United States is closely intertwined with that of northern Texas and the Texan frontier. From its early history as an outpost and a threat against Native American residents, to its later days as a booming cattle town, to modern times as a corporate center, the city has changed dramatically, although it still preserves much ...