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- Advertisement mailed by George P. Way of 30 Adelaide Street, Detroit, Michigan to James T. Thing of 313 North Greenleaf Avenue, Whittier, California. Included are an envelope, return envelope, order form, advertisement for the Blowena, and a type-written letter. Way writes, on behalf of his Artificial Ear Drum Company, attempting to persuade Thing to purchase both an artificial ear drum, as well as a device called the Blowena for seven dollars. The included advertisement explains that the Blowena is a rubber tube intended to relieve "catarrh, hay fever, cold in the head and influenza, or any irritation of the nose and throat, but particularly for CATARRHAL DEAFNESS" by allowing a user to blow air from their mouth, through the device where a medicated sponge is housed, into their ear. "Let us hear the conclusion of tile whoe mutter. Hear good until ref his command for this is the whole thing [sic]" is handwritten in pencil on the verso of the envelope.
- Date Issued:
- 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Medical/Dental/Pharmaceutical
- Description:
- President Obama speaks at the 2013 White House Science Fair recognition ceremony in the East Room of the White House. The Science Fair celebrates the student winners of a broad range of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) competitions from across the country. This group includes Williamston, Michigan High School student Julie Xu and Spencer Ottarson, a Williamston graduate now studying computer science at Michigan State University. They displayed the buoy alarm system they created with other Williamston students which uses solar power to measure water flow and trigger an alarm to warn swimmers of dangerous conditions such as rip currents.
- Date Issued:
- 2013-04-22T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Advertisement mailed by George P. Way of 30 Adelaide Street, Detroit, Michigan to James T. Thing of 313 North Greenleaf Avenue, Whittier, California. Included are an envelope, return envelope, order form, advertisement for the Blowena, and a type-written letter. Way writes, on behalf of his Artificial Ear Drum Company, attempting to persuade Thing to purchase both an artificial ear drum, as well as a device called the Blowena for seven dollars. The included advertisement explains that the Blowena is a rubber tube intended to relieve "catarrh, hay fever, cold in the head and influenza, or any irritation of the nose and throat, but particularly for CATARRHAL DEAFNESS" by allowing a user to blow air from their mouth, through the device where a medicated sponge is housed, into their ear. "Let us hear the conclusion of tile whoe mutter. Hear good until ref his command for this is the whole thing [sic]" is handwritten in pencil on the verso of the envelope.
- Date Issued:
- 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- President Obama speaks at the 2013 White House Science Fair recognition ceremony in the East Room of the White House. The Science Fair celebrates the student winners of a broad range of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) competitions from across the country. This group includes Williamston, Michigan High School student Julie Xu and Spencer Ottarson, a Williamston graduate now studying computer science at Michigan State University. They displayed the buoy alarm system they created with other Williamston students which uses solar power to measure water flow and trigger an alarm to warn swimmers of dangerous conditions such as rip currents.
- Date Issued:
- 2013-04-22T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Notes:
- xii, 307 p. incl. front., illus., diagrs. 21 cm.
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan. Libraries
- Collection:
- New York,: D. Appleton and company, and Ann Arbor, Michigan: University of Michigan Library
- Notes:
- p. cm.
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan. Libraries
- Collection:
- New York,: J. S. Voorhies, and Ann Arbor, Michigan: University of Michigan Library
- Notes:
- [v]-xiv, [15]-473 p. front., illus., plates, ports. 19 cm.
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan. Libraries
- Collection:
- New York,: Harper & brothers, and Ann Arbor, Michigan: University of Michigan Library