Lyman Brown's Seven Barks Almanac, 1900
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Almanacs contained practical information about the coming year. Readers normally found a calendar, weather predictions, tide schedules, and information related to astronomical events, agriculture, health, politics and other matters. Interspersed were jokes and witty sayings. In the late 1800s, drug and patent medicine companies published almanacs with colorfully illustrated covers to entice the public to buy their products.
Almanacs contained practical information about the coming year. Readers normally found a calendar, weather predictions, tide schedules, and information related to astronomical events, agriculture, health, politics and other matters. Interspersed were jokes and witty sayings. In the late 1800s, drug and patent medicine companies published almanacs with colorfully illustrated covers to entice the public to buy their products.
Artifact
Almanac
Date Made
1900
Subject Date
1900
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2012.0.15.3
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
String (Fiber product)
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Multicolored
Dimensions
Height: 6.25 in
Width: 4.5 in
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