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Choose a common commercial product that you would be likely to
find in anyone's home: An orange, a carton of milk, a jar of
peanut butter or jelly, a vacuum cleaner, a toaster, a radio,
a CD player are a few examples. (Please do not restrict
yourself to these examples. You might, for instance, choose
one of the products represented by the fruit labels on p.43)
What ordinary object piques your interest in knowing about
its origins? Using a search engine to explore the World
Wide Web, gather as much information as possible in the
history of this product's origins and commercial development.
At what point–and in what circumstances–was an image
(a drawing or a photograph) of this product important to its
gaining corporate and, eventually, public acceptance?
Spend some time analyzing the drawing or photograph. Then
detail the history and commercial development of this ordinary
object, one that remains a testament to individual ingenuity
and technological progress.
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