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Scrapbook: [compiled by] Mary Ann Staples, Stroudsburg, Monroe Co., Pennsylvania
Summary
- Collection ID:
- SIL-CH.MSS001774B
- Creators:
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Staples, Mary Ann.
- Dates:
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[circa 1902]
- Languages:
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Undetermined.
- Physical Description:
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1 Volume27 leavesall ill. (some col.)35 cm.
- Repository:
Scrapbook containing images (mostly color lithographs) excised from contemporary greeting cards, periodicals, trade cards, advertisements, and other kinds of ephemera. Images are mounted on both sides of the leaves.
More Information
General note
General note
Some of the companies and brands represented in the scrapbook include: Bridgeport Organ Co., Hood's Sarsaparilla; Bromangelon; Bush & Bull Drygoods; Uneeda Biscuit; Home Insurance Co. of N.Y.; Pease Piano; Fairy Soap (N.K. Fairbank Co.); J. & P. Coats' Spool Cotton; Stuylers bonbons; Gold Dust Washing Powder; White Sewing Machine; Palmer; Bee Soap; National Biscuit Co.
General note
Some of the main themes featured in the scrapbook are: children; fashion; seashells; the Pan American Exposition in Buffalo, N.Y.; animals; flowers; seasons; American patriotism; greeting cards; and ethnic caricatures.
General note
Date of scrapbook based on copyright date appearing on some of the images.
Local Notes
Local Notes
CHMRB copy 39088016106957 is the gift of Brooke Alexander.
CHMRB copy has the original, commercially-produced black- and silver-embossed red cloth binding, with cover title: Scrap book.
Keywords
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Animals -- Pictorial works | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Children -- Pictorial works | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Scrapbooks | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Decoration and ornament -- Pictorial works | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Caricatures and cartoons -- Pictorial works | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
advertising -- United States -- Pictorial works | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Pan-American Exposition (1901: Buffalo, N.Y.) -- Pictorial works | Corporate Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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