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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Celia K. Erskine Scrapbook of Valentines, Advertising Cards, and Postcards
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0136
- Creators:
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Baker, Lester R., 1879-1884 (donor's cousin)
- Dates:
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1882-1883
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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0.5 Cubic feet1 box, 1 scrapbook
- Repository:
One scrapbook of Valentines, postcards, and advertising materials assembled by Lestor R. Baker, who died in 1884 at age five.
Scope and Contents note
Scope and Contents note
A scrapbook containing Valentines, advertising cards, and postcards.
Biographical/Historical note
Biographical/Historical note
Lester R. Baker, the only child of Eloise and Latimer R. Baker, owned the scrapbook and evidently assembled it as a young boy in the 1880s. He died at age five in 1884 and is buried in the Siloam Cemetery, Vineland, New Jersey. Celia K. Erskine, a much younger cousin, donated the scrapbook in 1983. Lester's father, Latimer, was the brother of Philip B. Baker, New Jersey state senator, and J. Thompson Baker, U.S. Congressman; according to Mrs. Erskine, the brothers founded Wildwood and Wildwood Crest, New Jersey, ca. 1905.
Administration
Author
C.A. Orr
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Collection donated by Celia K. Erskine, 1983, June 13.
Processing Information
Collection processed by C. A. Orr, 1989
Digital Content
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Restrictions on Access
Unrestricted research use on site.
Preferred Citation
Celia K. Erskine Scrapbook of Valentines, Advertising Cards, and Postcards, ca. 1882-1884, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
Conditions Governing Use
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Keywords
| Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Vineland (N.J.) | Geographic | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Wildwood (N.J.) -- History | Geographic | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Wildwood Crest (N.J.) -- History | Geographic | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Advertising cards | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| advertising | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Postcards | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Scrapbooks -- 19th century | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Valentines | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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