| Creator |
Morris, Janet, 1907-2010, compiler. |
| Title |
Europe - 1925 [graphic]. |
| Publisher |
[Philadelphia] |
| Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1925-1926 |
| Date |
1925-1926 |
| Physical Description |
Ca. 106 prints, ca. 45 items, and ca. 10 letterpress in 1 volume : mostly photomechanical prints and relief; volume 22 x 17
cm (8.5 x 6.75 in.)
|
| Description |
Whimsical scrapbook comprised of clipped periodical illustrations, souvenirs and keepsakes, newspaper clippings, and manuscript
and inscriptions describing the European travels of Janet Morris during the summer of 1925. Contents document Morris’s sea
voyages between New York and England; air travel from London to Paris; her social life in Paris; visits to Southern France,
Switzerland, Czechoslovakia, Turkey, Italy; romantic adventures in Italy; life on board the Cunard Line. R. M. S. “Mauretania";
and sightseeing in England and France. Scrapbook also contains mementoes from a 1926 trip to England with relatives, including
Lydia Rhoads. Keepsakes, souvenirs, and mementoes include sugar and chocolate wrappers, tickets, stickers, and pressed flowers.
Sites mentioned include Hotel Luserne-Paris; The Worcester Royal Porcelain Works; Stratford-Upon-Avon; Warwick Hotel; Gorges
de Trient; and Chateau Chillon.
|
| Notes |
Title from manuscript note on cover. |
|
Illustrated printed farewell card signed “Jack” and “Mac” and clipping reading “Free: this travel book!” pasted on front cover.
Farewell card contains artist's initials: MMS.
|
|
Forms part of the Marriott C. Morris Collection. |
| Biographical / historical note |
Janet Morris, later Butler, was the daughter of amateur photographer and philanthropist Marriott C. Morris. She attended Germantown
Friends' School and Connecticut College. She married Harvey Butler in Nevada in 1961. She lived in Claremont, Ca. at the time
of her death.
|
| Subject |
Morris, Janet, 1907-2010 -- Travel -- Europe. |
|
Hotels -- Europe. |
|
Historic sites -- Europe. |
|
Ocean travel. |
|
Sightseers -- Europe. |
| Genre |
Clippings -- 1920-1930. |
|
Ephemera -- 1920-1930. |
|
Keepsakes -- 1920-1930. |
|
Letterpress works -- 1920-1930. |
|
Photomechanical prints -- 1920-1930. |
|
Relief prints -- 1920-1930. |
|
Scrapbooks -- 1920-1930. |
|
Souvenirs -- 1920-1930. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2014.69.35] |
| Accession number |
P.2014.69.35 |
