| Contributor |
Beard, Frank, 1842-1905, artist. |
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Liotard, Jean-Etienne, 1702-1789, artist. |
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Moran, Thomas, 1837-1926, artist. |
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Illman Brothers, engraver. |
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L. Prang & Co., printer. |
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Ledger Job Printing Office (Philadelphia, Pa.), printer. |
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Major & Knapp Engraving, Manufacturing & Lithographic Co., printer. |
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Shober & Carqueville, printer. |
| Title |
[Scrapbook with linen pages] [graphic]. |
| Publisher |
[Philadelphia?] |
| Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1876-1879 |
| Date |
[ca. 1876-ca. 1879] |
| Physical Description |
559 items in 1 scrapbook of 92 linen leaves : relief, color relief, albumen prints, lithographs, chromolithographs, and engravings
; scrapbook 33 x 28 cm (13 x 11 in.)
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| Description |
Scrapbook containing scraps, cutouts, periodical illustrations, and trade cards. Contents depict sentimental, genre, and religious
scenes; images of children, animals, mothers and mothering; fancy heads; patriotic, historical, and allegorical figures, including
George and Martha Washington; advertisements for Philadelphia, Hartford (Conn.), and New York businesses, including promotions
for druggists, patent medicines, and soap; imagery documenting the Centennial Exhibition 1876, including portraits of prominent
figures; figures in European costumes; scenes of rural life and European scenery; and landscape views. Also includes a small
number of views of factories and industrial buildings; a patent medicine advertisement including an African American man servant
character opening a door (p. 76); a print depicting a stanza from Robert Burn’s “The Cotter’s Saturday Night” (p. 22); illustrations
of Little Red Riding Hood; the periodical cartoon “A Parent’s Vengeance” (p. 53); "La Belle Chocolatiere from the original
painting by Leotard now in the Dresden Gallery" (p. 57); a cutout from a women’s fashion plate (p. 77); H.M.S. Pinafore theatrical
character illustrations printed by Ledger Job Printing Office (p. 64); and a calling card for Mary S. Bassett (back inside
cover).
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Businesses represented include B. T. Babbit (soap); Clark’s O.N.T. (thread); C. F. Rump (leather goods); Corning & Tappan
(perfumes); Marburg Bros. (tobacco); Devlin & Co. (clothiers); Dundas, Dirk & Co. (pharmacists); [Hiram] Duryea’s Starch Works;
Fairbanks scales (E. & T. Fairbanks & Co.); J. Milton Brewer (druggist); C. L. Hauthaway & Sons (shoe polish); Charles S.
Higgins (German laundry soap); The New York Bazar (fancy goods, Phillip Isaacs, proprietor); Demorest’s Monthly Magazine (W.
J. Demorest, publisher); Edwin C. Burt (shoes); E. P. & Wm. Kellogg; Samuel Gerry & Cos. (patent medicine); Alex. Boost (analytical
chemist); Chas. F. Hurd & Co. (chinaware); E. P. & Wm. Kellogg (photographers & art dealers); and Willcox & Gibbs (sewing
machines).
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| Notes |
Title supplied by cataloger. |
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Front cover stamped: Scrap Book |
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Various artists, engravers, and printers including F. Beard; Illman Bros.; Ledger Job Print; L. Prang & Co.; Major & Knapp;
Thomas Moran; and Shober & Carqueville.
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Cutouts and calling card pasted to inside front and back covers. |
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Edges of scrapbook leaves contains stitching in different colors, including yellow, green, blue, red, lilac, and purple. |
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Purchased with funds for the Visual Culture Program. |
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Housed in phase box. |
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RVCDC |
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Description revised 2021. |
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Access points revised 2021. |
| Subject |
Babbit, B. T. |
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Bassett, Mary S. |
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Boost, Alexander. |
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Brewer, J. Milton. |
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Burt, Edwin C. |
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Demorest, William Jennings, 1822-1895. |
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Duryea, Hiram, 1834-1914. |
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Higgins, Charles S., approximately 1841 -. |
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Isaacs, Phillip. |
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Rump, C. F. |
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Washington, George, 1732-1799 -- Portraits. |
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Washington, Martha, 1731-1802 -- Portraits. |
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Chas. F. Hurd & Co. |
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Clark’s O.N.T. (Firm) |
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C. L. Hauthaway & Sons. |
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Corning & Tappan. |
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Devlin Co. |
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Dundas, Dirk & Co. |
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E.P. & Wm. Kellogg (Hartford, Conn.). |
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E. & T. Fairbanks & Co. |
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Marburg Bros. |
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Samuel Gerry & Cos. |
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Willcox & Gibbs Sewing Machine Co. |
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Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.) -- Buildings. |
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Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.) -- People. |
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African American household employees. |
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African American men -- Caricatures and cartoons. |
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Allegories. |
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Animals. |
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Business enterprises. |
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Children. |
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Cosmetics industry. |
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Country life. |
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Europeans -- Clothing & dress. |
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Factories. |
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Flowers. |
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Genre works. |
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Landscapes (Representations). |
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Little Red Riding Hood (Tale) |
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Medicine, Popular. |
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Nonprescription drug industry. |
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Pharamaceutical industry. |
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Mothers. |
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Patent medicines. |
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Patriotism. |
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Racism in popular culture. |
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Religion. |
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Theatrical productions. |
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Women. |
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Women. -- Clothing & dress. |
| Geographic subject |
Europe -- Pictorial works. |
| Genre |
Advertisements -- 1870-1880. |
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Albumen prints -- 1870-1880. |
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Clippings -- 1870-1880. |
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Chromolithographs -- 1870-1880. |
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Cutouts -- 1870-1880. |
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Ephemera -- 1870-1880. |
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Engravings -- 1870-1880. |
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Lithographs -- 1870-1880. |
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Relief prints -- 1870-1880. |
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Relief prints -- Color -- 1870-1880. |
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Scrapbooks -- 1870-1880. |
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Scraps (Decorations) -- 1870-1880. |
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Textiles -- 1870-1880. |
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Trade cards -- 1870-1880. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| albums - Linen [P.2013.69.1] |
| Accession number |
P.2013.69.1 |
