In Morrell, A.J. Narrative of a voyage to the Ethiopic and South Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Chinese Sea, North and South Pacific Ocean, in the years 1829, 1830, 1831 (New York, 1833), frontispiece., At age fifteen, Abigail Jane Wood Morrell, known as Abby, married her sea captain cousin Benjamin Morrell, Jr. She accompanied him on a multi-year voyage aboard the schooner Antarctic. In 1831, they returned to New York, in debt. To raise money, Benjamin organized a stage show entitled “Two Cannibals of the Islands of the South Pacific.” The firm J. & J. Harper published their journals as monographs; Benjamin’s was ghostwritten by Samuel Woodworth, and Abby’s was ghost-written by Samuel L. Knapp., Waist-length portrait of the world traveler, holding a book.
Shoulder-length portrait of the writer wearing a bonnet and eyeglasses., In Wyatt, Sophia. The autobiography of a landlady of the old school, with personal sketches of eminent characters, places, and miscellaneous items (Boston, 1854), frontispiece., Mrs. Wyatt operated a hotel with her husband in New Hampshire and traveled extensively throughout the country in the early 19th century. As a young woman she worked as a schoolteacher.
Illustrated bag showing a traveler, his valises at his side, and an umbrella under his arm, stopped on the roadside, and reading a sign marked: For bargains & low prices go to A. Gsell's cheap store where you will get a bargain every time., Advertising text printed on verso: Teething Syrup will save Babys from Cholera Infantum. Teething Syrup will make Baby's Healthy and Hearty. Teething Syrup will make Baby's Teeth Come Easy. Teething Syrup will cure Baby's Sleeplessness and Relieve Pain. Teething Syrup is sold Everywhere for 25 cents per bottle. Teething Syrup is Made Only By Drs. D. Fahrney & Son, Hagerstown, MD., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of William H. Helfand.
Date
[ca. 1875]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helfand Popular Medicine Ephemera Collection - Bags and envelopes [P.2010.37.100]
Many of these performers were active in 1864, some with Fattie Stewart at the Bijou Music Hall in Philadelphia., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator
Fattie Stewart's Apollo Free Concert Hall
Date
[1864?]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare PB Phi Fattie 1864 (27)5761.F.40b (McAllister)
