Children's scrapbook belonging to "A.R."

Collection

Identifier: MSS 0093-Item 0026

Staff Only

Scope and Content Note

This nineteenth-century children's scrapbook bears the initials "A.B." and the date 1891 in cross stitch on a small oval canvas label affixed to a red cloth cover. The scrapbook features both German and English trade cards; collectible scraps of flowers, animals, and children; visiting cards; New Year cards; color printed cartoons of Grimm fairy tales and rhymes in German; and other color printed images.

One of the Grimm fairy tales in the scrapbook is "Frau Holle" and the other is "Der Kleine Däumerling," which is the story of a little "thumbling" (Tom Thumb) character. Other color printed images are German rhymes, colored cards, and collectible scraps from James Pyle's Pearline (soap) and trade cards from Liebig Company's Fleisch Extract (meat). Some of the color printing processes include chromolithography and color lithography. There are a few black and white illustrations with captions in German, including one illustration of Princess Victoria of England at age two.

Dates

Creation: approximately 1850-1899

Creator

Creator unidentified (Person)

Language of Materials

Materials in German, English, and French.

Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research.

Terms Governing Use and Reproduction

Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. Please contact Special Collections, University of Delaware Library, http://library.udel.edu/spec/askspec/

Biographical Note

This scrapbook was created by an unknown individual, very probably a child, but it bears the initials "A.R." and the date "1891" in cross stitch on a small oval canvas label affixed to the red cloth cover. The child who made this may have been German or German-American.

Biographical information derived from collection.