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Scrapbook of twentieth-century American valentines and greeting cards
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0093-Item 0037
Abstract
This early twentieth-century American scrapbook primarily contains greeting cards, many of which are valentines. Other card types include Easter, Christmas, and birthday. Only two cards had visible signatures.
Dates:
approximately 1903-1925
The Centennial scrap book
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0093-Item 0042
Abstract
This late nineteenth-century American scrapbook bears the title "The Centennial Scrap Book" and its contents suggest that it may have been made by an adolescent female: scraps and images depict courtship, infants, fashionable ladies, flowers, and religious sentiments. The album features a series of Centennial exhibition cards that show the buildings in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, that were constructed for the Centennial International Exhibition of 1876. The album also includes prayer...
Dates:
1876
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- Scrapbooks 16
- Printed ephemera 13
- Clippings (information artifacts) 8
- Greeting cards 8
- Juvenilia (object genre) 7
- Scrapbooks--History--19th century 7
- Trade cards (advertising) 7
- Scrapbooks--Great Britain--History--19th century 6
- Christmas cards 4
- Fairy tales 4
- Paintings (visual works) 4
- Scrapbooks--United States--History--19th century 4
- Visiting cards 4
- Drawings (visual works) 3
- Easter cards 3
- Poems 3
- Prayers 3
- Watercolors (paintings) 3
- Birthday cards 2
- Botanical illustration 2
- Cartoons (humorous images) 2
- Children--Religious life 2
- Chromolithographs 2
- Cookbooks 2
- Formulas, recipes, etc 2
- Great Britain--Pictorial works 2
- Manuals (instructional materials) 2
- Medicine--Formulae, receipts, prescriptions--History--19th century 2
- Monarchy--Great Britain--History--19th century 2
- Nursery rhymes 2
- Photographs 2
- Recipes 2
- Scrapbooks--History--20th century 2
- Scrapbooks--United States--History--20th century 2
- Valentines 2
- Actors--19th century--Portraits 1
- Actors--20th century--Portraits 1
- Actresses--19th century--Portraits 1
- Actresses--20th century--Portraits 1
- Advertisements 1
- Advertising--United States--History--20th century 1
- African Americans--Caricatures and cartoons 1
- Albums (books) 1
- Artists--Delaware--20th century 1
- Artists--Portraits 1
- Automobiles--United States--History--20th century 1
- Awards 1
- Bookbinding--History--20th century 1
- Brochures 1
- Calendars 1
- Calligraphy 1
- Calligraphy (visual works) 1
- Caricatures 1
- Central Park (New York, N.Y.) 1
- Clippings files 1
- Collecting cards 1
- Comic books, strips, etc--Great Britain 1
- Composers--19th century--Portraits 1
- Composers--20th century--Portraits 1
- Cooking, American--History--19th century 1
- Cooking--History--19th century 1
- Decorated initials 1
- Delaware--History--20th century 1
- Do-it-yourself manuals 1
- English wit and humor, Pictorial 1
- Exhibitions--United States--History--19th century 1
- Exoticism in art 1
- Fame 1
- Great Britain--Colonies--History--19th century 1
- Great Britain--History--19th century 1
- Great Britain--Politics and government--19th century--Humor 1
- Handicraft--History--20th century 1
- Handlooms--History--20th century 1
- Heads of state--19th century--Portraits 1
- Heads of state--20th century--Portraits 1
- Historic preservation--Delaware--History--20th century 1
- Illuminations (visual works) 1
- Imperialism in art--Great Britain--History--19th century 1
- India--History--19th century 1
- Instructions (document genre) 1
- Kings and rulers--19th century--Portraits 1
- Kings and rulers--20th century--Portraits 1
- London (England)--Pictorial works 1
- Metal-work--History--20th century 1
- Minstrel shows 1
- Musicians--19th century--Portraits 1
- Musicians--20th century--Portraits 1
- Nature prints 1
- Orientalism in art--Great Britain--History--19th century 1
- Outdoor recreation 1
- Patriotism in art 1
- Philanthropists--19th century--Portraits 1
- Philanthropists--20th century--Portraits 1
- Playbills 1
- Politicians--Delaware--20th century 1
- Portraits 1
- Presentation albums 1
- Prints (visual works) 1
- Riddles (document genres) 1
- Scientists--19th century--Portraits 1 + ∧ less
- Language
- French 2
- German 2
- Names
- Raphael Tuck & Sons 2
- Anderson, Harry, active1880-1890 1
- Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
- Chalfant, Jefferson David, 1856-1931 1
- Chill, R. W. 1
- Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878 1
- George Stinson & Co. 1
- Grimm, Jacob, 1785-1863 1
- Grimm, Wilhelm, 1786-1859 1
- H. Hallett & Co. 1
- Hoskins, Gayle Porter, 1887-1962 1
- Jones and Naudin Co. (Gloversville, NY) 1
- Knapp Co. Lith 1
- L. Prang & Co. 1
- Lindeman, Rachael Leah 1
- National Editorial Association 1
- Norman, Freddie, active 1878 1
- Nyss, W. B. 1
- Pyle, Howard, 1853-1911 1
- Raskob, John J. (John Jakob), 1879-1950 1
- Schoonover, Frank E., 1877-1972 1
- Simpson, B. F. (Benjamin F.), 1836-1916 1
- William Spooner 1
- Wright, Charles, active 1880 1 + ∧ less
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