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Centennial Exposition scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0093-Item 0015
Abstract

This scrapbook of advertisements, trade cards, and collectible ephemera from the 1876 Centennial Exposition was created by Richard W. Davids.

Dates: 1876
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections

Frederick G. Nixon-Nirdlinger scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0431
Abstract

The Frederick G. Nixon-Nirdlinger Scrapbook chronicles the 1909 cruise taken by Philadelphia resident and theatrical manager Nixon-Nirdlinger and his wife from New York City to France, Spain, Morocco, Italy, Egypt, Greece, Turkey, and Hungary. The scrapbook records various aspects of the early twentieth-century travel business and is particularly rich with theatrical ephemera, indicating Nixon- Nirdlinger’s trip combined theatrical business interests with pleasure.

Dates: 1909
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections

World fairs and expositions collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0630
Abstract

This artificial collection comprises a variety of types of material documenting world fairs and expositions, spanning the dates between 1851 and 1967, with the bulk of the collection dating from the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893. Material consists of printed matter and ephemera, including newspapers, programs, invitations, maps, brochures, viewbooks, advertisements, stationery, contracts, bonds, trade cards, and a scrapbook; photographs and prints; and realia souvenirs.

Dates: 1851-1967; Majority of material found in 1893
Found in: University of Delaware Library Special Collections

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Exhibitions--United States--History--19th century 2
Maps (documents) 2
Menus 2
Philadelphia (Pa.)--History--19th century 2
Postcards 2
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Programs (documents) 2
Advertising fans 1
Albumen prints 1
Bonds (negotiable instruments) 1
Broadsides (notices) 1
Buffalo (N.Y.)--History--20th century 1
Chicago (Ill.)--History--19th century 1
Clippings (information artifacts) 1
Contracts 1
Cruise ships--History--20th century 1
Ephemera (general) 1
Exhibitions--England--London--History--19th century 1
Exhibitions--United States--History--20th century 1
Handbills 1
Invitations 1
London (England)--History--19th century 1
Montréal (Québec)--History--20th century 1
New Orleans (La.)--History--19th century 1
New York (N.Y.)--History--20th century 1
Newspapers 1
Ocean travel--History--20th century 1
Pamphlets 1
Pennants 1
Photographs 1
Punch (London, England) 1
Receipts (financial records) 1
Saint Louis (Mo.)--History--20th century 1
San Francisco (Calif.)--History--20th century 1
Scarves (costume accessories) 1
Schedules (time plans) 1
Scrapbooks--United States--History--20th century 1
Souvenirs 1
Stationery 1
Stereographs 1
Stereoscopes 1
Telegrams 1
Theater--History--20th century 1
Tickets 1
Viewbooks 1
Visiting cards 1
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Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.) 2
Pears (A. & F.) Limited 2
Davids, Richard W. 1
Expo (International Exhibitions Bureau) (1967 : Montréal, Québec) 1
Great Exhibition (1851 : London, England) 1
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Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.) 1
New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.) 1
New York World's Fair (1964-1965 : New York, N.Y.) 1
Nixon-Nirdlinger, Fred G. (Frederick G.), 1877-1931 1
Pan-American Exposition (1901 : Buffalo, N.Y.) 1
Panama-Pacific International Exposition (1915 : San Francisco, Calif.) 1
Wanamaker & Brown 1
World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.) 1
World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition (1884-1885 : New Orleans, La.) 1
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