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Album of late nineteenth-century chromolithographic trade cards and printed ephemera

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0093-Item 0047
Abstract

This album bears an inscription on the first page, “For Mother, From Austin, With Kindish Christmas Greetings” and is predominantly comprised of chromolithographic trade cards, many originating from businesses in Philadelphia and St. Louis.

Dates: 1880-1890

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

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0093-Item 0026
Abstract

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, children, and flowers; visiting cards; New Year cards; color printed cartoons of Grimm fairy tales and rhymes in German; and other color printed images.

Dates: approximately 1850-1899

Fred's nineteenth-century British album of scraps and greeting cards

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0093-Item 0039
Abstract

This nineteenth-century scrap album, apparently compiled by a British child named "Fred," contains colorful scraps of animals, children, British sailors in uniform, rowers, flowers, birds, and other decorative items. There are also a number of small printed images, Bible verses, and Christmas, New Year's, Easter, and birthday greeting cards. The cover of this album is embossed black and gold on red cloth in a Japonesque design of the Aesthetic Movement.

Dates: approximately 1875-1885

Ella Harris nineteenth-century American scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0093-Item 0030
Abstract

This nineteenth-century American children's scrapbook bears the inscription "To Ella, Much Love from Edith and Edna." The scrapbook features trade cards; Christmas, Easter, Valentine's Day, and New Year's greeting cards; collectible scraps of flowers, animals, and children; one silk program for "Nunnemacher's Grand Opera" featuring a performance of Martha by the Milwaukee Philharmonic Society.

Dates: approximately 1875-1895

Harry Anderson scrap album

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Identifier: MSS 0093-Item 0036
Abstract

This nineteenth-century American scrapbook, apparently belonging to a child named Harry Anderson, contains visiting cards, rewards of merit, holiday cards, trade cards, prayer cards, die-cut images and art prints.

Dates: approximately 1880-1890

Nineteenth-century children's scrap album

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0093-Item 0027
Abstract

The creator of this late nineteenth-century scrapbook is unknown, though the contents suggest that the compiler was a child who may have lived near Albany, New York. This scrap album includes chromolithographed scraps, trade cards, religious cards, visiting cards, and larger color-printed images.

Dates: 1880-1885

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