MSS. Manuscript Collection

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A paper fan with cutouts of letterhead and trade cards of various hotels glued to the front and back. The letterhead and trade card cutouts represent hotels that were located throughout New York, Ohio, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Massachusetts.

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Society of Cincinnati certificate for Belcher Hancock, signed by George Washington.

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Scrapbook created by Grace Gardiner Smith, assembled at around age 10. Contents include various chromolithograph scrap cutouts, trade cards, and greeting cards.

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Scrapbook containing examples of products printed by the Consolidated Lithographing Corp. between 1943 and 1957. Products represented in this volume include labels, containers, advertising fliers, certificates, greeting cards, clock and watch faces, menus, and playing cards.

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Consists of floral patterns from four German printers for Berlin woolwork embroidery for borders, sprays, nosegays, and two patterns which would have been suited for pillows. The patterns are hand-painted with opaque watercolor on printed card stock. Underneath some of the colors may be seen printed symbols indicating the color needed. Printers represented are: Louis Glüer; Grünthals Verlag; Hertz & Wegener; and A. Todt.

Scope and Contents The Ineson papers were generated in the course of building his silver spoon collection. The bulk of the papers consists of correspondence, including orders, inquiries, requests for appraisals, and more general correspondence. The rest of the collection consists of subject files, clippings, lists of silversmiths, rubbings of touchmarks, photographs of silver, and wax impressions of touchmarks from the backs of silver spoons. Stanley Ineson advertised for old silver spoons in a...

Content Description Four WK-Wohnen photographic furniture trade catalogs and price list. The volumes include Speisezimmer or dining rooms, Herrenzimmer or gentlemen's studies, Schlafzimmer or bedrooms, and Klein Mobel Sitz. u. Polstermobel or small furniture, seating, and upholstered furniture. Designers represented in the catalogs include Albrecht & Mammelle, Bock & Feil, Kimpel, Bertram Schrot, Garter &...

Content Description The collection consists of an order book and approximately forty stencils used to paint furniture. The order book was kept by Henry Buchter for the Buchter Chair Company for the year of 1872. Orders list various types and styles of seating furniture, including rocking chairs, table chairs, arm chairs, nursing chairs, cottage chairs, dining chairs, and stools. Customers listed were not only from the local area of Louisville, Kentucky, but also from Nebraska, Kansas, Mississippi, Alabama,...

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A collection of 35 design drawings for leather screens, many on George D. Thompson & Co. letterhead. Most have been colored, and feature designs in the renaissance revival, rococo revival, and Chinoiserie styles. Many include dimensions and prices.

Of note is one design that features a Black person as an umbrella bearer within a rococo revival scene.