Bella C. Landauer Collection of Business and Advertising Ephemera
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Abstract
Collection of mainly 19th and 20th century advertising ephemera. Formats in the collection include American trade cards, lottery tickets, handbills, labels, broadsides, calendars, billheads, price lists, advertising fans, and other materials of history and popular culture. Media range from rough woodcuts to chromolithographs.
Biographical Note
Bella Landauer was born Bella Clara Fackenthal in New York in 1874, the only child of a prosperous corset manufacturer. She attended classes at Miss Hewitt's, and became proficient in several foreign languages. Her father disapproved of college for women, so Bella educated herself with her inquiring mind and interest in many different subjects, including opera and theater. In 1900 she married Ian Nathan Landauer, a fabric importer and salesman, and a first-generation immigrant from Germany. The Landauers' sons were born in 1902 and 1906, and Bella devoted her intense energy to the task wife and motherhood. During World War I Mrs. Landauer volunteered for the New York chapter of the American Volunteer Field Service, which took a toll on her health. A doctor ordered her to rest, and Landauer looked to find more suitable activities for herself.
Bella Landauer first began collecting ephemera in 1923, when she bought a portfolio of bookplates and other prints for one hundred dollars. Though that portfolio was later revealed to have been stolen from a dealer, Landauer was permanently hooked on the idea of collecting printed ephemera. She first embarked on a quest to discover and acquire new bookplates. The next year she added tradecards. Subsequently, as she encountered new genres of material, her interests expanded and her collections grew. She traveled to Europe in search of ephemera, and began to create special collections on specific advertising themes.
In 1926, when Landauer moved from her brownstone at 11 West 74th Street into an apartment in the Drake Hotel, she no longer had space to house her already quite large collection of ephemera. She offered part of her collection to the New-York Historical Society, initially presenting a group of trade cards and bookplates, but never stopped adding to and expanding the collection. Landauer was first given a former kitchen in which to store and organize her collections. However, when the Society's building was expanded in the late 1930s, a special room was created on the third floor to house the Landauer Collection.
Landauer was made an Honorary Curator of the collection but was never on the Society's payroll. She spent hours at the Society organizing her various materials, and members of the public were invited to view them on Sunday afternoons. Landauer continued to collect and donate items, including lottery tickets, posters, sheet music, cameo cards, and matchbooks, until her death in 1960. Her son James D. Landauer donated more items to her collections.
Landauer often referred to her collections as "scraps of old paper," but these ephemeral items have proven to be valuable graphic records of their times. The New-York Historical Society's Bella C. Landauer Collection of Business and Advertising Ephemera holds over eight hundred thousand items. Landauer also donated ephemera to many other institutions: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Smithsonian Institution, the New York Public Library, Dartmouth College library, Library of Congress, and Baker Library at Harvard University.
In 2001, Landauer's reference materials were separated from the ephemera collection material, and became a separate collection, the Bella C. Landauer Reference and Writings Collection (PR 149.) All three-dimensional items (such as milk cartons, matchbooks, and paperweights) were transferred to the New-York Historical Society's Department of Painting, Sculpture, and Decorative Arts.
Arrangement
The collection is organized into 8 series:
Series:
- Series I. Scrapbooks
- Series II. Ephemera Files (small, medium, large)
- Series III. Sheet Music
- Series IV. Weichsel Tobacco Collection
- Series V. Photographs and Fine Art Works
- Series VI. Playing Cards
- Series VII: Speakeasy Cards
- Series VIII: World War II Army-Navy "E" Awards Ephemera
Scope and Content Note
The Bella C. Landauer Collection of Business and Advertising Ephemera contains material spanning the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The Collection contains an amazing array of advertising ephemera in a variety of formats: posters, trade cards, cigar labels, product labels, printed advertisements, and sheet music, among others. The collection was originally organized by Landauer, as described above, in a variety of ways, most usually by format or by product being advertised.
Landauer's own lists of items by subject can be found in the Bella C. Landauer Reference and Writings Collection (PR 149).
Throughout Series I and II, all ephemera is organized by the product for which it is advertising. This makes searching for specific businesses and industries easy, but searching for examples of specific printers or lithographers more difficult. Researchers are encouraged to contact the Print Room reference staff at printroom@nyhistory.org for assistance.
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Access Restrictions
Materials in this collection may be stored offsite. For more information on making arrangements to consult them, please visit www.nyhistory.org/library/visit.
Open to qualified researchers by advance appointment only. To schedule an appointment, contact the Print Room Librarian at printroom@nyhistory.org.
Photocopying undertaken by staff only. Limited to twenty exposures of stable, unbound material per day. See guidelines in Print Room for details.
Use Restrictions
Application to use images from this collection for publication should be made in writing to: Department of Rights and Reproductions, The New-York Historical Society, 170 Central Park West, New York, NY 10024-5194, rightsandrepro@nyhistory.org. Phone: (212) 873-3400 ext. 282.
Copyrights and other proprietary rights may subsist in individuals and entities other than the New-York Historical Society, in which case the patron is responsible for securing permission from those parties. For fuller information about rights and reproductions from N-YHS visit: https://www.nyhistory.org/about/rights-reproductions
Preferred Citation
This collection should be cited as Bella C. Landauer Collection of Business and Advertising Ephemera, PR 031, Department of Prints, Photographs, and Architectural Collections, The New-York Historical Society.
Location of Materials
Provenance
Gift of Bella C. Landauer between 1926 and 1960, with later additions by her son, James D. Landauer. Other advertising ephemera by a variety of donors, as well as material with no attributed provenance, were added to the collection after Landauer's death.
About this Guide
Edition of this Guide
Repository
Series I: SCRAPBOOKS
Scope and Contents note
Once she moved her collection to the New-York Historical Society, Landauer had the Society's bindery create large scrapbooks for her, which she filled with small ephemera, organized by the kind of product being advertised. Within the scrapbooks, there is rarely any further refinement of organization; a researcher looking for a specific business or product may need to consult each of the 4 or 5 scrapbooks compiled on the subject in order to complete an exhaustive search. In some cases, Landauer's own lists (in PR 149) may be of use, but so much of the material has been moved around since Landauer's time that those lists may not be of more help than exhaustively searching.
In addition to the scrapbooks she compiled, filled with pasted and taped-in small paper ephemera, Landauer collected scrapbooks that had been compiled by others. These are of various sizes and subjects and are filed at the end of the series, with brief descriptions found in the box and folder list. Some additional scrapbooks of ephemera, acquired by the N-YHS after Landauer's death, have been added to this set.
The following is a list of subject headings, under which material is filed. Each topic may have several scrapbooks.
ADVERTISING
BCL Vol.1
BCL Vol. 1
AGRICULTURE
BCL Vol. 01 D
BCL Vol. 01 E
ANIMALS
BCL Vol. 01 A
BCL Vol. 01 A
BCL Vol. 01 B
ANTIQUES
BCL Vol. 01 C
ART (including libraries, all museums, and autographs)
BCL Vol. 01 C-1/2
BEVERAGES
BCL vol. 02 A
BCL Vol. 02 A 1/4
BCL vol. 02 A 1/2
BCL Vol. 02 A 1/2
BCL Vol. 02 A 3/4
BUILDINGS
A-C, BCL Vol. 02 B
D-H, BCL Vol. 02 C
I-R, BCL Vol. 02 D
S-Z, BCL Vol. 02 E
BUSINESS
BCL Vol. 02
BCL Vol. 02
BCL Vol. 02-1/2
BCL Vol. 02-1/2
CLOTHING (including Ladies, Men's, Millinery, and Shoes)
Ladies-General-BCL vol. 03
Ladies-General-BCL vol. 03 1/2
Ladies-General-BCL vol. 03 1/2
Corsets-BCL vol. 03 A
Haberdashers-BCL vol. 03 G
Men's-General A-F, BCL vol. 03 H
Men's-General G-L, BCL vol. 03 I
Men's-General M-Sl, BCL vol. 03 J
Men's-General Sm-Z, BCL vol. 03 K
Millinery, hosiery, hats and caps A-Q, BCL vol. 03 B
Millinery, hosiery, hats and caps R-Z, BCL vol. 03 C
Shoes A-F, BCL vol. 03 D
Shoes G-R, BCL vol. 03 E
Shoes S-Z, BCL vol. 03 F
CLUBS and SOCIETIES
BCL vol. 04
BCL vol. 04
COTTON
BCL vol. 05
DANCES and BALLS
BCL vol. 04-1/2
DRY GOODS (including Merchants and Textile labels)
Merchants A-C, BCL vol. 05 A
Merchants A-C, BCL vol. 05 A
Merchants D-Go, BCL vol. 05 B
Merchants Gr-K, BCL vol. 05 C
Merchants L-O, BCL vol. 05 D
Merchants P-Sh, BCL vol. 05 E
Merchants Si-Z, BCL vol. 05 F
Merchants Si-Z, BCL vol. 05 F
Textile labels, BCL vol. 05-1/2
ELECTRICITY
BCL vol. 06
BCL vol. 06
FOOD
A-Bl, BCL vol. 06 A
A-Bl, BCL vol. 06 A
Bo-C, BCL vol. 06 B
Bo-C, BCL vol. 06 B
D-F, BCL vol. 06 C
G-Gw, BCL vol. 06 D
H-Ke, BCL vol. 06 E
Ki-Me, BCL vol. 06 F
Mi-Pr, BCL vol. 06 G
Pu-S, BCL vol. 06 H
Pu-S, BCL vol. 06 H
Sugar, BCL vol. 06 J
T-Z, BCL vol. 06 I
Topps Chewing Gum, BCL vol. 06 I-1/2
FURNITURE
BCL vol. 06 K
BCL vol. 06 L
HARDWARE (including machinery, metals, mining, safes, locks)
BCL vol. 07
BCL vol. 07
BCL vol. 07 A
BCL vol. 07 A-1/2
BCL vol. 07 A-1/2
HOTELS and RESTAURANTS
A-C, BCL vol. 07 B
A-C, BCL vol. 07 B
D-Ho, BCL vol. 07 C
D-Ho, BCL vol. 07 C
Hu-M, BCL vol. 07 D
Hu-M, BCL vol. 07 D
N-P, BCL vol. 07 E
Q-T, BCL vol. 07 F
Q-T, BCL vol. 07 F
U-Z, BCL vol. 07 G
HOUSEHOLD
Ammonia, BCL vol. 09
Carpets, BCL vol. 09
Carpets, Picture frames, BCL vol. 09
Picture frames, BCL vol. 09
China and glass, BCL vol. 08
Glue, cement, miscellaneous, BCL vol. 09 A
Lamps and lighting, BCL vol. 08 A
Laundry, BCL vol. 08 B
Soap and Candles, BCL vol. 08 C
Soap and Candles, BCL vol. 08 C
Matches, polishes, twine, refrigerators, BCL vol. 09 B
INSURANCE
A-Ha, BCL vol. 09 C
He-N, BCL vol. 09 D
O-Z, BCL vol. 09 E
JEWELRY
BCL vol. 09 F
BCL vol. 09 G
LEATHER GOODS
BCL vol. 10
LOTTERIES (arranged by state)
Foreign, Arkansas, Carolinas, California, Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
District of Columbia
Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey
New York
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
Texas
Vermont
Virginia
Wyoming
MILITARY
BCL vol. 10-1/2
BCL vol. 10-1/2
OIL
BCL vol. 10 A
OPTICAL
BCL vol. 10 A-1/2
PACKAGING
BCL vol. 10 C
PAPER
BCL vol. 11 B
BCL vol. 11 B
PERIODICALS
BCL vol. 11
BCL vol. 11 A
PHOTOGRAPHY
BCL vol. 11 C
BCL vol. 11 C
PLASTICS
BCL vol. 10 B
PRINTING and ENGRAVING
A-H, BCL vol. 13
A-H, BCL vol. 13
I-Q, BCL vol. 13 A
R-Z, BCL vol. 13 B
Modern material, BCL vol. 13 B-1/4
PROFESSIONS and OCCUPATIONS
Medical, BCL vol. 14
Merchants, teachers, trade unions, etc., BCL vol. 14-1/4
PUBLICATIONS
BCL vol. 12
BCL vol. 12
BCL vol. 12 A
BCL vol. 12 B
RADIUM, URANIUM, etc.
BCL vol. 14 A-1/2
REAL ESTATE
BCL vol. 14 A
BCL vol. 14 A
RELIGION, PHILANTHROPY, and HOSPITALS
BCL vol. 14 B
BCL vol. 14 B
RUBBER
BCL vol. 14-1/2
SCHOOLS and COLLEGES
BCL vol. 14 C
BCL vol. 14 C
BCL vol. 14 C-1/2
SEEDS and PLANTS
BCL vol. 14 D
BCL vol. 14 D
SEWING MACHINES
BCL vol. 14 E
SPORTS, TOYS, and GAMES
BCL vol. 15
BCL vol. 15 A
BCL vol. 15 A
BCL vol. 15 A-1/2
STATIONERY and VALENTINES
BCL vol. 15 B
BCL vol. 15 B
BCL vol. 15 C
BCL vol. 15 C
STOVES, FURNACES and RANGES
A-S, BCL vol. 15 D
T-Z, BCL vol. 15 E
THEATRICAL ENTERPRISES (including Theatre, Motion pictures, Musical instruments, Fairs and expositions, Musicals, Lectures, Radio and television, Dance, Music, Skating)
Theatre, BCL vol. 16
Theatre, BCL vol. 16 A
Motion pictures, BCL vol. 16 B
Motion pictures, BCL vol. 16 B-1/2
Motion pictures, BCL vol. 16 B-3/4
Musical instruments, BCL vol. 16 C
Theatre, fairs and expositions, musicals, musical instruments, and lectures, BCL vol. 16 D
Theatre, fairs and expositions, musicals, musical instruments, and lectures, BCL vol. 16 E
Theatre, fairs and expositions, musicals, musical instruments, and lectures, BCL vol. 16 F
Theatre, fairs and expositions, musicals, musical instruments, and lectures, BCL vol. 16 G
Theatre, fairs and expositions, musicals, musical instruments, and lectures, BCL vol. 16 G
Theatre, fairs and expositions, musicals, musical instruments, and lectures, BCL vol. 16 H
Theatre, fairs and expositions, musicals, musical instruments, and lectures, BCL vol. 16 H
Radio and television, BCL vol. 16 I
Radio and television, BCL vol. 16 I
Dance, BCL vol. 16 K
Dance, BCL vol. 16 K
Music, BCL vol. 16 L
Music, BCL vol. 16 L
Skating, dance, fairs and expositions, BCL vol. 16 M
TOBACCO
BCL vol. 17
BCL vol. 17 A
BCL vol. 17 A
BCL vol. 17 B
BCL vol. 17 C
BCL vol. 17 D
TOILET ARTICLES and BEAUTY AIDS
BCL vol. 18
BCL vol. 18 A
TRANSPORTATION
Automobiles, buses, taxis, etc. BCL vol. 19
Automobiles, buses, taxis, etc. BCL vol. 19
Automobiles, buses, taxis, etc. BCL vol. 19
Aviation BCL vol. 19 G
Aviation BCL vol. 19 G-1/2
Bridges, canals, Civil War, ferries, and local transit tickets and passes A-N, BCL vol. 19 B
Local transit tickets and passes O-Z, BCL vol. 19 C
Carriages BCL vol. 19 D
Express companies BCL vol. 19 F
Railroads BCL vol. 19 A
Railroads BCL vol. 19 A
Railroads BCL vol. 19 A-1/2
Railroads BCL vol. 19 A-1/2
Railroads BCL vol. 19 A-3/4
Ships BCL vol. 19 E
Ships BCL vol. 19 E-1/2
Ships BCL vol. 19 E-3/4
Ships BCL vol. 19 E-3/4
UNDERTAKERS, CEMETERIES, COFFIN MAKERS, and FUNERALS
BCL vol. 20
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT (including Lawyers and Suffrage)
BCL vol. 20 A
BCL vol. 20 A
BCL vol. 20 B
WAREHOUSES and WATERWORKS
BCL vol. 20
WOOL
BCL vol. 20
WORLD WAR I
War letters, 1917-1919, bound vol. 1 (BCL vol. 23.1)
War letters, 1917-1919, bound vol. 2 (BCL vol. 23.1)
BCL vol. 23.2
WORLD WAR II
1939-1940, BCL vol. 23.3
1940-1941, BCL vol. 23.4
1940-1942, BCL vol. 23.5
1942, BCL vol. 23.6 A
1942, BCL vol. 23.6 B
1942-1943, BCL vol. 23.7 A (pages 1-78)
1942-1943, BCL vol. 23.7 B (pages 79-157)
1943-1951, BCL vol. 23.8
Marshall Plan, etc., BCL vol. 23.9
Price Lists from various merchants and wholesalers, 1757-1863, inclusive
MISCELLANEOUS ALBUMS AND SCRAPBOOKS
General
These scrapbooks and collections were compiled by others and acquired by BCL or the N-YHS.
Bagg, Edith Adele, album of valentines and cards (gift, 1954)
Behringer, Emily, Frank Leslie's Ladies Journal Cut Paper Patterns book reused as album for scrap, chromos, trade cards, etc. (gift, 1971)
Beer, Alice, mining company stock certificates
Bradley, May, album of trade cards, scrap, rewards of merit, and cards
Butler, Robert J., bank notes: vol. 1, leaves 1-128
Butler, Robert J., bank notes: vol. 1, leaves 129-250
Butler, Robert J., bank notes: vol. 2, leaves 1-121
Butler, Robert J., bank notes: vol. 2, leaves 122-249
Butler, Robert J., bank notes: Leather bound volume, unpaged
Carney, Hortense, album of greeting cards, trade cards and labels, 1880- (gift, June 24, 1931)
"Centennial Scrap Book" album of scrap, chromos, cards, etc. (gift, Nov. 9, 1953)
[Dann, Helen] album of scrap, greeting cards, and trade cards
Gussow, Kahn & Co./Fashion advertising & graphic design
Ingraham, D. Phoenix, scrapbook of invitations, 1899-1902
Lefferts, Charles M., album of scrap and theatrical portraits (gift, July 1923)
National Advertising Register (part used as scrapbook)
New York and Providence, RI, trade card album (purchase, Dec. 1971)
Strobeck album of Troy, NY, trade cards, scrap, chromos, etc. (gift of Patsy Walters)
Van Dyck family scrapbook
Wolfe, Margaret A., scrapbook of invitations. 1880-1881
Two albums of miscellaneous trade cards and cards
Series II: LOOSE EPHEMERA
Scope and Contents note
Series II: Loose Ephemera is arranaged using the same basic organization system as Series I: Scrapbooks. Most items in this series were once housed inside the scrapbooks, and were removed for preservation or exhibition reasons. Additional material has been added to these files since Landauer's death; it is no longer easy to know what ephemera items originated in Landauer's own collection. Some items have roman numerals written on the verso in pencil - these numbers correspond to Landauer's original scrapbook numbers and are written in her hand. Other material may have one of several stamps that Landauer used to identify her collection.
Within the general scrapbook-based subject organization, files have been further broken down by type of product, manufacturer, or geographical location where appropriate.
For ease of access, and to best utilize Landauer's filing system, all loose ephemera (i.e. not pasted in a scrapbook) not found in Series III-VII is housed in Series II. This series is organized into subseries by size. Researchers are advised to consult all three subseries in search of their topics of interest.
Subseries I: Small Ephemera (usually less than 9 x 12 inches) is housed upright in file boxes.
Subseries II: Medium Ephemera (between 9 x 12 inches and 14 x 18 inches) is housed flat in boxes. Some material in this subseries was originally pasted into scrapbooks.
Subseries III: Large Ephemera is housed in flat files. Most of this material had previously been called (by Landauer and N-YHS staff) "posters."
Subseries I: SMALL EPHEMERA
Advertising
Scope and Contents
includes material from BCL scrapbook 01
Signs and sign companies
Trading stamp books
Miscellaneous
Agriculture
Scope and Contents
Includes material from BCL scrapbooks 01 D and E Can and crate labels, 19th and 20th century
Cheese
Fruits
Apples
Apricots
Cantaloupes
Cherries
Citrus, general
Crenshaw melons
Figs
Grapefruit
Grapes
Honeydew melons
Agriculture
Scope and Contents
Fruits
Lemons
Mangoes
Melons, general
Nectarines
Oranges
Peaches
Pears
Plums
Pomegranates
Tangerines
Produce, general
Produce, California
Agriculture
Scope and Contents
Produce: Florida; New York; New Jersey; Maryland; Texas
Asparagus
Celery
Corn
Peas
Peppers
Sweet potatoes
Tomatoes
Vegetables, miscellaneous
Miscellaneous labels
Agriculture
Scope and Contents
Cider presses
Farm equipment
Hand tools
Mills and processing machinery
Mowers and reapers
Plows and harrows
Rakes
Sowers and drills
Fertilizers, guano, etc.
Insecticides, poisons, and traps
Lawn mowers
Societies, organizations and publications
Animals
Scope and Contents
includes material from BCL scrapbooks 01 A and B
Cattle
Dogs
Feed and food
Horses
Medical treatments
Poultry and birds
Miscellaneous animals
Antiques
Scope and Contents
Numismatics
Cogan, Edward
Cook, Henry
Groux, Daniel
Guttag Brothers
Lilliendahl, William A.
Mint of the United States
Sage, A.B.
Woodward, W. Elliot
Miscellaneous antiques sales, shows and dealers
Art
Scope and Contents
includes museums and libraries, with material from BCL scrapbook 01 C-1/2
Art dealers and galleries
Art exhibitions: Invitations and tickets; Programs and catalogues
Art
Scope and Contents
Artists' materials suppliers
Brushes, easels and equipment
Devoe Company
General supplies
Paints and colors
Picture frames (see: FURNITURE, Looking glasses and picture frames)
Artists' self-promotional materials
Libraries
Museums (see also: THEATRICAL ENTERPRISES)
Sculpture: Public monuments; Rogers groups
Beverages
Scope and Contents
including material from BCL scrapbooks 02 A Alcoholic Beverages
Beer
Breweries: A-Z, miscellaneous
Importers and dealers
Liquors
Rum
Scotch/rye/whiskey
Hermitage Distillery
Miscellaneous distillers and distributors
Menus and price lists
Wine
Champagne
Price and drink lists
Temperance material
Beverages
Scope and Contents
Non-alcoholic Beverages
Chocolate/cocoa: Bensdorp's Royal Dutch Cocoa; Van Houten's Cocoa; Miscellaneous brands
Cider
Coffee: miscellaneous brands A-Z; Arbuckle's Ariosa; Chase and Sandborn; Lion Coffee; McLoughlin's
Coffee Shops and stores
Juices
Milk
Soda: Coca-Cola; Pepsi Cola; miscellaneous brands
Soda water
Tea: Great American Tea Company; Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company; Union Pacific Tea Company; miscellaneous stores and importers; invoices and price lists
Building
Scope and Contents
including material from BCL scrapbooks 02 B-E
Architects/builders/carpenters/contractors
Awnings/shades/shutters (see also: HOUSEHOLD, Shades and blinds)
Bathing/sanitary fixtures
Bricks
Cast iron (see: HARDWARE, Foundries)
Cement/concrete
Elevators
Fences
Glass/windows
Lumber/cabinetmakers/woodworkers
Marble (see also: UNDERTAKERS, Grave markers)
Masons/plasterers
Paint Manufacturers
Paint Merchants
Painters/decorators/sign painters
Building
Scope and Contents
Plumbers
Roofing/siding
Stone/plaster/terra cotta
Wall coatings/Kalsomine/fresco/asbestos, etc.
Wallpapers/paper hangings
Manufacturers
Merchants
Miscellaneous
Business
Scope and Contents
including material from BCL scrapbook 02 and 02-1/2
Banks and banking
Buildings and institutions
Checks
Financial documents
Letterhead
Notes and currency
Novelty advertising items
Stock certificates
Clothing
Scope and Contents
including material from BCL scrapbooks 03 A-K (see also: DRY GOODS) General merchants
John Wanamaker
Canes (see CLOTHING, Umbrellas and Canes)
Haberdashers
Hosiery
Ladies Fashions: Fashion plates; Furs; Gloves; Centemeri & Co.; Harris Brothers
Clothing
Scope and Contents
Ladies Fashions: A-Z merchants
Demorest Emporium of Fashion
Ehrich & Co.
Jay-Thorpe Inc.
Macy's
O'Neill & Co.
Skirts
Undergarments
Corsets
Clasps
Hoops, crinolines, and bustles
Men's Fashions: Collars (celluloid, paper, and cloth)
Clothing
Scope and Contents
Men's Fashion: Merchants
International
A-Z retailers
Baldwin
Brooks Brothers
Devlin & Co.
Harlem & Westchester Clothing Co.
Hayward & Co.
Jessup & Co.
London & Liverpool Clothing Co.
Paret Co.
Perego
Raymond & Co.
Stadler & Co.
Vogel Brothers
Shirts
Clothing
Scope and Contents
Military clothiers
Milliners, hat and cap merchants: A-Z retailers; Genin; O'Neill and Company
Shoes and boots: Blacking, polish, etc.; A-Z manufacturers; Bixby's; Button's Raven Gloss Dressing; Frank Miller
Shoe Manufacturers: A-Z miscellaneous; Cable Screw Wire & Standard Fastened; Reynolds Brothers
Shoe Merchants (see also: DRYGOODS)
Clothing
Scope and Contents
Shoe Merchants
Rubbers and overshoes
Tailors: A-Z miscellaneous; Nicoll the Tailor
Umbrellas and Canes
Clubs and Societies
Scope and Contents
including material from BCL scrapbook 04
Animal rights (see also: AGRICULTURE, Societies, organizations)
Arts and sciences
Bibliophiles
Fraternal: Masons; miscellaneous
Heritage and genealogical
Historical
Medical
Military
Numismatic
Patriotic and political
Professional
Social
Sporting and recreation
Miscellaneous
Cotton
Scope and Contents
including material from BCL scrapbook 05
Auction catalogs
Miscellaneous
Dances and Balls
Scope and Contents
including material from BCL scrapbook 04-1/2
Dance cards and programs, nineteenth century
Invitations and tickets
Fire company balls
Military balls
Eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, miscellaneous dances and balls
Twentieth century dances and balls
Druggists
Scope and Contents
International
National A-Z
Colorado
Connecticut: A-Z towns; New Haven; Waterbury-R.S. Woodruff
Illinois: A-Z towns; Chicago-A-Z druggists-Bucklen & Co., Humiston, Keeling & Co., Pioneer Drug Store
Indiana: A-Z towns; Elkhart; Dr. Miles' Medical Company
Iowa: Des Moines; Chamberlain Medicine Company
Druggists
Scope and Contents
Kansas
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts: A-Z towns; Boston-A-Z druggists, F.M. Keeler & Co., Fox, Fultz & Co., Seth W. Fowle & Co., Howe & French, Wm. C. Stimpson, Weeks & Potter, Mrs. Winslow's, C.H.& F. Day; Lowell-Ayer & Co., C.I. Hood & Co.; Stoneham-C.O. Currier
Druggists
Scope and Contents
Michigan
Minnesota
Missouri
New Hampshire: A-Z towns; Concord
New Jersey: A-Z towns, Atlantic City, Jersey City, Newark, New Brunswick-Johnson & Johnson, Rahway, Merck & Co., Woodbury, G.G. Green
Druggists
Scope and Contents
New York City: A-Q druggists
Brandreth Caswell, Massey Co. Hegeman & Co. Humphrey's
Druggists
Scope and Contents
New York City: R-Z druggists
Schiffeling & Co. Squibb & Son Van Duzer & Co. Wrecker Pharmacy
Druggists
Scope and Contents
New York State:
A-Z towns
Albany
Buffalo: A-Z druggists; World's Dispensary Medical Association
Cape Vincent
Granville: Baldwin & Co.
Hudson
Kinderhook: Frank Ball
Lockport
Middletown
Rochester
Saratoga Springs
Tarrytown: Sackett & Co.
Troy
Druggists
Scope and Contents
Ohio
Pennsylvania: A-Z towns; Philadelphia- A-Z druggists, B. Harper Diehl, Dr. D. Jayne & Son, Schenk's; Warren- Hazeltine
Rhode Island
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Vermont: A-Z towns; Bellow's Falls-A-Z druggists, Geo. F. Woods
Druggists
Scope and Contents
Vermont continued: A-Z druggists; Henry, Johnson & Lord; Peck & Spear; Humphrey's; Fredrick & Francis Fenn & Co.; John F. Henry & Co.; M.K. Paine
Virginia
Washington, D.C.
Wisconsin
Miscellaneous
Chemists and Chemicals
Scope and Contents
includes material from BCL scrapbooks 4A-4F
Drugs and Medicines
Scope and Contents
BCL scrapbooks 4A-4F dismantled into these boxes
Blood Purifiers:
A-Z brands
Burdock Blood Bitters
Dr. Green's Blood Bitters
Dr. Morse's Syrup of Yellow Dock Root
Paine's Celery Compound Tonic
Parker's Ginger Tonic
Peruvian Syrup
Robinson's Sura-Cura
Sarsaparilla- Ayer's, Brown's
Drugs and Medicines
Scope and Contents
Blood Purifiers:
Sasparilla- C.I. Hood, Scovill's, Miscellaneous
Tarrant's Seltzer Aperient
Tonics and Bitters
Vegetine
Dr. Walker's California Vinegar Bitters
Drugs and Medicines
Scope and Contents
Children's Remedies:
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup
Miscellaneous
Digestives:
Dr. Arnold's Balsam
Ayer's Cathartic Pills
Angostura Bitters
Brown's Iron Bitters
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters
Plantation Bitters
Sulphur Bitters
Tippecanoe Bitters
Willard's Golden Seal Bitters
Miscellaneous bitters
Caroid and bile salts
Castor oil
Castoria
Figs and fig syrups
Gastrine
Dr. Henri Guillard's Persuaders
Intestinal (misc. Cholera and Dysentery)
Drugs and Medicines
Scope and Contents
Digestive:
Laxatives
Liver and kidney:
A-Z brands
Buchu preparations
Carter's Little Liver Pills
Craig Kidney Cure
Doan's Kidney Pills
Dr. Grosvenor's Liver Aid
Hood's Vegetable Pills
Hunt's Remedy
Dr. Jayne's Sanative Pills
Dr. Kilmer & Co.
Dr. McLane's Liver Pills
Mandrake pills
Schenck's Mandrake Pills
Drugs and Medicines
Scope and Contents
Digestive:
Warner's Safe Cure
Murray Charcoal Tablets
Pepsin
Pills, miscellaneous
Powders and Salts, miscellaneous
Salts, miscellaneous
Schenck's Seaweed Tonic
Seidlitz powders
Seven Bark s Spring waters
Tonics, miscellaneous
Exercise (see: SPORTS, Gymnasiums)
Drugs and Medicines
Scope and Contents
External remedies:
Baths and bath salts
Eye treatments
Foot care
Corn treatments
Liniments, ointments and salves:
Dalley's Magical Pain Extractor
Ma-le-na
Medicated soaps
Merchant's Gargling Oil
Minard's Liniment
Renne's Magic Oil
St. Jacob's Oil
Sapanule
Miscellaneous salves
Drugs and Medicines
Scope and Contents
Petroleum products:
Petrolina
Vaseline
Miscellaneous
Piles and hemorrhoids
Plasters:
Allcock's (see also: DRUGGISTS, New York City, Brandreth)
Benson's Capcine
Carter's
Court plasters
Johnson & Johnson
Mitchell's
Paine's Green Mountain
Pond's Extract
Miscellaneous plasters
Skin aids
Witch hazel
Miscellaneous
Drugs and Medicines
Scope and Contents
Female Remedies:
Burdock's Blood Bitters
Carter's Iron Pills
Dr. Marchisi's Uterine Catholicon
Hormone treatments
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
Wines and cordials
Miscellaneous
Fever and Ague Treatments:
Ayer's Ague Cure
Miscellaneous
Drugs and Medicines
Scope and Contents
Indian Remedies:
Dr. Morse's Indian Root Pills
Kickapoo Indians
Wright's Indian Vegetable Pills
Miscellaneous
Drugs and Medicines
Scope and Contents
Medicinal Foods:
Beef extracts
Best Tonic
Eskay's Food
Ginger
Grains
Horlick's Malted Milk
Imperial Granum
Lactated foods, miscellaneous
Malt Bitters
Malt extracts
Mellin's Food
Mineral spring waters
Murdock Liquid Food
Drugs and Medicines
Scope and Contents
Medicinal Foods:
Nestle's Milk Food
Quaker Bitters
Ridge's Food
Root beers
Wells Richardson Lactated Food
Wheat Bitters
Wines and spirits
Miscellaneous
Drugs and Medicines
Scope and Contents
Nervous Disorders:
Carter's Little Nerve Pills
Dr. Green's Nervura
Horsford's Acid Phosphate
Nichols' Bark & Iron
Pleis
Cocoa remedies
Miscellaneous
Drugs and Medicines
Scope and Contents
General Pain Remedies:
Antikamina Tablets
Bayer
Bromo-Seltzer
Pain-ine
Perry Davis' Vegetable Pain Cure
Dr. Radcliffe's Seven Seals or Golden Wonder
Headache Remedies:
Crosby's Five Minute Cure
Dr. Metter's Headache Pills
Miscellaneous pills and powders
Opiates
Toothache Remedies
Miscellaneous
Drugs and Medicines
Scope and Contents
Panaceas:
A-Z brands
Electric oils
Dr. Thomas' Electric Oil
Electricity:
Batteries
Belts
Miscellaneous
Elixirs:
Gargling oils
Globe Pills
Hamlin's Wizard Oil
Health chairs
Herbal remedies
Compound Oxygen
Quassia cups
Shaker remedies
Wampole's Preparation
Wells' Health Renewer
Physical Culture (see: SPORTS, Gymnasiums)
Drugs and Medicines
Scope and Contents
Respiratory Remedies:
Allergy Cures:
Excelsior Asthma Remedy
Schiffman's German Asthma Cure
Balsams:
A. David Ashley's Honey Balsam
Dr. Carter's Balsam
Mrs. Dinsmore's
Dr. Hall's Balsam
Hartshorn's Cough Balsam
Porter's Cough Balsam
Wistar's Balsam of Wild Cherry
Cattarh Cures:
Norwegian Balm
Piso's Cure
Cod Liver Oil
Scott's Emulsion
Wilbur's Cod Liver Oil
Miscellaneous
Cold Pills
Drugs and Medicines
Scope and Contents
Respiratory Remedies:
Cordials: Fairbanks Rock Cordials
Cough Drops: Hill's Casara Quinine; James' Cough Pills; Lutted's Cough Drops; Miscellaneous
Inhalants: Mentholatum; Vicks; Miscellaneous
Lozenges
Syrups: A.C.D. Cough Syrup; Acker's English Remedy; Dr. Seth Arnold's Cough Killer; Ayers' Cherry Pectoral; Boschee's German Syrup; Grobecker's; Higgins T & C Compound; Dr. Jayne's
Drugs and Medicines
Scope and Contents
Respiratory Cures
Syrups: Joy to the World; Dr. King's New Discoveries; Miller's Compound Syrup; Papillon Cough Cure; Red Star Cure; Rye & Rock; Schenck's Medicines; Shiloh's Consumption Cure; Tar-Liquorice; Miscellaneous
Troches: Brown's Bronchial Troches; Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous respiratory cures
Drugs and Medicines
Scope and Contents
Sanatariums
Sexual disorders and diseases
Specific aids:
Crutches
Disinfectants
First aid
Habits cured
Invalid's aids
Opiate prescription forms
Prosthetics
Surgical instruments
Syringes and thermometers
Trusses and supports
Drugs and Medicines
Scope and Contents
Vermifuges: Comstock's Dead Shot Pellets; Dr. Jayne's Tonic; Miscellaneous
Vitamins: Pamphlets; Squibb; Unicap; Upjohn; Miscellaneous
Drugs and Medicines
Scope and Contents
Related material:
Books and circulars
Institutions
Medicine labels
Physicians
Poison
Preventative medicine
Products for physicians
Promoting healthful practices
Vaccinations
Miscellaneous
Dry Goods/Department Stores
Scope and Contents
Braid, ribbon, and other trimmings
Buttons
Dry Goods Merchants, International: Jevons & Mellor
Dry Goods Merchants, National: A-Z companies; Gilchrist; Landauer
Dry Goods Merchants, New York City: A-Z companies; B. Altman & Co.; Bergdorf-Goodman; Bloomingdales; Denning's; Hannigan & Bouillon
Dry Goods/Department Stores
Scope and Contents
Dry Goods Merchants, New York City: John E. Kaughran & Co.; LeBoutillier Brothers; Lord & Taylor; Macy's; O'Neill and Company; E. Ridley & Son; Stern Brothers; A.T. Stewart & Co.
Dry Goods Merchants, New York State: Frear's Troy Cash Bazaar; Miscellaneous companies
Needles, pins, hooks, etc.
Patterns: Clothing, Needlework
Silk manufacturers and merchants
Textile labels (from bales, bolts, and sheets)
Dry Goods/Department Stores
Scope and Contents
Thread Manufacturers:
Barbour Brothers
Belding Brothers
Brook's
Chadwick and Brother
Clark's (Mile-End Spool Cotton, O.N.T. Spool Cotton, Jumbo series, "National Flower Series," Paper doll series, Storybooks)
Coats Mills
Corticelli
Cutter and Company
Kerr and Company
Merrick Thread Company
Willimantic Linen Company
Miscellaneous manufacturers
Woolen goods (see: WOOL)
Yarn
Electricity
Scope and Contents
Electric supply and lighting
Recording devices
Telegraph (Morse, Western Union,Miscellaneous companies)
Telephone Companies (American Telephone & Telegraph, New York Telephone, Miscellaneous)
Telephone Equipment
Miscellaneous Electricity
Food
Scope and Contents
(includes material from BCL scrapbooks 06 A-I)
Bakers and baking
Baking powder
Bread
Candy and confectioners (see also: Chocolate)
Cereals
Chewing gum
Chocolate and cocoa (Baker & Co., Maillard, Runkel Brothers, Miscellaneous brands)
Coconut
Cornstarch
Crackers
Food
Scope and Contents
Dairy products:
Cheese
Ice cream
Milk
Milk, condensed
Miscellaneous
Extracts and flavorings
Fish
Flour (Hecker's, Pillsbury's, Miscellaneous)
Fruit and produce
Food
Scope and Contents
Grocers, retail (New York City, Miscellaneous)
Grocers, wholesale (Austin, Nichols Co., Thurber & Co., Miscellaneous)
Infant and baby foods (see: DRUGS AND MEDICINES, Medicinal foods)
Jellies
Lard
Meat:
Armour & Co.
Beef
Butchers and meat markets
Canned meat (Libby, McNeill & Libby, Wilson Packing Co., Miscellaneous)
Food
Scope and Contents
Meat Extracts (see: DRUGS AND MEDICINES)
Mincemeat
Pork products
Oats
Oils
Oysters
Pickles and preserves
Poultry
Salt
Soda and saleratus
Soup
Spices and condiments
Sugar
Vinegar
Yeast
Miscellaneous
Furniture
Scope and Contents
includes material from BCL scrapbooks 06 K-L
Auctions and dispersals
Chairmakers
Dealers and merchants (Cowperthwait & Company, Jordan and Moriarty, Miscellaneous)
Hammocks (see: HOUSEHOLD, Cord and twine)
Iron, wire, and metal furniture
Looking glasses, picture frames, mirrors (some from BCL vol. 20)
Manufacturers
Mechanical and folding furniture (see also: DRUGS AND MEDICINES, Health chairs)
Mosquito canopies
Office furniture
Hardware
Scope and Contents
includes material from BCL scrapbooks 07-07A
Foundries and iron works
Grinders and polishers
Locks and alarms
Machines, miscellaneous
Manufacturers, miscellaneous
Mathematical instruments
Merchants (New York City, New York State, miscellaneous)
Mining (minerals, stock certificates, miscellaneous)
Hardware
Scope and Contents
Nails and screws
Pumps
Safes
Sanders
Saws, rasps, lathes, and planes
Scales (Fairbanks, miscellaneous)
Sheet and plated metals
Steam engines
Street cleaners and graders
Tools
Water filters
Water pumps (see: WATERWORKS)
Wire cloth and screening
Wire rope
Hardware
Scope and Contents
War materials production "Army Navy E Program:"
Award booklets
Correspondence
Hotels and Restaurants
Scope and Contents
includes material from BCL scrapbook 07 B-G, arranged geographically (those beginning with "Hotel" are filed by their second word)
Hotels:
Connecticut
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New York City Hotels:
American
Astor
Coney Island
Cranston's
Earle's
Fifth Avenue
McAlpin
Manhattan Beach
New Yorker
Plaza
Rathbun's
St. Nicholas
St. Regis
Waldorf Astoria
Miscellaneous
Hotels and Restaurants
Scope and Contents
New York City Restaurants:
A-Z restaurants
Miscellaneous
Hotels and Restaurants
Scope and Contents
New York State Restaurants:
Adirondack Mountains
Albany and Troy
Buffalo and Niagara Falls
Catskill Mountains
Long Island
Saratoga Springs
Utica
Miscellaneous
Pennsylvania Restaurants
American restaurants by geographic region:
East coast Restaurants
Midwest Restaruants
Southern Restaurants
West coast Restaruants
Household
Scope and Contents
includes material from BCL scrapbooks 08-09 A-B
Cleansers:
Sapolio (automobile ads, booklets, carriage ads, outdoor ads, shop ads and displays, trade cards, miscellaneous)
Miscellaneous cleanser brands
Cleaning equipment (mops, brooms, brushes, etc.)
Cleaning services
Cord, rope, and twine
Household
Scope and Contents
Carpet cleaners
Carpet sweepers
Carpet vacuums
Carpets and floor cloths
Paper carpet, matting and linoleum
Glues and cements (Major's Cement, miscellaneous)
Hand tools
House furnishings:
Appliances, electric
China manufacturers
Churns
Containers
Cookware
Furniture (see: FURNITURE)
Glass and china merchants (Eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth centuries)
Glass jars and bottles
Glass manufacturers
Ice cream freezers
Household
Scope and Contents
House furnishings:
Linens
Refrigerators
Silver and cutlery
Stoneware
Miscellaneous furnishings Ice companies
Insecticides (see: AGRICULTURE)
Laundry:
Bluing/bleach
Clothes drying
Clothes washing tubs and boards
Clothes washing machines
Clothes wringers
Dyes and dye works
Irons and ironing
Laundries and cleaners
Household
Scope and Contents
Laundry Soap:
A-Z brands
Babbitt
David's
Ivorine Pearline
Kendall brands
Kendall Soapine
Lautz
Lavine
Sapolio (see: Cleansers)
Three Ball
Tulip Laundry Starch
Household
Scope and Contents
Lighting
Candles
Gas companies
Gas meters
Lamps (Electric, Gas, Oil and Fluid, Street)
Matches
Mirrors and picture frames (see: FURNITURE, Looking glasses and picture frames)
Polishes
General
Stove (Dixon's, Rising Sun, miscellaneous)
Shades and blinds (see also: BUILDING, Awnings and shades)
Insurance
Scope and Contents
(inc. material from BCL scrapbooks 09 C-E) Accident/casualty
Agents and brokers
Automobile
Fire:
New York Bowery
Niagara
North American
Miscellaneous Fire escapes
Firemen and fire companies
General:
Aetna
Continental
German American
Germania Glen's Falls
Hartford
Home
Liverpool & London & Globe
Merchants
Phenix
Phoenix
Providence Washington
Insurance
Scope and Contents
General, con't
Prudential
Stuyvesant
Travelers
Miscellaneous Life
Metropolitan
Mutual Life of New York
New York Life
Provident Mutual
Southern Life
Miscellaneous
Jewelry
Scope and Contents
including material from BCL scrapbooks 09 F-G
Celluloid, tortoise, ivory, etc.
Clocks and watches
Gold and silver beaters
Jewelers (18th, 19th and 20th century, including Tiffany companies)
Leather Goods
Scope and Contents
includes material from BCL scrapbook 10
Saddles
Tanners and leather manufacturers
Trunks and cases
Miscellaneous
Military
Scope and Contents
includes material from BCL scrapbook 10-1/2
Civil War, 1861-1865
Spanish-American War, 1898
World War I, 1914-1918
World War II, 1939-1945
Bonds and war effort
Charity and relief work
Education
Rallies and entertainment
Rationing
Military
Scope and Contents
Korean War, 1950-1953
Persian Gulf War, 1991
Flags
Veterans' services
Oil
Scope and Contents
including material from BCL scrapbook 10A
Illuminating and radiant (Pratt, miscellaneous companies)
Lubricating and machine
Oil company stock certificates
Miscellaneous
Optical
Scope and Contents
includes material from BCL scrapbook 10 A-1/2
New York City merchants and manufacturers
National merchants and manufacturers
Paper
Scope and Contents
includes material from BCL scrapbook 11 B
Manufacturers A-Z
Orr Company
Embossed pieces
Miscellaneous
Periodicals
Scope and Contents
includescmaterial from BCL scrapbooks 11 & 11A
Magazines
National titles A-Z
Frank Leslie
Godey's
Life
Mast, Crowell & Kirkpatrick
Progress
Puck
Scientific American
Scribner's
Youth's Companion Newspapers
National papers A-Z
New York City papers
Daily News
New York Observer
New York Recorder
New York Times
New York Tribune
North Side News
Sun
Miscellaneous papers Subscription houses and dealers
Subscription receipts
Photography
Scope and Contents
includes material from BCL scrapbook 11C
Camera clubs
Camera obscura
Photograph albums and exhibitions
Photograph colorists, restorers, etc.
Photographers:
International
National
California
Massachusetts
New York State
Photographers in New York City:
A-Z miscellaneous
Bogardus
Brady
Fredricks
Gurney
Lawrence
Robinson
Rockwood
Sarony
Photographic equipment and suppliers
Cameras, projectors, etc.
Miscellaneous material
Printing and Engraving
Scope and Contents
includes material from BCL scrapbooks 13 & 13 A-B
Embossers
Engravers, wood engravers, and die cutters
Equipment
Ink
Ault & Wilborg Co.
Miscellaneous
Presses
Hoe & Co.
Miscellaneous
Rollers
Label printers
Crumb Label Co.
Druggists and chemists Miscellaneous
Printing and Engraving
Scope and Contents
Printers and Engravers
A-S miscellaneous
Printing and Engraving
Scope and Contents
Printers and Engravers
T-Z miscellaneous
American Bank Note Company
American Photo-Lithographic Company
Bufford's Sons
Calvert Lithographing and Engraving Company
Currier and Ives
Donaldson Brothers
Donnelley and Sons
Ketterlinus Printing House
King & Baird
Knight and Howland
Major and Knapp
Maverick
Prang and Company
Strobridge Lithographing Company
Printing and Engraving
Scope and Contents
Calendars
1896-1909
Printing and Engraving
Scope and Contents
Calendars
1910-1912
Bullock Electric
H & S. Pogue Co.
Miscellaneous (advertising for calendars) Printing for the blind
Stencil makers
Type and typography
Keystone Type Foundry
Miscellaneous
Professions and Occupations
Scope and Contents
includes material from BCL scrapbook 14
Decorators
Dentistry
Dentists
Equipment and supplies
Medical
Clairvoyants
Doctors
Equipment
Lectures
Schools and training
Treatments
Stenographers
Veterinary
Professions and Occupations
Scope and Contents
Miscellaneous Professions
Advertisements
Business Cards (attorneys, etc.)
Licenses
Receipts
Publications
Scope and Contents
includes material from BCL scrapbooks 12 & 12 A-B
Bookbinders
Booksellers
Rare and Used Booksellers, auctions, etc.
Publishers and booksellers
A-Z miscellaneous
Harper & Brothers
Harper, Francis B.
Real Estate
Scope and Contents
includes material from BCL scrapbook 14 A
Agents and brokers
Auctions
Deeds and indentures
Emigrant lands and agents
Office buildings (New York City)
Real Estate Board of New York
Rentals
Subdivisions
Taxes and assessments
Titles and abstracts
Religion, Philanthropy, and Hospitals
Scope and Contents
includes material from BCL scrapbook 14 B
Hospitals and asylums
Philanthropy
Charity organizations
Orphanages/children's aid
Relief efforts
Miscellaneous Religion
American Bible Society
Benefit events/donation visits
Calling cards
Churches
Concerts and musical events
Consecrations, inductions, and memorials
Evangelists
Jewish/Hebrew material
Missions/missionaries
Public programs
Publications and prospectuses
Socials, picnics, and outings
Sunday schools
Miscellaneous
Rubber
Scope and Contents
includes material from BCL scrapbook 14-1/2
Schools and Colleges
Scope and Contents
includes material from BCL scrapbook 14
Academies, seminaries, and institutes
Professional schools
Eastman College/Eastman Business School
Shorthand training
Penmanship exercises and booklets
Public schools
Rewards of merit
Tuition receipts
Universities and colleges
Seeds and Plants
Scope and Contents
includes material from BCL scrapbook 14 D
Florists and flower shows
Nurseries and seed companies (billheads, invoices, catalog pages and plates)
Seed packets
Miscellaneous
Sewing Machines
Scope and Contents
includes material from BCL scrapbook 14 E
American Sewing Machine Company
Domestic Sewing Machine Company
Grover and Baker
Household Sewing Machine Company
Howe
New Home Sewing Machine Company
Singer Manufacturing Company (Bird calendars,"Costumes of All Nations" series, miscellaneous)
Wheeler and Wilson Manufacturing Company
Willcox and Gibbs Sewing Machine Company
Miscellaneous companies
Sports, Toys, and Games
Scope and Contents
includes material from BCL scrapbooks 15 & 15 A
Sports:
Archery
Baseball
Basketball
Billiards
Boxing and wrestling
Camping
Firearms
Manufacturers (Colt, Remington, Smith & Wesson, Winchester)
Shot and gunpowder
Football
Golf
Gymnasiums/physical culture/exercise
Hockey
Horse racing and riding
Sports, Toys, and Games
Scope and Contents
Sports, continued:
Olympic games
Rowing
Skating (see: THEATRICAL ENTERPRISES)
Tennis
Miscellaneous
Toys and games:
Board games
Card games
Carriages, wagons, velocipedes, etc.
Puzzles
Toy Merchants and manufacturers (F.A.O. Schwarz, miscellaneous)
Stationery and Valentines
Scope and Contents
including material from BCL scrapbooks 15 B-C
Bookplates
Bookstraps
Business Cards
Calligraphers and engrossers
Copy presses and machines
Equipment, miscellaneous
Envelopes
Greeting Cards
Birthday
Christmas
Stationery and Valentines
Scope and Contents
Greeting Cards
Easter
New Year's
Thanksgiving
Valentines Globes
Ink, ink stands, writing fluids
Maps
Merchants
Stationery and Valentines
Scope and Contents
Monograms
Pencils
Dixon's
Eagles Pencil Company Pencil sharpeners
Pens
Nibs
Gum Playing Cards
Postcards
Scrap
Seals and stickers and decals
Trade cards – samples
Typewriter accessories
Typewriters
Stationery and Valentines
Scope and Contents
Visiting cards
Card printers
Card samples
Wedding announcements and invitations
Writing tablets
Youle Collection of visiting cards and announcements
Miscellaneous
Stoves, Furnaces, and Ranges
Scope and Contents
including material from BCL scrapbooks 15 D-E
Ash sifters, screens, and cans
Fuel companies (see also: HOUSEHOLD, Lighting, for gas companies)
Furnaces and boilers
Grates and fenders
Polishes (see: HOUSEHOLD, Polishes, Stove)
Radiators
Stove manufacturers
A-Z manufacturers
Stoves, Furnaces, and Ranges
Scope and Contents
Stove manufacturers
Adams and Westlake
Backus
Barstow
Blodgett
Burdett Smith
Burtis, Graff & Rice
Bussey McLeod & Co.
Doyle "Boss" American
Excelsior "Charter Oak"
Giles "Aldine"
Hull & Grippen
James & Cornell
Monitor Oil Stove Co.
Peckham Perry
Phillips & Clark "Andes"
Ransom Stove Works
Rathbone, Sard & Co.
Smith & Anthony
Smith & Sherman "Olmsted's Patent"
Van Wormer "American" "Astral"
Weir Stove Co. "Glenwood"
Wilson
Stove retailers
Water heaters
Theatrical Enterprises
Scope and Contents
includes material from BCL scrapbooks 16 A-M
Aquariums
Benefit events
Circuses
Barnum
Big Apple
Buffalo Bill Cody
Forepaugh
Ringling Brothers
Miscellaneous
Comedy
Curiosities and wonders
Anatomical museums
Barnum's American Museum
Tom Thumb
Miscellaneous Dance
Fairs and expositions (filed chronologically)
Theatrical Enterprises
Scope and Contents
Fairs and Expositions (filed chronologically)
American Institute of the City of New York, 1850s
U.S. Sanitary Commission, 1864-65
Great Central Fair, Philadelphia
Metropolitan Fair, New York Centennial Exhibition, Philadelphia, 1876
World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893
Pan-American Exposition, Buffalo, 1901
Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis, 1904
Jamestown Ter-centennial Exposition, 1907
Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, 1915
Century of Progress International Exposition, Chicago, 1933-34
New York World's Fair, 1939-40
New York World's Fair, 1964
Commemorative (local history) celebrations
Miscellaneous
Theatrical Enterprises
Scope and Contents
Lectures and readings
Minstrel shows
Motion pictures
A-Z movie titles
Equipment
Theatres
Miscellaneous
Theatrical Enterprises
Scope and Contents
Music
Concerts and musical programs
Importers and manufacturers
Music boxes and phonographs
Opera
Pianos and organs
A-Z manufacturers
Beatty
Decker Brothers
Emerson Piano Co.
Estey
Haines Brothers
Peek & Son
Piercy & Co.
Sohmer
Theatrical Enterprises
Scope and Contents
Pianos and Organs
Steinway
Sterling
Western Cottage
Wilcox & White
Publishers, binders and sellers
Teachers and performers
Violins
Miscellaneous
Theatrical Enterprises
Scope and Contents
Radio
Repairs
Sets
Miscellaneous
Skating
Television
Broadcast networks
Cable networks
Cameras and equipment
Program guides
Public television
Sets
Trade literature
Transmission
Miscellaneous
Theatrical Enterprises
Scope and Contents
Theatre
1800-1900
1900-1950
1950- Theatre history cards
Ticket envelopes and stubs
Vaudeville
Venues
Academy of Music
Castle Garden
Hippodromes
Madison Square Garden
Madison Square Theatre
Manhattan Beach (see: HOTELS, New York City)
Radio City Music Hall
Miscellaneou
Tobacco
Scope and Contents
Cards and tags
Allen & Ginter (Loose cards)
Tobacco
Scope and Contents
Allen & Ginter - Album tickets
Album of Worlds Racers
Birds of America album
Birds of the Tropics album
Celebrated American Indian Chiefs album
City Flag Album
Fifty Decorations of the Principal Orders of Knighthood and Chivalry album
Game Birds of America album
General Government & State Capitol Buildings album
Napoleon album
Our Navy album Smokeland album Worlds Inventors album
Tobacco
Scope and Contents
Cards and tags
American Tobacco
Anargyros
Buchner
Consolidated Cigarette
Duke
Costumes of All Nations album
Heroes of the Civil War album
Postage Stamp Album
Shadows album
Sporting Girls album covers
Tobacco
Scope and Contents
Cards and tags
Gail & Ax
Goodwin
Hall
Imperial Tobacco
Kimball
Kinney
Album 1: Queens of the World
Album 5: Natural History
Loose cards
Tobacco
Scope and Contents
Cards and Tags
Lorillard
Mayo & Brother
National Tobacco Works
Old Dominion
Miscellaneous brands
Premium redemption catalog
Tobacco
Scope and Contents
Chewing tobacco manufacturers
A-Z miscellaneous
Jackson Cigar band printers
Cigar box label printers
Boyd & Co
Harris
Heppenheimer
Howell & Co
Johns & Co
Schwencke
Witsch & Schmitt
Miscellaneous
Tobacco
Scope and Contents
Cigar box manufacturers
Cigar manufacturers
Cigarette manufacturers
A-Z miscellaneous
American Tobacco
Anargyros
Buchner
Cross-Cut
Goodwin
Kinney
Lorillard
Marburg Brothers
Reynolds
Cigarette papers
Cigarette taxes and stamps
Tobacco
Scope and Contents
Smoking tobacco manufacturers
A-Z miscellaneous
Blackwell
Duke
Marburg Brothers
Anti-tobacco material
Pipes
Retail merchants
Sales receipts and invoices
Tobacco habit cures
Tobacco substitutes
Wholesale merchants and distributors
Miscellaneous material related to tobacco
Toilet Article and Beauty Aids
Scope and Contents
includes material from BCL scrapbooks 18-18A
Colognes and perfumes
Austen's
Caswell, Massey & Co.
Hoyt's
Murray & Lanman's
Rimmel
Tappan
Wenck
A-Z Miscellaneous Face care
Booklets
Creams, balms, lotions
Toilet Article and Beauty Aids
Scope and Contents
Face powder
Pozzoni's
Miscellaneous Makeup
Hair care
Barbers, salons, and hair dressers
Combs, pins, brushes
Dyes, bleaches and color restorers
Renewers, tonics, and growth products
Shampoos
Styling lotions and products
Wigs and hairpieces
Nail care
Shaving and hair removal
Spas
Tattooing
Toilet Article and Beauty Aids
Scope and Contents
Soap
Babbitt's
Buchan's
Colgate
Dobbin's
Fairbank's Fairy
Larkin's
Lautz Brothers
Palmer's
Pears
Miscellaneous Tooth care
Breath perfumes
Mouthwash
Tooth Pastes and powders
Transportation
Scope and Contents
includes material from BCL scrapbooks 19 & 19 A-G
Automobiles
Busses and coaches
Parking
Taxis and limousines
Trucks
Auto Miscellaneous
Aviation
Balloon flight
Collectible cards of military aircraft
Commercial airlines
Transportation
Scope and Contents
Commercial airlines: foreign and U.S.
American Airlines
Institute of Aeronautical Science
Wings Club
Aviation Miscellaneous
Bicycles: Clubs, tours and exhibitions; Literature; Manufacturers A-Z; Pope Manufacturing Co.; Maps, guides and road books; Sales agents
Velocipedes
Transportation
Scope and Contents
Bridges
Brooklyn Bridge: Opening, Miscellaneous
Canals: Erie, Miscellaneous
Carriages: Accessories and care; Hacks, stages, and post chaises; Hearses (see: UNDERTAKERS); Livery and boarding stables; Manufacturers in New York State, Pennsylvania, and other. Saddles, etc. (see: LEATHER GOODS); Miscellaneous
Express Companies/freight forwarders
American Express
Freight receipts (all modes)
Transportation
Scope and Contents
Railroads
Equipment manufacturers
Grand Central Station
Lines: Amtrak; Chicago & Rock Island; Midwestern US miscellaneous; New England miscellaneous; New Haven Railroad; New Jersey miscellaneous; Pennsylvania Railroad; Southern US miscellaneous; Western US miscellaneous
New York State lines: Long Island Railroad; Metro-North; New York Central; Miscellaneous
New York City: Elevated lines; Subway lines; Subway tickets; Surface and excursion lines
Transportation
Scope and Contents
Stock certificates (filed by state of incorporation):
Delaware
Georgia
Illinois
Indiana
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
New Jersey
New York
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Vermont
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Canada
Unidentified locations
Transportation
Scope and Contents
Roads and turnpikes: Maps; miscellaneous
Ships and boats: Builders and furnishers (see also: HARDWARE Mathematical instruments); Central/South American lines; Ferries; Great Lakes/St. Lawrence lines
Hudson River lines: Hudson River Day Line; miscellaneous
Long Island/Staten Island lines
New England lines
New Jersey lines
New York City day excursions
Sailors
Towboats
Transatlantic lines: Cunard; Guion; Holland America; Inman; National; State; White Star; miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
United States Government
Scope and Contents
Inlcudes material from BCL scrapbooks 20 A-B Celebrations:
Cleveland, Grover
Clinton, George
Lafayette
Roosevelt, Theodore
Washington, George
Censuses
Lawyers
Political parties: Democrats, Republicans, Whigs, miscellaneous
Politics:
Campaigns, miscellaneous
Court and attorney general campaigns
New Jersey campaigns New York City campaigns-Seth Low, miscellaneous New York State campaigns
Presidential campaigns:
1840,1856,1860,1864,1868,1872,1876,1880,1884,1888,1892,1896,1908,1912,1924,1928,1936,1940, 1948,1952,1984,1988,1992,1996
Post Office and Stamps
Suffrage movement
Undertakers
Scope and Contents
Includes material from BCL scrapbook 20
Burial invoices and receipts
Cemeteries
Grave markers and burial vaults
Funeral, burial, and mourning goods suppliers
Funeral invitations
Hearses
Memorial cards Grant, Ulysses Harrison, William H. Lincoln, Abraham Miscellaneous
Mourning stationery
Warehouses
Scope and Contents
Includes material from BCL scrapbook 20
Waterworks
Scope and Contents
Includes material from BCL scrapbook 20
Wool
Scope and Contents
Includes material from BCL scrapbook 20
Subseries II: MEDIUM EPHEMERA
Advertising
Agriculture
Animals
Art
Beverages
Scope and Contents
Alcoholic: Temperance material, Miscellaneous
Non-alcoholic: Cocoa, Coffee, Soda Water, Tea
Building
Scope and Contents
Awnings and Shades, Marble, Paint, Plumbing, Miscellaneous
Business
Scope and Contents
Banks
Clubs and Societies
Clothing
Scope and Contents
Ladies, Men, Milliners, Shoes and Boots
Druggists
Scope and Contents
New York City, New England, Miscellaneous
Drugs and Medicines
Scope and Contents
Blood Purifiers: Sarsaparilla, Miscellaneous
Children's
Digestives; Ex-Lax, Miscellaneous
External Remedies
Female Disorders
Indian Remedies
Medicinal Food
Pain
Respiratory
Vermifuges
Miscellaneous
Dry Goods
Scope and Contents
Merchants and miscellaneous products
Electricity
Food
Scope and Contents
Baking, Bread and Crackers
Candy
Fish
Flour and Yeast
Fruit and Produce
Food
Scope and Contents
Grocers - retail
Ice Cream and Ice
Lard and Meat
Miscellaneous
Furniture
Hardware
Hotels and Restaurants
Household
Scope and Contents
Cleansers
Cord, Rope and Twine
Glues and Cement
House Furnishings
Silver and Cutlery
Laundry
Lighting
Matches
Polishes – Stove
Insurance
Jewelry
Leather Goods
Military
Scope and Contents
Civil War
Spanish American War
World War II
Miscellaneous
Oil
Paper
Periodicals
Scope and Contents
Magazines:
A-C
D-K
L-O
P-Z
Atlantic
Frank Leslie's Illustrated
Godey's
Inland Printer
Jeness Miller Monthly
Peterson
To Date
Theater
Young Ladies' Journal
Periodicals
Scope and Contents
Newspapers
Photography
Printing and Engraving
Scope and Contents
Equipment
Engravers
Printers
Professions and Occupations
Publications
Scope and Contents
Bookbinders
Booksellers
Publishers
Real Estate
Scope and Contents
Auctions
Subdivisions
Religion
Rubber
Schools and Colleges
Seeds and Plants
Sewing Machines
Sports, Toys and Games
Scope and Contents
Billiards
Boxing
Firearms
Toys
Stationery and Valentines
Scope and Contents
Merchants
Trade and Visiting Cards
Miscellaneous
Stoves, Furnaces, and Ranges
Theatrical Enterprises
Scope and Contents
Circuses
Curiosities and Wonders
Fairs
Sanitary Fairs
Magic
Minstrel Shows
Motion Pictures
Concerts
Opera
Pianos and Organs
Violins
Skating
Television
Theater
Vaudeville
Miscellaneous
Tobacco
Scope and Contents
Chewing
Cigar (Brands and Bands)
Smoking
Toilet Articles and Beauty Aids
Scope and Contents
Face Care
Hair Care
Shaving
Toilet Soap
Tooth Care
Transportation
Scope and Contents
Automobiles
Bicycles
Bridges
Carriages
Railroads
Roads
Ships
Undertakers
United States Government
Subseries III: LARGE EPHEMERA
Agriculture
Animals
Antiques
Art
Beverages
Building
Business
Clothing
Clubs and Societies
Cotton
Dances and Balls
Druggists
Drugs and Medicines
Dry Goods
Electricity
Food
Furniture
Hardware
Hotels and Restaurants
Household
Insurance
Jewelry
Leather Goods
Military
Optical
Paper
Periodicals
Photography
Printing and Engraving
Professions and Occupations
Publications
Real Estate
Religion, Philanthropy, and Hospitals
Schools and Colleges
Seeds and Plants
Sewing Machines
Sports, Toys, and Games
Stationery and Valentines
Stoves, Furnaces, and Ranges
Theatrical Enterprises
Tobacco
Toilet Articles and Beauty Aids
Transportation
Undertakers, Cemeteries, Coffin Makers, and Funerals
United States Government
Series III: SHEET MUSIC
Scope and Contents note
Landauer kept her sheet music separate from other printed ephemera, and it can be found here. This series is arranged by the general subject of the music's cover illustration. The sheet music is not arranged based on what the song is about. However, some music that does not have a cover illustration is filed under the subject of the song along with those songs with illustrations of the same subject. Subjects generally follow the themes of Landauer's scrapbooks (from which some of this music was removed) but are also taken from other collections of sheet music and from the Thesaurus for Graphic Materials subject headings.
A database on site allows for searching by title or composer.
ANIMALS
Dogs
Rats
Miscellaneous
BEVERAGES
Beer
Champagne
Drinking Songs
Drunkards
Liquor
People Drinking
Taverns and Drinking Houses
Temperance (Anti-Temperance)
Temperance
Toasts
Wine
COMIC STRIP CHARACTERS
Bringing Up Father
Brownies
Lil' Abner
A-J
K-N
O-Z
Miscellaneous
DANCES
Ballet
Ballroom
Barn Dance
Cake Walk
Can Can
Charleston
Fox Trot
Galop
Gavotte
Lancers
Lancers – By Dodsworth
Lancers – By Loomis
Maxixe
Mazurka
Mignon
Minuet
Polka
Polka Mazurka
Polonaise
Quadrille
Rag
Schottische
Tango
Two Step
Waltz
Miscellaneous
EXPOSITIONS
Centennial Exposition, 1876, inclusive
Columbian Exposition, 1893, inclusive
FASHIONS
Men's
Women's, 1800-1875, inclusive
Women's, 1876-1900, inclusive
Women's (Bloomers)
Women's, 1901-1960, inclusive
Women's, undated, inclusive
FIRE
Firemen
Fires without Firemen
Firewagons
Firewagons at Fires
No Image
FLAGS
Flags - General
FOOD
Food - General
GEOGRAPHIC
Scope and Contents
This subseries is organized by country, then state, then city.
Germany
Panama and Canal
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
California
Colorado
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nevada
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York State - General
New York State - Hudson River
New York City - Brighton Beach
New York City - Coney Island
New York City - Beaches and Resorts
New York City - Boats and Rivers
New York City - Bronx
New York City - Brooklyn
New York City - Staten Island
New York City - Brooklyn Bridge
New York City - Bridges
New York City - Churches
New York City - Colleges
New York City - Crystal Palace
New York City - Flatiron Building
New York City - Hippodrome
New York City - Homes and Apartments
New York City - Hotels
New York City - Interiors
New York City - Theaters
New York City - Times Building
New York City - Miscellaneous Buildings
New York City - Cityscapes
New York City - Chinatown
New York City - Harlem
New York City - Times Square
New York City - Miscellaneous Neighborhoods
New York City - Central Park
New York City - Miscellaneous Parks
New York City - the Bowery
New York City - Broadway
New York City - Wall Street
New York City - Miscellaneous Streets
New York City - Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty
New York City - People (2 folders)
New York City - Miscellaneous
Niagara Falls
Ohio
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
Texas
Washington
Wyoming
Western United States - Conestogas
Western United States - Couples
Western United States - Cowboys
Western United States - Cowboys in Groups
Western United States - Cowgirls
Western United States - Landscapes
Western United States - Miscellaneous (2 folders)
LANDSCAPES
Landscapes - General
MILITARY
Army
Confederate
Military
Navy
Seventh Regiment (2 folders)
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
Multiple Instruments
Piano
Miscellaneous Instruments
NEWSPAPERS
New York Herald
Miscellaneous Newspapers
PATRIOTIC
Patriotic - General
PEOPLE
Children
Couples - Dancing
Couples - General
Africans
African-Americans - Dancing (4 folders)
African-Americans - Entertainers
African-Americans - Individuals
African-Americans - Military
African-Americans - Miscellaneous (2 folders)
Ethnic Groups - General
Asian-Americans
Native Americans (3 folders)
Groups - General (2 folders)
Men (4 folders)
Little People [Midgets]
Portraits - Fanny Elssler
Portraits - Adeline Patti
Portraits - Anna Pavlova
Portraits - John Philip Sousa
Professions - General
Organ Grinders
Police
Politicians
Religious Groups
Women - General (4 folders)
Women - the "New Woman"
Women - Suffragists and Suffragettes
PRESIDENTS and POLITICIANS
Adams
Arthur
Blaine
Clay
Cleveland
Coolidge
Cox
Dewey
Dimmock
Eisenhower
Fillmore
Garfield
Fremont
Grant (3 folders)
Hancock
Harding
Harrison
Hayes
Hoover
Jackson
Jefferson
Lincoln (2 folders)
McKinley (2 folders)
Parker
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano
Roosevelt, Theodore (2 folders)
Smith
Taft
Taylor
Washington (2 folders)
Wilson
SONGS
Marches
from Motion Pictures/Movies
from Theater/Theatrical Productions (2 folders)
SPORTS
Sports -General
TECHNOLOGY
Technology - General
Phonograph
Telephone
Television
Telegraph
TRANSPORTATION
Airplanes
Automobiles
Railroads
Steamships
Sailing Ships
Subways
Trolleys
Miscellaneous Transportation (2 folders)
WARS
Spanish-American War (5 folders)
Scope and Contents
Includes:
Admirals Dewey and Randall
Battle of Manila
Cuba
U.S.S. Maine
Navy
World War I - Aftermath (7 folders)
Scope and Contents
Includes:
Coming Home
Europe
League of Nations
Veterans
Victory and Peace
Miscellaneous
World War I - Allies (6 folders)
Scope and Contents
Includes:
Belgium
Canada
France
Ireland
Miscellaneous
World War I - Army and Navy (3 folders)
World War I - Enemies
World War I - Fathers at War
World War I - Heroes "Over There" (2 folders)
World War I - Home (3 folders)
Scope and Contents
Includes:
Civilian Men
Families Missing Soldiers
Soldiers Missing Families
World War I - Mothers (3 folders)
World War I - Optimistic Battle Songs (2 folders)
World War I - Patriotism (7 folders)
Scope and Contents
Includes:
Eagles
General Patriotism
Flags
Uncle Sam
World War I - Peace Hopes
World War I - General John Pershing
World War I - Pre-war
World War I - Romances
World War I - Sacrifices at Home
World War I - Service Organizations (4 folders)
Scope and Contents
Includes:
Red Cross
Salvation Army
Soldiers' Camp Life
Miscellaneous
World War I - Sweethearts (2 folders)
World War I - Troops Leaving the U.S.
World War I - The Unknown Soldier
World War I - The U.S. in France
World War I - Volunteering and Drafting
World War I - Miscellaneous
MISCELLANEOUS
Sheet Music with No Images/Miscellaneous (8 folders)
Series IV: WEICHSEL TOBACCO COLLECTION
Scope and Contents note
This series is comprised of scrapbooks of tobacco product packaging, including those for cigarettes, cigars, loose tobacco, chewing tobacco, pipe tobacco. Also included are cigar bands, matchbook covers, newspaper clippings, and pieces of correspondence between Weichsel and the various agents from whom he procured either packaging or information about tobacco production and distribution in the various countries. The packaging is largely undated, and though there are pieces from the nineteenth century, most of the pieces appear to be mid-twentieth century, contemporary with Weichsel's collecting in the 1950s.
It is currently unclear whether Landauer herself acquired this collection before her death (as she often did) or if it was donated to the Society at a later date. Because of the ambiguity of the historical record, it has been kept within the confines of the Landauer collection.
The bulk of the collection is material from international tobacco companies. Countries represented include:
Aden
Afghanistan
Algeria
Andorra
Angola
Argentina
Australia (including Tasmania)
Austria
Azores
Belgium
Belize
Bolivia
Brazil
Bulgaria
Burma
Cambodia
Cameroon
Canada
Chile
China
Colombia
Costa Rica
Cuba
Czechoslovakia
Denmark
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Estonia
Ethiopia
Fiji
Finland
France (including Reunion)
Gambia
Germany
Gibraltar
Great Britain: England; Ireland (including Northern Ireland); Scotland
Greece
Greenland
Guatemala
Haiti
Honduras
Hong Kong
Hungary
India
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Israel
Italy (including Trieste)
Jamaica
Japan
Jordan
Kenya
Korea
Kuwait
Lebanon
Luxembourg
Libya
Madagascar
Malaysia
Malta
Mexico
Monaco
Morocco (Spanish Morocco)
Mozambique
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Nigeria
Norway
Oman
Pakistan
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal (including Madeira Island)
Puerto Rico
Romania
Russia
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Singapore
Somalia
Southern Africa countries (including Nyasaland, Northern Rhodesia, Southern Rhodesia, Transvaal)
Spain
Sri Lanka
Sweden
Switzerland
Taiwan
Tanzania (Tanganyika)
Thailand
Trinidad
Tunisia
Turkey
Uganda
Uruguay
Venezuela
Vietnam
Yemen
Yugoslavia
Candy Cigarettes
Cut-Outs
International tobacco companies (1 of 9)
International tobacco companies (2 of 9)
International tobacco companies (3 of 9)
International tobacco companies (4 of 9)
International tobacco companies (5 of 9)
International tobacco companies (6 of 9)
International tobacco companies (7 of 9)
International tobacco companies (8 of 9)
International tobacco companies (9 of 9)
American tobacco companies - Cigarettes (1 of 4)
American tobacco companies - Cigarettes (2 of 4)
American tobacco companies - Cigarettes (3 of 4)
American tobacco companies - Cigarettes (4 of 4)
American tobacco companies - Cigars (1 of 2)
American tobacco companies - Cigars (2 of 2)
Series V: PHOTOGRAPHS and FINE ART WORKS
Scope and Contents
This series includes photographs, prints and paintings that are not related to advertising. Photographs include four gelatin silver prints of the conductors Arthur Rodzinsky, Bruno Walter Schlesinger, and Leopold Stokowski conducting various orchestras. Fine art prints contain the etchings, Sleighing in New York, by Henry Ziegler and Bob Hulse, Masterprinter, by Haydon Jones, and a Japanese print of Audubon discovering his drawings destroyed by mice. Also included are twelve Japanese paintings of tea growing and harvesting.
Photographs - Conductors/Orchestras
Fine Art Prints
Fine Art Prints - "Audubon Opening His Box of Watercolors Destroyed by Norway Rats", 1872–1877, inclusive
Japanese Paintings - Tea
Series VI: PLAYING CARDS, 1843-1952, inclusive
Scope and Contents
This series includes sets playing cards, some of which are advertising a product.
Jubilaeums Bridge-Kort, Norway, 1937, inclusive
[Hamburg patterned deck] Germany, 1865, inclusive
Colorado River, USA, 1899, inclusive
New ERA Playing Cards No. 46, USA, 1896, inclusive
New York City Souvenir Playing Cards, USA, 1919, inclusive
Coca-Cola Airplane Spotter Playing Cards, USA, 1943, inclusive
Army and Navy #303, USA, 1886, inclusive
[Lawrence and Cohen], USA, undated, inclusive
[Dougherty], USA, 1875, inclusive
Diamond Crystal Salt, USA, 1946, inclusive
Tally-Ho Playing Cards No. 9, undated, inclusive
I Like Ike, 1952, inclusive
[The United Shield stands for quality...], USA, undated, inclusive
ESP cards for testing Extra Sensory Perception, 1937, inclusive
Sehr Feine Aufschlagkarten, Austria, 1889, inclusive
[French Teaching Cards], France, undated, inclusive
Authors, USA, undated, inclusive
Authors, USA, undated, inclusive
Maud, undated, inclusive
Who Killed Cock Robin?, USA, undated, inclusive
Dr. Busby, the Improved and Illustrated Game, USA, 1843, inclusive
The Improved Geographical Cards, USA, 1899, inclusive
[Bridge Scoring Sheet], USA, 1932, inclusive
Series VII: SPEAKEASY CARDS, 1920s, inclusive
Scope and Contents
This series is comprised of speakeasy cards advertising illicit bars that operated during the years of Prohibition.
Speakeasy Cards, A-Z
Series VIII: WORLD WAR II ARMY-NAVY E AWARDS EPHEMERA, 1942-1945, inclusive
Scope and Contents
This series consists chiefly of printed materials related to the Army-Navy "E" Award, or the Excellence in War Production Award. The Army Navy "E" Award was an honor presented to top performers of the civilian war industry during World War II. It was only given to about 4 percent of the homefront industry during the wartime years.
The "E" Awards program began in July 1942, and was meant to encourage production of materials needed for the United States'complete military mobilization effort. The award consisted of a pennant for the plant and pins for all employees. The pennant was triangular swallowtail with a white border, with a capital E within a yellow wreath of oak and laurel leaves on a vertical divided blue and red background. ARMY is on the red background and NAVY on the blue background.
The presentation of the E Award was made in a formal ceremony that was preceded by issuance of printed invitations and programs. These programs, from a wide array of companies and industries across the United States, make up the bulk of this series.
Arrangement
Material is arranged alphabetically by company name.