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Scope and Contents The Dutch wedding and death announcement scrapbook collection consists of 156 wedding and death announcements printed in the Netherlands between 1860 and 1879 that are compiled into a hardcover book. In addition to the announcements, there are supplementary wedding documents that read “Betrothed” or “Ondertrouwd,” black-and-white photographs of unspecified individuals, and business cards which provide the names, locations, and contact information of the businesses that printed the wedding...

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This collection contains four items related to figure roller skating: a short pamphlet showing positions for figure skating, a sheet of paper with handwritten diagrams showing two dances, and two large folded sheets with photographs and diagrams documenting dances. The published materials were all produced by Skating Review Magazine.

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The collection includes one volume containing penmanship exercises and calligraphic alphabets created by Alfred June Burgess beginning in February 20, 1829.

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The collection includes one volume of an early 19th century writing book, possibly an exercise book or as an example of penmanship. Each leaf has a rendition of two letters of the alphabet, decorated and shaded, with another version of the same letter and the lower case version below.

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This collection contains 68 advertising trade cards produced by Providence’s Kendall Manufacturing Company to advertise Soapine detergent. Included are 19 cards attributed to Charlotte Perkins Gilman.

Scope and Contents This artificial collection, created by an unknown collector, contains 86 pieces of small printed ephemera, all on orange stock. The majority of the ephemera are from the northeastern and midwestern United States, with one order form from Texas and one hotel card from Germany. They cover a broad time range, with dated items from 1853-1960 and many undated items. The majority of items are from the late 19th century. Many types of ephemera are represented here including tickets and...