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Helen Katherine Bromm Illustrations

 Collection — Box: Multi-collection Box, Folder: 1/1
Identifier: 113-03
Scope and Contents

The Helen Katherine Bromm Illustrations collection consists of 68 items including fabric ‘tickets,’ illustrations for childhood books and other visual materials for children, greeting cards, original art for personal and professional use, linocuts, and a three-color progressive proof.

Dates: 1910s-1930s

Alphabet Advertising Cards for Blake's Great Piano Palace

 Collection — Box: Multi-collection Box, Folder: 1/1
Identifier: 080-04
Scope and Contents

The collection is comprised of 26 chromolithographed advertising cards, one for each letter of the alphabet, that feature exaggerated depictions, primarily of misbehaving children. The cards are stamped with "Blake's Great Piano Palace, 612 Washington St., Boston," indicating that they were used for promotional purposes. Two of the cards feature racist caricatures.

Dates: approximately 1880