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Subject Source: TGM II, Genre and physical characteristic terms
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Collection of Japanese Kawaraban
Collection — Drawer FF7, Drawer 3: Series Series 3
Identifier: 111-04
Scope and Contents
Kawaraban appeared in various sizes and were mass produced using cheap materials. Thus, although millions were produced at a time, they were not made for preservation and relatively few survive today. The most common topics covered include gossip, crime, natural disasters, and the arrival of Commodore Matthew C. Perry’s ships. Kawaraban specifically about Commodore Perry and his fleet are known as kurofune (black ship) kawaraban. This collection primarily includes kawaraban from the late Edo...
Dates:
c.1800-1923
The Outlet Store collection
Collection — Box Multi-Collection Box : [Barcode: 31116021979155]
Identifier: 041-03
Scope and Contents
This collection contains photographs and ephemera related to The Outlet Company. The photographs show the interior of the store, featuring merchandising cases, soda fountain/lunch counter, and restaurant. Exterior photos of the building and store are included as well, including demolition and construction of replacement or nearby structures. Several photos focus on the creation and celebratory opening of a “435 car self-parking” garage, called the Big O Garage.Two ephemera pieces...
Dates:
1900-03 - 1986; Majority of material found within 1962 - 1963
Found in:
Providence Public Library
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The Outlet Store collection
Rhode Island Broadsides collection
Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 002-04-01
Scope and Contents
The Rhode Island broadsides collection consists of printed broadsides from 1763 to 1991 connected to events, places, and figures from Rhode Island history. The collection consists of event posters, wanted posters, advertisements, legislation, proclamations, news sheets, handbills, circulars, and poems concentrated around the late-18th, mid-19th, and mid-20th centuries. The collection offers insight into legal, political, intellectual, and artistic histories of Rhode Island throughout these...
Dates:
1763 - 1991
Collection of Soapine advertising trade cards
Item
Identifier: 003-04-02
Scope and Contents
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.
Dates:
1880 - 1885
Textile Industry Labels & Ephemera
Item — Box Multi-collection box: [Barcode: 31116022116351]
Identifier: 001-04-03
Scope and Contents
The labels here predominantly represent textile manufacturers in the United States, England, France, India, and Japan, as well as a small number of labels from Ireland, Malawi, South Africa, Nigeria, and Vietnam, and a few miscellaneous labels and ephemera.
Dates:
1850-1930
Dan Wood Collection of Amalgamated Printers Association Ephemera
Collection
Identifier: 023-02
Scope and Contents
The Dan Wood Collection of Amalgamated Printers Association Ephemera includes printed works by APA members for inclusion in the monthly bundles that were collected by APA member Dan Wood. Wood collected mailed bundles from when he first became a member of the organization in August 2001 through October 2009. Not all months from each year are in the collection, and some bundles are incomplete. The collection materials include handwritten communications from APA mailers to Dan Wood, examples...
Dates:
1980 - 2010; Majority of material found within 2001 - 2009