Scrapbooks

Dateca. 1887

Terms

Scrapbooks
Paper
Lowell

Object numberB2092.1

DescriptionScrapbook of holiday cards and advertisements (esp. medicines, tonics, and other pharmaceutical products, as well as services like vendors of jewelry, clothing, and home goods). Brown cloth cover with gilt letters, Christmas and New Year Cards. Holly and mistletoe. Scrapbook produced by Marcus Ward & Co. Cards are all firmly glued in place; pages are very brittle and show acid burn marks from the attached cards. Spine of the book is nearly detached.INVENTORY OF CARDS (October 2006): Page 1: Happy may thy Birthday be. Red rose and flowers. Page 2 (four cards): The Lord is Risen Indeed. Wooden cross with flower (lilies? Easter); Wishing you Every Easter Blessing. Wooden cross with flowers (lilies?); Blest Easter! Time of Light, of Life, of Love. Wooden cross with flowers (lilies?); May yours be a joyful Easter. Wooden cross with flowers (lilies?).Page 3: Red roses, copyrighted 1873 by J.H. Bufford & Sons, Boston.Page 4: A stork against an orange sky, DFFord, Boston & New York.Page 5 (four cards): a little girl in period costume and boy with walking stick and bouquet of flowers; two little girls in a kitchen, one stirring and one peeling potatoes (kitchen utensils like coffee grinder, grater, stove, etc. visible); two little girls in elaborate coats and muffs, standing under an umbrella in the snow; two little girls in a meadow, with butterfly net and cage.Page 6: Flowers on bronze background, Wishing you many happy returns of the Day.Page 7 (six cards): woman's hand holding a rose, A Merry Christmas.; woman's hand holding a lily, A Merry Christmas.; Woman's hand holding some blue flowers, A Merry Christmas.; woman's hand holding a rose, A Merry Christmas.; woman's hand holding blue and yellow flowers (no text); a woman's hand holding daisies, A Merry Christmas.Page 8: Red and white flowers, gilt border, A Merry Christmas and a happy New Year....Page 9 (four cards): blue flowers, Mrs. Alexander Whittet, Artist in Wax. Wedding, Funeral, and Memorial Flowers Preserved by an improved method, the color remaining permanent....Hanover Avenue, Lowell, Mass.; White rose, A. Whittet, Florist, and Seedsman. Greenhouses, 12 Middlesex St., and Hanover Avenue, Lowell, Mass.; Lilies, Mrs. Alexander Whittet, Artist in Wax....; White flowers, A. Whittet, Florist & Seedsman....Page 10: Bare tree in a winter landscape, sprig of ivy.Page 11 (three cards): pink colored child (in clown costume), swinging down on a bubble; green colored child, in a nest with bird; green colored child, paddling on a lily pad.Page 12: [no cards; no evidence of losses]Page 13 (three cards): hummingbird and red rose, Rich Holiday Goods. Frank C. Goodale, DRUGGIST, 113 Central Street, Fiske Block, Lowell. Copyrighted by Schumacher & Ettlinger Lith. 13-15 Murray St. N.Y.; children ice skating on a pond, Wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.; a dog with blue collar and a fly (dragon fly?), Rich Holiday Goods....Page 14: [no cards; no evidence of losses]Page 15 (three cards): Flowers, Smith's Pure Home-Made Candies. 47 Merrimack Street, --- Lowell, Mass.; Flowers, Smith's Pure Home-Made Candies....; Fairy in a bunch of flowers, A Merry Christmas.Page 16: [no cards; no evidence of losses]Page 17 (four cards): Mother bird and baby bird with flowers, Hoyt Bros' Won't B Beat! in Selling Boots & Shoes Cheap. At 53 Dutton & 308 Merrimack Sts. [Lowell] Try Us.; cat looking at a bird, flowers, Thorning's Pure Candies. 12 Central St. Lowell, Mass.; Butterfly and flowers, Hoyt Bros' Won't B Beat!....; Butterfly and flowers, Hoyt Bros' Won't B Beat!....Page 18: [no cards; no evidence of losses]Page 19 (four cards): fall leaves, Make no Mistake but buy your Furniture, Carpets, and Housekeeping Goods, at Puffer & Sons. 9,11, & 13 Market St., Lowell, Mass.; mouse and owl, landscape, Thorning's Pure Candies. 12 Central St. Lowell, Mass.; Fall leaves, Make no Mistake but buy your Furniture...[Puffer & Sons].; Fall leaves with berries, Make no Mistake but buy your Furniture...[Puffer & Sons].Page 20: [no cards; no evidence of losses]Page 21 (four cards): Fall leaves with acorns, Make no Mistake but buy your Furniture...[Puffer & Sons].; Fall leaves with berries, Make no Mistake but buy your Furniture...[Puffer & Sons].; rabbits and mole (?) in landscape, Thorning's Pure Candies. 12 Central St. Lowell, Mass.; Fall leaves, Make no Mistake but buy your Furniture...[Puffer & Sons].Page 22: [no cards; no evidence of losses]Page 23 (three cards): Flowers with dragon fly, Presented to [P. Everett Syman, in manuscript] By [M.C. Slitre, in manuscript] Teacher.; Stork with fish in its beak, Thorning's Pure Candies. 12 Central St. Lowell, Mass.; Flowers with white (blank) banner.Page 24: [no cards; no evidence of losses]Page 25 (four cards): Red/pink shoe with flowers; purple shoe with flowers; white shoe with flowers; blue shoe with flowers.Page 26: [no cards; no evidence of losses]Page 27 (four cards): head of a cat (kitten), on a gold card shaped like an artist's palette, dabs of paint; head of a cat (kitten), on a gold card shaped like an artist's palette, dabs of paint; head of a cat (kitten), on a gold card shaped like an artist's palette, dabs of paint; head of a cat (kitten), on a gold card shaped like an artist's palette, dabs of paint.Page 28: [no cards; no evidence of losses]Page 29 (four cards): Young man in a checkered suit, Boston & Lowell Clothing Co. Cor. Central & Prescott Sts., Lowell. Single Breasted 'Oxford.' Boys, 9 to 12; also 13 to 17 years.; Man in an overcoat with walking stick, Boston & Lowell Clothing Co. Cor. Central & Prescott Sts., Lowell. Long Oversack, 'Lorne.' Men's, 35 to 42 Breast. Young 33 to 36.; Little boy in an overcoat with crop, Boston & Lowell Clothing Co. Cor. Central & Prescott Sts., Lowell. Child's Overcoat, 'Vennor.' Sizes, 2 1/2 to 8 years.; Little boy in a suit and knickers, Boston & Lowell Clothing Co. Cor. Central & Prescott Sts., Lowell. Double Breasted, 'Gordon.' Sizes, 4 to 11 years.