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Thesta Dana letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Title:
Thesta Dana letter to Abby Hopper Gibbons
Description:
Thesta Dana was the wife of Brigadier General James Jackson Dana and a member of the National Association for the Relief of Destitute Colored Women and Children. Is returning books to Sally Gibbons Emerson. Discusses dealing with a heat wave. Briefly speaks of friends/family and her new domestic servant. Letter delivered by William Davis Norris.
Date:
1868-07-14
Collection:
Abby Hopper Gibbons Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Beaver Single and Double Parlor Heater : Danville Stove Co.
Title:
Beaver Single and Double Parlor Heater : Danville Stove Co.
Description:
Advertisement for Beaver Single and Double Parlor Heater : Danville Stove Co. This is the only card in the collection for these businesses. The front of the card advertises the Beaver Stove (manufactured in Danville, Pennsylvania and Chicago, Illinois), which was apparently available through A. H. Gudykunst's hardware store. Card with illustration of a stove and a young girl sitting by the water.
Date:
1882 - 1900
Collection:
Early Advertising Collection
Use Morehead & Co's Laundry Soaps
Title:
Use Morehead & Co's Laundry Soaps
Description:
Advertisement for Use Morehead & Co's Laundry Soaps. This is one of three cards in the collection for this product. Card with illustration of Satan stoking up a fire. The caption reads: "Making ready for the reception of a N.Y. Real Estate Agent."
Date:
1870 - 1900
Collection:
Early Advertising Collection