Collection of advertisements that depict American history
Scope and Contents
Dates
- 1870 - 2004
- Majority of material found within 1887 - 1970
Language of Materials
Conditions Governing Access
Conditions Governing Use
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Arrangement
Extent
19.5 Linear Feet (30 boxes)
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
Persistent URL
Overview
Processing Information
- Advertising -- Europe
- Advertising -- United States
- Advertising cards
- Boone, Daniel, 1734-1820 -- Pictorial works
- Carson, Kit, 1809-1868 -- Pictorial works
- Chromolithographs
- Earp, Wyatt, 1848-1929 -- Pictorial works
- Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.) -- Pictorial works
- Indians of North America -- Pictorial works
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Pictorial works
- Popular culture -- Pictorial works
- Presidents -- United States -- Pictorial works
- Printed ephemera
- Sheet music
- Sitting Bull, 1831-1890 -- Portraits
- Sticker books
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Pictorial works
- United States -- Pictorial works
- Washington, George, 1732-1799 -- Pictorial works
- West (U.S.) -- Pictorial works
- Title
- Guide to the Collection of Advertisements that Depict American History
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- by Matthew Daniel Mason and Sarah Lerner
- Date
- October 2009, updated December 2020
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Part of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library Repository
Location
121 Wall Street
New Haven, CT 06511
Opening Hours
Access Information
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