The Carrier Pigeon

Book

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Museum of the White Mountains

Name/Title

The Carrier Pigeon

Entry/Object ID

MWM2010.0001.2643

Description

This book is a childrens story based on the works of Christopher Von Schmid. Von Schmid was a european folklorist and fairy tale, fiction writer. The works within this book center around teaching the lessions of virtue, honesty and goodness. Physical Description: Paperback, pamphlet style book. The front cover is bordered with a dark blue embellished border. Beneath the title is an image of a dove or pigeion holding an olive branch in it's beak.

Collection

Dan Noel Collection

Acquisition

Accession

MWM2010.0001

Source or Donor

Dan Noel

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Gift of Dan Noel

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Fairy tales, Folklorists, Fictitious characters, Literature

Search Terms

Folklore, Fiction

Book Details

Author

Illustrated by J. G. Chapman, Edward Dunigan & Brother

Publisher

Edward Dunigan & Brother

Place Published

City

New York

State/Province

New York

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Date Published

1849

Condition

Notes

01/10/2013- CH - Major deterioation and fading of the paper. Rips and tears, along edges and along spine of the book. Excessive amount of dust and paper flakes inside of booklet.