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Assorted EphemeraEntry/Object ID
2017.168.013Scope and Content
A collection of assorted documents relating to the residents of the Palmer House. These are twentieth century documents and are almost entirely mailings or items relating to third party associations and companies.
1. Fire Alarm Apparatus booklet created by the Loepr Fire Alarm Co. Bulletin B which describes how the fire box works with illustrations. (3 copies)
2. Article "Invents New Type Fire Alarm System" about A.P. Loper getting his patent and a description of the fire alarm apparatus. (3 copies)
3. Cardboard insert from a Loper Fire Box with directions for use.
4. A booklet on the history of the Rhode Island State House published 1909
5. Probate Court District of Stonington 1892-1922. From the preface, "Believing that a short history of the Stonington Probate District and a brief summary of the more common principles of the distribution of estates and probate of wills would be of some interest and value to the residents of this Probate District, this booklet has been prepared, with the hope that its contents may prove to be of some benefit to all. Elias B. Hinckley"
6. Board of Education, Town of Stonington, Twenty-Fifth Annual Report 1934-1935
7. Journal of Calendar Reform June 1935
8. Vogue and Jays catalog from 1940s - women's clothing
9. Annual Report of the Commonwealth Edison Company, 1944
10. Masterpieces of English Painting Hogarth: Constable: Turner exhibit guide from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1947
11. Denison University newsletter, November 1957 sent to Priscilla Dixon Loper
12. Historical Footnotes, May 1964 sent to Priscilla Loper
13. Receipt from Palmer House Auction for Lot Box purchased by Ethel Geberth, August 14, 1976Collection
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