Hoboken reading room dustjacket for The Life of Mary Baker Eddy; Sibyl Wilbur, ca. 1913-1920.
Entry/Object ID
2011.036.0206
Scope and Content
Book jacket with printed spine title for: The Life of Mary Baker Eddy. Sibyl Wilbur. Brown kraft paper, 19-3/4" wide, top and bottom folded in irregularly, 8-1/2" to 9" high. Penciled above printing: #1
While called a book jacket, the plainess of it makes it more appropriately a dust jacket or dust wrapper.
This bookjacket found at the former The First Church of Christ, Scientist, Hoboken at 829 Bloomfield St.(This was a branch church of the Mother Church and was formally incorporated in 1912.) It would have been for a Reading Room copy, octavo volume about 1-3/4" thick.
Title was first published in 1913, but many printings have followed. Style of jacket is not untypical for the period.
The Hoboken church had a public Reading Room for many decades as an important part of the church's activities.
Acquisition
Accession
2011.036
Source or Donor
T & M Contracting Co., Inc.
Acquisition Method
Gift
Credit Line
Gift of Matt Seriale, T & M Contracting Co., Inc.
Archive Details
Date(s) of Creation
1913 - 1920
Archive Notes
Date(s) Created: 1913-1920
Date(s): 1913
Condition
Overall Condition
Good
General Notes
Note
Legal Status: Abandoned records found on site of former church.
The Church apparently ceased operations here ca. 2005 (latest dates found on utility bills.) Building was sold in 2010 or 2011 to real estate developer; demolition June 2011 commenced on interior for conversion to residential building.
Status: OK
Status By: dw
Status Date: 2011-06-22
