Name/Title
David C. Cook Bible Lesson Picture Cards and leafletEntry/Object ID
2022.73.16Description
Four cards with illustrations of Biblical scenes on the front and lessons on the back. These Lesson Picture Cards were paid for by subscription (12 cents per year) and mailed from the David C. Cook Publishing Company in Elgin, Illinois. The cards are have a 1915 copyright and patent notice.
Along with the cards was a tract "Are You a Bible Christian?" by A. Sims, a four-page pamphlet published in Toronto, Canada. The tract instructs the reader to "Enclose a copy of this tract in every letter you write. Scatter the truth. No tongue can tell the vast amount of good you may thus do. More than 1,700 persons were converted by copies of one leaflet! ... An assorted package to any address for 50 cents."Context
Mr. Cook's publishing company funded the construction of the Cook Mansion in Saugatuck, on the banks of the Kalamazoo River, near Singapore.Collection
Commercial businesses, Churches and religionCataloged By
Winthers, SallyAcquisition
Accession
2022.73Source or Donor
Wilkins, Ronald "Ron"Acquisition Method
DonationDimensions
Height
4-3/4 inWidth
3-1/2 inLocation
Box
163 Koning Ludwig familyRelationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Cook, David Caleb 1849-1927, Cook-Bennett-Denison Mansion b.1916/1920Create Date
October 19, 2022Update Date
November 12, 2022
