Costumes of all nations : souvenir, World's Columbia Exposition, 1893

Publication

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Name/Title

Costumes of all nations : souvenir, World's Columbia Exposition, 1893

Entry/Object ID

2022.2.1

Description

"These cards are lithographed reproductions of photographs taken on the spot in the various countries and provinces and colored there to correctly represent the native costumes. They are national costume studies, reliable and perfect in every detail." -- FRONT OF CARTON Each card features a Singer sewing machine!

Acquisition

Accession

2022.2

Notes

Gift of Karen Goldberg, December 2022.

Lexicon

Search Terms

advertising cards, costume, sewing machines, souvenirs

Legacy Lexicon

Category

Object

Publication Details

Publication Type

Ephemera

Author

Singer Manufacturing Company, World's Columbian Exposition

Publisher

Singer Manufacturing Company

Place Published

City

New York

Date Published

1892

Parts

36 cards in container, measuring approximately 5 3/8″ x 3 1/4″ each.

Location

Shelf

Special Collections

Room

Library

General Notes

Note

Explanatory texts in English on verso of each card in container.