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  Rose Eytinge

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  Centennial brace : manufactured by the Nashawannuck Man'f'g Company

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  Image of a group of people gathered from several nationalities; symbolic depiction of women representing Britannia (wearing a crown) and Columbia (who holds an olive branch) shake hands in the foreground as a woman riding an elephant, men riding camels, and several people in ethnic dress (including African American, Asian, and Indian costume) on foot carrying flags and banners look on in the background; lion holding flag with "N" for Nashawannuck Manufacturing Company with motto, "Trade mark. Labor omnia vincit." in small circular frame at bottom center.

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  [Demonstrative lithographic plates, depicting a scene from Freydal]

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  An accordion-folded volume of nine plates, of the same image, allegedly from the unfinished illustrated prose narrative "Freydal," a fictionalized tale of the Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I and his time participating in jousting tournaments to win the hand of a princess (based on his wife Mary of Burgundy). The volume is a sample of chromolithography, with the same image repeated with different colors added from each proceeding plate, with the final plate being a completed chromolithograph. The images depict what appears to be some sort of masquerade or jousting event, with spectators in the background, a flutist and drummer in the middle ground, and three men wearing feather headwear and veils in the foreground, one holding two torches, one standing next to a woman, and the other embracing a woman in a hug. The two woman are depicted in gowns and headdresses, as per descriptions of the narrative. There is also a possibility these are men cross-dressing as women. The plates are supposedly lithographed by Joseph Lanzedelly (or Lancedelly) the Elder (1774-1832), an Austrian lithographer, whose sons Karl (1815-1865) and Joseph (1807-1879) were also lithographers.

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  Colored man is no slacker [graphic]

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  A color offset lithograph poster depicting an African American man and woman in embrace. The male partner is dressed in infantry uniform, while the female partner is dressed in a blue-and-white dress and spatterdashes. They are illustrated as holding hands and parting with one another, assumably the man enlisted to join the group of African American infantrymen marching with a 42-star U.S. flag behind them. The couple is centered below a doorstep on a walkway surrounded by columns, red and yellow roses, and white and blue flowers. The background includes blue skies with green foliage and trees. The title, "Colored Man is No Slacker" is printed in blue below the couple. Signed and copyrighted on lower left corner by artist, "1918. E.G. Renesch, Chicago."

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  Diary and autobiography of Christopher Jones Arthur [microform] : c.1875-1915

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  Microfilm of Christopher Arthur Jones' diary and autobiography, covering events from about 1859-1915. The diary is in multiple hands and is not always in chronological order. It begins with a brief account of Jones' birth and young adulthood, including the death of his father after being struck by lightening in 1859. It also recounts his arranged marriage to Caroline Haight, the daughter of Isaac C. Haight, and includes diary entries for 1860-1862. A section entitled "A Brief Sketch of my History for the year 1874" includes notes on his work with the United Order in Cedar City and lists of general births, marriages, and deaths. An added note lists Arthur's own death in 1915 (he may actually have died in 1918). Diary entries for 1877-1878 record Arthur's experiences in Beaver, Parowan, and Cedar City. A brief note from 1883 recounts his mission to Great Britain. Portions of the diary are very faint and partially illegible, but the rest of the volume appears to be Arthur's autobiography, focusing on his life in Cedar City and elsewhere in Iron County, Utah. Scattered throughout the volume are records of blessings, dreams, letters, accounts, copied notes such as "the History of King Arthur" and "Facts About the Bible," a list of account notes for the Cedar City Co-op (1889), and a list of volumes Arthur gave to the Cedar City Public Library in 1910.

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