OPEN TODAY: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.

Tickets

Visual Materials

The first exhibition of the Middlesex Mechanic Association

Description
Image of a landscape scene on an advertisement for the first exhibition of the Mechanic Association of Middlesex, Massachusetts, showing the rural outskirts of a town with the buildings spreading out along the horizon line in an elaborate frame of sculpted flowers, leaves, and Classical figures; arm holding a hammer with scales with the caption "We aim to be just" across top of image; five small vignettes inset into the frame show a Native American man armed with bow and arrows, industrial scenes with machinery, and pastoral American West scenes with tipis.
Type
Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date
1851
Call number
priJLC_FAIR_001706
Creator
Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)
Provenance
Gift of Jay T. Last, 2005.
Associated people
Ackermann, Emil F., (1840-)
Ames, Daniel T. (1826-1909.)
Aubrun, Louis. (1808-)
Benecke, Theodore. (1823-1898.)
Bentzen, B. M. (approximately 1828-approximately 1894.)
Bien, Julius, (1821 or 1822-1883.)
Bourquin, F. (1824-approximately 1877.)
Chapin, Will E. (1813-1873.)
Church (1813 or 1814-1882.)
Curran, M. E.
Davis, Theodore R.
Haddock, John A.,
Hunter, Thomas,
Remacle, A.
Krebs, Otto.
Meyer, Gustav
Miller, James,
Murphy, John L.
Olsen, Alex A.
Queen, Jas.
Schile, H.
Telbin, William,
Thornton, Chester.
Walker, Edmund,
Weingartner, A.
Wheaton, W. F.
Associated organizations
A. Brown & Co.
American Bank Note Company.
Armstrong & Co. (Boston, Mass.)
Banks & Co.
Breuker & Kessler Co.
Centennial Photographic Co.
Colby Poster Printing Co.
Cosack & Co.
Crosscup & West.
Currier & Ives.
Day & Son.
Donaldson Brothers (Firm)
Ed. W. Welcke & Bro.
Ehrgott & Krebs.
Fair Pub. House.
George Stinson & Co.
Gilbert & Rivington.
Gillin & Nagle.
Goupil & Cie.
Harper & Brothers.
Heliotype Printing Co.
Julius Bien & Co.
Kurz & Allison.
Leighton Bros. (London, England)
Lloyd Brothers & Co.
Los Angeles Times (Firm)
Majestic Poster Press.
Major & Knapp Engraving, Manufacturing & Lithographic Co.
Matthews-Northrup Company.
Nagel & Weingärtner.
National Publishing Company (Philadelphia, Pa.)
New England Lithographic Co.
Ohio.
Orcutt Litho Co.
P.S. Duval & Son.
R. Hoe & Company.
Rand McNally and Company.
Riverside Press (Cambridge, Mass.)
Riverside Printing Company.
Russell & Morgan Printing Company.
Schmidt Litho. Co.
Southern Lith. Co.
Tappan & Bradford.
United States.
Find out more
View in the Huntington Digital Library(Opens in new tab)
View in the Library catalog(Opens in new tab)

You might also be interested in

  • Image not available

    Brown & Bauchou

    Visual Materials

    Image of a fruit and vegetable stand with produce scales in red-white-blue rectangular frame.

    ephJLC_CIT_000087

  • Schmidlapp's live oak distillery : fine copper distilled bourbon whisky

    Schmidlapp's live oak distillery : fine copper distilled bourbon whisky

    Visual Materials

    Image of a bourbon whiskey barrel label depicting a large spreading oak tree with low mountain peaks visible beyond; circular embellished frame with geometric pattern, grain, and ears of corn.

    priJLC_BEV_001866

  • Genuine Belfast ginger ale : G. D. Dows & Co. 55, Sudbury St. Boston

    Genuine Belfast ginger ale : G. D. Dows & Co. 55, Sudbury St. Boston

    Visual Materials

    Image of a bottle rack on a table with three bottles of Belfast ginger ale displayed next to a glass filled with the beverage; image surrounded by a frame illustrated to resemble a wooden vanity mirror frame with medallions for awards to G.D. Dows & Company from the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association in 1865 and the New England Agricultural Society in 1872.

    priJLC_BEV_001855

  • Be it known that Louis Prang, lithographer

    Be it known that Louis Prang, lithographer

    Visual Materials

    Image of a certificate issued to lithographer Louis Prang on April 23, 1884, in Boston, Massachusetts, certifying his admittance as a member of the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association; various symbolic emblems of the association surround the central text, including a muscled arm holding a hammer between balanced scales, Archimedes standing with drafting tools in hand, a beehive, a cornucopia, hooks an pulleys, and the prow of a ship waving a flag for "Massachusetts;" M.C.M.A. seal with motto "Be just and fear not," at bottom center.

    priJLC_PRG_002317

  • Edward H. Jones : master mechanic of Albany & Schenectady division of N.Y.C.R.R

    Edward H. Jones : master mechanic of Albany & Schenectady division of N.Y.C.R.R

    Visual Materials

    Image of a head-and-shoulders portrait of Edward Jones, the master mechanic of the Albany and Schenectady Division of the New York Central Railroad, with corner vignettes of steam locomotives, a ship, and a suspension bridge incorporated into the decorative border; portrait has printed signature, "Yours Truly Edward H. Jones."

    priJLC_TRAN_001164

  • Poster exhibit mechanics fair the 19th exhibition

    Poster exhibit mechanics fair the 19th exhibition

    Visual Materials

    Image of an advertisement for a a poster exhibit at the Mechanics Fair 19th Exhibition in 1895; female artist holding a paint palette with an angel holding a torch above her at right.

    priJLC_ART_003052