Visual Materials

The plastic club

Description: Image of a castle-like multistory building with central tower and flag on a hill in an advertisement for the Plastic Club Black & White Exhibition in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1905.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1905
Call number: priJLC_ART_003111
Creator: Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Jay T. Last, 2005. This collection forms part of the Jay T. Last collection of graphic arts and social history, which was donated to the Huntington Library by Jay T. Last in 2005 as a gift in progress. The bulk of the view prints were transferred to the Library between 2010 and 2012.

The plastic club show of applied art

Visual Materials

Image of an advertisement for the Plastic Club Show of Applied Art featuring a sketch of a woman sitting under a tree with an artist's box of supplies in one hand an a canvas held on her lap in the other.

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U. S. Government Building International Exhibition, 1876

Visual Materials

Image of the exterior of the U.S. Government Building for the United States Centennial Exhibition held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1876; people visible in front of the hall, including pedestrians, soldiers, Native American Indians, and men on horseback; cannons, an anchor, a large propeller, and an American flag also pictured outside amongst the visitors; large advertisement for "N.Y. Lithographing and Engraving Co. Julius Bien, Superintendent" on verso.

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Francois Gregoire & Co. enamel of America

Visual Materials

Image of an advertisement for Enamel of America sold by Francois Gregoire & Company of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; image of Columbia at center in crown and flowing robes with a large draped American flag.

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Poster tableaux Saturday March 19th Academy of Fine Arts

Visual Materials

Image of an advertisement for a Poster Tableaux put on by the Plastic Club in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; woman wearing a low-cut gown and mask kicks up her heels with a harlequin clown; posters on display in background.

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The official history of the centennial exhibition

Visual Materials

Image of an advertisement for a history of the United States Centennial Exhibition held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1876; nine images of the exhibition halls with views of the interiors and exteriors surround text describing the publication and soliciting for agents to sell it.

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The art club of Philadelphia

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Image of an advertisement for an exhibition put on by the Art Club of Philadelphia; a woman standing in a long patterned dress leans forward to sketch on a desktop easel while a man looks over her shoulder.

priJLC_ART_003214

The plastic club

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