Skip to content

OPEN TODAY: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.

Visual Materials

Collier's Weekly : out door number

1 of 15


You might also be interested in

  • The jumping horse carry-us-all a perfect pleasure producer

    The jumping horse carry-us-all a perfect pleasure producer

    Visual Materials

    Image of a large colorful carousel amusement ride; people ride gaily decorated horses or on benches while a large crowd of men, women, and children looks on.

    priJLC_FAIR_001683

  • The Sunday World May 24th

    The Sunday World May 24th

    Visual Materials

    Image of an advertisement for the Sunday World magazine May 24, 1896 issue; a man and woman seated in a horse-drawn cart ride through the countryside, the woman holding the reins; forest, winding path, and castle in background.

    priJLC_ART_004630

  • Explosion of the Alfred Thomas at Easton PA. March 6th. 1860

    Explosion of the Alfred Thomas at Easton PA. March 6th. 1860

    Visual Materials

    Image of the steamboat Alfred Thomas as it exploded on the Delaware River the day it was launched; men and women look on with alarm on the shore at left; the town of Easton, Pennsylvania, and surrounding countryside visible in the background.

    priJLC_MAR_001413

  • Image not available

    Outing bicycle number for June 1896

    Visual Materials

    The Jay T. Last collection of artist posters contains over 370 printed works spanning over eighty years, from 1883-1964. The bulk of the materials date from 1890 to 1900 and advertise American literary books and periodicals. Bicycles, household goods, and other products are also advertised. Notable artists represented in the collection include Will Bradley, Maynard Dixon, J. J. Gould, Edward Penfield, Ethel Reed, and Louis Rhead. Subjects addressed within the collection include international art styles (such as Art Nouveau), fashion, graphic design, publishing, book and literary journal publication, product advertising, and the intersections between them, especially during the last decade of the 19th century.

    priJLC_ART_004647

  • Collier's banker's daughter combination

    Collier's banker's daughter combination

    Visual Materials

    Image of five vignettes of dramatic scenes with a central image of two men dueling outdoors in winter captioned "Act 4th. The Duel in the Snow"; two scenes of men and women in a parlor, presumably courting, captioned "Act 1st." and "Act 2d."; a fist fight between men in tuxedos at the bottom of a grand staircase with party guests looking on, captioned "Act 3d. The Insult."; and a woman crying in a parlor while a little girl pulls at her father's arm, captioned "Act 5th. 'Pappa Kiss Mama!'" with three inset images of two older men and a young woman in a mourning veil captioned "The Widow"; with date sheet for a March 18, [1882], show, presumably at the Fulton Opera House in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, pasted at bottom; the poster advertises the melodrama "The Banker's Daughter" written by Bronson Howard.

    priJLC_ENT_002534

  • Shook & Collier’s "Lights o’ London"

    Shook & Collier’s "Lights o’ London"

    Visual Materials

    Image of an outdoor night scene of the English countryside in winter with a young man wearing pajamas on his knees before a man with a whip in a snowy field with an old woman looking on and a green wagon, barn, and snowy field in the background; the poster advertises the melodrama "The Lights o' London" written by George R. Sims and performed by the company of Sheridan Shook and James Collier.

    priJLC_ENT_000430