Visual Materials

Fireworks! Fireworks!!

Description: Image of a leaflet by retailer Austin, Nichols & Co. listing different types of fireworks for sale. The right side of the print lists more gunpowder related products sold by the retailer, from firecrackers, hot air balloons, to pistols and more. The right of the print also includes two images of pistols pointed at one another, a paper cap pistol titled 'The Boss,' and a blank cartridge pistol. Towards the bottom of the right is an image titled "The New Excelsior Illuminating Meteoric Balloon - Inflating and Firework Attachments." The image depicts a hot-air balloon shown flying up, surrounded by lit fireworks.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1890-1900
Call number: priJLC_SPO_001884
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Fireworks! Fireworks!

Visual Materials

Image of a pamphlet by retailer Austin, Nichols & Co. listing different types of fireworks, firecrackers, meteoric balloons, pistols, and more gun powder related products for sale. Towards the top center of the left page is an image titled "The New Excelsior Illuminating Meteoric Balloon - Inflating and Firework Attachments." The image depicts a hot-air balloon shown flying up, surrounded by lit fireworks.

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Excelsior fireworks

Visual Materials

Image of an advertisement by Detwiller & Street Fireworks Manufacturing Company for Excelsior Fireworks. The print is in red, white, and blue, and includes an image of an American Eagle, United States flag, and shield that's labeled "Excelsior." Bottom of image includes a crowd of men and women in formal attire releasing firecrackers into the sky. In the center of the crowd, below the eagle and shield, is a cascading fountain. Sparks of fireworks are also depicted in the sky. Title is decorative.

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The Barnum & Bailey latest and greatest thriller the balloon horse Jupiter

Visual Materials

Image of two hot-air balloon ascension acts each with the same female equestrian on horseback rising on a platform attached to a balloon; fireworks in background.

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Trade price list of the Unexcelled Fireworks Company

Visual Materials

Image of a leaflet listing pricing information about different types of fireworks, firecrackers, and goods for sale by the Unexcelled Fireworks Company in New York. Print was folded, with four printed pages total, two on verso and two on recto. Right page of recto includes the title and a vignette similar to imagery on the Great Seal of the United States. Includes an image of an American eagle holding up a banner labeled “UnXld Fireworks” in its beak. Below the eagle is a shield with American stripes and stars, and the eagle holds an olive branch with one talon, and arrows with another. Left page of recto includes pricing information and five vignettes of lanterns, balloons, fireworks, and bomb shells. Verso pages include five vignettes of fireworks and rockets and lists the various names, descriptions, and pricing information about materials for sale, ranging from “Roman Candles” to “Torpedoes.”

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Magnificent display of fireworks, prepared by Isaac Edge, Jr. ...`

Visual Materials

Image of a program for a firework show at Camp Seymour in Hartford, Connecticut to honor Colonel Thomas H. Seymour from the U.S. Regiment. The program describes various types of fireworks such as the "Mexican Sun," "Indian Palmetto," and "Persian Rose." The lower portion of the print also includes two columns, the one on the left lists names and positions of field and staff officers at the parade. This section includes a small decorative border with images of eagles and arrows. The column on the right includes names of companies present at the parade. Text on the print is printed in about ten different font styles.

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Fireworks Sanderson & Lanergan, pyrotechnists

Visual Materials

Image of a fireworks advertisement by Sanderson & Lanergan from Boston, Massachusetts. Central image is of a winged man in armor (possibly a reference to Archangel St. Michael), holding up a flaming scepter and wearing a crown while radiating in air. He points with his right arm towards six small vignettes of radiating female angels in various poses. Title is decorative with intricate scrollwork.

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