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Catalogue of the Perry Pictures

Description: One catalog entitled Catalogue of the Perry Pictures, by Eugene Ashton Perry, published by Perry Pictures Company, Boston and Malden, Massachusetts, 1908. This catalog is 32 pages in length, and contains primarily black and white illustrations, which are images of art reproductions for sale. Reproductions are organized by category, and size and price. Laid in are several order forms and additional price sheets, as well as a mailing envelope for ordering. Accompanying this catalogue is a mailing envelope in which it was mailed; it is from the Perry Pictures Company, printed in red and black ink, and addressed, in ms., to "Miss Mabel Spofford, 8 Cherry Street, Danvers, Mass." The front cover of the catalog is decorated; the insides of the front and back covers contain the history of the Perry Pictures Company and ordering instructions.
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Date: 1908

Fourty-four envelopes containing promotional and advertising material of the Perry Pictures Company, 1899-1936

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Fourty-four envelopes containing promotional and advertising material of the Perry Pictures Company, published between 1899 and 1936. Materials include: catalogs, publisher's advertisements, advertising flyers, mailing envelopes, order forms, price lists, and 14 art reproductions. The 14 black and white art reproductions are small and include artists: Reynolds, Millet, Bonhuer, Van Dyck, and others. Title supplied by cataloger.

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Brown's Famous Pictures ; Brown's Famous Bible Pictures

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Three price lists: one (and its duplicate) for art reproductions by the George P. Brown & Co., Beverly, Massachusetts, ca. 1924. They are entitled Brown's Famous Pictures for February, March and April and Brown's Famous Bible Pictures. The former was issued as a double-sided single sheet; the latter as a 6-page price list. All three items were laid in a Brown & Co. Catalog, HEH RB #603406. The two single-sheet price lists are illustrated with a single row of images across each side of the leaf. Below the title and images reproduction cards are listed for sale and grouped by categories, for example: Washington Pictures, Dickens Pictures, Lincoln Picture; Thanksgiving and Christmas Pictures. Brown's Famous Bible Pictures is illustrated with a single image on the first page. This publisher's price list also groups images by category: 'The Life of Christ'; 'Old Testament Pictures'; 'Christmas Pictures'; 'Easter Pictures'; 'Madonnas'; 'Miniature Bible Pictures'. An ink stamp indicated a price change. "May 1924" is written in ms., in pencil, on the first page of this list.

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Illustrated Catalogue, National Academy of Design, Ninety-Third Annual Exhibition 1918

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One exhibition catalog entitled Illustrated Catalogue, National Academy of Design, Ninety-Third Annual Exhibition, 1918, published by the National Academy of Design, New York, 1918. Also on the title page: "Open March 13th to April 21st, 10 am to 6 pm and 8 to 10 pm, Sundays 1:30 to 6 P.M." and "Price, Twenty-five Cents". This item is 50 numbered pages in length, with 14 pages of advertisements on either side of the main portion of the catalog. It is not illustrated. The front cover reads: National Academy of Design, Ninety-Third Annual Exhibition, MCMXVIII. The insides of the front and back covers contain advertisements.

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Drawing Pictures

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One set of paper stencils entitled Drawing Pictures, manufactured (presumably) by Parker Brothers, Salem, Massachusetts, ca. 1890. The set is comprised of 5 titled paper stencils, each serving as an advertisement for 'Sweet Home' Soap, "Made by J.D. Larkin & Co., Buffalo, N.Y." The stencils are housed within a paper envelope which reads: "Drawing Pictures. 'Sweet Home' Soap made by J.D. Larkin & Co., Buffalo, N.Y. This envelope contains 5 Drawing Pictures: Thrown Overboard; The Girl & The Goose; The Rat & the Trap; The Elephant; The Rooster. Price for this package 6 cents, made in Germany." The stencils have been used.

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Illustrated Catalogue Exhibition of the R. Hall McCormick Collection of Paintings: Chiefly of the English School

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One exhibition catalog entitled Illustrated Catalogue Exhibition of the R. Hall McCormick Collection of Paintings: Chiefly of the English School, under the auspices of the Boston Art Students Association, Copley Hall, Boston, Massachusetts, 1900. The cover title reads: The R. Hall McCormick Collection of Paintings Exhibited by the Boston Art Students Association. This catalog is 38 numbered pages in length, and contains 5 black and white plates, which are reproductions of paintings. On the verso of the title page is printed "Press of Geo. H. Ellis, Boston."

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Announcement: Turner Picture Studies and Picture Study Prints

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One order form entitled Announcement: Turner Picture Studies and Picture Study Prints, published by Horace K. Turner Co., Boston, Massachusetts, ca. 1910. This 4-page form (1 sheet folded to create a 4-page leaflet) organizes images for sale by school grade, from Grade 1 through "Fourth Year High." The last page is the actual order form, with a printed date of "190_". A pencil ms. note at the bottom of the last page reads "1935". This form was laid into a catalog entitled Turner Art Catalogue, HEH RB# 603411.

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