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Fourty-four envelopes containing promotional and advertising material of the Perry Pictures Company, 1899-1936
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Catalogue of the Perry Pictures
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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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Two envelopes of "proof sheets" of photographed examples of student art work
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Two envelopes of art reproductions ("proof sheets") of photographed examples of student art work. The "proof sheets" were mailed from James Parton Haney to Mabel Spofford; the brown paper mailing envelopes accompany each set of sheets. Env. 7 contains 18 "proof sheets"; these are photographic sheets, each containing reproduced art examples by art students. Included are images of signs, magazine covers, posters, advertisements, book covers, textiles and other items. Many of the individual art examples are signed by their creators, and most are dated 1919 or 1920. The "proof sheets" are in black and white. Env. 8 contains 12 "proof sheets" of art examples by art students. Each sheet contains several reproduced examples of work. Included are images of decorative and advertising posters for a variety of events, plays, and lectures. Most of the items are signed by their creators, and are dated 1921. The "proof sheets" are in black and white. Title supplied by cataloger.
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Subseries G. Promotional materials: Pictures
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This addenda contains museum publications, exhibition catalogs, and scholars correspondence regarding art education materials. Also includes listings from rare book dealers and art and art education-related clippings. There are research materials related to American artists and their childhood education, approximately thirty-six files relate to female artists and approximately sixty relate to male artists.
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Publisher's advertisement for a portfolio of images entitled Art Ages by Pedro J. Lemos
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One postcard publisher's advertisement for a portfolio entitled Art Ages, by Pedro J. Lemos, published by School Arts Magazine, Worcester, Massachusetts, ca. 1929. This advertisement is folded into thirds, and is illustrated with reproductions of some of the plates found in the portfolio. The bottom third of the advertisement is a business reply postcard. This piece is addressed to: "Miss Mabel Spofford, Art Supervisor, Gloucester Public Schools, Gloucester, Massachusetts." Title supplied by cataloger.
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Art Career School
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One flyer advertising Summer Classes at the Art Career School, New York, New York, 1949. This advertisement is for the 1949 summer session, June 20-August 26. Four separate classes are offered: Figure Drawing, Drawing and Painting, Applied Design or Illustration, and Outdoor Sketching. The sheet is folded into eighths within a blue paper folder, the first two pages of which are text and the latter six of which are (reproductions) illustrations, presumably artworks created in previous summer school classes. The cover title reads: "Art Career School." The item is accompanied by an unused mailing envelope with the school's name printed on it.
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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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