Series II. Ephemera (UNPROCESSED)

This series contains printed ephemeral items that pertain to travel, shipping, and other maritime-related activities and businesses from approximately 1850 to approximately 1990. The materials consist of advertising and promotional ephemera, illustrations, and business records relevant to steamship companies, sailing vessels, shipping entities, passenger lines, and related businesses and publications from all over the world. Railroad lines, hotels, museums, and other general destination advertising ephemera are also included, many from Kemble's own travels. The majority of these items are promotional brochures, but the collection also has trade cards, timetables, booklets, directory ads, menus, postcards, handbills, and printed billheads and letterheads with manuscript text.