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Edison Mazda calendar image, "Enchantment"

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Collection Type

  • Art

Date

1926

Location Note

Vertical file 4: OVR 61-70

GUSN

GUSN-199026

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Description

Poster featuring a colored image advertising the Edison Mazda light bulb. The print shows "Enchantment" as a figure of a woman. This is a photomechanical reproduction of the original. It would have been part of a series of images done for an Edison Lamp Works of General Electric Co. calendar illustrating the development of light.

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
advertisements
calendars
electric lighting
prints (visual works)
photomechanical prints

Additional Identification Number

Prints and Engravings Collection Number 61OVR

Physical Description

1 photomechanical illustration

Collection Code

GC002

Collection Name

Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

Date of Acquisition

1926-01-06

Reference Code

GC002.02.061

Acquisition Type

Gift

Image Dimensions

38.25 x 18.5 (HxW)(inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. H. J. Wallace, 1926

Record Details

Originator

Parrish, Maxfield, 1870-1966 (Artist)
Forbes Co. (Lithographer)

Material Type

prints (visual works)
photomechanical prints

Other Organizations

General Electric Company. Edison Lamp Works

Subjects

Light bulbs

Restrictions

Very good -- 1 tear into image

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Vertical file 4: OVR 61-70

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