Fishing, by Margaret Tempest, The Medici Society Ltd., London, England, 1937

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Collection Type

Photography

Date

1937

GUSN

GUSN-287680

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Ephemera collection
Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
Publishing
General
Publishing - General - Folder 1
Fishing, by Margaret Tempest, The Medici Society Ltd., London, England, 1937
(current record)

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Ephemera collection
- Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
  - Publishing
    - General
      - Publishing - General - Folder 1
        Label for the N.E. Publishing Co., 16 Hawley Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Business card for H. Walter Heintz, 78 Glendower Road, Roslindale, Mass., undated
        Business card for E.L.D. Seymour, Horticultural Editor, The American Home, Country Life, 444 Madison Avenue, New York, New York, undated
        Trade card for Lockwood, Brooks & Co., publishers & booksellers, 381 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Trade card for Boericke & Tafel, homeopathic pharmaceutists and publishers, 145 Grand Street, between Broadway and Elm Street, New York, New York, undated
        Announcement for the Seaver-Howland Press, 93 Broad Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Trade card for J.S. Locke & Co., publishers & stationers, 304 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., 1881
        European newspapers and magazine with prices of publication and postage payable by bankers drafts, post office orders or greenbacks, English books at English prices, printed at the Chiswick Press for B.F. Stevens American library and literary agent, 4 Tra
        Book of American trade-marks, Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 730 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York, 1924
        Postcard for the Martin Diploma Company, engrossing and illuminating, 132 Boylston Street, Boston, Mass., dated January 29, 1927
        Trade card for the James R. Osgood & Company, No. 211 Tremont Street, Boston, Mass., 1881
        Advertisement for Blikman & Sartorius, publisher, Amsterdam, Netherlands, undated
        Billhead for William D. Ticknor, publisher, No. 135 Washington Street, corner of Washington and School Streets, Boston, Mass., dated September 28, 1842
        Untitled chromolithograph for the Chromo Publishing Co., chromos, F. Gleason & Co., 738 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Presenting a picture map of the historical rides of Paul Revere, William Dawes, Jr. and Dr. Samuel Prescott, April 18, 19, 1775, Robert M. Winn, 74 Lincoln Avenue, Wollaston, Boston, Mass., undated
        Circular for The Boston Transcript, Transcript Office, 324 Washington Street, corner Milk Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Letterhead for the American Machinist, published by the American Machinist Publishing Company, 96 Fulton Street, New York, New York, dated May 20, 1885
        Postal card for George W. Libbey, textbooks, 36 Bromfield Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Fishing, by Margaret Tempest, The Medici Society Ltd., London, England, 1937 (current record)
        Business card for The History Project, documenting GLBT Boston, 29 Stanhope Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Circular, Association of North American Directory Publishers, 524 Broadway, New York, New York

Description

The postcard is based on animal characters Margaret Tempest created for her children's books. She wrote and illustrated the "Little Grey Rabbit" books and other titles. According to text on the card verso the Medici Society is "Art Publishers by appointment to the late King George V."

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
publishers
children's literature
illustrators
postcards

Physical Description

1 postcard : color illustration ; 3 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.096.01.01.019

Image Dimensions

3 3/4 x 5 1/2 (HxW)(inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Cambridge Historical Commission, February 8, 2001.

Places

London (Greater London, England, United Kingdom)

Record Details

Originator

Tempest, Margaret (Artist)
Medici Society (Publisher)

Material Type

postcards

Other People

George V, King of Great Britain, 1865-1936

Subjects

Squirrels

Description Level

Item

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