Card, Jones Library, Amherst, Mass.

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GUSN-324280

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Ephemera collection
Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
Books
Libraries
Books - Libraries - Folder 1
Card, Jones Library, Amherst, Mass.
(current record)

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Ephemera collection
- Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
  - Books
    - Libraries
      - Books - Libraries - Folder 1
        Advertisement for Dabney's circulating library of several thousand volumes, daily increasing, accommodated to readers of every description, Salem, Mass., undated
        Mercantile Library Building, Mercantile Library Association, 32 Summer Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Extracts from rules and regulations of the library, Middlesex Mechanic Association, undated
        Envelope for The Free Library of Philadelphia, Germantown Branch, Vernon Park, Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, undated
        Regulations for the use of the Public Library of the city of Boston, adopted Feb. 24th, 1869, amended June 14th, 1870, Alfred Mudge & Son, city printers, 24 School Street, Boston, Mass.
        Card, Jones Library, Amherst, Mass. (current record)
        Rules, Portland Public Library, Portland, Maine
        Postcard, fine notice, Portland Public Library, Portland, Maine
        Regulations for the library of the Middlesex Mechanic Association, undated

Description

Text on the card reads "The Jones Library extends a cordial welcome to all strangers and visitors, and invites them to use the Library whenever convenient. The latest and best books, current magazines, and daily newspapers from eight cities are available." The Library hours are included.

Details

Descriptive Terms

libraries (institutions)
cards (information artifacts)

Physical Description

1 card ; 3 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.013.04.01.006

Image Dimensions

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

Credit Line

Gift, 8 February 1924.

Places

Amherst (Hampshire County, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Jones Library (Publisher)

Material Type

cards (information artifacts)

Description Level

Item

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