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Cornell University and Ithaca views and guidebooks

Collection — Framed item 2

Identifier: 4059

Abstract

Guidebooks and books of views of Cornell University and Ithaca, N.Y.

Dates: 1873-1982.

Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Cornell University and Ithaca views and guidebooks

Cuba travel collection

Collection — Manuscript box 81 - folder 1: [Barcode: 31924065254272]

Identifier: 2194m

Scope and content Broadsides, postcards, brochures, and pamphlets mainly concerning travel to Cuba, especially Havana. Includes advertisements for cruises, hotels, and city tours, a Cuba hotel directory, postcards of the Hotel Gran America, and guidebooks to Havana sights, as well as two printed poems in Spanish and an advertisement for upcoming jai-alai matches. Advertisers include Greyhound bus company, the Peninsular & Occidental Steamship Company, Simone's Tours (affiliated with United Steamship...

Dates: circa 1935-1936.

Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Cuba travel collection

Exposition internationale des arts dećoratifs et industriels modernes postcards

Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924088370246]

Identifier: 6618

Scope and content

Photographic postcards showing buildings, promenades, interiors, sculptures, and other decorative details from the international exposition, including over 30 blue-tinted night shots, some with dramatic views of the Eiffel tower with various lighting configurations.

Dates: 1925.

Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Exposition internationale des arts dećoratifs et industriels modernes postcards

Greeting cards

Collection — Manuscript box 51 - folder 1: [Barcode: 31924065251435]

Identifier: 2626m

Scope and content

Picture postcards for various occasions: two for birthdays, one to urge the recipient to write a letter, and one to encourage the recipient to visit. Each card has a color illustration, and text which gives the appearance of being hand-lettered. Most of the cards are published by F.A. Owen Co., Dansville, New York; one is published by the Gibson Art Company, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Dates: circa 1900-1930.

Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Greeting cards

Postcards of German female impersonators

Collection

Identifier: 7636

Abstract Sixty-two late-Wilhelmine male transvestite postcards portraying thirty individuals in their Damen-Imitator personas, including three images of "Gauze, Canadian Indian Soprano." Sixteen are signed or inscribed by the subjects, with references to gay cabarets in Berlin, Cologne, Kiel, and throughout the country. Five are addressed to Paul Shafer and one to Asta, female impersonators of the period, who are also pictured on some of the cards. One postcard depicts Man de Wirth in costume, circa...

Dates: 1900-1920

Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Postcards of German female impersonators

Archives at Cornell

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Cornell University and Ithaca views and guidebooks

Cuba travel collection

Exposition internationale des arts dećoratifs et industriels modernes postcards

Greeting cards

Postcards of German female impersonators

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