Category: Spotlight
Spotlight on…American Art Posters 1890-1920
American companies took notice when French art posters became extremely popular in the 1880’s. A new lithography process had made economical printing of large editions of posters possible. American companies commissioned prominent illustrators like Edward Penfield, Will Bradley, Ethel Reed and Maxfield Parrish…
Spotlight on…19th Century American Trade Cards
Written by Anne Berard, Reference& Outreach Librarian, Milford Town Library While the earliest advertising cards first circulated in London, Lyon and Paris in the late 17th century, advances in color lithography and printing in the 19th century made them easier to produce and more ubiquitous. Everything from soap, thread, perfume, hats, shoes, coffee, candy and more were marketed…
Spotlight on…The Glendale Collection at the Wilbraham Public Library
by Mary Bell, Assistant Director Wilbraham Public Library The Glendale Collection is a treasure-trove of local history and genealogy, and is the newest in the Wilbraham Public Library’s collections in the Digital Commonwealth. The collection was in an unlabeled box of miscellaneous photographs found among our uncatalogued collections. We gave it the name Glendale Collection…