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Philadelphia (Pa.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Edu/Philadelphia Pa

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Album, 1946, 1946

 Item
Identifier: SC.69.5.4.6
Scope and Contents

This item is an album containing primarily newspaper and magazine clippings about Vera Maxwell and her designs. There is also a sketch of a pencil design for womenswear. Also, included is a black & white print depicting people in a round table discussion on Designer's Day at Drexel Institute of Technology in Philadelphia. Vera Maxwell appears in the print.

Dates: 1946

Demorest collection, a.k.a. Ransom Family collection, 1854-1909

 Collection
Identifier: SC.505
Scope and Contents

This collection is comprised of images of members of the Demorest family, publications by William Jennings Demorest and Mme. (Ellen Louise Curtis) Demorest, medals presented by Demorest Medal Contests, and correspondence to W. Jennings Demorest.

Dates: 1854-1909

"Demorest Magazine and Fashion at the Centenial [sic] Philadelphia 1876", 1876

 Item
Identifier: SC.505.1.2.RFC 0209
Scope and Contents From the folder: This folder contains 16 photographs, 1 etching, 1 tintype, and 1 painting of Demorest family members. Etching, no ID #: William Jennings Demorest. Photograph, no ID #: Vienna Demorest. Photograph formerly identified as RFC 0014: "Demorests, Jan. 1878; on reverse: Foreground: Grandf. Demorest - Ed. & Publisher, EDR, Grandmother - 'Madame Demorest'; Background: Vienna Demorest, William Curtis D., Harry D.?; sepia 4.25x6.5 card." Photograph formerly identified as RFC 0015: "Marie Antoinette...
Dates: 1876

Unframed images, 1878-1892

 folder
Identifier: SC.505.1.2
Scope and Contents This folder contains 16 photographs, 1 etching, 1 tintype, and 1 painting of Demorest family members. Etching, no ID #: William Jennings Demorest. Photograph, no ID #: Vienna Demorest. Photograph formerly identified as RFC 0014: "Demorests, Jan. 1878; on reverse: Foreground: Grandf. Demorest - Ed. & Publisher, EDR, Grandmother - 'Madame Demorest'; Background: Vienna Demorest, William Curtis D., Harry D.?; sepia 4.25x6.5 card." Photograph formerly identified as RFC 0015: "Marie Antoinette...
Dates: 1878-1892