Memorial mode book, January issue, Bliss Design Company, 214 S. Church Street, Rockport, Ill., 1934 January

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Collection Type

  • Ephemera

Date

1934

GUSN

GUSN-367235

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Description

Trade catalog volume 1, number 4 published by Bliss Design Company in Rockport, Illinois, in January 1934. Includes twelve plates with photographs of memorials. Each plate has a description on the verso. A small insert in the front of the catalog includes the measurements of each memorial pictured. Catalog in an envelope addressed to Dixfield Marble & Granite Works, 17 Weld Street, Dixfield, Maine.

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
memorials
tombstones (sepulchral monuments)
photographs
granite (rock)
measurements (dimensions)
plates (illustrations)
trade catalogs
printed ephemera

Physical Descrption

1 trade catalog, 12 plates : 10 1/2 x 14 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Date of Acquisition

2024

Reference Code

EP001.15.031

Credit Line

Gift of Richard Cheek, 2024

Places

Rockport (Pike county, Illinois)

Record Details

Originator

Bliss Design Company (Publisher)
Franklin Memorial Advertisers (Printer)

Material Type

trade catalogs
printed ephemera

Other Organizations

Bliss Design Company
Franklin Memorial Advertisers
Dixfield Marble & Granite Works

Subjects

Advertisement
Memorial
Death
Granite

Description Level

Item

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