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

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Collection Type

  • Ephemera

Date

undated

GUSN

GUSN-367238

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Description

Trade catalog published by Bliss Design Company in Rockport, Illinois, in 1934. Includes twelve loose plates with illustrations of memorials. An small insert in the front of the catalog includes the measurements of each memorial and background on the publication. Housed in an envelope addressed to Dixfield Marble & Granite Works in 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

EP001.15.033

Credit Line

Gift of Richard Cheek, 2024

Places

Rockport (Pike county, Illinois)
Dixfield (Oxford county, Maine)

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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