Celia K. Erskine Scrapbook of Valentines, Advertising Cards, and Postcards
name: label: Creator
content: Baker, Lester R., 1879-1884 (donor's cousin)
place: label: Place
content: Vineland (N.J.)
label: Place
content: Wildwood (N.J.) -- History
label: Place
content: Wildwood Crest (N.J.) -- History
topic: label: Topic
content: advertising
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Collection donated by Celia K. Erskine, 1983, June 13.
creator: label: Creator
content: Baker, Lester R., 1879-1884 (donor's cousin)
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content: Celia K. Erskine Scrapbook of Valentines, Advertising Cards, and Postcards
abstract: label: Summary
content: One scrapbook of Valentines, postcards, and advertising materials assembled by Lestor R. Baker, who died in 1884 at age five.
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: Lester R. Baker, the only child of Eloise and Latimer R. Baker, owned the scrapbook and evidently assembled it as a young boy in the 1880s. He died at age five in 1884 and is buried in the Siloam Cemetery, Vineland, New Jersey. Celia K. Erskine, a much younger cousin, donated the scrapbook in 1983. Lester's father, Latimer, was the brother of Philip B. Baker, New Jersey state senator, and J. Thompson Baker, U.S. Congressman; according to Mrs. Erskine, the brothers founded Wildwood and Wildwood Crest, New Jersey, ca. 1905.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.5 Cubic feet (1 box)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1882-1883
container: label: Container
content: Box 1
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0136
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Advertising cards
label: Type
content: Postcards
label: Type
content: Scrapbooks
label: Type
content: Valentines
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by C. A. Orr, 1989
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Advertising cards
label: Genre/Form
content: Postcards
label: Genre/Form
content: Scrapbooks -- 19th century
label: Genre/Form
content: Valentines
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: A scrapbook containing Valentines, advertising cards, and postcards.