Complete Term Register use in Peoria, Illinois from 1900 to 1903
date: label: date made
content: 1895
label: used date
content: 1900-1903
notes: label: Description
content: This large school register with image of two Native Americans on the cover and a red leather spine was used at an unnamed school in Peoria, Illinois between 1900 and 1903. It was manufactured by publishing house Hammond Brothers and Stephens Company of Fremont, Nebraska. The company was founded in 1894 when Ross L (1861-1930) and Frank Hammond (1858-1952), sons of Fremont Tribune owner George Hammond went into business with Dan Vorhees Stephens (1868-1930). The company specialized in educational books and supplies and was the largest school supply publisher in the MidWest.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Nebraska, Fremont
label: used
content: United States: Illinois, Peoria
topic: label: Subject
content: Education
label: depicted
content: Indians
label: depicted
content: Native Americans
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Education
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Dr. Richard Lodish American School Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2014.0244.267
label: accession number
content: 2014.0244
label: catalog number
content: 2014.0244.2
objectType: label: Object Name
content: school register
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall, maximum (exhibit or expanded): 35.3 cm x 48.9 cm; 13 29/32 in x 19 1/4 in
label: Measurements
content: overall, minimum (shipping, storage, or collapsed): 35.3 cm x 21.6 cm x .9 cm; 13 29/32 in x 8 1/2 in x 11/32 in