The Biggert collection of architectural vignettes on commercial stationery
Contributors: Avery Library; Columbia University. Libraries
Publisher: Columbia University Libraries
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York, N.Y.]
Language: eng
Subjects: Advertising cards; Private collections; Themes, motives; Business cards; Stationery; Printed ephemera; Architecture in art; Art collections; Avery Library
Other titles: Robert Biggert collection of architectural vignettes on commercial stationery
Description: The Robert Biggert Collection of Architectural Vignettes on Commercial Stationery was donated to the Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library by Robert Biggert in honor of Lisa Ann Riveaux. This unique collection of printed ephemera contains over 1,300 items with architectural imagery spanning the dates 1850 to 1920, in more than 350 cities and towns in forty-five states, as well as the District of Columbia and U.S. possessions. The collection's billheads, letterheads, envelopes, checks, and business cards document the rise of the United States as an industrial nation, in often elaborate vignettes of factories, warehouses, mines, offices, stores, banks, and hotels.
Notes: Title from home page (viewed July 26, 2010).

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