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Biggert Collection of Emphemera


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NEW YORK, July 30, 2010 – Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library at Columbia University announces the public release of The Robert Biggert Collection of Architectural Vignettes on Commercial Stationery, an online image library of printed ephemera documenting the emerging industrial scene in America, now accessible on the Libraries' website.

The Biggert Collection contains over 1,300 items with architectural imagery spanning the dates 1850 to 1920, from more than 350 cities and towns in 45 states, as well as the District of Columbia and U.S. possessions. New York City is particularly well-represented with over 100 items portraying structures below Houston Street alone. Images scanned from the collection’s billheads, letterheads, envelopes, checks, and business cards represent a variety of settings (such as factories, warehouses, mines, offices, stores, banks, and hotels) across a range of enterprises from printing, roofing, and brewing to wagon works, cordage, and merchandising.

 


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