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In this episode of “Clover Beach” -
Creature conflict, comfort, conversations, and care.
Author: Margaret Vandegrift (1845-1913)
Publisher: Porter & Coates (Philadelphia)
Date: 1880
Illustrations engraved by Robert Paterson (active 1860-1899), George F. Swain, Alfred Thomas Elwes, John Parker Davis (1832-1910), and Edward Hooper (1829-1870).
Newberry call number: Wing ZP 883 .P665
Cats: they work hard, they play hard.
These clippings are part of a collection of chromolithographs intended to be used for scrapbooking and decorating. These friendly felines didn’t make it into a scrapbook, but they definitely deserve a place on the Internet!
Newberry call number: Case Wing folio NE2540 .E54
Another advertising card promoting Chicago’s W.F. McLaughlin & Company coffee
Newberry call number: Case Wing folio ZC 3 .885
Schneekätzchen is a children’s story about a snow white cat who turns out to be an enchanted princess in disguise. Her cat form isn’t stopping her from enjoying a glass of champagne with a charming man, however!
This book was printed by Verlag Gustav Weise in the 1880s in Stuttgart.
Newberry call number: Wing ZP 847 .G84
It may look like this cat is having fun but we assure you, those mice are up to no good. Historia de un gat negre by Josep Ferré,
Newberry call number: Case Wing oversize ZC 9 .186 no. 23
This advertising card for the Chicago insurance company Star Accident Associations includes a handy tear-off calendar.
No matter the service or product being advertised, children and animals were popular subjects for 19th century advertising cards.
Newberry call number: Case Wing ZC 3 .166
This Christmas card from Main Street Fine Books reveals the inner workings of cataloging departments and bookshops. Newberry catalogers wish we had help from friendly cats and squirrels!
Newberry call number: Wing Ephemera File, Main Street Fine Books
Happy Valentine's Day!
These cards from the Wing Ephemera File are illustrated by Janet LaSalle.
Newberry call number: Wing Ephemera File, LaSalle, Janet
Heinrich Hoffmann's Der Struwwelpeter is a collection of children's stories meant to warn against a variety of common childhood behaviors, including thumb-sucking, name-calling, refusing to bathe, and in the case of the above tale, playing with matches.
The German page on the left is from a 1933 edition of the stories titled Der Struwwelpeter, oder, Lustige Geschichten und Drollige Bilder.
The translation on the right, The English Struwwelpeter, or, Pretty Stories and Funny Pictures was published by Routledge and Kegan Paul in the 1960s. Our favorite detail in this illustration is how the cats end up wearing the girl's hair bows on their tails.
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