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Series 3: Scrapbooks, approximately 1870s-1902

 Series

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Scope and Contents note

Three volumes of scrapbooks compiled by Wing. The first two volumes are entitled "The Lanthorn Scrap-Book" (named after the manufacturer of the blank scrapbooks) and include custom title pages by Wing and many newspaper clippings and plates, mostly about authors and the book trade. There are four photographs pasted in Vol. 2 of Wing's Chicago home, entitled "The Old Corner Library, 1901." The third volume is entitled, "Travels in Europe" and is undated. It consists of commercial photographs of England and Italy, probably from the 1870s or 1880s, featuring London, Naples, and Pompeii.

Dates

  • Creation: approximately 1870s-1902

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

The John M. Wing Papers are open for research in the Special Collections Reading Room; 1 box at a time (Priority III).

Arrangement note

Arranged chronologically.

Repository Details

Part of the The Newberry Library - Modern Manuscripts and Archives Repository

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