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BOX 16-18 Entertainment, 1802-1991
Correspondence, legal documents, accounts and receipts, prints and photographs, illustrated and printed ephemera and other printed matter, background and reference material, and miscellaneous items documenting various amusements and pastimes such as circuses and sideshows, expositions and fairs, sports, and theater.
Arranged alphabetically by name of person, topic, or type of material.
BOX 16 Carriers' addresses
(30)
Background and reference material, 1942, 1972, 1984, undated
Printed matter, 1856, 1870, 1876
Cartoons, background and reference material, 1991
(35)
Christmas, undated
(31)
Circuses, sideshows, and natural wonders
(33)
Advertising handbills, broadsides, and posters, 1824, 1835, 1860, undated
Barnum, Phineas Taylor, 1881
Magic, background and reference material, 1949
Miscellany, 1835
Ringling Brothers, circa 1905
Expositions and fairs
Miscellaneous, 1875-1881, 1899-1903, 1915
World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, Ill., 1892-1893
Sports
(32)
Background and reference material, 1948, 1954-1959, 1981, undated
Archery
Correspondence, 1839-1840, 1862, 1877
Receipts, 1851, 1889
United Bowmen of Philadelphia
Archer's Manual, 1830
BOX 17 Constitution and regulations, 1836, 1844
History of the United Bowmen of Philadelphia, printed copy, 1888
Miscellany, 1839, 1852, 1870, undated
Automobiles, 1904
Baseball, 1884-1889, undated
Bicycling
Legal papers, 1898, 1942, undated
Miscellany, 1881, 1891-1898, undated
Boxing, 1851
Football, 1852
Foxhunting, 1849
Gymnastics, swimming, and physical culture
Miscellany, 1833, 1860-1864, 1896, undated
Printed matter, 1849, 1868, 1880, 1887-1888
Horseback riding, 1839, 1847, 1854-1864, 1899, undated
Hunting and fishing
Miscellany, 1871, 1882, undated
Sportsmen's clubs
Miscellaneous, 1860, 1871, 1895
State in Schuylkill, 1891, 1947, undated
Ice skating, 1857, 1864, 1884, 1895, undated
Miscellaneous, 1858, 1876-1881, 1911, undated
Printed matter, 1878, undated
Tennis
Background and reference material, 1936, 1953, undated
Miscellany, 1880-1885, undated
Thanksgiving proclamations, 1848, 1863-1865
(36)
Theater
(34)
Background and reference material, 1945, undated
Accounts and receipts, 1802, 1828-1833
BOX 18 Broadsides, posters, and printed matter, 1855-1864, 1895, 1921, undated See also Oversize
Correspondence
Ford, John T., undated
Forrest, Edwin, 1839
Miscellaneous, 1855, undated
Engravings and illustrations, 1828, undated
BOX 18-25 Printed Matter, 1725-1995
Correspondence, family and personal papers, financial and legal documents, business records, bond and stock certificates, currency, accounts and receipts, postage and revenue stamps, philatelic covers and envelopes, illustrated and printed ephemera and other printed matter, background and reference material, and miscellaneous items relating to banking and commerce, postal service, printing and publishing, shipping, telegraph service, and transportation.
Arranged alphabetically by name of person or organization, topic, or type of material.
BOX 18 English printed matter, Sugar Act and Stamp Act, 1751, 1764-1770, 1778
(46)
Financial papers
(43)
Background and reference material
Correspondence, 1953-1957, 1987
Miscellany, 1952, 1988-1993, undated
Accounts and receipts
Miscellaneous, 1776-1797, 1804, 1811-1817, 1826, 1836-1837, 1851, 1866-1869, undated
Phipps, Stephen
(43.1)
1771-1790
(4 folders)
BOX 19 1791-1798, undated
(2 folders)
Thompson, James and Robert, 1807-1817, 1823-1826, undated
Bank and promissory notes, checks, and other financial items
Background and reference material, 1962, undated
Banks and banking
Bank of North America, 1782-1794, 1804-1825, 1860-1862, undated
Bank of the United States, 1791-1811, 1817-1818, 1826-1845, undated
Philadelphia, Pa.
Miscellaneous, 1836-1843
Philadelphia Bank, 1809, 1819-1825, 1847-1852, 1859, undated
Schuylkill Bank, 1813-1815, 1826-1839, undated
Southwark Savings Bank, 1837-1839
States
Delaware, 1859-1862, 1872, undated
Georgia, 1854-1861, undated
Maryland, 1837, 1862
Miscellaneous, 1808, 1835, 1851-1864
New Jersey, 1814-1823, 1857-1862, undated
New York, 1817, 1840-1844, 1865, 1889
Pennsylvania, 1836-1849, 1859-1863, undated
Tennessee, 1855, 1861
Virginia, 1861, undated
Washington, D.C., and vicinity, 1815, 1822, 1852
Commercial and private obligations, 1771, 1780-1789, 1796, 1802, 1815, 1821-1827, 1840-1848, 1856-1871, 1880-1881
Government and municipal obligations, 1777-1784, circa 1790, 1837, 1861-1862 See also Oversize
Business and corporate records
Insurance, 1795, 1827-1828, 1838-1843, 1851
Jay Cooke and Co., 1861, 1868, undated
Mining, 1866-1874
Transportation
Canals, 1795-1804, 1813, 1823-1829, 1838-1846, 1856-1858, 1869
BOX 20 Plank roads, toll roads, and turnpikes, 1779, 1793-1795, 1802-1822, 1828, 1851-1853, 1867, undated
Railroads, 1837-1842, 1863
Confederate States of America
Bond certificates, 1861-1864 See also Oversize
Treasury notes, 1861-1864
Correspondence, 1842-1845, undated
Currency
Background and reference material, undated
Colonial and continental bills and certificates
Continental Congress, 1775-1779
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