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1. Janus Press archive

   164 containers. Linear feet of shelf space occupied: 75 . Approximate number of items: 57,400. -- Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   The Janus Press Archive contains material relating to the production of books, posters and broadsides, and printed ephemera bearing the Janus Press imprint, as well as other projects carried out with the assistance of its founder Claire Van Vliet, covering the period from 1955 to the present.

2. Tobacco label collection (Library of Congress)

   ca. 900 prints : engravings, etchings, lithographs, b&w and color, 35 x 43 cm. or smaller. -- Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   These labels and advertisements for tobacco reflect varied aspects of American history, popular culture, and politics of the nineteenth century.

3. Patent medicine labels and advertisements (Library of Congress)

   ca. 420 prints : engravings, etchings, lithographs, b&w and color ; 33 x 43 cm. or smaller.. -- Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   These patent medicine labels and advertisements depict various subjects while advertising nineteenth century medicines.

4. Visual materials from the Walt Whitman papers in the Charles E. Feinberg collection

   ca. 1,010 items. -- Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   The collection contains portraits of Walt Whitman, images of his friends and associates, and places associated with Whitman collected by Charles E. Feinberg and others. Includes works by Baskin, Boardman, Brady, Eakins, Gutekunst, T. Johnson, Kruell, Partridge, and many others.

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5. Prints and bookplates by Sidney Lawton Smith

   886 items. -- Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   The collection contains proof prints as well as finished engravings and etchings created by artist Sidney Lawton Smith. Most of the material is bookplates and book illustrations. Also included are portraits of prominent Americans, depictions of historical scenes, and reproductive prints from paintings.

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