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Title: Trade Card for Maurice Le Garrec
Description: A trade card for Maurice Le Garrec. At the bottom of the card it states that Le Garrec was the successor to Ed. Sagot, publisher. The image depicts a countryside scene with people working in the field in the foreground, cottages in the background with water and boats to the left of the card.
Type: still image, text
Genre: trade cards (advertising), etching (printing process)
Local Identifier: gc_fba_3374

Title: Envelope addressed to Miriam 'Mim' Sigel
Type: text
Genre: envelopes
Local Identifier: Sigel25

Title: Feindel Dentiste Business Card
Description: Lithograph announcement business card of the dentist Feindel of Paris, printed by F. Appel of Paris. The artist for the piece is Adolphe Willette (1857-1926).
Type: still image, text
Genre: trade cards (advertising)
Local Identifier: gc_fba_2713

Title: Paul Sigel to Mus
Description: Paul is now in Paris after sailing across the English Channel into Oostend, Belgium. He writes this note on stationary from the Hotel Montana (still in existence). He describes the beautiful town of Oostend and plans to visit the Parisian Exposition (see Sigel40). Paul mentions his having gotten a job in Pittsburgh and lying about graduating from NYU. It appears he has to pass thermodynamics.
Type: text
Genre: Autograph Letter Signed
Local Identifier: Sigel50

Title: Eugène Delâtre Trade Card by Jacques Beurdeley
Description: Etching for Eugène Delâtre's printing house located on Rue Lepic in Paris by artist Jacques Beurdeley (1874-1954). The etching depicts a well. Eugène Delâtre was a printer as well as an artist.
Type: still image, text
Genre: trade cards (advertising), etching (printing process)
Local Identifier: gc_fba_2651

Title: Edmund Sagot Trade Card Print
Description: Print for a business card for Edmund Sagot depicting a woman sitting down working with a table in front of her.
Type: still image, text
Genre: trade cards (advertising)
Local Identifier: gc_fba_2692

Title: Octave Uzanne New Year Greeting Card
Description: A new year greeting card expressing good wishes for 1896 from Octave Uzanne. The etching depcits a woman in the foreground wearing a cape and bonnet with flowers to her right and a city in the background. The new years greeting is written on the back of a book with a cherub holding the book up and a dragonfly underneath the book. The etching is by artist Massé.
Type: still image, text
Genre: trade cards (advertising), etching (printing process)
Local Identifier: gc_fba_2709

Title: James Lardner to Ellis Lardner
Description: James relates the story of his tooth abscess. He concerned about the dental bill and is prepared to put up a fight if he is overcharged; he will visit the dentist for his twentieth follow-up. He discusses having a bout of eczema, which has cleared up. James mentions a vague chance of getting an assignment through the United Press in Germany and is making progress in his German Berlitz course. He thinks he has a better chance of going to Spain to write stories about the Americans in the International Brigades.
Type: text
Genre: Autograph Letter Signed
Local Identifier: Lardner2

Title: Envelope addressed to Julius Blickstein
Type: text
Genre: envelopes
Local Identifier: Sigel15

Title: Edmund Sagot Trade Card
Description: Etching for the trade card depicts a woman on stage in front of a large audience of men and women. Edmund Sagot opened a Paris bookshop in 1881, dealing in rare and contemporary prints. He was the first art dealer to add illustrated posters to his inventory. To advertise the printmakers whose work he published, he would commission posters and mailers by his artists. Artist for the card was Eugène Delâtre (1864-1938).
Type: still image, text
Genre: trade cards (advertising), etching (printing process)
Local Identifier: gc_fba_2687

Title: Trade Card for Stern, Engraver and Printer
Description: A trade card for Stern, printers and engravers located at 47 Passage Panoramas in Paris. The company was founded in 1830 and the engraving depicts a woman leaning against a column. She is holding a piece of paper in her right hand that has 'gravure heraldique' ('heraldic engraving') written on it. There is a scroll and a family crest with medival helmet armour on top of the crest.
Type: still image, text
Genre: trade cards (advertising)
Local Identifier: gc_fba_3012

Title: Carte de Visite, Pierre Charles Alexandre Louis
Description: Carte-de-visite of Pierre Charles Alexandre Louis (1787-1872), French physician. Photograph by Trinquart.
Type: still image
Genre: cartes-de-visite (card photographs)
Local Identifier: nyam_cv_louis

Title: Postcard of Saint-Jacques Church
Description: Ernie writes to Mim that he is disappointed by Paris, which is a direct result of his dire financial situation.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcard
Local Identifier: Sigel1

Title: Auguste and André Desmoulins Trade Card
Description: Trade card for André and Auguste Desmoulins. The woodcut depicts busy dockyard scene. On the back it lists André as a printer and Auguste as an engraver. Opening times and location of their business are also listed.
Type: still image, text
Genre: trade cards (advertising), woodcuts (prints)
Local Identifier: gc_fba_002

Title: Carte de Visite, Louis Auguste Desmarres
Description: Carte-de-visite of Louis Auguste Desmarres (1810-1882), French ophthalmologist. Photograph by Antoine Rene Trinquart.
Type: still image
Genre: cartes-de-visite (card photographs)
Local Identifier: nyam_cv_desmarres

Title: Eugène Delâtre Printing House Trade Card
Description: Etching for Eugène Delâtre's printing house located on Rue Lepic in Paris. The etching depicts a formal garden scene with trees surrounding two women at the foot of some steps. Eugène Delâtre was a printer as well as an artist.
Type: still image, text
Genre: trade cards (advertising), etching (printing process)
Local Identifier: gc_fba_2671

Title: H. P. Dillon Trade Card
Description: Trade card for Henri-Patrice Dillon who was an artist, painter and lithographer. He produced calling cards, menus, greeting cards, illustrations for programs, sheet music, books, magazines and posters. This lithograph depicts a woman holding her face with her hands, with his name and the address of his business to the right of the illustration.
Type: still image, text
Genre: trade cards (advertising)
Local Identifier: gc_fba_2662

Title: Carte de Visite, Louis Pasteur
Description: Carte-de-visite of Louis Pasteur (1822-1895), French chemist and microbiologist. Photograph by Th. Truchelut & Valkman.
Type: still image
Genre: cartes-de-visite (card photographs)
Local Identifier: nyam_cv_pasteur_b

Title: Greinheiser: Graveur, Imprimeur, Lithographe. 21, rue de la Banque Trade Card
Description: Trade card for Greinheiser, an engraver, printer and lithographer. The engraving depicts a shield flanked by busts of Apollo and Mercury and symbols of art, commerce, and industry. Under the shield is quoted "Paris: commerce, industrie, beaux arts".
Type: still image, text
Genre: trade cards (advertising), engraving (printing process)
Local Identifier: gc_fba_178

Title: Léon Prevost Greeting Card
Description: Le Vieux Papier' ('Old Paper') was a "Society for the Study of everyday life through the documents and iconography" and was founded in 1900. Léon Provost was at one time the secretary of the society and this card lists his business address as Rue de Bourgogne, Paris. The theme is playing cards with people dressed as 'hearts' from the suit of cards.
Type: still image, text
Genre: trade cards (advertising)
Local Identifier: gc_fba_014

Title: F. Marichy Trade Card
Description: Trade card for F. Marichy's curiosities and objet d'art business located at 9, Avenue Rachel in Paris. Depicted on the card are a variety of different items and objects, including a suit of armor, a clown who has an alligator on his arm, a harp, some skeletons and a black cat. The artist for the card is Adolphe Willette (1857-1926).
Type: still image, text
Genre: trade cards (advertising), electrotyping (platemaking)
Local Identifier: gc_fba_2716

Title: Desmoulins Trade Card
Description: Trade card for André and Auguste Desmoulins. The lithograph, by Alexandre Lunois (1863-1916) depicts a black and white scene of trees and hills in the foreground and a city in the background. On the back it lists André as a printer and Auguste as an engraver. Opening times and location of their business are also listed.
Type: still image, text
Genre: trade cards (advertising), woodcuts (prints)
Local Identifier: gc_fba_2659

Title: Carte de Visite, Claude Bernard
Description: Carte-de-visite of Claude Bernard (1813-1878), French physiologist. Photograph by Trinquart.
Type: still image
Genre: cartes-de-visite (card photographs)
Local Identifier: nyam_cv_bernard

Title: Envelope addressed to Mr. Blickstein
Type: text
Genre: envelopes
Local Identifier: Sigel10

Title: Trade Card for Eugène Delâtre
Description: Eugène Delâtre was a printer as well as an artist and this trade card advertises his printing business on Rue Lepic in Paris. The etching by French artist Léon Carre (1878-1942)́ depicts a horse and carriage with a gentleman standing in top hat and tails on the sidewalk.
Type: still image, text
Genre: trade cards (advertising), etching (printing process)
Local Identifier: gc_fba_2696

Title: James Lardner to Ring Lardner, Jr.
Description: Jim writes to his brother about working with a difficult writer, Marcel Rivet, who has taken Jim's typewriter. He has enclosed a story by Rivet that Jim helped edit in English. He is hoping that if Ring can sell the story, it might encouraged Rivet to return his typewriter. Jim tells his brother that is it difficult to try to speculate about the war, and doesn't bother because by the time Ring gets the letter, the news will have proven Jim wrong. He discusses the current problems in Vienna, having written a good deal about it from France. He gives his opinions on Hitler's presence in Czechoslovakia and whether he will succeed in an actual invasion. He thinks that France will be glad to stay out of any confrontations in Czechoslovakia with regards to Germany. Jim has tentative plans to write a book about the Lincoln and Washington Battalions, and some pieces for the Herald Tribune and a few magazines. He is studying German for a prospective job that he is sure to get within the next few months. He is also studying Spanish history for articles he will be writing about the war in Spain. He intends to visit Barcelona, Valencia, and Madrid. He will also be best man at a friend's wedding. He writes that already the whispers have started(in French), "always a best man, never the groom."
Type: text
Genre: Typed Letter Signed
Local Identifier: Lardner3

Title: Ernest Hemingway to Ellis Lardner
Description: Telegraph to Jim's' mother asking her to cable Herbert Mathews at the Hotel Majestic in Barcelona if she hears where Jim is being held. Says that Delvayo will arrange an exchange repatriation. Tells her not to worry.
Type: text
Genre: Telegraph
Local Identifier: Lardner25

Title: James Lardner to Ellis Lardner
Description: Jim writes to his mother before he leaves for Spain. He will be traveling with Ernest Hemingway and will be the accredited correspondent for the Copenhagen "Politiken," the International News Service, and the Herald Tribune. He thinks that if things get exciting in Catalonia, the International News Service will want him for direct coverage of the war. He will be staying at the Majestic Hotel in Barcelona.
Type: text
Genre: Typed Letter Signed, envelopes
Local Identifier: Lardner5

Title: Carte de Visite, Auguste Nelaton
Description: Carte-de-visite of Auguste Nealton (1807-1873), French physician and surgeon. Photograph by Carjat & Co..
Type: still image
Genre: cartes-de-visite (card photographs)
Local Identifier: nyam_cv_nelaton

Title: J. Roques "Le Courrier Français" Trade Card
Description: Le Courrier Français, founded and edited by Jules Roques, was a satirical French illustrated weekly with sections on literature, fine arts, theater, medicine and finance. It ran from 1884 to 1914. This sketch depicts a man and woman holding a card with Roque's name and "Directeur du Courrier Français" written on it. The woman has a military coat draped over her shoulders and the man holds a top hat in his left hand with ribbons flowing from it which are the colors of the French flag. The artist for the card is Adolphe Willette (1857-1926).
Type: still image, text
Genre: trade cards (advertising)
Local Identifier: gc_fba_2717

Title: Eugène Delâtre Trade Card
Description: Trade card for Eugène Delâtre premises on Rue Lepic, Paris. Etching depicts two women and children outside a house, with one of the women crouching on the ground. Eugène Delâtre was a printer as well as an artist.
Type: still image, text
Genre: trade cards (advertising), etching (printing process)
Local Identifier: gc_fba_2695

Title: Trade card for P. Langevin
Description: Business card illustration for P. Langevin depicting a well-dressed woman and young girl looking at a drawing. Langevin's business is listed as selling paintings, gildings and frames.
Type: still image, text
Genre: trade cards (advertising)
Local Identifier: gc_fba_2641

Title: Envelope addressed to Miriam 'Mim' Sigel
Description: Envelope addressed to Sigel at Camp Unity where she taught dance.
Type: text
Genre: envelopes
Local Identifier: Sigel33

Title: Envelope addressed to Miriam 'Mim' Sigel
Type: text
Genre: envelopes
Local Identifier: Sigel30

Title: Edmund Sagot, Paris: Trade Card
Description: A trade card etched in blue-green and brown ink. The card depicts a pool surrounded by columns and trees. Edmund Sagot opened a Paris bookshop in 1881, dealing in rare and contemporary prints. He was the first art dealer to add illustrated posters to his inventory. To advertise the printmakers whose work he published, he would commission posters and mailers by his artists.
Type: still image, text
Genre: trade cards (advertising), etching (printing process)
Local Identifier: gc_fba_2683

Title: Carte de Visite, Charles Marie Edme Pajot
Description: Carte-de-visite of Charles Marie Edme Pajot (1816-1896), French obstetrician and gynecologist. Photograph by Pierre Petit.
Type: still image
Genre: cartes-de-visite (card photographs)
Local Identifier: nyam_cv_pajot

Title: Carte de Visite, Jean Eugene Bouchut
Description: Carte-de-visite of Jean Eugene Bouchut (1818-1891), French physician. Photograph by Pierre Petit.
Type: still image
Genre: cartes-de-visite (card photographs)
Local Identifier: nyam_cv_bouchut

Title: Eugène Delâtre, Rue Lepic, Trade Card
Description: Eugène Delâtre was a printer as well as an artist. This card advertises his business on Rue Lepic in Paris. The etching depicts a set of stone steps with buildings to the right and in the background with a fence to the left of the image.
Type: still image, text
Genre: trade cards (advertising), etching (printing process)
Local Identifier: gc_fba_3373

Title: Trade Card for Auguste and André Desmoulins
Description: Trade card for André and Auguste Desmoulins. Lithograph depicts two women and a man seated around a table. The man is reading a book. On the back it lists Andre as a printer and Auguste as an engraver. It lists opening times and location of their business.
Type: still image, text
Genre: trade cards (advertising)
Local Identifier: gc_fba_2676

Title: Carte de Visite, Abraham Jacobi by C.H. Reutlinger
Description: Carte-de-visite of Abraham Jacobi (1830-1919), German-born pioneer of pediatrics who opened the first children's clinic in the United States. Photograph by C.H. Reutlinger.
Type: still image
Genre: cartes-de-visite (card photographs)
Local Identifier: nyam_cv_jacobi_b

Title: Vincent Sheean to Ellis Lardner
Description: Sheean tells Mrs. Lardner that Jim is safe and describes the Spanish countryside. Sheean adds that the fascists are in the south of Spain, far away from Jim. He mentions that he will pass along the $10 she has sent for Jim. Includes the cablegram Diana Sheean sent along the same day.
Type: text
Genre: Typed Letter Signed
Local Identifier: Lardner33

Title: Eugène Delâtre Artistic Printing House Trade Card
Description: Etching for Eugène Delâtre's printing house located on Rue Lepic in Paris. The etching depicts a hand with a pencil in sketching a street scene with houses and a group of people surrounding an easel. Eugène Delâtre was a printer as well as an artist.
Type: still image, text
Genre: trade cards (advertising)
Local Identifier: gc_fba_2698

Title: James Lardner to Ring Lardner, Jr.
Description: Jim discusses reading material with his brother. Gives Ring an update on the current politics of Spain. Discusses the Communists and the Radical Socialists, who are anti-fascist but seem not to be pro-Popular Front. He discusses the government of France and limited number of Trotsky followers. He explains political turmoil in France and believes it has to do with exchange controll which the Socialists and Communists support in order to keep French capital in the country. Jim mentions that he has had a job offer at another newspaper and is fed up with the New York Herald Tribune. He also says that he has not been able to get to Spain, that the Herald Tribune is not interested in the war firsthand, but there is an opening as a correspondent with Franco; Jim says he will not try for the job because he doesn't know enough Spanish.
Type: text
Genre: Typed Letter
Local Identifier: Lardner1

Title: Trade card for Rapilly
Description: Trade card advertising Rapilly's business which primarily sold ancient and modern prints. Depicted on the card are cherubs reading books and looking through bookshelves.
Type: still image, text
Genre: trade cards (advertising)
Local Identifier: gc_fba_2705

Title: Trade Card for Auguste Delâtre
Description: Auguste Delâtre was a French etcher and painter. This etching advertises his artistic printing trade and depicts windmills amongst trees on a hillside with a city in the background. Delâtre bought a press from his teachers, Charles Jacque and Louis Marvy in 1848 and set up his own workshop as an artist's printer.
Type: still image, text
Genre: trade cards (advertising), etching (printing process)
Local Identifier: gc_fba_2694

Title: Trade card for Maison Ancel-Chapron
Description: Etching for trade card of Maison Ancel-Chapron selling corsets. The etching depicts a woman sitting down with cherubs in front of her holding a corset. The business was located on Rue des Pyramides.
Type: still image, text
Genre: trade cards (advertising), etching (printing process)
Local Identifier: gc_fba_2660

Title: Vincent Sheean to John H. Wheeler
Description: Copy of letter. Sheean discusses going through Jim's things after his death, destroying his papers, but keeping passport photos for himself, Walter Kerr, and Mrs. Lardner, for when she is ready. He has also doled about Jim's clothing and food to Abraham Lincoln Battalion volunteers. He mentions the idea of starting an memorial fund in Jim's name for wounded vets and hopes Wheeler can discuss this with Mrs. Lardner. Sheean mentions that a chapter in his next book will be based on Jim. This book is most likely Sheean's 1939 'Not Peace but a Sword' (New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company).
Type: text
Genre: Typed Letter
Local Identifier: Lardner35

Title: Postcard of the S.S. Ile de France
Description: Harry sends Mim a postcard and includes a limerick about his voyage to France.
Type: text, still image
Genre: Postcard
Local Identifier: Sigel22

Title: Sichel, Rue Pigalle Trade Card
Description: The trade card for Philippe Sichel depcits a Japanese vase with flowering cherry branch and fan with two characters of Japanese to the left. Sichel specialized in the Japonism craze that swept Paris during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Type: still image, text
Genre: trade cards (advertising), drypoint (printing process)
Local Identifier: gc_fba_3452

Title: Carte de Visite, Jean Civiale
Description: Carte-de-visite of Jean Civiale (1792-1867), French surgeon and urologist. Photograph by Antoine Rene Trinquart.
Type: still image
Genre: cartes-de-visite (card photographs)
Local Identifier: nyam_cv_civiale

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