Still Image

Bookplate for School for the Blind, Special Library

Date Unknown / Signed Reaves.

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A pictorial-style institutional bookplate in black ink on ivory paper, with a central image of the school building and gardens as seen through an arched window in a stone wall with a torch on either side. At the top is the text "School for the Blind, Overbrook, Pa", and beneath the window is a text box that reads "Special Library." Below that are three boxes that read "No.," "Added by," and "In the Year" with spaces to record information.

~ Signed Reaves., “Bookplate for School for the Blind, Special Library,” Portsmouth Public Library's Online Archives, accessed December 24, 2024, https://portsmouthexhibits.org/items/show/1691.

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Title

Bookplate for School for the Blind, Special Library

Subject

Bookplates
Architecture in art

Description

A pictorial-style institutional bookplate in black ink on ivory paper, with a central image of the school building and gardens as seen through an arched window in a stone wall with a torch on either side. At the top is the text "School for the Blind, Overbrook, Pa", and beneath the window is a text box that reads "Special Library." Below that are three boxes that read "No.," "Added by," and "In the Year" with spaces to record information.

Creator

Signed Reaves.

Source

The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection

Publisher

Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections Dept.

Contributor

Pearson, Helen (1870-1949)

Format

Jpg derived from Tif

Language

eng

Type

StillImage

Identifier

PPL-MS: 1925.1.179

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Original Format

Paper

Physical Dimensions

5”H x 3 and ½”W