Still Image

Bookplate for Beryl W. Collins

Date Unknown / Creator Unknown

1_35_Collins.jpg

A pictorial-style bookplate featuring a black and white photograph of a young man facing forward and looking to the right. Handwritten in small text on the photograph is the message, "To dearest daddy: with all my love and best wishes" and an illegible signature. Beneath is the text "His Book" and the originator's name in a blackletter font.

~ “Bookplate for Beryl W. Collins,” Portsmouth Public Library's Online Archives, accessed January 28, 2025, https://portsmouthexhibits.org/items/show/1838.

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Title

Bookplate for Beryl W. Collins

Subject

Bookplates

Description

A pictorial-style bookplate featuring a black and white photograph of a young man facing forward and looking to the right. Handwritten in small text on the photograph is the message, "To dearest daddy: with all my love and best wishes" and an illegible signature. Beneath is the text "His Book" and the originator's name in a blackletter font.

Source

The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection

Publisher

Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections

Contributor

Pearson, Helen (1870-1949)

Format

Jpg derived from Tif

Language

eng

Type

StillImage

Identifier

PPL-MS: 1925.1.035

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Original Format

Paper

Physical Dimensions

4”H x 3”W