Historic ephemera collection SC.EC

Historic ephemera collection SC.EC


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Special Collections at The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon

PO Box 3600
Mount Vernon, VA 22121
Telephone: 703-799-3600
URL: http://archives.mountvernon.org

Katherine Hoarn, Special Collections Librarian, updated by Lesley Parilla, Technical Services Librarian

Repository
Special Collections at The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon
Identification
SC.EC
Title
Historic ephemera collection 1796-1986
Quantity
1 Linear Feet
Language
English .

Administrative Information

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research during scheduled appointments. Researchers must complete the Washington Library's Special Collections and Archives Registration Form before access is provided. The library reserves the right to restrict access to certain items for preservation purposes.

Preferred Citation

[Name and date of item], Historic Ephemera Collection, [Folder], Special Collections, The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon [hereafter Washington Library], Mount Vernon, Virginia.


Scope and Contents

This collection includes ephemera from 1796-1986, and contains a variety of formats that primarily relate to the portrayal of George Washington.

Portions of this collection have been digitized, as noted in the item-level descriptions.

Arrangement

This collection is organized into series by format and arranged chronologically.

Related Material

Related books are available in the library catalog: George Washington 200th Anniversary 1732-1932 ; If you grew up with George Washingoton ; George and Martha ; A Picture Book of George Washington ; Original Portraits of Washington.


Significant Places Associated With the Collection

  • Mount Vernon (Va. : Estate)
  • Virginia

Container List

Advertisements
1900sEnglish.
  • Text box: 6 folder: ADVERT OV 1 2019-SC-026-013
    Container Corporation of America advertisement with quote from George Washington's farewell address
    1 pages
    1900sEnglish.
    Scope and Contents

    Advertisement series called Great Ideas of Western Man, featuring George Washington on knowledge in a free government. With artwork by Robert Schneeberg.

  • Graphic Materials box: 6 folder: ADVERT OV 2 2017-SC-019
    Advertisement, Washington Crisps
    The United Cereal Mills, Ltd. (Quincy, IL)1910-1921
    Full page advertisement for Washington Crisps (corn flakes) manufactured by The United Cereal Mills, Ltd. Advertisement is adhered to a piece of cardboard. Printed text reads: You Get Your Money's Worth When You Buy This Package. Actual size of the 'Washington Crisps' package. The most delicious toasted corn flakes you ever tasted.
    English.

    Advertisement, Washington Crisps, 1910-1921: 2024-03-22


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Ballot papers
1796English.
  • Text box: 1 folder: BALLOT 1 2018-SC-090-001
    Federal ticket
    1 Sheets 15 x 7 cm
    1796English.
    Scope and Contents

    Printed ballot from 1796 titled "Federal Ticket. Friends to Washington's Policy." With manuscript annotations.

Bookmarks
1876English.
  • Realia box: 1 folder: BOOK 1 2018-SC-011-002
    Centennial silk bookmark of George Washington with original manufacturer's tag
    1 Copies
    1876English.
    Scope and Contents

    Silk bookmark pinned to printed paper tag for Thomas Stevens Coventry & London, inventor and manufacturer of the pure silk woven book markers, 400 different designs.

Broadsides
1791-1862English.
  • Text box: 1 folder: BROAD 1 2018-SC-089-003
    Broadside, An act to continue in Force, for a limited Time, an Act passed at the first Session of Congress, intitled, "An act to regulate Processes in the Courts of the United States."
    1 pages
    1791 February 8English.
    Scope and Contents

    Printed folio broadside from the third session of the first Congress.

  • Text box: 1 folder: BROAD 1 2018-SC-009-004
    Broadside, An act to authorize the President of the United States to Lay, Regulate and Revoke Embargoes
    1 pages
    1794 June 4English.
    Scope and Contents

    Folio broadside printing of the 1794 Embargo Act, passed at the first session of the third Congress. Printed with an act to authorize the settlement of the account of Lewis Dubois, for his services in the late army of the United States.

  • Text box: 1 folder: BROAD 1 2018-SC-084
    Broadside, An extract of the Act, entitled "An Act, for the relief and protection of American Seamen;" passed in the fourth Congress of the United States, at the first Session
    1 pages
    1796 May 28English.
    Scope and Contents

    Printed folio broadside printed in Baltimore by John Hayes, in Public-Alley.

  • Text Drawer: 22 folder: 1802.00.00 2019-SC-011-002
    Broadside, The Address of Gen. Washington to the People of America, on His Declining the Presidency
    1 pages 34 x 19 inches
    1802English.
    Scope and Contents

    Printed in London by T. Bensley. An illustrated British printing of Washington's 1796 farewell address, includes a profile portrait of George Washington.

  • Text box: 1 folder: BROAD 1 2018-SC-089-002
    Broadside, In Senate of the United States, May 8th,1800
    1 pages
    1800 May 8English.
    Scope and Contents

    Resolutions passed by Congress for the erection of a marble monument in the capitol city of Washington in honor of the late General Washington.

  • Text box: 1 folder: BROAD 1 2018-SC-035-002
    Broadside, Celebration of Washington's Birthday
    1 pages
    1862 February 22English.
    Scope and Contents

    Broadside listing the order of exercises and order of procession for the Celebration of Washington's Birthday in Portsmouth, New Hampshire of February 22, 1862. Published by Chronicle Card Press.

Calendars
1906-1953English.
  • Text box: 1 2021-SC-006-001
    Calendars
    1900-1909English.
    Scope and Contents

    Incldues calendars for the years 1906, 1909. Includes images of George Washington.

  • Text box: 1 2021-SC-006-002
    Calendars
    1910-1919English.
    Scope and Contents

    Includes calendar for the year 1914

  • Text box: 1 2021-SC-006-003
    Calendars
    1920-1929English.
    Scope and Contents

    Includes calendars for the year 1925

  • Text box: 3 2021-SC-006-004
    Calendars
    1930-1939English.
    Scope and Contents

    Includes calendars for the years 1932, 1932, 1935, 1936 (thermometer removed), 1937 (thermomemter removed)

  • Text box: 1 2021-SC-006-005
    Calendars
    1940-1949English.
    Scope and Contents

    Includes calendars for the years 1946

  • Realia box: 1 2021-SC-006-006
    Calendars
    1950-1959English.
    Scope and Contents

    Includes calendar for the year 1953 (thermometer removed)

Cards and Postcards
1900sEnglish.
  • Realia box: 1 folder: POST 1 2019-SC-026-004
    Postcard of George Washington with quote from his farewell address
    1 Sheets
    1900sEnglish.
    Scope and Contents

    Unused postcard featuring the quote "Tis our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world" from Washington's farewell address.

  • Realia box: 1 folder: POST 1 2019-SC-026-005
    Postcard of George Washington with quote from his farewell address
    1 Sheets
    1900sEnglish.
    Scope and Contents

    Unused postcard with the quote "The name of American, which belongs to you in your national capacity, must always exalt the just pride of patriotish, more than any appellation derived from local discriminations" from George Washington's farewell address.

  • Realia box: 1 folder: POST 1 2019-SC-026-006
    Postcard of George Washington and Mount Vernon with quote from his farewell address
    1900sEnglish.
    Scope and Contents

    Unused postcard featuring George Washington and an image of Mount Vernon, with the quote "Every portion of our county finds the most commanding motives for carefully guarding and preserving the Union of the Whole" from his farewell address.

  • Realia box: 1 folder: POST 1 2019-SC-026-007
    Postcard of the candlestick used by George Washington when he wrote his farewell address
    1 Sheets
    1900sEnglish.
    Scope and Contents

    Unused postcard with color image of George Washington and his candlestick.

  • Text box: 1 2021-SC-006-014
    Postcards of George and Martha Washington
    1974English.
    Scope and Contents

    Includes post card of George Washington with text "Becoming Father of a Country sure takes a lot out of a guy" and post card of Martha Washington with text "By George... I wish he would try sleeping around here once in a while!", valentines card with image of George Washington

Cartoons
1900sEnglish.
  • Text box: 1 2021-SC-006-014
    Cartoons
    1911English.
    Scope and Contents

    Includes cartoon of George Washington lifting weights, cartoon of George Washington at Valley Forge, cartoon of George Washington coming out of a painting to eat cake.

Certificates
1849English.
  • Text box: 1 folder: CERT 1 2018-SC-039
    Certificate of membership in the Washington National Monument Society
    1 pages
    circa 1849English.
    Scope and Contents

    Printed certificate featuring vignettes of George Washington, the Washington National Monument obelisk and pantheon, and the tomb at Mount Vernon. Lithograph by E. Weber & Co., Baltimore.

Cigar-box Labels
1892English.
  • Realia box: 2 2018-SC-011-011
    Tree Cutter cigar box
    1 Copies
    1892 December 5English.
    Scope and Contents

    Cigar box showing George Washington on the cover as a boy chopping down a cherry tree. The interior label shows a portrait of Washington as an adult. Design & Trade Mark Registered No. 12278 Dec. 5th 92 by Geo. A. K. & Co.

Currency
1886English.
  • Realia box: 1 folder: CURR 1 2018-SC-022
    Martha Washington silver dollar
    1 Leaves
    1886English.
First-day Covers
1956-1986English.
  • Realia box: 1 folder: FIRST 1 2018-SC-052
    First-day cover of Mount Vernon
    1 Copies 10 x 17 cm
    1956 February 22English.
  • Realia box: 1 folder: FIRST 1 2018-SC-081
    First-day cover commemorating George Washington as First President
    1986 May 22English.
    Scope and Contents

    First-day cover with authorized gold stamp replica of a portrait of George Washington designed by the United States Postal Service and liscensed by the Postal Commemorative Society.

Invitations
1855-1859English.
  • Text box: 1 folder: INVITE 1 2016-SC-022
    Invitation to marriage ceremony of Martha Custis and George Washington
    1759 January 6English.
    Scope and Contents

    Fragment of engraved wedding invitation, which reads "Mrs. Mary Washington requests your prescence at the marriage ceremony of Miss Martha Custis to Col. George Washington." This is a fictitious imagining of what an invitation could have looked like, if one existed, for the wedding of George and Martha Washington.

  • Text box: 1 folder: INVITE 1 2018-SC-035-004
    Invitation to Regimental Ball in honor of the Veterans of New Hampshire
    1 pages
    1855 December 18English.
    Scope and Contents

    Complimentary invitation to the Regimental Ball in honor of the Veterans of New Hampshire held in Washington on December 18, 1855. Features colored embossed illustration of George Washington.

  • Text box: 1 folder: INVITE 1 2019-SC-030
    Invitation to the Address on the Character of Washington by the Hon. Edward Everett
    1 pages
    1859 May 12English.
    Scope and Contents

    An invitation to take a seat on the platform on the occassion of the "Address on the Character of Washington, to be delivered by the Hon. Edward Everett, At the Academy of Music, on Thursday, May 12, 1859, at 8 o'clock."

Jigsaw Puzzles
1860English.
  • Realia box: 2 2017-SC-018
    Set of wooden jigsaw puzzles produced by Shaffer and Wagner of Philadelphia
    circa 1860English.
    Scope and Contents

    Wood box with paper label attached to top, containing five wood puzzles with colored paper engravings on them. Includes a puzzle of "Mount Vernon-Washington's Residence."

Magazines
1958-1979English.
  • Text box: 5
    Godey's Magazine and Lady's Book
    1858 December
  • Text box: 1 2021-SC-006-013
    Magazines
    1970-1979English.
    Scope and Contents

    Includes Historic Ideals, American History Illustrated 1975

  • Text box: 1 2019-SC-037
    Magazine clippings
    7 Sheets 7 magazine clippings with image of George Washington
    1960-1979English.
    Scope and Contents

    7 magazine clippings with image of George Washington. Magazines include MAD salutes the bicentennial, Boy's Life, The Saturday Evening Post, National Distillers,

  • Text box: 5 2020-SC-027-005
    Photo Magazines
    1900sEnglish.
    Scope and Contents

    photo magazines titled Washington the Nation's Capital, Washington Baltimore and Ohio

Menus
1928-1974English.
  • Text box: 3 2021-SC-006-007
    Washington's birthday banquets, sons of the revolution
    14 Files
    1928-1974English.
    Scope and Contents

    Includes 14 menus of Washington's birthday banquet by the Sons of the Revolution. Years include 1928, 1946-1949, 1952, 1957, 1958, 1961, 1963,1964, 1965, 1972, 1974.

Pamphlets
1732-1932English.
  • Text box: 1 2021-SC-006-010
    Pamphlets about George Washington
    1732-1932English.
    Scope and Contents

    Includes George Washington and the America Revolution Bicentennial 1776-1976 pamphlet, George Washington 1732-1799 Pictures of little known events pamphlets printed in 1963 and 1965, Honor to George Washington 1732-1932 compliments of the Pennsylvania railroad, Honor to George Washington 1732-1932 of Bicentenial Commission pamphlet, and Our Presidents pamphlet.

  • Text box: 1 2020-SC-027-002
    Pamphlets about the caverns of Luray and Natural Bridge
    undatedEnglish.
    Scope and Contents

    3 Pamphlets about the caverns of luray and natural bridge

Prints
1838-1856English.
  • Text box: 1 folder: PRINT 1 2018-SC-079
    Engraving of George and Martha Washington printed by C. S. Holland
    1 pages 19 x 15 cm
    1838English.
    Scope and Contents

    Portraits of George and Martha Washington engraved by G. F. Storm. Border, featuring engraving of Mount Vernon, Residence of Washington, by T. Pollock. Includes an engraved biography of George Washington. Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1838 by G. F. Storm & T. Pollock in the Clerks office of the District Court of Massachusetts. Printed by C. S. Holland.

  • Text box: 6 folder: PRINT OV 1 2019-SC-036
    The Ledger Carrier's annual greeting to their subscribers, New Year
    1 pages
    1856English.
    Scope and Contents

    Engraving of a portrait of Washington, "The Father of Our Country." "From an acknowledged and much admired painting by Col. J. Trumbull." Engraved and printed by Illman & Sons.

  • Graphic Materials box: 6 folder: PRINT OV 1 2019-SC-026-011
    Lithograph of Washington's Farewell Address by Percy Moran
    1 Leaves
    1900sEnglish.
    Scope and Contents

    Color print made in the U.S.A.

  • Text box: 1 2021-SC-006-015
    Print of George Washington
    1933English.
    Scope and Contents

    Includes print of You Will Become the Chief of Nations from the original painting by Henery Hintermeister

  • Text box: 5 2020-SC-027-006
    Print of Washington in calligraphy
    1854English.
Publisher's Prospectuses
1865English.
  • Text box: 1 folder: PUBLISH 1 2018-SC-087-002
    Publisher's prospectus for steel engraving of Martha Washington by J. C. Buttre
    1 pages 24 x 16 cm
    1865English.
    Scope and Contents

    Reduced copy of a steel engraving of Martha Washington presented to subscribers of the fortieth part of "The American Portrait Gallery." The engraving was presented with the pamphlet "Martha Washington" by Benson J. Lossing (New York : J. C. Buttre, 48 Franklin Street, 1865).

Realia
1700sEnglish.
  • Text box: 3 2021-SC-006-011
    Realia of George Washington
    1732-1799English.
    Scope and Contents

    Includes paper fan with image of George Washington and George Washington model kit.

Share Certificates
1850English.
  • Text box: 1 folder: SHARE 1 2018-SC-035-003
    Share certificate in the American Mining Company, Vermont
    1 pages
    1850 March 28English.
Sheet music
1930-1949English.
  • Music box: 3 2021-SC-006-008
    Sheet music
    1930-1939English.
    Scope and Contents

    Includes sheet music of George Washington's time Bicentennial, Father of the the land we love Bicentennial

  • Music box: 1 2021-SC-006-009
    Sheet music
    1940-1949English.
    Scope and Contents

    Includes sheet music of Carry me back to old virginny with the image of "Washington selects the site of the Nation's Capital", 1791. Includes sheet music of Hail to the chief with the image of "Washington across the Deleware, Christmas, 1776".

  • Music box: 3 2020-SC-027-001
    Sheet music, Mount Vernon march
    English.
    Scope and Contents

    Mount Vernon March sheet music

Scrapbooks
English.
  • Text box: 4 2016-10-04
    Scrapbook with George and Martha Washington related material
    1933?English.
    Scope and Contents

    A school project done by Nancy Jeanne Budd sometime around 1933. Includes copies of portraits, a series of clippings by J.H. Galbraith, and various other clippings.

Souvenirs
1900-1911English.
  • Realia box: 2 2018-SC-050
    George Washington macerated currency medallion
    circa 1900English.
    Scope and Contents

    Made by the National Currency Souvenir Co., Washington, D.C. Stamped on verso, "Made of money destroyed by U.S. Treasury estimated at $3,000."

  • Realia box: 2 2018-SC-046
    George Washington macerated currency bust
    1 Copies
    1911English.
    Scope and Contents

    With paper label affixed to the back: "Made of United States Bank notes redeemed and macerated at the U.S. Treasury, Washington, D.C. Estimated $15,000."

Stamps
1943-1985English.
  • Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: STAMP 1 2019-SC-026-003
    Block of Washington's Farewell Address commemorative stamps
    1 Sheets
    1960English.
    Scope and Contents

    Block of four commemorative stamps with the quote "Observe good faith and justice toward all nations" from George Washington's farewell address.

  • Mixed Materials box: 2 2018-SC-065-003
    US Bicentennial 13c stamp of Washington at Princeton 1777 by Peale
    1 Copies Framed by Hanford Heirlooms, 1992
    1970sEnglish.
  • Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: STAMP 1 2019-SC-026-002
    Washington's Farewell Address commemorative stamp panel
    1 pages
    1985 September 19English.
    Scope and Contents

    Commemorative panel with U.S. mint stamp featuring a quotation from Washington's Farewell Address.

  • Mixed Materials box: 1 2021-SC-013
    Stamps
    8 pages 8 page scrapbook of stamps 22 x 28 cm
    1925-1947English.
    Scope and Contents

    Scrapbook of stamps commemorating the people and events of the American founding era.

  • Mixed Materials box: 1 2022-SC-010
    Stamps, Bicentennial
    20 Sheets 20 envelopes of stamps 17 x 9 cm
    1932English.
    Scope and Contents

    George Washington's birthday bicentennial stamps with first day of issue commemorative cancellations.

  • Mixed Materials box: 1 2021-SC-006-012
    Stamps
    1943-1975English.
    Scope and Contents

    Includes 1 Martha Washington stamp of 1 cent and 4 Martha Washington stamps of 4 cents 1943, The Golden Stamp Book of George Washington 1975

  • Mixed Materials volume: 2 RM-1190.025 - .048
    Stamp 72E [Schemikow essay, 90-cent] to Stamp 6LB5b [City Despatch Post on cover]
    English.
Stationary
undatedEnglish.
  • Realia box: 1 folder: STATION 1 2019-SC-026-008
    Envelope with engraving of Washington and quote from his farewell address
    1 Sheets
    undatedEnglish.
  • Text box: 1 folder: STATION 1 2019-SC-026-010
    Envelope with quote from George Washington's farewell address
    1 Sheets
    undatedEnglish.