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Title
Magnificent display of fireworks, prepared by Isaac Edge, Jr. ...`
Creator
Geer, Elihu, 1817-1887, printer
Geer, Elihu, 1817-1887, publisher
Contributor
Last, Jay T., donor
Date Created and/or Issued
1847
Contributing Institution
Huntington Library
Collection
Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History
Rights Information
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Description
Image of a program for a firework show at Camp Seymour in Hartford, Connecticut to honor Colonel Thomas H. Seymour from the U.S. Regiment. The program describes various types of fireworks such as the "Mexican Sun," "Indian Palmetto," and "Persian Rose." The lower portion of the print also includes two columns, the one on the left lists names and positions of field and staff officers at the parade. This section includes a small decorative border with images of eagles and arrows. The column on the right includes names of companies present at the parade. Text on the print is printed in about ten different font styles.
"Press of Elihu Geer, No. 1 State Street, corner of Main Hartford." --text, bottom of print.
Type
image
Extent
1 letterpress : uncolored ; overall 46.51 x 17.46 cm (18 5/16 x 6 7/8 in.)
Identifier
priJLC_SPO_001879
409533
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/5592
Subject
Fireworks--Pictorial works
Fireworks
Broadsides. (gmgpc)
Relief prints--1825-1850. (gmgpc)
Place
Hartford (Conn.)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection
Sports & Leisure
Large Size
The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library

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