Identity area
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Title
Date(s)
- 1860-1989 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
3,449 items (15 boxes, 2 metres)
Context area
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Purchase; Eclectibles; 2018.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
The collection consists of specimens of lithographed labels from a variety of international hotels, parks, and transport companies from the late 1800s to World War Two. Among those printers represented are Richter, Trub and Brügger, and the collection contains examples by known artists of the genre such as Dan Sweeney, Jan Lavies, Erik Nitsche, Mario Borgoni, and J. Paschal.
Collection contains 3449 labels, which have been alphabetized by hotel name, and transportation company. Includes labels from 142 countries, provinces, and 44 American states. These labels were collected over a 25-year period by Jane Goodrich.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
No restrictions on access. Material may be requested in person at the Fisher Library Reference Desk, or in advance using our online stack retrieval request form: https://aeon.library.utoronto.ca/.