Vintage 1900s Wellesley College Girl Handheld Fan with 150 image pasted on, many university logos
by Women's History, Education
- Used
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Woodland Hills, California, United States
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About This Item
An early turn of the century Wellesley College student"s hand decorated fan with over 150 photographic or printed image pasted on including her Ivy league friends and many other university logos. One side of fan has 66 small black and white cutout photographs that show her college friends and other images during her Wellesley years. The reverse of the fan has another 84 small color print and gild paper logos and badges, these 84 small ephemera are mostly from colleges and social clubs in New England and the US Northeast but includes some from across America. Among many others it includes logos from Wellesley College, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Stanford University, and Cark University. The fan when open measures about 10.5 in x 19 in. Fan is in very good condition with fabric lightly soiled at edges. Scarce item since woman college education was just taking off at the turn of the century. Minor wear on wooden handle and fan. Very unique and enchanting Wellesley memorabilia Good.
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- Bookseller
- Max Rambod Inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 16390
- Title
- Vintage 1900s Wellesley College Girl Handheld Fan with 150 image pasted on, many university logos
- Author
- Women's History, Education
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
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About the Seller
Max Rambod Inc.
Biblio member since 2020
Woodland Hills, California
About Max Rambod Inc.
Max Rambod Inc offers thousands of rare books, historical documents, letters, manuscripts, printed ephemera, and first editions in a variety of fields. These include Americana, Women's History, Military History, Science & Technology, Philosophy, African Americana, Literature, Art, and more.
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We pride ourselves on the ability to track down the rarest and most interesting material for our client's collections. The partnerships we form with libraries, institutions, and personal collectors begin with a phone call or an email and last for decades. We offer an unconditional guarantee for each item's authenticity and completeness.
For over 30 years, we have served a clientele of collectors, private institutions, universities, and public libraries in acquisition and collection development. We are members of ILAB, ABAA, and PADA, and have furnished collections around the world with rare and unique material; from the personal letters of literary greats to first edition Journals of Congress to unique pamphlets from the civil rights era. We strive to find archives and original early printed material that can fill gaps in existing institutional holdings; the kind of material that can bring new perspectives to the traditionally disregarded voices of indigiouneous peoples, women, and African-Americans.
We pride ourselves on the ability to track down the rarest and most interesting material for our client's collections. The partnerships we form with libraries, institutions, and personal collectors begin with a phone call or an email and last for decades. We offer an unconditional guarantee for each item's authenticity and completeness.
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- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...