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New York World's Fair Peace Through Understanding (1964-65) Souvenir Tray, United States Steel Co., Special Collections, Fleet Library

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Metal souvenir tray, New York World's Fair, 1964-1965, Peace through Understanding, stamped on back: United States Steel. Tray features the Unisphere, Federal Pavilion, Lunar Fountain, General Motors building, Astral Fountain, Pool of Industry, Ford Motor building, Solar Fountain, and the Swiss Sky Ride. Gift of Vincent M. Love, Brown University, Class of 1954.

Alaska-Yukon-Pacific World's Fair Exposition Seattle (1909) Ceramic Plate, Adams, Tunstall England, Special Collections, Fleet Library

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Ceramic plate produced for the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (Seattle 1909), pottery mark on back: Adams Tunstall, England, made for The Bon Marché, Seattle, Washington. Features the Exposition seal, designed by Adelaide Hanscom. Adelaide described her winning event seal logo: The figure to the right typifies the Pacific Slope with right hand extended in welcome, and the left holding a train of cars, representing commerce by land. The figure to the left represents the Orient, and the ship in her hand represents commerce by sea. The central figure in white is that of Alaska, the white representing the North and the nuggets …

Art And Handicraft In The Woman's Building Of The World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893, Maud Howe Elliott, Julia Ward Howe, Bertha Honoré Palmer, Special Collections, Fleet Library

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3 preliminary leaves, 287 pages : frontispiece, illustrations, portraits, plans.

The growth of the woman's building / Bertha Honoré Palmer -- The building and its decorations / Maud Howe Elliott -- Woman in art / S.T. Hallowell -- Applied arts in the Woman's Building / Candace Wheeler -- Women illustrators / Alice C. Morse -- The work of Cincinnati women in decorated pottery / Elizabeth W. Perry -- Woman in science / Louisa Parsons Hopkins -- Woman in literature / Laura E. Richards -- The library / Maud Howe Elliott -- New York literary exhibit / Blanche Wilder Bellamy -- …

The World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago (1892) Souvenir Tray, Simpson H. M. & Co., Special Collections, Fleet Library

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Silver-plate souvenir tray of the World's Columbian Exposition (1892), stamped on the back: Simpson H.M. Co. Tray features an illustration of the Women's Building. Gift of Vincent M. Love, Brown University, Class of 1954.

Souvenir Of The Centennial, Rand Mcnally & Co., Special Collections, Fleet Library

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1 object : 18 illustrations. "Title from back cover of the object. Front cover and shape of the item looks like a Morgan silver dollar. Inside the coin-like container is an accordion fold set of images of buildings and sites in Philadelphia. Images includes Carpenters Hall, Lincoln Monument in Fairmount Park, the United States Mint, Chesnut St. Bridge, Independance Hall, and several of the Centennial buildings. Shelved with the Miniature Book collection.Gift of Vincent M. Love, Brown University, Class of 1954."