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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Visit to the Menagerie / c.1888-1894 |
| Date | c.1888-1894 |
| Record ID | 222085 |
| Collection Name | McLoughlin Collection |
| Reference | McL-PamV831M5341888 |
| Theme | Animals and Nature Education and Didactic Texts Race, Ethnicity and Racism |
| Library of Congress Subject | Children's poetry Picture books for children Menageries Animals Birds Elephants Tiger Lion Bears Leopard Hyenas Monkeys Zebras Snakes Parrots Pelicans Ostriches Eagles Hippopotamus Camels Zoos Alphabet Ethnicity Race |
| Genre | Poetry and Verse Non-Fiction |
| Publisher | McLoughlin Bros |
| Places | New York |
| Illustrator | Bruton, William (c.1854-1885) |
| Document Type | Pamphlet |
| Book Type | Chromolithographs Publishers' paper bindings (Binding) Pictorial bindings (Binding) Juvenile literature--1888 Poems--1888 Color printing (Printing) Cloth printings (Printing) |
| Size | [16] p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm |
| Page Numbers | 16 |
| Catalog Notes | In verse, with pictures. Title and imprint statement transcribed from upper cover. Caption title: Visit to the zoölogical gardens. At head of cover: Mounted on linen. Cover and illustrations chromolithographed. Upper cover design signed by W. Bruton, who was a McLoughlin artist ca. 1882-1895. Lower cover bears a chromolithograph of a clown and an elephant whose trunk is holding a fan. These two figures also appear on the cover of The circus procession, copyrighted 1888 by McLoughlin Bros. Issue in hand also bears a lithographed picture of men representing different racial and ethnic groups holding up the letters of the alphabet. This picture was used in various McLoughlin books issued ca. 1885-1910. The confidential price-list and telegraph code (1894) lists A visit to the menagerie under the Aunt Louisa series. Illustration, p. [7], signed, "R. Hy." |
| Linked Documents |
Visit to the Menagerie / c.1871-1874 Visit to the Menagerie / c.1895 |
| Library/Archive | American Antiquarian Society |
| Copyright and Source Archive | Content compilation (c) 2020, by the American Antiquarian Society. All rights reserved. |
| Catalog Record Note | Catalog Records (c) 2020, by the American Antiquarian Society. All rights reserved. |