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The Vege-men's Revenge

Howe, Florence (1849-1929)Biblio.com

1870s Pittsburgh scrapbook of local news theatricals drawings etc kept by daughter of Thomas Marshall Howe Pittsburgh's leading citizen

1870h45578Pittsburgh 1870. Hardcover. Very good. 9 x 7 inches leather backed cloth boards very good light wear neat restoration along outer joints. Approximately 80-100 sheets of various colored paper filled in on both sides flyers with mounted newspaper articles drawings theatre programs invitations etc. kept by Florence Howe 1849-1929 daughter of Thomas Marshall Howe a businessman banker industrialist politician etc. considered Pittsburgh's "leading citizen" of the generation before Carnegie & Frick. Florence Howe would eventually marry George Wilkins Guthrie a respected well known attorney in Pittsburgh the Guthrie name comes up in this scrapbook fairly often; the two families were part of the same social set. Florence signed and dated the flyleaf 1870 at the family residence Greystone. There is a 7x5" photo of Florence and members of her family at Cape May in 1872 clippings that report marriages deaths and other local news as well as those articles that mention her father Thomas Howe. There are two pages of designs for a stylized "H" for Howe possibly to be used for family stationary or for a bookplate. Of specific interest in the news to Florence was the opening of Mrs. Jarley's Wax Works there is reportage about this as well as ephemera and programs from the venue itself. Of interest to Pittsburgh historians are the many programs of the amateur theatrical group "Crusaders" that would perform comedies burlesques and dramatic plays in the residences of wealthy Pittsburghers through the 1870s; we note that Florence Howe appeared in at least two of these and the dozens of programs attest to the central place these at-home theatricals had in Florence's life and at least one Crusaders event took place at the Howe residence. Also of interest are seven comedic pencil sketches or cartoons likely by Florence herself or one of her relatives/friends. She was also partial to newspaper verse and there are several pages of clippings of poetry. A very interesting and amusing scrapbook with great Pittsburgh chops coming from one of the most prominent families of the period. The Howe residence was called "Greystone" and sat near the Fifth Ave. entrance of Chatham College part of Millionaires' Row back then. There was a gate house still extant facing Fifth Ave. The main Greystone mansion stood on the hill above this gate house. The property also had a notable natural spring; following the devastating Johnstown Flood of 1889 the Howe family was inspired to make the spring's water accessible and free to the public and the first structure around Howe Springs was built by the architectural firm Alden & Harlow in 1896 as a posthumous memorial to Thomas Howe by his wife Mary A. Howe. Oil tycoon Michael Late Benedum razed Howe's original Greystone and replaced it with a much-praised 23-room mansion also called Greystone built by A. W. Vantine. This replacement mansion was built in 1911 in the grand Edwardian Classical style. This new Greystone was gifted to Chatham College on April 26 1960 and renamed Benedum Hall. It was sold in 1985 to Greystone Associates which turned the estate into six high-end condos. hardcover

Common Crow Books · États-Unis375,00 $US≈ 317,29 €

COUNTESS OF ABERDEEN, Ishbel (editor); BEDFORD FENWICK, Mrs (Introduction); MORRIS, May, NIGHTINGALE, Florence,Biblio.com

Women in Professions: Being the professional section of the International Congress of Women London July 1899 Volume IV of VII

19003212London: T. Fisher Unwin 1900. Cloth. Very Good. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. Original blue buckram spine and upper board lettered in silver silver-stamped ICW 1899 rondel to upper board. Extremities bruised gently soiled. Dusty top edge some foxing to others. Discrete POI plus Foyles label to front pastedown errata slip at p. v. end matter foxed else clean tight and bright. The Gentlewoman advert printed in blue and red for its ICS Portrait Album of Who's Who at the International Congress of Women laid in. Very good. Unusual in the trade fairly well represented in British and Irish research institutions. A pleasing copy of the second volume of Women in Professions Volume IV of the Countess of Aberdeen's compendious seven volumes of the Transactions of the 1899 International Congress of Women including contributions from May Morris on 'Decorative Needlework' Frank Karslake 'Agent of the Guild of Women Binders' Edith Bradley Warden The Lady Warwick Hostel Kate Lee on 'Experiences of a Woman as Folk-song Collector' Margaret Windeyer on 'Librarianship as a Profession for Women' and Ida Husted Harper on 'The Training of Women Journalists' plus a brief letter from Florence Nightingale; with related ephemera laid in. First convened in Paris in 1878 the International Congress of Women was created to enable transnational connections communication and meetings of women's suffrage movements around the globe. The second Congress was held in London in July 1899 and convened alongside the International Council of Women in conjunction with its 2nd Quinquennial Meeting. The Congress was divided into five sections each with its own particular focus for programming: Education Professional Political Social and Industrial and Legislative. In a piece of magisterial recording the transactions of the Congress were edited by Ishbell Countess of Aberdeen the ICW President and published in seven volumes with the Report of Council Transactions from the ICW's 2nd Quinquennial meeting. This volume includes sections on Nursing Journalism Music Clerical Work Agriculture and Horticulture Handicrafts and Women Librarians. T. Fisher Unwin hardcover

Quair Books · Royaume-Uni225,00 £GB≈ 256,90 €