A. Geneva Cornell's Autograph Book

Authors

Abbie Geneva Cornell

Files

Date Range

1893-1895

Materials/Description of item

An autograph book (known as the Galaxy Album) belonging to A. Geneva Cornell, It contains many signatures obtained from the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago. Several of them are in Arabic from the workers on Cairo Street, others are from fellow visitors to the World's Columbian Exposition.

Keywords

Otterbein History, Cornell Collection, Lucinda Cornell.

Disciplines

Cultural History | History | United States History | Women's History

Notes on the item

This digitization is incomplete, but gives a sampling of the types of signatures obtained by Abbie Geneva Cornell.

“Jayed Mehiem” - signature, page 4

“Elias Hamnaway, Syrian Goldsmith" - signature, page 5

"Jennie Blessing, Columbus, Ohio" - signature, page 7

Recommended Citation

Cornell, Abbie Geneva, "A. Geneva Cornell's Autograph Book" (1893). The Lucinda Lenore Merriss Cornell Collection: Ephemera. 55.
https://digitalcommons.otterbein.edu/cornell_ephemera/55