The Lucinda Lenore Merriss Cornell Collection: Ephemera
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Date Range
1893-1895
Materials/Description of item
A pocket-sized autograph book (known as the Galaxy Album) belonging to A. Geneva Cornell. It contains many signatures obtained from the 1893 World's Columbian Exhibition in Chicago. Several of them are in Arabic from the workers on Cairo Street, others are from fellow visitors to the World's Fair.
Keywords
Otterbein History, Cornell Collection, Lucinda Cornell.
Disciplines
Cultural History | History | United States History | Women's History
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
Notes on the item
"July 1893. A. Geneva Cornell, Cairo St., Midway Plaisance, World Columbian Exposition, Chicago ILL." - signature, front endpaper
“Jayed Mehiem” - signature, page 4
“Elias Hamnaway, Syrian Goldsmith" - signature, page 5
"Jennie Blessing, Columbus, Ohio" - signature, page 7