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Family Register from the Bible of Benjamine Merriss and Angeline Strain
Benjamine Merriss and Angeline Strain
Family Bibles from the 1800s often included a family register or registry section for recording important events, such as births, deaths, and marriages. This family registry includes information about the nine children of Benjamine Merriss and Angeline Strain: Abigail, Ellery S., Mercy L., Lucinda Lenore, Franklin J., Julia A., Mercy L., William A., and Paris L.
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Store Coupon for Photographer
Lane & Company
This ticket is a coupon for a local Columbus photography studio, Lane & Co.
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Daily Strength for Daily Needs
Mary W. Tilfston
"Daily Strength for Daily Needs," edited and/or complied by Mary Wilder Tilfston, is a devotional compilation written in the late 19th century. The book is organized with daily selections of prose, poetry, and scripture verse designed to provide guidance and strength to the reader as they live their everyday life.
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Loan to Alice B. and Holland Cornell
Bank of Westerville
The bank record for a $50.00 loan that Alice Blanche Cornell and Holland Cornell received from G. W. Meeker and the Bank of Westerville.
"Westerville, April 3th 1895. Eight Months after date (?) promise to pay to the order of G. W. Meeker fifty dollars at Bank of Westerville, Westerville, O. Value received with 8% interest after maturity. Due Dec. 5/ '95. Alice Blanche Cornell, Holland Cornell." The back is signed by G. W. Meeker beneath an inked stamp that reads: "For value received, I hereby guarantee payment of the value note..."
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A Simple but Efficient Cough Mixture
Unknown
A recipe for cough syrup, labeled as "Miss Mannings Cough Mixture, Atlanta, 1895" on the backside of the paper, which reads: "A a simple but efficient cough mixture - Nicholeou's or Hoff's Malt Extract, one pint; whiskey (best), six oz; Glycerine (chemically [?]), 6 oz; juice of six lemons; crushed sugar, 2 oz. Mix and Boil ten minutes. Dose, from 1 to 2 teaspoon [?] to 1 to 2 tablespoon [?], according to the age, every one, two or three hours as may be indicated."
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Philalethea Certificate for Abbie Geneva Cornell
Archives and Abbie Cornell
Philalethea Society Certificate for Abbie Geneva Cornell.
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Otterbein University Diploma of Abbie Geneva Cornell
Archives and Abbie Cornell
A. Geneva Cornell's Bachelor of Liberal Arts diploma from Otterbein University.
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A. Geneva Cornell's Autograph Book
Abbie Geneva Cornell
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.
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Bill from The Knox Shoe House
Lucinda L. Cornell and The Knox Shoe House
This is Lucinda L. Cornell's bill from the Knox Shoe House, dated October 15, 1890.
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Valentine Hearts
Otterbein University
Two intertwined Valentine Hearts (one pink, one white) with the words "My heart and love."
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Neil Avenue Article
Mary McGarey
An article from the Columbus Dispatch by Mary McGarey concerning Neil Avenue.
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Chicago World's Fair Ticket
Otto Cornell
Daily Admission Pass for Otto Cornell to the World's Columbian Exposition, or Chicago World's Fair, held in 1893 in Chicago, Illinois. A circular photograph of a young man in a hat and tie is pasted on the backside of the ticket.
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Ted Ross Airplane Photo
Ted Ross
Photo of a downed airplane with the caption “The machine Ted Ross fell in”.
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Cairo Street Picture
Otterbein University
A sepia photograph of Otterbein students at Cairo Street in the Midway Plaisance at the 1893 World's Columbian Exhibition, or Chicago World's Fair. The architectural details in the background of the photo, like the striped arches mimicking the use of alternating light and dark stone, evoke elements of Islamic architecture.
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Double-Sided Notecard
Otterbein University
One double-sided notecard with handwriting about the diary entries
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Lucinda and Alice Cornell Recipes
Lucinda Cornell and Alice Cornell
A page of recipes including Lucinda’s silver cake (1863) and Blanche’s brown bread (1899).
