Main entry:

Biggert, Robert.

Title & Author:

Robert Biggert Collection of Architectural Ephemera, 1890-1950.

Description:

15 binders (ca. 4,232 items) : ill. (chiefly col.)

Notes:
Organized by the collector into the following sections: sugar packets (76); postcards (138); envelopes (12); bookplates (3); brochures (6); leaflets (10); hotel luggage labels (166); matchbox labels (289); misc. (24); map (1); poster stamps (1807, of which 1052 are exposition poster stamps); poster stamp sheets (24); letter seals (47); architectural postage stamps (1576); Canadian letterheads (15).
Where warranted, arranged within each section by country then city, or by building use then country.
Includes one envelope with vignettes of 5 Canadian National Railway hotels.
Includes trade card of the Richelieu Hotel, St. Vincent St., Montréal.
Vol. 14 includes 1 sheet of poster stamps depicting U.S. state capitols, issued by the House of Seagram.
Each binder issued in a slipcase.

Summary:

Collection of ephemera with architectural images, primarily of exhibition buildings, but also of hotels, restaurants, churches, castles, office buildings, factories, banks and other public and domestic architecture. Monographic items removed and catalogued separately.

Resources:
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Subject:

Canadian National Railways.
Richelieu Hotel.
Palace Hotel (Bari, Italy)
Exposition universelle et internationale (1910 : Brussels, Belgium)
Exposition universelle et internationale (1935 : Brussels, Belgium)
Exposition universelle et internationale de Gand (1913)
Exposition universelle et internationale (1905 : Liège, Belgium)
Exposition internationale de Liège (1930)
Exposition universelle (1900 : Paris, France)
Franco-British Exhibition (1908 : London, England)
Japan-British Exhibition (1910 : London, England)
Esposizione internazionale di Torino (1911)
New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.)
New York World's Fair (1964-1965 : New York, N.Y.)
Pan-American Exposition (1901 : Buffalo, N.Y.)
Century of Progress International Exposition (1933-1934 : Chicago, Ill.)
California Pacific International Exposition (1935-1936 : San Diego, Calif.)
Panama-Pacific International Exposition (1915 : San Francisco, Calif.)
Golden Gate International Exposition (1939-1940 : San Francisco, Calif.)
Mississippi Centennial Exposition (1917 : Gulfport, Miss.)
Schweizerische Landesausstellung (1914 : Bern, Switzerland)
Texas Centennial (1936 : Dallas, Tex.)
Panama-California Exposition (1915 : San Diego, Calif.)
Sesqui-Centennial International Exposition (1926 : Philadelphia, Pa.)
Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition (1905 : Portland, Or.)
Exposition universelle et internationale de Gand
California Pacific International Exposition
Century of Progress International Exposition
Esposizione internazionale di Torino
Exposition internationale de Liège
Exposition universelle et internationale
Franco-British Exhibition
Golden Gate International Exposition
Japan-British Exhibition
Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition
New York World's Fair
Pan-American Exposition
Panama-California Exposition
Panama-Pacific International Exposition
Schweizerische Landesausstellung
Sesqui-Centennial International Exposition
Texas Centennial
Architecture (object genre) Austria.
Architecture (object genre) Belgium.
Architecture (object genre) Canada.
Architecture (object genre) Germany.
Architecture (object genre) United States.
Capitols United States.
Exhibition buildings.
Hotels (public accommodations)
Industrial expositions.
Factories (structures)
Banks (buildings)
Railway hotels Canada.
World's fair buildings Belgium.
World's fair buildings France.
World's fair buildings Great Britain England London.
World's fair buildings Italy.
World's fair buildings United States New York (State) New York.
World's fair buildings United States New York (State) Buffalo.
World's fair buildings United States California.
World's fair buildings United States Oregon Portland.
World's fair buildings Switzerland Bern.

Form/genre:

Architectural postage stamps.
Bookplates.
Brochures.
Envelopes.
Ephemera.
Leaflets.
Letter (correspondence) seals.
Letterheads.
Luggage labels (identifying artifacts)
Maps.
Matchbox labels (identifying artifacts)
Pamphlets.
Poster stamps.
Postcards.
Sugar packets (containers)
Trade cards (advertising)
Travel brochures.

Added entries:

Robert Biggert Collection of Architectural Ephemera.
House of Seagram.

Holdings:

Location: Library cage m ephemera 222833
Call No.: NC1280.B5 1890
Copy: v. 1
Notes: Sugar packets; postcards; envelopes; folders; brochures
Status: Available

Location: Library cage m ephemera 225551
Call No.: NC1280.B5 1890
Copy: v. 2a
Notes: Hotel luggage labels
Status: Available

Location: Library cage m ephemera 225552
Call No.: NC1280.B5 1890
Copy: v. 2b
Notes: Matchbox labels; misc. items
Status: Available

Location: Library cage m ephemera 225553
Call No.: NC1280.B5 1890
Copy: v. 3
Notes: Postage stamps, I-Z
Status: Available

Location: Library cage m ephemera 225554
Call No.: NC1280.B5 1890
Copy: v. 4
Notes: Poster stamps
Status: Available

Location: Library cage m ephemera 226660
Call No.: NC1280.B5 1890
Copy: v. 5
Notes: Postage stamps, A-H
Status: Available

Location: Library cage m ephemera 226661
Call No.: NC1280.B5 1890
Copy: v. 6
Notes: Poster stamps; letter seals; poster stamp sheets
Status: Available

Location: Library cage m ephemera 226672
Call No.: NC1280.B5 1890
Copy: v. 7
Notes: Postcards
Status: Available

Location: Library cage m ephemera 257249
Call No.: NC1280.B5 1890
Copy: v. 8
Notes: Poster stamps
Status: Available

Location: Library cage m ephemera 257250
Call No.: NC1280.B5 1890
Copy: v. 9
Notes: Poster stamps; postage stamps; luggage labels; misc. items
Status: Available

Location: Library cage m ephemera 274289
Call No.: NC1280.B5 1890
Copy: v. 10
Notes: Poster stamps; luggage labels; Canadian letterheads; trade card
Status: Available

Location: Library cage m ephemera 278699
Call No.: NC1280.B5 1890
Copy: v. 11
Status: Available

Location: Library cage m ephemera 282789
Call No.: NC1280.B5 1890
Copy: v. 12
Notes: Poster stamps; luggage label
Status: Available

Location: Library cage m ephemera 284479
Call No.: NC1280.B5 1890
Copy: v. 13
Notes: Poster stamps; luggage label
Status: Available

Location: Library cage m ephemera 288556
Call No.: NC1280.B5 1890
Copy: v. 14
Notes: Poster stamps; poster stamp sheets
Status: Available