Work Record

Class: Serial publications [LC ID: gf2014026174]

Work Type: Newspapers [LC ID: gf2014026132]

Work ID: Thursday_Club_newspaper1895

Title (Title Type preferred): The Gallipolis Journal: Woman’s Edition, 1895

Title (Title Type alternate): The Woman’s Edition of the Gallipolis Journal: For the benefit of a public library

Creator Display: Published by Journal Printing Co.; edited by Justine Onderdonk Aleshire, Mrs. Rowena P. Cook Cherrington, Miss Alice Cherrington, Frances E. “Frankie” Miller Dunbar, Maude Dunbar Halliday, Jessie Bradbury Gatewood, Anna E. Ellison Bradbury, Ella Kerr, Nora B. Kerr Vanden, Dora Wymond Stockhoff, Nan Smith, Lida Cherrington, Blanche Cadot, Amy Nash; painted by Addie Vanden, Nell F. Dages Johnston; sketched by Bob Herbert; photographed by Becky Birchfield.

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         Role: publisher [AAT ID: 300025574]:

           Journal Printing Co.

         Role: editorial writers [AAT ID: 30025506]

           Aleshire, Justine Onderdonk

           Bradbury, Anna E. Ellison

           Cadot, Blanche

           Cherrington, Alice

           Cherrington, Lida

           Cherrington, Rowena P. Cook

           Dunbar, Frances E. "Frankie" Miller

           Halliday, Maude Dunbar

           Gatewood, Jessie Bradbury

           Kerr, Ella

           Nash, Amy

           Smith, Nan

           Stockhoff, Dora Wymond

           Vanden, Nora B. Kerr

         Role: flower painters [AAT ID: 300266119]

           Johnston, Nell F. Dages

           Addie Vanden

         Role: sketch artist [AAT ID: 300449127] 

           Herbert, Bob

         Role: photographer [AAT ID: 300025687]

            Birchfield, Becky

Creation Date: 1895-05-01 

Subject: Literature and society—United States –History—19th century
[LCSH ID: sh2008107005] ; Gallipolis (Ohio) ; Gallipolis (Ohio)—History ; Libraries—History—19th century [LCSH ID: sh85076517] ; Libraries—Public services [LCSH ID: sh85076635] ; Women—Societies and clubs [LCSH ID: sh85147343] ; Women and literature—United States—History—19th century [LCSH ID: sh2008113610] ; Wild flowers in art [LSCH ID: sh85146679] ; Art and society [LSCH ID: sh85007975] ; Community newspapers  [LC ID: gf2019026150]

Culture: American

Current Location: Dr. Samuel L. Bossard Memorial Library 

Gallipolis (inhabited place) [TGN ID: 2001612]

Measurements Display: 16 pages ; text block: 54.6 x 36.8 cm (21 ½ x 14 ½ inches); 6 columns

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         Extent: text block;

         Value: 54.6 ; Unit: cm;

         Type: height

         Value: 36.8 ; Unit: cm;

         Type: width

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         Extent: pages

         Value: 16 ; Unit: N/A

         Type: count

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         Extent: columns

         Value: 6 ; Unit: N/A

         Type: count

Materials and Techniques: Ink printed on silk taffeta and painted

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         Material: paint, ink, silk taffeta

         Technique: painting, printing

Description: The newspaper printed on silk taffeta was commissioned by the Thursday Club for the purpose of sponsoring the first public library in Gallipolis, Ohio. It was decorated with a cover sketch and flowers were painted in the margins of each page.

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