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  New York World's Fair Peace Through Understanding (1964-65) Souvenir Tray

  United States Steel Co., Special Collections, and Fleet Library

  Metal souvenir tray, New York World's Fair, 1964-1965, Peace through Understanding, stamped on back: United States Steel. Tray features the Unisphere, Federal Pavilion, Lunar Fountain, General Motors building, Astral Fountain, Pool of Industry, Ford Motor building, Solar Fountain, and the Swiss Sky Ride. Gift of Vincent M. Love, Brown University, Class of 1954.

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  Alaska-Yukon-Pacific World's Fair Exposition Seattle (1909) Ceramic Plate

  Adams, Tunstall England; Special Collections; and Fleet Library

  Ceramic plate produced for the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (Seattle 1909), pottery mark on back: Adams Tunstall, England, made for The Bon Marché, Seattle, Washington. Features the Exposition seal, designed by Adelaide Hanscom. Adelaide described her winning event seal logo: The figure to the right typifies the Pacific Slope with right hand extended in welcome, and the left holding a train of cars, representing commerce by land. The figure to the left represents the Orient, and the ship in her hand represents commerce by sea. The central figure in white is that of Alaska, the white representing the North and the nuggets in her hands representing her vast mineral resources. Across the sky in the background is seen the Aurora Borealis so vivid in the North. The purple background with the many colors of the northern lights makes a rich coloring. At the side of the figure on the right are tall trees, typical of the immense forests of the territory represented by the Exposition. My whole idea in this design was to keep it simple and still give suggestions of all the essential things to be represented.” [from: an article written by JoAnne Matsumura in the Black Diamond Historical Society publication, October 2008, p. 12]. Gift of Vincent M. Love, Brown University, Class of 1954.

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  Art and Handicraft in the Woman's Building of the World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893

  Maud Howe Elliott, Julia Ward Howe, Bertha Honoré Palmer, Special Collections, and Fleet Library

  3 preliminary leaves, 287 pages : frontispiece, illustrations, portraits, plans.

  The growth of the woman's building / Bertha Honoré Palmer -- The building and its decorations / Maud Howe Elliott -- Woman in art / S.T. Hallowell -- Applied arts in the Woman's Building / Candace Wheeler -- Women illustrators / Alice C. Morse -- The work of Cincinnati women in decorated pottery / Elizabeth W. Perry -- Woman in science / Louisa Parsons Hopkins -- Woman in literature / Laura E. Richards -- The library / Maud Howe Elliott -- New York literary exhibit / Blanche Wilder Bellamy -- Evolution of women's education in the United States / Edna D. Cheney -- Music in the Woman's Building / Lena Burton Clarke -- Congresses in the Woman's Building / Mary Q.O. Eagle -- Associations of women / Julia Ward Howe -- The Children's Building / Emma B. Dunlap -- France / Madame Pegard -- Cottage industries in Scotland and Ireland / Ishbel Aberdeen -- Philanthropic work of British women / the Baroness Burdett-Coutts -- Great Britain : art / E. Crawford -- British nurses' exhibit / Mrs. Bedford-Fenwick -- Germany / Madame Kaselowsky -- Spain / the Duchess of Veragua -- Italy / Eva Mariotti -- Woman's position in the South American states / Matilde G. de Miro Quesada -- Russia / Princess M. Schahovskoy -- Sweden / Thorborg Rappe -- Denmark / Madame D'Oxholm -- Greece / Madame Quellenec -- Belgium / Maud Howe Elliott. Color lithograph illustrated half-title page. Decorated publisher's cloth binding, gold and silver pattern on blue, title in gold emboss, bevelled cover edges, gold foreedges. Decorated pattern endpapers. c. 1 Purchased from the V. Stephan Vaughan Collection. c. 2 Gift of Vincent M. Love, Brown University, Class of 1954. 2nd copy has a yellow-brown cloth cover, with same decorations. Binding cover design attributed to Alice C. Morse. Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections exhibition By Hand: Women & Books Exhibit fall, 2021.

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  The World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago (1892) Souvenir Tray

  Simpson H. M. & Co., Special Collections, and Fleet Library

  Silver-plate souvenir tray of the World's Columbian Exposition (1892), stamped on the back: Simpson H.M. Co. Tray features an illustration of the Women's Building. Gift of Vincent M. Love, Brown University, Class of 1954.

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  Souvenir of the Centennial

  Rand McNally & Co., Special Collections, and Fleet Library

  1 object : 18 illustrations. "Title from back cover of the object. Front cover and shape of the item looks like a Morgan silver dollar. Inside the coin-like container is an accordion fold set of images of buildings and sites in Philadelphia. Images includes Carpenters Hall, Lincoln Monument in Fairmount Park, the United States Mint, Chesnut St. Bridge, Independance Hall, and several of the Centennial buildings. Shelved with the Miniature Book collection.Gift of Vincent M. Love, Brown University, Class of 1954."