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Japanese Second World War Commemorative Postcards
by Postal Forwarding Bureau of Japan (circa 1942)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
These three postcards were issued by the Postal Forwarding Bureau of Japan during the Second World War and commemorate early military victories: the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 8, 1941, the capture of the Anti-Aircraft Battery at Wong Neichong on December 19, 1941, and the Fall of Singapore on February 17, 1942.
Jim Jackson Delmarva ephemera collection
by Jackson, Jim (1851 – 1992)
4 boxes, 1 oversize box (5.5 linear feet)
This collection consists of assorted local paper ephemera from 1852 to 1990. Most of the items originated from the George Bounds & Company of Hebron, the J. H. Farlow & Brother of Salisbury and the Wimbrow & Company of Whaleyville and William and Edwin Sirman. Included are cannery tokens from the Harold B. Kennerly & Son in Nanticoke, Maryland. Also included are over 925 postcards of Salisbury from the 19th to the 21st century arranged by subject.
John Jacob Collection
by Jacob, John E. (1671 – 2013)
30 boxes, 1 drawer (34.25 linear feet)
The John Jacob Collection consists of two parts that document the life and career of attorney and historian, John E. Jacob, Jr.: collected material and personal research. Jacob collected a variety of original documents that comprise series one of the collection, including personal papers of families, ledgers, scrapbooks, land and legal documents, photographs, ephemera, and other paper-based items. Jacob also kept detailed handwritten notes and indices when researching various topics related to the history of the Eastern Shore of Maryland, as well as his handwritten drafts for books and lectures, which comprise series two of the collection. The collection has folder-level descriptions in the inventory.
John Satterfield Papers
by John Satterfield (1942 – 1946)
1 box (1 linear feet)
Letters from John Satterfield to his then-girlfriend Sarah Owens, and his mother Lucy Satterfield, spanning his service in World War Two as well as his life afterwards.
Kamanitz's Central Drugs of Salisbury postcards
by Kamanitz, Irvin (1945 – 1987)
1 box (0.25 linear feet)
This collection consists of approximately 200 postcards that were sold in Irvin Kamanitz's Central Drugs in downtown Salisbury, Maryland. While most of the postcards are black and white and from the 1950s, there are some from the 1940s and up to the 1980s (several in color). There are 2-3 copies of each postcard, which depict scenes around Salisbury and across the Delmarva Peninsula.
Laurel-Thomas Young Collection
by Young, Thomas (1937 – 2000)
1 box (0.5 linear feet)
The Laurel-Thomas Young Collection mostly documents the life of "Tommy" Young from 1937 to 1948 while he was a teenager and student at State Teachers College in Salisbury. The collection includes a photograph of the 1937 Salisbury Indians, Eastern Shore League baseball team, a scrapbook of S.T.C. baseball clippings and dance cards, and two issues of The Holly Leaf. Also included is a postcard from Salisbury State University and a metal button which reads "Salisbury State Go Gulls."
Louis Prang Christmas Cards
by Louis Prang & Company (1879 – 1883)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
These three Christmas cards were created by Louis Prang & Co. between 1879 and 1883. Two of the cards depict flowers, one of which is fringed, and the third is an 1883 calendar card advertisement for Estes & Lauriat, Boston publishers and booksellers.
Lynching Postcard (Dallas, Texas)
by Unknown (1910)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
This postcard depicts the lynching of 65-year-old Allen Brooks on Dallas’ Main Street on March 3, 1910. The postcard is addressed to a woman by the name Sarah Gay in Stockton, California.
Martha Bunting collection
by Bunting, Martha (1950 – 1980)
1 box, 1 oversize box (3 linear feet)
This collection consists primarily of mementos collected by Martha Bunting. She documented marriages, funerals and other social events taking place on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. The second series contains legal records in the form of land and court records. Of particular interest are the postcards and tintypes within the collection.
Maryland and Delaware Postcard Collection
by The Harry P. Cann & Bro. Co. (1959)
1 folder (0.01 linear feet)
This collection contains various postcards from Delaware and Maryland, portraying local parks, houses, and hotels, and other buildings of interest. Postcards were published by Harry P. Cann & Brother Company in 1959.
Mia Vye Postcard Collection
by Ulman Bros. (1930s)
1 folder (0.01 linear feet)
This collection contains three post cards depicting scenes from Salisbury, Maryland that include Main Street, Ulman's Opera House and Maryland State Teachers College.
Michael Ehrmann Postcards
by Ehrmann, Michael (circa 1860 – 2000)
1 oversize box (1.25 linear feet)
This postcard collection is comprised of 20 folders filled with images of attractions and sites around the Eastern Shore area. Some of these various attractions and sites include historical places, museums, restaurants, beaches, hotels, and even some wildlife.