Shaker Ephemera

Image of a Shaker product label with the title 'Pain King.'

A Shaker product label

Description

This is a collection of ephemera related to the Shakers of the United States.


Inventory

This collection includes

  • Over 800 Product Labels

  • More than 50 examples of stationery (letterheads, order forms, invoices, advertisements, etc.)

  • Ephemera of other types will be added soon.


Images are provided of just the front of the item unless there is content on the back as well.

Digitization

Digitization of this collection was done in-house on a flatbed scanner at 600 dpi, 24-bit color and saved as uncompressed TIF images. Textual images were converted to JPEG format at 72 dpi for Web delivery. Pictorial images are delivered as JPEG2000 files.

Credits

Metadata for the collection was created by library staff.

Christian Goodwillie, Director of Special Collections and Archives
E-mail: cgoodwil@hamilton.edu
Telephone: (315) 859-4447

Special Collections
Burke Library
198 College Hill Road
Clinton, NY 13323