Skip to main content Smithsonian Institution

Amesbury, Mass., the carriage centre of the world, U.S.A. the home of John G. Whittier the Quaker-poet

Catalog Data

Author:
Whittier, John Greenleaf 1807-1892 Centennial hymn Selections  Search this
Subject:
World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.)  Search this
Physical description:
39, [2] pages illustrations, map 11 x 21 cm
Type:
Books
Catalogs
Exhibitions
Exhibition catalogs
Place:
Massachusetts
Amesbury (Mass.)
Amesbury
Date:
1893
Notes:
Cover title
Souvenir pamphlet of Amesbury's exhibit at the World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893
37 carriage models; 19 manufacturers and dealers
Includes "Greeting", an excerpt from Whittier's poem, "Centennial hymn"
Issued in multi-colored pictorial wrappers, with a photographic portrait of Whittier on front cover and an illustration "of first chain bridge built in the United States, connecting Amesbury & Newburyport" on page 4 of cover
Topic:
Carriages and carts  Search this
Carriage industry  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1158108