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Avery's Architectural Ephemera Collections

Avery Classics, part of Columbia University's library, is a collection of archival materials related to architecture. The complete Avery Classics archives includes rare books, photographs, and architectural manuscripts. The collection also includes a variety of ephemera: including trade catalogues, a collection of souvenir postcards, promotional brochures, and a variety of other items. On this website, visitors can explore some of these fascinating items in depth on this online exhibit curated by Brooke Baldeschwiler. This website highlights a few remarkable items and notes that interested individuals can search the full collection through Columbia University's online catalogue. Items featured on this website include a postcard of former mining town Jerome, Arizona, dubbed "The Largest Ghost City in the World" and a photograph of a 1851 tunnel book depicted Regent's Park in London. Fans of this website will also want to check out the Avery Architectural Novelties Page, which is linked to in the Novelties section of this website.
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Date of Scout Publication
September 2nd, 2016
Date Of Record Creation
September 1st, 2016 at 11:28am
Date Of Record Release
September 1st, 2016 at 1:29pm
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