Montgomery postcard collection [graphic]

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unitid

{"value"=>"22982", "type"=>"local_mss"}

origination

{"value"=>"Montgomery, Marshall Hugh, 1909-2000", "type"=>"persname"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"Montgomery postcard collection [graphic]"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1873-1985", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1873/1985"}

physdesc

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"100,000 postcards in 171 boxes"}, {"name"=>"physfacet", "value"=>"color and black and white"}, {"name"=>"dimensions", "value"=>"postcards 18 x 28 cm or smaller"}], "supress_display"=>true}

arrangement

{"value"=>"Arranged by compiler's topics"}

note

{"value"=>"<p>Some are filed by publisher; Connecticut and Florida are especially well-represented</p>", "encodinganalog"=>"500"}

{"value"=>"<p>A small number are leather, metal and wood</p>", "encodinganalog"=>"500"}

physloc

{"value"=>"AZ 14-721", "type"=>"local_call"}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>Over 100,000 mostly color postcards compiled by Marshall Hugh Montgomery. Topics include geographic places, both United States and foreign, greeting cards, boats, bridges, children, costumes, humor, lighthouses, military and naval, roads, roadside America, and World War I. There is a secondary set of topics and several small collections within the larger: the Wieland Collection (compiled by George Reber Wieland), the Flora Downing Collection and \"Detroits\" (Detroit Publishing Co.). There are also a few notes, clippings, pricelists, newsletters, catalogs, and other publications, as well as a number of books relating to postcards and postcard collecting.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>Marshall Hugh Montgomery was born May 16, 1909 in New York. He received a B.A. from Middlebury College, Vermont and married Prudence Ingham in 1933. Montgomery worked in the finance industry and was Senior Vice-president of Aubrey G. Langston & Co. from 1951-1974. He began collecting postcards when he retired in 1974. Montgomery was also an amateur genealogist and local historian and lived in Connecticut and Delray Beach, Florida. He died in Delray Beach on Oct. 11, 2000 at age 91.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

date_inclusive_start

1873

date_inclusive_end

1985

keydate

1873

extent_statement

100,000 postcards in 171 boxes : color and black and white ; postcards 18 x 28 cm or smaller

prefercite

{"value"=>"Montgomery postcard collection [graphic], Irma and Paul Milstein Division of United States History, Local History and Genealogy, The New York Public Library"}

abstract

{"value"=>"Marshall Hugh Montgomery was born May 16, 1909 in New York. He received a B.A. from Middlebury College, Vermont and married Prudence Ingham in 1933. Montgomery worked in the finance industry and was Senior Vice-president of Aubrey G. Langston Co. from 1951-1974. He began collecting postcards when he retired in 1974. Montgomery was also an amateur genealogist and local historian and lived in Connecticut and Delray Beach, Florida. He died in Delray Beach on Oct. 11, 2000 at age 91. Over 100,000 mostly color postcards compiled by Marshall Hugh Montgomery. Topics include geographic places, both United States and foreign, greeting cards, boats, bridges, children, costumes, humor, lighthouses, military and naval, roads, roadside America, and World War I. There is a secondary set of topics and several small collections within the larger: the Wieland Collection (compiled by George Reber Wieland), the Flora Downing Collection and \"Detroits\" (Detroit Publishing Co.). There are also a few notes, clippings, pricelists, newsletters, catalogs, and other publications, as well as a number of books relating to postcards and postcard collecting.", "generated"=>true}

date_start

1873

date_end

1985

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