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Juanito
y el Tallo de Haba (Jack and the Beanstalk) [New York, D.
Appleton & Co., 1890]
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La
Pobre Viejecita (The Poor Little Old Woman) [New York, D.
Appleton & Co., 1899]
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El
Gato Bandido (The Cat Bandit) [New York, D. Appleton &
Co., 1899]
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She happily discovered “gold” in the Fox Collection when she came upon numerous 19th century children’s books in Spanish. She was excited to find them and we were delighted to be reminded of them.
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El
Album de Angelina (The Angelina Album) [New York, D. Appleton
& Co., 1869]
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The AAS where Laura works, owns approximately half of the McLoughlin Brother’s company’s files, and the SFPL owns the other portion – they make up the bulk of what we refer to as the Fox Collection.
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El
Album de Angelina (The Angelina Album) [New York, D. Appleton
& Co., 1869]
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Her work with the Fox Collection has rounded out her understanding and filled in gaps as she pieces together the history of the business.
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| Cenicienta ó El Zapatito de Vidrio (Cinderella or the Glass Slipper) [New York, D. Appleton & Co., 1867] |
She will be giving a talk about her research at the Book Club of California on April 7th titled Radiant with Color and Art: McLoughlin Brothers and the Business of Picture Books, 1858-1920. This talk is free and open to the public and you are all invited to attend.You can RSVP here.
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| Cenicienta ó El Zapatito de Vidrio (Cinderella or the Glass Slipper) [New York, D. Appleton & Co., 1867] |
She’ll discuss the history of the McLoughlin Brothers, who located their business in New York, and how they broadened the international picture book trade.
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Pastorcita
y Juan Chungero (The Little Shepardess) [New York, D.
Appleton & Co., 1898]
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The McLoughlin Brothers made good use of new technologies like chromolithography and expanded the use of “branding” in their work.
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| Un Sarao Perricantante (Little Singing Dogs Dancing Party) [New York, D. Appleton & Co., 1869] |
Wasowicz will also illuminate the little-known business partnership between McLoughlin Brothers and D. Appleton & Company which greatly expanded 19th century foreign language picture book publishing and trade -- especially those published in the Spanish language.
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Aves
Mayores (Great Birds) [New York, D. Appleton &
Co., 1903]
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Exceptional and colorful examples of their work, such as you see here, will be part of the major exhibition about the McLoughlin Brothers at the Grolier Club which opens in December.
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Animales
Salvajes (Wild
Animals) [New York, D. Appleton & Co., 1903]
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Pictured above are examples of some of the Spanish language titles from the library’s Fox Collection. We hope you enjoy seeing them as much as we have enjoyed finding out more about them.
We look forward to your next visit!
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