Richard Beck journal. February 13, 1880 - October 1, 1880

Mss.917.B38

Date: 1880 | Size: 1 volume(s), 1 volume, 289 p.
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Abstract

This is an interesting and detailed journal of his trip to America and travels therein. Using Philadelphia as his base, Beck commented on the city's society and institutions, and mentions locals, including an interesting note on Titian R. Peale. Other areas visited included: Atlantic City, St. Louis, Colorado, Utah, California and New York, where he visited the Bausch & Lomb Optical Company and Washington D.C., where he met, and described, artist Henry Ulke. The volume is filled with memorabilia: advertisements, photographs, playbills, menus, original pencil and watercolor sketches, some of machinery.

Background note

Richard Beck was an English Quaker and member of the Devonshire House Monthly Meeting.

Collection Information

Physical description

1 volume, 289 p.

Provenance

Purchased from Sessler (Sotheby, no. 512), 10/15/1974; accessioned, 01/17/1975 (1975 49ms).

Indexing Terms


Corporate Name(s)

  • Bausch & Lomb Optical Company

Genre(s)

  • Advertisements.
  • Journals (notebooks).
  • Menus.
  • Photoprints.
  • Playbills.
  • Sketches.

Geographic Name(s)

  • Atlantic City (N.J.) -- Description and travel.
  • California -- Description and travel
  • Colorado -- Description and travel.
  • New York (State) -- Description and travel.
  • Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Description and travel
  • Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Social life and customs.
  • Saint Louis (Mo.) -- Description and travel.
  • United States - Description and travel
  • Utah -- Description and travel.
  • Washington (D.C.) -- Description and travel.

Personal Name(s)

  • Beck, Richard
  • Peale, Titian Ramsay, 1799-1885
  • Ulke, Henry, 1821-1910

Subject(s)

  • Insects -- Collection and preservation.


Detailed Inventory

 Beck, Richard.
Map tracing the Cunard ship's track from Ireland to New York City
18801 map, 46.3 x 26.7 cm
 Beck, Richard.
Philadelphia center city street plan
18801 map, 20.3 x 16.5 cm