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bookmarks in art

15/8/2019

Great to see a bookmark featuring prominently in this humorous artwork by Eric Lobbecke in the newspaper, The Weekend Australian, August 10-12, 2019. There it is at the very top left of the page and it again appears behind the child sitting on her plush armchair reading the "Never Ending Story" which is upside down! LOL!

Meanwhile Mum is in her beach attire sipping on a cocktail while reading her ebook, the dog is trying to get someone interested in a walk and the cat wistfully looks at several book pages floating away in the breeze. Love it!

"A Good Read' by Eric Lobbecke

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bookmarks in library & museum collections: USA

2/8/2019

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I have recently been having fun searching online for bookmarks held by museums, libraries, archives and historical societies. It is so great to see that there are some bookmarks being collected and preserved by our wonderful public institutions.

Typically, these bookmarks are donated by people (sometimes famous) as part of their larger donation or bequest of books, documents and other items.

Here are a few examples of these bookmarks that I have found so far in some American institutions. Click on the institution name to view the bookmark in its original location and to read more about it.

Souvenir Bookmark from the 1893 Columbian Exposition, Phoenix Silk Manufacturing Co.

Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation
Dearborn, Missouri, USA

Stevengraph Bookmark, "The Late, Lamented President Lincoln," 1865

Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation
Dearborn, Missouri, USA

Centennial Souvenir Bookmark, 1876, Liberty Bell; silk, Jacquard weaving

Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation
Dearborn, Missouri, USA

Bookmark; publisher's promotion of three works by Willsie Morrow: With Malice Toward None (on front); Forever Free; and Mary Todd Lincoln (on back of bookmark). William Morrow & Co., New York.

Library of Congress
The Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana
Washington, D.C., USA