Ninth Annual Conference of the
Program in Early American Economy and Society
Co-Sponsored with the Visual Culture Program and
"Philadelphia on Stone”
Library Company of Philadelphia,
1314 Locust Street, Philadelphia, PA
PAPERS TO BE PRESENTED ON FRIDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2010
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10:30 – 12:30
Martin Brückner, English Department, University of Delaware
The Lithographed Map in Philadelphia: Innovation, Imitation, and Antebellum Consumer Culture (PDF)
Jeffrey Cohen, Growth and Structure of Cities Department, Bryn Mawr College
The Face (and Space) of Commerce in the New 19th-Century City (PDF)
2:00 – 3:30
Nancy Finlay, Curator of Graphics, The Connecticut Historical Society
Some Evidence for the Sale and Distribution of Kellogg Prints, 1830-1870 (PDF)
Georgia Barnhill, Center for Historic American Visual Culture, American Antiquarian Society
Commercial 19th-Century American Lithography:An Economic History (PDF)
3:45 – 5:15
Linzy Brekke-Aloise, History Department, Stonehill College
"A Very Pretty Business":
Fashion and Consumer Culture in Antebellum American Prints (PDF)
Joanna Cohen, History Department, Queen Mary, University of London
Reading the Retailscape: Examining the Art of Advertising in the Urban Northeast, 1830-1860
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For more information please contact Cathy Matson, PEAES Director at cmatson@udel.edu or call 215-546-3181.
This conference is free and open to everyone interested in the topic. Please let us know if you will be attending by registering electronically.