Description:
Folding fan with wooden sticks and guards, and paper leaf. The guards have applied celluloid(?) panels, the lower sections plain and the upper decorated with pastel "scales" in blue and yellow. Set with colored stones in square recesses. The paper leaf is painted on one side with a stylized design of clusters of roses in reds, pinks, and yellow/orange on a pink/mauve ground with blue shapes. "U"-shaped bail ring at bottom.
Description:
Folding fan made of thin polished wood or bamboo guards lacquered a dark mahogany and dyed purple. Paper leaf with hand-painted abstract design of flowers and foliage on a reddish ground. Metal bail. Reverse is unadorned.
No visible labels or marks.
Description:
Folding fan. Plain shaped wooden sticks and guards. Leaf of cream paper with thin border of brown. On the leaf are three printed vignettes: 1) view of a street through an archway, titled "Calle de Cuchilleros"; 2) View of the exterior of a church/mission, titled "San Antonio de la Florida"; 3) Scene of a bear shaking a tree, entitled "Madrid".
Description:
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about hijackers surrendering to authorities in Madrid, Spain.
Date:
September 16, 1972, 10:00 p.m.
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Description:
Book describing the causes of the Spanish American War, the incident with the Battleship Maine, African Americans in the Navy, African Americans on San Juan Hill, Roosevelt, McKinley, Buffalo Soldiers, African American officers and regiments. General themes include civil rights and prejudice.
Date:
1899
Creator:
Johnson, Edward A. (Edward Austin), 1860-1944
Description:
Map shows southern and northern routes across the Atlantic Ocean between Europe and North America with coordinates of points along routes. Includes text, tables, compass, "Proposed New York-Gibraltar steamship routes," "Table of distances in nautical miles, from New York and Boston to Fastnet and Bishops Rock," "Latitudes of Great Circle Intersections on the Porposed Routes," and "Proposed Steamship Routes between New York and the Straits of Gibraltar." Also includes detailed navigational instr…
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Description:
Map shows a stylized Europe in the form of a woman. [Spain] is her head and [Gaul], [Germany], [Denmark], [Poland], [Hungary], [Greece], [Bulgaria], [Macedonia], and Scythia are the remainder of her body. Europe is shown surrounded by Africa, [England], [Scotland], [Scandinavia], and Asia. Includes text in lower margin. Relief shown pictorially. Scale not given.
Description:
Map shows northern coast of Africa, Iberian and Italian peninsulas, and larger islands in the Mediterranean Sea. Includes notes. Scale not given.
Description:
Map shows late eighteenth century navigational data for the confluency of the Ferrol, Coruña and Betanzos Rivers in Spain. Shore structures are noted. Includes notes. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. Scale not given.
Date:
1787
Creator:
Torfino de San Miguel, Vincente, ca. 1732-1795
Description:
Map shows late eighteenth century details for anchorage and navigation in Bilbao Bay in Spain. Shore structures are also detailed. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. Scale not given.
Date:
1789
Creator:
Torfino de San Miguel, Vincente, ca. 1732-1795
Description:
Map shows progression of the naval battle in 1802 at Algeciras in the Bay of Gibraltar off the coast of Spain; positions of French, Englilsh, and Spanish forces; towns, roads, fortifications, structures and ships. Includes legend. Relief shown by hachures and rock drawings. Depths shown by soundings. Scale not given.
Description:
Map shows the Roman Empire from the time of Caesar Augustus until the time of the peace between Emperor Diocletien and King Sassinides Narsès. Includes legend. Scale not given.
Description:
Map shows the extent of the Roman Empire and other kingdoms and empires in Europe, the Middle East, and northern Africa before the invasion of the Huns. Inset: Arrivée des Huns sur le Danube 376 [Arrival of the Huns on the Danube 376]. Relief shown by hachures. Scale not given.
Description:
Map shows Europe, the Middle East, and the Mediterranean area at the time of the "Great Invasion," and the barbaric states during the 6th century. Inset: Départ itinéraire et etablissement des Peuples Barbares dans le Grande Invasion [Departure route and establishment of the Peoples in the Great Barbarian Invasion]. Includes notes and dates. Relief shown by hachures. Scale not given.
Description:
Map shows the extent of various kingdoms and empires in Europe, the Middle East, and northern Africa during and after the reign of Charlemagne; partitioning of the empire in 845 according to the Treaty of Verdun. Inset: Partage de L'Empire Carlovingien [The Carolingian Empire shared]. Includes dates. Relief shown by hachures. Scale not given.
Description:
Map shows coastline of Africa, Europe, and the Middle East from the Strait of Gibraltar to the coast of Syria. Includes illustrated title cartouche. Index to ports and islands. Sheets have 35 cm. overlap. Relief shown by hachures. Scale not given.
Description:
Map shows Mediterranean coastline coast from the western narrowing of the Mediterannean Sea at the Strait of Gibraltar along the Spanish coast of Andalusia near Cabo de Gata, and near Cabo Hone along the African coast of Morocco; cities, harbors, structural symbols, and anchorage. Includes "nota": Los Numeros de la Sonda son brazas de á 2. varas Castellanas. Relief shown pictorially and by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. Scale not given.
Date:
[1787..1807]
Creator:
Torfino de San Miguel, Vincente, ca. 1732-1795
Description:
Map shows coastline detail with towns, ports, islands, mountain peaks, and landmarks for Portugal and northwestern Spain. Includes illustrated title cartouche. Prime meridians: Tenerife, Paris, Cadiz, and Ferrol. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. Scale not given.
Date:
1788
Creator:
Torfino de San Miguel, Vincente, ca. 1732-1795
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