1873 Expo Medal - Miller, Barr & Parkin (Cast Steel) : Preservation Lab Treatment Report

Received in a 2”X 2” coin envelope. The coin holder has inscription in black ink on the Recto“1873” on top left corner. “Cincinnati expo silver medal” on top right corner and “award” on bottom left corner. The coin envelope also has the word “HAS” on the bottom left corner of the VersoThe coin measures 4.5 cm in diameter and .4cm thick

Poetry Stacked Reading (2:5) 2024-04-10

Poetry Stacked Reading Series, 2:5 April 10th, 2024 Langsam Library, 6-East Stacks Hosts: Ben Kline, Melissa Cox Norris, Michael C. Peterson, UCL dean Liz Kiscaden, Holly Prochaska Readers: Andy Sia, Holli Carrell, Tyler McDonald, Grace Guy 1.) Welcome (Kline) 2.) Welcome by UCL dean (Kiscaden) 3.) Introduction of Andy Sia (Kline) 4.) Domatophilia (Sia) 5.) [In the village, all the doors…], from Sleuth (Sia) 6.) [All night I shadow the one…], from Sleuth (Sia) 7.) Introduction of Holli Carrell (Kline) 8.) Jephthah’s Daughter (Carrell) 9.) Panoptes (Carrell) 10.) Logophobia (Carrell) 11.) Body to Sea (Carrell) 12.) Matrix (Carrell) 13.) Poetry Stacked Anthology, Volume 1 announcement (Norris, Prochaska) 14.) Introduction of Tyler McDonald (Kline) 15.) Zuihitsu On Braiding and Wishing to be a Cricket (McDonald) 16.) Sand King (McDonald) 17.) Introduction of Grace Guy (Kline) 18.) About editing the Poetry Stacked Anthology (Guy) 19,) Eulogy for the Living (Guy) 20.) This Body Wears Farther Down Than Bone (Guy) 21.) Nippert Stadium and Evangelists, Kitchen Tables and (Guy) 22.) Closing (Norris) 23.) Closing (Peterson

Disasters of War: Barbaros! (Barbarians!) : Preservation Lab Treatment Report

This is a print from DAAP’s Teaching Collection, purchased at the request of faculty member, Christopher Platts. The collection is meant to be handled during classes and is housed in flat files at the DAAP Library. This is an etching proof of an artwork by Francisco de Goya entitled Los Desastres de la Guerra: Barbaros!. Th proof is from an edition of 100 copies of the 5th edition of Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, Madrid from 1923. The image depicts conflict during the Peninsular War (1807-1814), and invasion of the First French Empire of the Iberian Peninsula during the Napoleonic Wars.View Item in DAAP Library Collection: https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.3502448

The premium game-- Logomachy, or, War of words : Preservation Lab Treatment Report

This is a card game from 1889 stored in a board box with a removable lid. According to the catalogue record “A card of 72 illustrated cards, "each representing a letter of the alphabet, all of which are duplicated one or more times, except the following --J, K, V, X, and Q, Z, which are designated prizes and double prizes ... The object of the game is to capture as many cards as possible, by taking tricks or words, and especially the prize cards"--Rules booklet, p. [1].

Bridge of Sighs : Preservation Lab Treatment Report

This is an editioned etching (number 42 out of 100) created by the CCM professor Milan Petrovic. It is one of four Petrovic prints that were donated in 2022 to the DAAP Library. The four prints include: Bridge of Sighs, Venice; Tangier, Morocco; Borges, Spain; and St. Maria della Salate

First Train Over the Cincinnati Southern Railway Will Leave McLean Avenue Depot, on Monday Morning, March 8, 1880 at 8.40 O'clock : Preservation Lab Treatment Report

This is a reprint of a poster of the first train departing south from Cincinnati March 8th, 1880.View Catalog Record: https://cincinnatilibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S170C352064

"Would Like to See Senator Nesmith" : Preservation Lab Treatment Report

This object is part of a larger collection of Lincoln materials at the Public Library. It was displayed in the Lincoln/Doris Kearns Goodwin exhibit at the Cincinnati Room from September through December of 2021. This object contains a book plate that reads, "Cincinnati / Public Library / MEMORIAL COLLECTIONS / Bertrand B. Kahn / Lincolnian Collection."View Catalog Record: https://cincinnatilibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S170C364460

Improved Historical Cards : Preservation Lab Treatment Report

This is a card game about the history of America copyrighted 1884. 200 cards in original 12 X 15 X 5cm banker box type enclosure. Faded signature in brown ink on bottom of box. This object was treated in conjunction with Improved geographical cards (i100477677, Database ID # 2302, Call number 372.891044 134 1883).View Catalog Record: https://cincinnatilibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S170C338465

W.S. Porter Collection [Volume 2] : Preservation Lab Treatment Report

This is a framed passe-partout daguerreotype of William Southgate Porter (volume 2), which accompanies a collection of seven cased photographs and a loose tin type (volume 1). This object is boxed separately from volume 1. Both volume 1 and volume 2 consist of portraits of the William Southgate Porter family. These images are atrributed to the photographer, W.S. Porter. Porter is famously known for photographing the eight-plate Cincinnati Panorama daguerreotype with Fontayne Porter in 1848. The images in this collection have already been digitized by the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County.View Catalog Record: https://cincinnatilibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S170C272125

Standard Woodworking Machinery : Preservation Lab Treatment Report

This is a utilitarian binding/shopping catalog. A binder's stamp in the back of the binding reads, "The Heinn Company Milwaukee, Wis." There are alphabetical leather tabs along the text block, many of which are degraded and broken along the fore edge or folded within the text block. One "I" remains protruding from the fore edge but is attached to a very brittle paper that is tearing along the leather. It will not remain attached with further handling. The spine is mostly lost revealing a metal spine support with two screw posts that are threaded through from the front cover.View Catalog Record: https://cincinnatilibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S170C350790