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- Andrew Carnegie Bookplate, circa 1915 - Bookplates show ownership, but they can also tell us more. Often pasted on the inside of a book's front cover or endpaper, these printed labels contain the owner's name and sometimes the words "ex-libris" (Latin for "from the library of"). Coats of arms, crests, other decorative images, poems, mottoes, and even font type provide insight into the beliefs, passions, and interests of the book's owner.
- circa 1915
- Collections - Artifact
Andrew Carnegie Bookplate, circa 1915
Bookplates show ownership, but they can also tell us more. Often pasted on the inside of a book's front cover or endpaper, these printed labels contain the owner's name and sometimes the words "ex-libris" (Latin for "from the library of"). Coats of arms, crests, other decorative images, poems, mottoes, and even font type provide insight into the beliefs, passions, and interests of the book's owner.
- Toll Rates Sign from the Keokuk & Hamilton Bridge Spanning the Mississippi River, 1868-1869 - Andrew Carnegie's Keystone Bridge Company built the first Keokuk and Hamilton Bridge in the late 1860s, which stood until 1915 when the threat of a competing bridge forced the owners to reconstruct the deteriorating structure. The toll rates provided the bridge owners with the money to perform maintenance and major repairs to ensure the safety of the structure.
- 1868-1869
- Collections - Artifact
Toll Rates Sign from the Keokuk & Hamilton Bridge Spanning the Mississippi River, 1868-1869
Andrew Carnegie's Keystone Bridge Company built the first Keokuk and Hamilton Bridge in the late 1860s, which stood until 1915 when the threat of a competing bridge forced the owners to reconstruct the deteriorating structure. The toll rates provided the bridge owners with the money to perform maintenance and major repairs to ensure the safety of the structure.