Osher Map Library Ephemera Collection

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Sverige-Sweden
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Date/Date Range: 1959
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Accession Number: OML-1959-173
Sverige-Sweden

Paris in Your Pocket
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Date/Date Range: 1983
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Accession Number: OML-1983-139
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Paris in Your Pocket

Your map of Sweden
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Date/Date Range: 1960
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Dimensions: 58 x 21 cm folded to 21 x 10 cm
LC Call Number: G6951.E635 1960 S9
OCLC: 462434848
Accession Number: OML-1960-280
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Your map of Sweden

Bernese Oberland
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Date/Date Range: 1982
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Dimensions: 22 x 102 cm folded to 21 x 10 cm
LC Call Number: G6043. B35 1982 B7
OCLC: 1449702231
Accession Number: OML-1982-133
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Bernese Oberland

Rigi
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Date/Date Range: 1977
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LC Call Number: G6041.E635 1977 T6
OCLC: 1449697269
Accession Number: OML-1977-155
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Rigi

Alberta King and son Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. mourning hand fan : Together Again
Historical Context: Alberta Williams King and Martin Luther King, Jr. were both civil rights activists in the 1960's. The Civil Rights Movement from 1954 to 1968 was a struggle for justice and equality for African-Americans. 
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Alberta King and son Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. mourning hand fan : Together Again

Alberta King and son Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. mourning hand fan : Together Again
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Date/Date Range: 1974
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Dimensions: 31 x 19 cm
Physical Description: One paper fan mounted on wooden dowel : color, text on verso : 31 x 19 cm
Historical Context: Mourning hand fan with images of Alberta Williams King and her son Martin Luther King, Jr. The fan was likely distributed by Burton's Funeral Home in Tuskeegee, Alabama. Alberta Williams King was an American civil rights organizer and the mother of Martin Luther King, Jr. She was the choir director at Ebenezer Baptist Church where Dr. King was co-pastor from 1960 to 1968 when he was assassinated. Alberta King was shot and killed on June 30, 1974 at Ebenezer Baptist Church while playing the organ by Marcus Wayne Chenault, a 23 year old African-American who believed all Christians were his enemies. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was a prominent activist in the civil rights movement participating in marches for voting rights, desegregation and labor rights. In March, 1963 he delivered his most famous speech at the Washington mall called "I Have A Dream". On April 4, 1968 King was assassinated by James Earl Ray.
LC Call Number: E 185.61 1974
OCLC: 1414648313
Accession Number: OML-1974-217
Alberta King and son Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. mourning hand fan : Together Again

For Boston! Three trips a week, steamboat & railroad line for Portland and Boston via Eastern Rail Road.
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Date/Date Range: 1847
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Dimensions: 64 x 44 cm
LC Call Number: F73.67 1847 E3
OCLC: 1427736542
Accession Number: OML-1847-36
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For Boston! Three trips a week, steamboat & railroad line for Portland and Boston via Eastern Rail Road.

Remember the Lusitania
Date/Date Range: Apr 25th, 1918
Historical Context: The RMS Lusitania ocean liner was sunk by a German U-Boat in 1915. The vessel was also carrying armaments which was Germany's justification for sinking the liner. 
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Newspaper is laminated.


Remember the Lusitania

People's Week
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Date/Date Range: Sep 4th, 1968
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Dimensions: 56 x 45 cm
Historical Context: The Black Panthers were founded by Bobby Seale and Huey Newton in October, 1966. It was a revolutionary organization promoting Black nationalism, socialism and armed self-defense against police brutality.
LC Call Number: E29.N3 1968 B5
OCLC: 1428574394
Accession Number: OML-1968-234
People's Week