TABLE OF CONTENTS
Descriptive Summary
Biographical Note
Scope and Content Note
Access Points
Administrative Information
Container List
Postcard, Print and Photographs |
Guide to the Emma P. Ellis, Milliner, Collection [ca. 1890-1920]
MG 1585
The New Jersey Historical Society
52 Park Place
Newark, New Jersey 07102
Contact: NJHS Library
Phone: (973) 596-8500 x249
Email: library@jerseyhistory.org
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The New Jersey Historical Society, Publisher
Inventory prepared by Shawn Ryan Rosa.
Finding aid encoded by Julia Telonidis. December 2004. Production of the EAD 2002 version of this finding aid was made possible by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Finding aid written in English.
Descriptive Summary
| Creator: |
Emma P. Ellis |
| Title: |
Emma P. Ellis, Milliner, Collection |
| Dates |
[ca. 1890-1920] |
| Abstract: |
This collection consists of two photographs, a print, an announcement, and an advertising postcard, all pertaining to the Ellis Milliner shop in Jersey City, N.J. and dating back to the period [ca. 1890-1920]. |
| Quantity: |
0.01 linear feet (1 folder) |
| Collection Number: |
MG 1585 |
Biographical Note
Emma P. Ellis, High Grade Milliner, was located at 500 Jersey Avenue, Jersey City, New Jersey. The business operated in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and offered for sale fine hats, gloves, and other assorted clothing accessories.
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Scope and Content Note
This collection consists of two photographs featuring the storefront of Ellis Milliner, a print depicting an outline of the storefront, a chromolithograph announcement, and an advertising postcard.
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Access Points
The entries below represent persons, organizations, topics, forms, and occupations documented in this collection.
Subject Names:
Ellis, Emma P.
Subject Organizations:
Ellis Milliner (Jersey City, N.J.)
Subject Topics:
Millinery–New Jersey–Jersey City.
Storefronts–New Jersey–Jersey City.
Subject Places:
Jersey City (N.J.)
Document Types:
Photographs.
Subject Occupations:
Milliners.
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Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
This collection should be cited as: Manuscript Group 1585, Emma P. Ellis, Milliner, Collection, The New Jersey Historical Society.
Acquisition Information
Purchased by the New Jersey Historical Society in March 2003.
Processing Information
This collection was acquired with a hat containing the silk label of Ellis Milliner. The hat was transferred to the Museum collection at the New Jersey Historical Society.
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Container List
| Postcard, Print and Photographs |
| Box |
Folder |
Title |
Date |
| 1 |
1 |
Advertising postcard: Featuring an image of a woman wearing an ostrich plume hat. |
ca. 1890-1920 |
| 1 |
1 |
Announcement: Announcing the opening of “Spring Season” at Emma P. Ellis, High Grade Milliner, on March
10-12. |
ca. 1890-1920 |
| 1 |
1 |
Photographs: Two images (1 large format, mounted) depicting the Ellis Milliner storefront located at 500 Jersey Avenue in Jersey City. |
ca. 1890-1920 |
| 1 |
1 |
Print ca. 1890-1920 Depicting an outline of the storefront. (3 ¾ x 4 ¾) |
ca. 1890-1920 |
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