SERIES 15: STATIONERY PRODUCTS FOR OFFICE AND HOME USE; ALSO MEDICAL PRODUCTS Dennison products sold through Stationers, Department Stores and later Chain Stores were considered “everyday necessities, needed by everybody, known to everybody.” This final Product Line Series includes the more general, off-the-shelf, Stationers’ line (not fully captured in the prior Product Line Series 11-14) as well as specialty “antiseptic” products made for the Medical and Baby Markets (Box 2). Office Products (Boxes 3-4) led Dennison to participate in the early development of the Copier and Electronic Data Processing markets (Box 5). Dennison’s products for professional and amateur hobbyists (Boxes 1 and 6) were very successful and, in particular, its stamp hinges were considered the gold standard by philatelists the world over. BOX 1: PASSE-PARTOUT (PICTURE FRAMING) AND SEALING WAX PRODUCTS, 1878-1954 BOX 2: MEDICAL PRODUCTS AND OTHER ANTISEPTIC PRODUCTS INCLUDING DIAPERS, 1874-1969 BOX 3: STATIONERY PRODUCTS, 1857-1961 BOX 4: STATIONERY PRODUCTS CONTINUED, 1869-1970 BOX 5: COPIER AND EDP PRODUCTS (Electronic Data Processing) PRODUCTS, 1900-1974 BOX 6: HOBBY and TOY PRODUCTS, 1901-1970 BOX 7: CELLOPHANE AND OTHER SPECIALTY PAPER PRODUCTS, 1917-1950 BOX 1: PASSE-PARTOUT (PICTURE FRAMING) AND SEALING WAX PRODUCTS, 1878-1954 Folder 1: Passe-Partout correspondence, promotional materials, newspaper clippings, 1900- 1905 … With Dennison’s Passe-Partout Outfits and a little effort any home can boast of its own art gallery. o Dennison’s Passe-Partout Outfits and Passe-Partout Gummed Binding … are indispensable to amateur photographers, art workers and young people in the home who wish to mount, frame and hang their photographic prints, pictures, art needle- work designs, etc. The method of using the binding is simple. The results are very artistic. 1900 Folder 2: Passe-Partout Binding illustrated and instructional booklets, 1902-1912, for framing photographs and art work; including product information regarding Passe-Partout Binding, Outfits, Hangers, Gummed Lantern Slide Binding, Paste and Glue Folder 3: Passe-Partout Promotional Materials including samples of Binding (Rope Paper and Pebbled Paper) and Mat Stock materials, c1911 Folder 4: Passe-Partout Correspondence, especially London, 1915-1916, including some promotional materials: o Advertisement for Free Lessons in the Dennison Method of “Passe-Partout” Picture Framing Today and Friday at SELFRIDGE’S Photographic Department Folder 5: Passe-Partout Promotional Materials and instructional booklets, 1915-1920 o The Modern Art of Picture Framing, 1916: The choice of pictures in a home is the surest index to the taste of its owner. With the increased knowledge of what art is, a finer discrimination is employed than heretofore, and a home is criticized not according to the amount of money expended but the taste employed in decorating. For this reason, a few simple pictures – copies of old masters or other paintings of repute are considered in good form and are not derided because they are inexpensive. o Frame your snapshots with Dennison’s Gummed Picture Binding and Cardboard Strips – No wood used. 1917 1 Series 15: Products – Stationery and Medical 2018.10 o Dennison Mfg. Co. Ltd, London booklets, 1923 and 1930 Folder 6: Passe-Partout Promotional Materials and Instructional Booklets, 1923-1930 Folder 7: Passe-Partout Magazine Articles, 1946-1954 Folder 8: Dennison Sealing Wax Price List, 1878 Folder 9: Dennison’s Sealing Wax Factory, Brooklyn, N.Y., 1884, the Only Factory in the World Dedicated Exclusively to the Manufacture of Sealing Wax, cover image and booklet Folder 10: Dennison’s Sealing Wax & Initial Seals for Fashionable Correspondence, 1886, beautifully illustrated publication Folder 11: Sealing Wax Catalogs, 1896, 1903, including: o Sealing Wax, Wax Seals, Etc.: Letter Wax, Finest Perfumed Wax, Package Wax, Low Grades (for Railroad and Express Companies, Paper Mills, Bottlers, and large Users generally), Paper Wax Sets, Leather Wax Sets, Fancy and Initial Seals, Commercial and Bank Seals, illustrated and comprehensive catalog, 1896 Folder 12: Sealing Wax Promotional Materials, 1902-1919, including: o Advertisement – A Counter Display that Sells the Goods, undated: In “Sealing Wax,” as well as in “Tags,” the name Dennison stands out alone as purveyor to the world. The perfecting of the wax industry has been accomplished wholly through Dennison effort, and the use of Dennison’s Sealing Wax to-day is larger than ever, U.S. Government Departments, National Banks and the great express companies being among the largest consumers. o Advertisement, 1902: A lady’s writing desk is not completely equipped unless a fine sealing wax set is included…. o Dennison’s Sealing Wax and its Artistic Development, booklet, 1908 o Dennison’s Sealing Wax Hat Pins, booklet, 1908 … Dennison’s Sealing Wax has been for many years of recognized and valuable assistance in the proper conduct of business and home life. o Dennison’s Wax Seal No. 9 Engraved Merry Christmas, promotional display with sample package and seal Folder 13: Sealing Wax for Sealing Letters, promotional materials, 1902-1918, including: o The Art of Sealing a Letter – Dennison’s Perfumed Sealing Wax, 1902 o The Language of Sealing Wax, illustrated sales card, 1912 White – Wedding Notes; Violet – Sympathy; Chocolate – Dinner Invitations; Black – Mourning; Ruby – Engaged Lovers; Green – Hope; Brown – Melancholy; Blue – Constancy; Yellow – Jealousy; Pale Green – Reproaches; Pink – Young Girls; Grey – Friends; Red – Business o The Personal Seal, 1916 The seal on the envelope containing a letter to a friend stands for just two things in these days, personality and consideration. In using it, you are employing an identification mark which is older than history itself. Everything points to a revival of this dignified old custom. o The Custom of Sealing a Letter with Wax, booklet, 1918 The need of a distinguishing personal mark manifested itself before the dawn of civilization. Among the barbarous tribes the hunter would make rude scratches upon their spears for the purpose of identification. These scratches were the first evidences of personal marks and from them have been evolved scarabs, sigilla, signets, monograms and all of the armorial bearings contained in Burke’s Peerage. The desire of a man to 2 Series 15: Products – Stationery and Medical 2018.10 indicate that he has a personality is preserved in the ancient custom of impressing in the wax a letter or a distinguishing mark…. Folder 14: Keroo – Decorative Art in Sealing Wax Colors, booklets and samples, 1902-1903 O THE DENNISON CREATIONS – UNIQUE, INTERESTING AND USEFUL … In the common measure of manufactures, most of the productions of the Dennison Manufacturing Company are relatively small, but they enter none the less importantly into the requirements of modern life. Some of its products were before unknown, others were of crude form, doubtful value, and limited use; but in the development of the industry, and in the evolution of human wants, they have become necessities in the various branches of trade and commerce, of special need in every place of business, and of important use for domestic comfort and convenience…. THE DENNISON PRODUCTS – REPRESENT THE HIGHEST STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE. Folder 15: KEROO Multicolor Sealing Wax and other New Stationery Fads, Boston Sunday (Herald), 1903 May 3, colorful beautifully illustrated newspaper article Folder 16: Sealing Wax arts and crafts booklets and promotional materials, 1914-1929, for painting, molding and decorating with Sealing Wax including: o Sealing Wax Art – Directions for Making Beads, Ornaments, Fancy Buttons…, 1915 o How to Make Necklaces, Pendants, Souvenir Gifts … How to Decorated Boxes, Vases, Lampshades, etc. with Dennison’s Wax, colorful display card, 1923 Folder 17: Sealing Wax Instruction Books, 1922-1929 o Sealing Wax Art, 1922 and 1924, 24pp illustrated instruction books o Sealing Wax Craft, 1925 and 1926, 36pp illustrated instruction books o Sealing Wax Craft, 1929, 32pp illustrated instruction book Folder 18: Dennison’s Craft Packets of Patterns and Directions, 1925 o Molding with Sealing Wax, 1925 (two packets) o Painting with Sealing Wax, 1925 Folder 19: Crystalline Lamp Shades, patterns and instructions, booklets, 1925-1926 Folder 20: Crystal Trees, instruction booklets and promotional materials, 1927-1929 Folder 21: Carving in Ivory Soap – Models colored and made permanent by Dennison Wax, published by Proctor and Gamble, book and promotional materials, 1927 Folder 22: Glass Pictures and Paintings made with Sealing Wax, 1930, 1947, 1954 BOX 2: MEDICAL PRODUCTS AND OTHER ANTISEPTIC PRODUCTS INCLUDING DIAPERS, 1874-1969 Folder 1: Absorbent Cotton, 1874-1878, advertisements, includes correspondence Folder 2: Surgeon and Druggist pamphlet, May 1902, has articles regarding medicine of this time Folder 3: Aseptic Napkin, 1907-1908, example and ads Folder 4: Antiseptic products, 1904-1910, correspondence and examples of products, including tuberculosis concerns and exhibition Montreal 1908, milk jar and bottle caps correspondence with HP Hood & Sons, US Dept. of Agriculture, baby bottles covers, drinking cups, crepe paper hospital bids, etc. Folder 5: Tuberculosis, 1908-1911, correspondence regarding Rutland State Sanatorium and exhibit at the International Congress on Tuberculosis Folder 6: Pneumonia Jackets, 1918, correspondence and example, also information on sanitary pads Folder 7: Dennison