The Winterthur Library

 The Joseph Downs Collection of Manuscripts and Printed Ephemera

Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, Winterthur, DE  19735

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OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION

 

Creator:          Shoemaker, Edna Cooke                                 

Title:               Edna Cooke Shoemaker drawings and papers

Dates:             1818-1980, bulk dates: 1908-1960

Call No.:         Col. 827

Acc. No.:         08x27

Quantity:        17 boxes, 4 map case drawers

Location:        11 A 1-5, 11 B 5, map case B, drawers 1-4

 

 

 

BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENT

 

Edna Abigail Cooke Shoemaker was an American illustrator in the first third of the 20th century.  She was born in Philadelphia in 1889, the daughter of George Anderson and Elizabeth Simon Cooke.  She graduated from the Philadelphia High School for Girls in 1908 and was awarded a scholarship to study at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.  One of her fellow students there was a daughter of Woodrow Wilson.  Her brother James Francis Cooke was editor of the music magazine The Etude.  Edna’s middle name was sometimes listed as Ireton, rather than Abigail.

 

She illustrated a number of children’s books, including Heidi, Hans Brinker, Stories of Mrs. Moleworth, Stories by Juliana Horatia Ewing, and East o’ the Sun, West o’ the Moon.  She did illustrations, including several covers, for such magazines as The Ladies Home Journal, McCall’s Magazine, and The Delineator.  She also illustrated textbooks for John C. Winston Co. and Scribner’s.  Her son Winslow recalled that she used a “diminishing glass,” the opposite of a magnifying glass, to help her see how her large drawings would look when reduced to the size of a book page.

 

She married Orlando Shoemaker, a mechanical engineer, on May 3, 1924, and they had three children: Winslow Cooke (who became an architect), Abigail Ann (Gail, a pianist), and Oliver Ireton (an English professor, born Dec. 3, 1929).  Edna and Orlando met while doing work at the Philadelphia Settlement House.  Orlando graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1915 and had served in the American army before and during World War I.  He died in 1964.

 

The family moved from Philadelphia to Media, Pa., where they had two homes, one a late 18th century house at 620 Manchester Avenue, which they restored.  The other home was on Sandy Bank Road; there, they tended a truck garden and kept a milk cow. 

 

Unfortunately, the duties of child rearing made it difficult for Mrs. Shoemaker to meet publishers’ deadlines, so she had to give up much of her work as an illustrator.  However, she and her husband began to stage marionette shows for their children, making their own figures and backdrops, all painted by Mrs. Shoemaker.  As the children grew older, they became active in putting on the shows, which were staged for the entertainment of others, including being part of USO shows for American servicemen during World War II.  Son Oliver wrote some of the scripts, daughter Gail often played the music, and son Winslow especially remembered furnishing the smoke for the dragon in “St. George and the Dragon.”   She called their troupe the Rose Tree Marionettes. 

 

Mrs. Shoemaker had also taught art at the Mary Lyon School in Swarthmore in the 1920s and at the Haverford School in Haverford in the 1930s.  She was a member of the Philadelphia Arts Alliance.  She died on November 28, 1975.

 

 

SCOPE AND CONTENT

 

Collection includes drawings, prints, sketches, sketchbooks, and marionette backdrops done by Edna Cooke Shoemaker.   Original illustrations for Heidi, Stories of Mrs. Molesworth, East o’ the Sun West o’ the Moon, Rip van Winkle, and Mother Goose’s Nursery Rhymes, as well as cover art for the Ladies Home Journal are found.  A number of illustrations for a story entitled “The Moon Lady” are also in the collection, but her illustrations were evidently never used in an edition of that book.  Prints made from some of these illustrations are in the collection as well.  After Mrs. Shoemaker gave up book illustration, she began putting on marionette shows, and backdrops for those shows, plus a few scripts, are in the collection.  Another project she tried was illustrating Bible stories in an ancient manner, using archaeological finds from the Babylon area as inspiration for illustrations for the stories of Noah and Abraham and ancient Egyptian art for the story of Moses.  She was not successful in finding a publisher, but kept her drawings and mock-ups of books.    

 

As well are found printed illustrations done by other artists (probably collected for inspiration), family letters and assorted memorabilia, a letter from author Jack London to Edna’s mother, photographs of the Cooke and Shoemaker families, toy theater backdrops and characters (some 19th century, some reproductions), stories, diaries of trips to Europe, greeting cards and birth announcements (some designed by Mrs. Shoemaker, some 19th century), a 19th century scrapbook, some Cooke and Shoemaker genealogy, a scrapbook about Edna’s schoolmates, a yearbook from the Philadelphia High School for Girls, a collection of autographs of musicians, some assorted publications, and a number of other items collected by members of the Shoemaker or Cooke families.  Included with the photographs are a picture of Mrs. Shoemaker’s father taken before the Battle of Antietam, a photo of a Chippewa chief, a photo of Mrs. Shoemaker at her easel, views of the Constitution Centennial celebration in Philadelphia, and views of 19th century Florida.  Many photos are of the Shoemaker home and garden in Media. 

 

 

ORGANIZATION

 

Most of the items are arranged by size.  Edna Cooke Shoemaker’s illustrations and prints are separated from those of others.  Letters are grouped together, as are photographs.  Larger photo albums and a scrapbook are sitting on the shelf, not in boxes. Marionette backdrops are at the end of the collection. 

 

 

LANGUAGE OF MATERIALS

 

The materials are in English.

 

 

RELATED MATERIAL

 

Books illustrated by Edna Cooke Shoemaker are in the Printed Books and Periodicals section of the Winterthur Library.

 

Additional copies of some of the Betty Butterick paper dolls are in the Maxine Waldron Collection, Col. 121, acc. 74x438.367a-f.  The Waldron group also includes “Betty’s Visit to the Italian Children” which is not found in this collection.

 

 

RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS

 

Collection is open to the public.  Copyright restrictions may apply.

           

 

PROVENANCE

           

Bequest from Oliver Shoemaker.

 

 

ACCESS POINTS

 

People:

            London, Jack, 1876-1916.

            Shoemaker, Orlando, d.1964.

            Cook family.

            Shoemaker family.

            Simon, Lizzie I.

            Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885.

            Washington, George, 1732-1799 - Anniversaries, etc.

 

Topics:

            Cherry Tree Run & Oil Creek Oil Co.

            Historical Society of Pennsylvania.

            Independence Hall (Philadelphia, Pa.)

            Philadelphia High School for Girls (Philadelphia, Pa.)

            Autographs.

            Bible illustrations.

            Birth announcements.

            Bookmarks.

            Bookplates.

            Camps.

            Children – Pictorial works.

            Children in art.

Christmas cards.

Cowboys – Photographs.

            Dogs – Juvenile literature.

            Easter cards.

            Fiction.

            Fishing – Pictorial works.

            Gardens – Design.

            Gardens – Pennsylvania – Media.

            Gifts.

            Greeting cards.

            Illustrated children’s books.

Illustration of books – 20th century – United States.

Indians of North America – Portraits.

Inventories – Pennsylvania – Media.

Magazine covers – United States.

Magazine illustration – 20th century – United States.

Paper dolls.

Postcards.

Printing plates.

Prints, Japanese.

            Puppet plays.

            Puppet theaters.

            Ribbons.

            Students.

            Toy theaters.

            Valentines.

            Weddings.

            Women – Diaries.

            Florida – Pictorial works.

            United States. Constitution.

           

            Carte de visite photographs.

            Diaries.

            Drawings.

            Illustrations.

            Photograph albums.

            Scrapbooks.

            Sketchbooks.

            Sketches.

            Artists.

            Illustrators.

 

 

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLECTION

 

Location: 11 A 1-5, 11 B 5, map case B, drawers 1-4

 

Note: measurements, where given, are in inches and are approximate

 

 

Box 1: sketches and sketch books

 

Folder 1:          list of art work of Edna Cooke Shoemaker: includes list of books illustrated, and marionettes and sets (typed; several copies)

                        [note: this list of illustrated books is not comprehensive; for a more complete list, see the end of this finding aid]

 

Folder 2:          Sketchbook, including brief Cooke genealogy and lists of authors and titles, 1918-1919 (acc. 08x27.117)

 

Folder 3:          sketches by Edna C. Shoemaker, mostly of foreign scenes (08x27.118-.143)

 

Folder 4:          Commonplace book/sketchbook; written inside front cover is: Edna Cooke, Florence, Italy, September 1920, but the book was not used as a diary of her time there (08x27.241)

 

Folder 5:          “My Trip Abroad,” diary and sketchbook, ca.1920 (signed Edna A. Cooke) (08x27.242)

 

Folder 6:          African Negro designs, four sheets of various African abstract and animals designs drawn by ECS, on brown paper (color, 8.5x11) (08x27.243-.246)

 

Folder 7:          Babylonian (Ur) and  Assyrian (Semitic) designs, three sheets of various designs drawn by ECS, plus one printed sheet of designs, from unknown source (color, 8.5x11) (08x27.247-.250)

 

Folder 8:          Egyptian designs, 20 sheets of various designs drawn by ECS, plus a printed page from a magazine (color, 8.5x11) (08x27.251-.271)

 

Folder 9:          Indian: North American and Incan designs, 17 sheets of various designs drawn by ECS, plus a note (color, 8.5x11) (08x27.272-.289)

 

Folder 10:        Greek designs, 16 sheets of various designs drawn by ECS, plus a note and a photo (color, 8.5x11) (08x27.290-.305)

 

Folder 11:        Norse-Viking designs, 26 sheets of various designs drawn by ECS, plus a note (color, 8.5x11) (08x27.306-.332)

 

Folder 12:        miscellaneous illustrations:

 

.146     girl and elderly lady sitting by a fireplace, with caption: “She was sitting by the fireplace, talking to her great Aunt Abie.” (black and white drawing, initialed ECS, 11.5x6.75); on back: names of months and flowers; Mrs. Rose, Jack & Jill Magazine;

           

.147     girl by small pool in garden, with caption that has been erased (black and white drawing, initialed ECS, 11.5x7.5)

                       

.234     bookplate for Oliver Shoemaker (black and white drawing, initialed ECS, 6.25x10) [see .144, a printed bookplate for Oliver, with a variation in the form and typography of his name]

                       

.235     design used for birth announcements (black and white drawing, initialed ECS, 8x12) [for printed birth announcements, see .164; for printing plate see .114]

                       

.236     elderly woman sitting in a chair, with caption, “The paisley shawl, the sandalwood fan, and the Canton Vases … were brought in that ship.”  (black and white drawing, initialed ECS, 4.5x5.5 drawing on 7x11.5  board)

                       

.237     elderly woman and young girl walking in a garden, with caption “The [sic] walked through the tall shuttered door, down the moss covered brick path.”  (black and white drawing, initialed ECS, 3.5x4.5 drawing on 11.5x8 board)  [for related drawing, see .19]

 

.106     printed illustration (round) of a girl sewing, while her doll looks on, signed E. Cooke; used as front cover illustration of A Little Maid of Old Philadelphia (color print, 4” in diameter)

 

Folder 13:        gold leaf (two packets)

 

 

 

Box 2: “The Ancients Bible”

 

Folder 1:          Letters re: “The Ancients Bible,” 1937-1941 (about 29 letters, to and from ECS)

 

Folder 2:          “The Ancients Bible”: outlines

 

Folder 3:          “The Ancients Bible”: Biblical texts

 

Folder 4:          “The Ancients Bible,” a picture book based on the art of Bible times, interpreted by Edna Cooke Shoemaker: book jacket and layout for book (color illustrations in a book with dust jacket; 08x27.170)

 

Folder 5:          “The Ancients Bible”: book jacket for book 1 (08x27.238)

 

Folder 6:          “The Ancients Bible”: layout for book 1 (08x27.349)

 

Folder 7:          “The Ancients Bible”: book jacket for book 2 (08x27.239)

 

Folder 8:          “The Ancients Bible”: layout for book 2 (08x27.350)

 

Folder 9:          additional illustrations for the Bible (08x27.171a-h)

 

 

Box 3: Letters

 

Folder 1:          Business letters: 8 letters and a telegram to or from Edna Cooke Shoemaker, 1908-1938

[includes notice of award of scholarship to Penn. Academy of the Fine Arts and letters from women who liked her published illustrations]

 

Folder 2:          letters about marionettes: 13 letters, 1949-1955, 1964-1965 and undated

 

Folder 3:          letters, no dates, 9 letters (including Christmas, Easter, and birthday cards, and postcards; one letter is from daughter Gail; several cards are addressed to her)

 

Folder 4:          letters, 1913, 1914, 1916, 1917, 1919, 1924, 1928, 1943, 1946, 1957: 11 letters, 1 wedding announcement [includes letters from daughter of Woodrow Wilson; see also invitation to inauguration, 1913]

 

Folder 5:          letter from Jack London, Sonoma Co., California, March 14, 1914, to Elizabeth I. Cooke, Philadelphia, informing her that he has no control over the illustrating of his books (acc. 08x27.363) [note: this letter was found in a copy of Call of the Wild]

 

Folder 6:          letters, Orlando to Edna, 1929, March-April: approximately 19 letters

 

Folder 7:          letters, Orlando to Edna, 1929, May: approximately 19 letters

 

Folder 8:          letters, Orlando to Edna, 1929, June-August; 1930: approximately 11 letters

 

Folder 9:          letters, Orlando to Edna, 1940: approximately 20 letters

 

Folder 10:        letters, Winslow Shoemaker to mother Edna, 1936 and no date: 9 letters

                        [additional letters from Winslow are in Box 12 ]

 

Folder 11:        letters to Edna and/or Orlando, mostly from their children: 1938-1939: 26 letters and postcards

 

 

Box 4:

 

Folder 1:          scrapbook about school friends (08x27.348) [presumably put together by Edna Cooke, although there is also an entry for her]

 

Folder 2:          Record of Class A2, Philadelphia High School for Girls, 1908 (08x27.240)

                        [includes illustrations by Edna Cooke, member of the class]

 

Folder 3:          newspaper articles about and obituaries of members of the Cooke and Shoemaker families, including Edna Cooke Shoemaker, plus articles about other people

 

Folder 4:          “Biography of Robin Hood” [a dog], by the Shoemaker children [typescript, ca.1940]

 

Folder 5:          stories: “The Flowers That Bloom in the Spring, Tra La” and “Tales Told in Old Gardens,” drafts and carbon copies of stories by Edna Cooke Shoemaker, with a booklet about the John and William Bartram gardens

 

Folder 6:          Edna Cooke Shoemaker: lecture notice, undated

 

Folder 7:          “The Period of Peter Pan,” a typed article about illustrated books, by ECS

 

Folder 8:          Poem: “Mother Goose Country” (not signed; typed)

 

Folder 9:          proposal for series of marionette plays, “Great stories that may have shaped destinies”

 

Folder 10:        script: “St. George and the Dragon,” possibly by Oliver Shoemaker (typed copy and various drafts)

 

Folder 11:        story: “The Moon Lady” [typed] [see finding aid for location of original drawings]

 

Folder 12:        texts and notes for stories, possibly marionette shows or a story book

 

Folder 13:        miscellaneous writings, including a poem initialed by K.L.B.

 

 

Box 5:

 

Folder 1:          Genealogy notes: descent of Shoemakers from Elder William Brewster of Plimouth Plantation

 

Folder 2:          genealogy notes for Simon, Reynolds, and Ireton families; includes a tiny calling card for Ann Grant

 

Folder 3:          genealogy notes for both Edna Cooke and Orlando Shoemaker

 

Folder 4:          autographs, probably collected by Gail Shoemaker (includes letters written to her mother and to her uncle James F. Cooke): Leonard Pennario, Guiomer Novas, Isidor Philipp, Helen Hayes, Leo O[illegible], Leopold Stokowski, Ed. Poldini, Josef Hoffman, and Serge Rachmaninoff

 

Folder 5:          Cooke, James Francis: articles about him

                        [brother of Edna Cooke Shoemaker]

 

Folder 6:          family miscellany:

Trinity Church, Swarthmore, Pa.: Trinity Chronicle, Dec. 1953, with a notice about a puppet show to be staged by Edna and Gail Shoemaker and a notice about art being displayed in the church by Edna Shoemaker;

                       

“Answered prayer,” printed story, with request to return to Mrs. E. I. Cooke;

                       

Calling cards for Mrs. George Anderson Cooke, Mrs. Jas. K. Simon, Emmanuel Hey, and Dr. Harvey Shoemaker; At Home card for Lucretia Winslow;

 

19th century envelope addressed to Miss M.A. Horrocks;

 

Advertisement for “Field of the Cloth of Gold,” at Chestnut Street Theatre, 19th century;

                       

Book plate for Oliver Ireton Shoemaker, designed by Edna Shoemaker (designed initialed ECS) (acc. 08x27.144) [see also original artwork with different design for name, 08.27.234];

 

Program: Philadelphia Conservatory of Music, graduation piano recital by Gail Shoemaker, 1949 (three copies);

 

                        Note to Mr. Shoemaker attached to memorandum of August 2, 1943;

                        Memorandum, Aug. 2, 1943, regarding transfer of Orlando Shoemaker;

                       

Statement of military service of Orland Shoemaker;

 

Certificate stating that Oliver Shoemaker visited Independence National Historical Park on July 4, 1976;

 

“Communion with Heaven,” a page reprinted from Reason;

 

“Absolute Money for the Sum of One Thousand Dollars,” 1880;

 

Envelope with return address of J.B. Lippincott Co.;

 

Birth announcement of Michael Orlando Shoemaker (son of Winslow Shoemaker), 1959;

 

Certificates naming Gail Shoemaker as a godparent to Michael Orlando Shoemaker and Lawrence Raymond Shoemaker (2 items)

 

 

Folder 7:          dog licenses, 1942: two State of Rhode Island dog licenses

 

Folder 8:          Household inventory for Shoemaker house on Manchester Ave., undated

 

Folders 9-10:   documents regarding Shoemaker family lawsuit, 1978

 

 

 

Box 6:

 

Folder 1:          catalogs with covers designed by ECS: Baker & Taylor Co., 1923-1924 (.354);

Baker & Taylor Co., 1924-1925 (.355); Brentano’s, 1932 (.356)  [see also Box 16, folder 4]

 

Folder 2:          Marriage service [printed booklet] of Edna Cooke and Orlando Shoemaker, 1924

 

Folder 3:          “The Bride’s Book” (acc. 08x27.145): not signed or dated, but undoubtedly the wedding book of Edna Cooke, with list of presents received, and two telegrams offering congratulations; later, the book was used to record the sayings of and stories about her children (Winslow, Oliver, Gail); also three brief notes from a young Gail to an elf and Santa Claus

 

Folder 4:          school papers and a poem by Edna Cooke

 

Folder 5:          letters: Winslow Shoemaker to his parents, 1940: 7 letters and one school report

 

Folders 6-7:     Shoemaker family Christmas cards, most, if not all, of which were made by Edna Cooke Shoemaker (acc. 08x27.148-.163 – one number per style, with multiple copies of each style);

[have printing plates for .158, .160, .161, .162 ( the latter two being the same as .158)]

 

Folder 8:          birth announcements designed by Edna Cooke Shoemaker (acc. 08x27.164)

                        [have original drawing (.235) and printing plate (.114) for this design]

 

Folder 9:          announcements and tickets for marionette productions:

                        .165     tickets for The Cheerio Marionettes, 1946;

                        .166     advertising card for The Cheerio Marionettes (have printing plates for this);

                        .167     tickets for Rose Tree Marionettes, 1947;

                        .168     blank tickets for The Rose Tree Marionettes;

                        .169     fliers announcing productions of the Rose Tree Marionettes – same style flier, with two different productions being advertised

 

Folder 10:        history of Shoemaker house on Manchester Avenue (for a tour)

 

Folder 11:        mortgage documents, 1927

 

Folder 12:        Shoemaker, Julien: correspondence and letters of introduction for him; certificates; leases; 1848-1889 [about 14 items]

Includes a stock certificate for Cherry Tree Run & Oil Creek Oil Co. and a membership certificate for the Historical Society of Pennsylvania

 

Folder 13:        other family correspondence, 1831-1899 (6 items)

 

Folder 14:        estate of Harold W. Barney, 1980 (Philadelphia) [godfather of Oliver Shoemaker]

 

 

 

Box 7: greeting cards, scrap, stencil, silhouette

 

Folder 1:          Valentines, 19th and early 20th century (9 cards)

 

Folder 2:          Valentines, 19th and early 20th century (23 cards)

 

Folder 3:          Valentines, 19th and early 20th century (11 cards, one of which is in several pieces)

 

Folder 4:          Easter cards, 19th and early 20th century (10 cards)

 

Folder 5:          Christmas and New Year cards, 19th and early 20th century (3 cards)

 

Folder 6:          greeting cards, 19th and early 20th century (9 cards)

 

Folder 7:          scraps (3 pieces)

 

Folder 8:          stencil of Jesus

 

Folder 9:          silhouette of unknown man

 

Folder 10:        cards and sketches by others (not ECS), particularly the Warwicks: 11 items (mostly Christmas cards)

 

Folder 11:        animal cards, no.1-54 (6 uncut sheets) (see cut cards in Box 12, folder 10)

 

Folder 12:        “In the Jungle” animal cards (1 uncut sheet) (see  similar cut cards in Box 12, folder 10)

 

Folder 13:        bird cards (8 uncut sheets) (see cut cards in Box 12, folder 10)

 

 

Box 8: books

 

Folder 1:          “The Deed of Settlement of the Mutual Insurance Company…,” Philadelphia, 1818

 

Folder 2:          “The Paths of Learning Strewed with Flowers: English Grammar Illustrated”: reproduction of 1826 book

 

Folder 3:          United States Almanack, for the Year of Our Lord 1849 (Philadelphia: Mentz & Rovoudt);

                        The People’s Almanac for 1850 (Philadelphia: Hiram B. Pierson)

 

Folder 4:          “To the Members of the Twentieth Ward Bounty Fund Commission,” 1865, [Philadelphia]; this copy addressed to J. Shoemaker

 

Folder 5:          M. Shoemaker & Co., Philadelphia: trade cards, ads, envelopes, 1860s-1870s

 

Folder 6:          The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (Boston: James R. Osgood & Co., 1872); this copy belonged to Lizzie I. Simon

 

Folder 7:          Diary of Lizzie I. Simon, in book meant to be used in 1870, but actually used in another year; also used as a commonplace book by someone else; includes list of books read in 1872 and some personal expenses

 

Folder 8:          Invitation and tickets to the inauguration of Woodrow Wilson, 1913 [invitation sent to Edna Cooke by her friend, the president’s daughter]

 

Folder 9:          diary of voyage to Europe, 1928; the diary keeper did not write her name in the volume, but the voyage was taken by the mother of Orlando Winslow, 1928; also a menu from the S.S. “Calgaric,” the ship taken by the diary keeper [see also postcards sent to the Shoemakers by Mrs. Shoemaker]

 

Folder 10:        booklets about Ur and Babylonian artifacts

 

Folder 11:        “Buglight,” 1939, from Camp Wakondah, attended by Gail Shoemaker

 

 

Box 9: photographs

 

Folder 1:          photos of Edna Cooke Shoemaker: one taken when she was a girl, sitting at a spinning wheel (.353); one is a copy of a photo taken of her sitting at an easel circa 1925, working on an illustration for Mother Goose (.362); three are professional portraits, probably taken ca.1960 (.172, .351-.352) (one sepia photo, five black and white photos, two negatives)

 

Folder 2:          slides of garden, including Edna Cooke Shoemaker in her garden, ca. 1956 (37 slides)

                        [prints made from slides are in folders 3 and 4; prints dated 1956]

 

Folder 3:          Shoemaker homes and gardens, originally in an album (which fell apart) (22 black and white, 17 color photos)

                        [some of these were made from the slides in folder 2]

 

Folder 4:          color photos (faded) of garden and a marionette nativity scene (33 photos)

                        [garden photos made from slides in folder 2]

 

Folder 5:          black and white photos of Shoemaker homes and gardens  (50 photos)

 

Folders 6-7:     old family photographs, mostly not identified (34 photos, includes cyanotypes, tin types, cartes de visite, other 19th century photos, and 20th century photos, up to ca.1933)

 

Folder 8:          wedding photos of Edna Cooke and Orlando Shoemaker, apparently reproductions of original (3 photos)

 

Folder 9:          Orlando Shoemaker, one in uniform (2 photos)

 

Folder 10:        photos of artifacts from Ur – inspiration for ECS’s Bible drawings (3 photos, 1 postcard)

 

Folder 11:        photo of lace in the Winterthur Museum Library (1 photo)

 

Folder 12:        photos of Europe (taken by Edna Cooke or possibly by her mother-in-law) (16 black and white photos)

 

Folder 13:        19th century mounted photographs, mostly taken by George A. Cooke:

 

            .333     “View of Mount Princeton & Haywood Valley, Chaffee County, Colorado, some cowboys, summer 1887.”  Two men with a two-wheeled carriage, two men on horseback; fences and a few buildings behind them, mountain in background (sepia, 7.5x4.5 on 11x8 mount)

 

            .334     “Lumber camp at dinner on the banks of the Suwannee River at Fort Fanning, Florida, negative by Geo A. Cooke, summer 1886.”  Group of men, white and African American, some eating; one man holds two puppies; cart in background.  Stamped on back: George A. Cooke & Co., Real Estate Brokers and Conveyancers, [with address and notice about taking photos and collecting rents] (sepia, 7.5x4.5 on 11x8 mount)

 

            .335     “Gathering air moss in the woods near Gainesville, Florida, negative by G. A. Cooke, summer 1886.”  African American man and woman with wagon full of Spanish moss, dog with them.  Stamped on back as in .334 above. (sepia, 7.5x4.5 on 11x8 mount)

 

            .336     man standing next to a river, labeled on back: “Swanee River, Florida.”  Stamped on back as in .334 above.  (sepia, 7.5x4.5 on 11x8 mount)

 

            .337     “War ships Atlanta & Richmond & others in Delaware River during Constitution Centennial, Sep. 18th, 1887, by Geo. A. Cooke.”  Row boats in foreground, battleships in background, with flags flying.  Very faintly stamped on back as in .334 above.  (sepia, 7.5x4.5 on 11x8 mount)

 

            .338     “Countermarching on Broad Street at Race during Constitution Centennial, Sept 17th 1887, taken by Geo. A. Cooke, Phila.”  Soldiers on horseback or in wagon, with people in viewing stands.  Faintly stamped on back as in .334 above.   (sepia, 6x4 on 11x8 mount)

 

            .339     soldiers marching down the street during Constitution Centennial celebrations, Sept. 1887, with people in large viewing stands.  Stamped on back as in .334 above.  (sepia, 7.5x4.5 on 11x8 mount)

 

            .340     old house, with picket fence around yard; two people on front porch  (sepia, 7.75x4.5 on 10x8 mount)

 

            .341     two women in field with cows; Stamped on back as in .334 above, but with added notice about a new address  (sepia, 7.75x4.5 on 11x8 mount)

 

            .342     woman holding baby, three children and a dog next to her, surrounded by geese and chickens, barn in background; stamped on back: George A. Cooke, 265 South Seventh Street, Philadelphia, Pa.  (sepia, 7.25x4.5 on 10x8 mount)

 

            .343     three boys (one in a dress) and a girl, with fishing poles, under trees next to a creek  (sepia, 7.75x4.5 on 10x8 mount)

 

            .344     “View of ramble near mouth of Wissahickon Creek taken June 1887 by G.A.C.”  Two women sitting on a bench under an overhanging rock, with nearby fence.  Stamped on back as in .334 above.  (sepia, 7.5x4.5 on 11x8 mount)

 

            .345     “Funeral procession of General U. S. Grant on Broadway, N.Y., instantaneous negative by Wm. Price, Aug. 8th, 1885.”  Men marching down the street, people on sidewalk, wagon crossing street.  Stamped on back as in .334 above.  (sepia, 7.5x4.5 on 11x8 mount)

 

            .346     man surrounded by piles of books, letters, and newspapers.  Stamped on back as in .334 above, with note about new address.  Written on back: copyright December 1884 by Geo. A. Cooke  (sepia, 7.5x4.5 on 11x8 mount)

 

            .347     torn photo (top part only) of a man and woman, with lace curtain behind them  (sepia, 4.5x3.5 on 8x5.5 mount)

 

 

Box 10: photo albums and photos

 

Folder 1:          .109     photo album labeled Orlando & Edna Shoemaker, Rose Tree & Sandy Bank Rd., Media, with both black and white and faded color photos (21 photos)

 

Folder 2:          .357     photo album, possibly assembled by Gail Shoemaker, includes photos from Camp Wakondah, photos of Gail playing music, family members, and a 19th century cabinet photo; also includes a toy birch bark canoe (about 75 photos, all black and white except one color) [note: loose photos from this album were removed and placed in the following folder]

 

Folders 3-4:     loose photos and negatives from 08x27.357

 

Folder 5:          loose photos from acc. 08x27.358, includes a photo of a group of children taken by Gertrude Sayen and various photos of the Shoemaker children (9 black and white photos)

 

Folder 6:          photos of an unknown woman being interviewed, the interview is being taped by WPED of Pittsburgh, early 1960s [photos were mailed to Oliver Shoemaker]

 

Folder 7:          ribbon commemorating the centennial of the birth of George Washington (08x27.359);

                        Ribbon commemorating “The Father of His Country,” woven by B.B. Tilt & Son of N.Y. and Paterson, N.J. (possibly woven for the 1876 centennial celebration) (08x27.360);

                        Three bookmarks featuring Independence Hall, for sale by Friends of Independence National Historical Park (08x27.361a-c)

 

 

Box 11: printing plates; boxed photo; postcards:

 

.110     printing plate: The Rose Tree Marionettes, signed Edna Cooke and initialed EC (dimensions of block: 10x6.25) – oversized – sitting on shelf

 

.111     printing plate: nativity scene with angels comprising part of large star, initialed ECS (largest dimensions of block, which is irregular in shape: 3.5x6.25)

 

.112     printing plate: marionette show (size of block: 3.25x4)

 

.113     printing plate: Mother and Child, over music “The Hopes and Fears of All the Years,” and signed “The Shoemakers” (size of block: 2.75x4.5)

 

.114     printing plate for birth announcement: stork flying, carrying children, and baby on top of world; initialed ECS (size of block: 2.25x4) (for original drawing, see .235; for printed announcement see .164)

 

.115     printing plate for The Cheerio Marionettes (size of block: 3.25x1.25)

 

.116     boxed photo of Orlando Shoemaker, with label: “Orlando Shoemaker, Feb. 1917, in uniform worn while on duty on Mexican border”

 

Approximately 224 postcards, mostly from Europe, but also China, Canada and the U.S., many from Edna Cooke or Mrs. Shoemaker, many with messages, 1920s; one of the Dutch postcards has pencil sketches on the back; some of the postcards were collected for their images of folk costumes

 

 

Box 12: oversize photos, sketchbook, prints by others, cards

 

Folder 1: photos

 

.101     Edna Cooke (detail of wedding photo of Edna Cooke and Orlando Shoemaker)

 

.102     Lucretia Shoemaker Green (name on back)

 

 

Box 12: Folder 2: sketchbook

 

.103     sketchbook, with recipes, not signed

 

 

Box 12: Folder 3: prints of Jesus College, Oxford

 

.104     The Quadrangle of Jesus College, printed 1836 by J. H. Parker, Oxford, and others, drawing and engraving by F. Mackenzie and J. Le Keux

 

.105     Jesus College, printed 1836 by J. H. Parker, Oxford, and others, drawing and engraving by F. Mackenzie and J. Le Keux

 

Box 12: Folder 4: miscellaneous prints [not assigned accession numbers]

 

            19th century prints; fashion plate from Godey’s, May 1869; prints from the Capehart Collection (illustrations interpreting pieces of music) (20 prints from the 19th century; 3 prints from the 20th century)

 

Box 12: Folder 5: printed illustrations of birds, animals, and nature [not assigned accession numbers]

 

Approximately 55 items, including articles and single images, of birds, dogs, moose, sheep, horses, mushrooms, trees, snowflakes, bears, fish, etc., images include printed photographs and illustrations, most undated, but ca.1907-1942.  No images by Edna Cooke Shoemaker.

 

Box 12: Folder 6: international, costume, and miscellaneous printed illustrations [not assigned accession numbers]

 

about 27 items, including articles and single images, showing foreign scenery and costumes; images include printed photos and illustrations, most undated, but ca. 1915-1930.  No images by Edna Cooke Shoemaker.

 

Box 12: Folder 7: international, costume, and miscellaneous printed illustrations [not assigned accession numbers]

 

About 67 items, depicting foreign scenery and costumes, includes printed photos and     illustrations, most undated, but ca.1915-1930.  No images by Edna Cooke Shoemaker.

 

Box 12: Folder 8: printed illustrations by other artists [not assigned accession numbers]

 

Approximately 133 printed illustrations and 4 postcards, the work of other early 20th century illustrators, covering a wide range of subjects, including Santa Claus, children, and costumes.  The postcards are images of children in gardens, painted by Jessie Willcox Smith.  No images by Edna Cooke Shoemaker.

 

 

Box 12: Folder 9: printed illustrations and paper dolls by other artists [not assigned accession numbers]

 

Approximately 80 printed illustrations, 1 trade card, and 7 sheets of paper dolls from The Ladies Home Journal, the work of early 20th century illustrators, covering a range of subjects, but many of babies and small children.  The trade card is for Schenck’s Pulmonic Syrup.

 

Box 12: folder 10: cards

 

Three different sets of cards, two are numbered, one is not; two depict animals and the other birds.  See sheets of uncut cards in Box 7, folders 11-13.  Purpose of cards is unknown.

 

 

Box 13: toy theater backdrops, scenes, figures

 

Folder 1:          About fifty-one 19th century pantins, figures, backdrops, scenes, and furniture for toy theaters

 

Folder 2:          Cruikshank, George, “The Drunkard’s Children” (London: The Broadsheet King, 1966), 8 reproduction prints illustrating the downfall of a young man and a young woman

 

Folder 3:          reproduction prints of actors and actresses in various stage roles and two sheets of a theater orchestra

 

Folder 4:          Pollock’s Theatre curtain (two copies); Pollack’s scenes for “Cinderella,” “Harlequinade,” and “Aladdin” (20th century reproductions)

 

Folder 5:          catalog and price list for Pollock’s Toy Museum (London); Pollock’s Victoria Theatre; booklets with characters, scenes, and scripts for the plays “Jack the Giant Killer,” “Aladdin,” “Harlequinade,” “Cinderella,” and “Blackbeard the Pirate” (20th century reproductions)

 

 

Box 14: Japanese prints; illustrations of Biblical scenes; oversize printed material

 

.93-.94             20th century copies of prints by Harunobu, .93 – girls in wind; .94- couple under a cherry tree (from “Tales of Genji”; printed by Adachi)

 

.95       Toyokuni – two geishas

 

.96       Toyokuni – a couple with a tea pot

 

.97       Toyokuni – 3 actors in a kabuki play

 

.98       Kiyoshi Saito – “Vicinity of Aizu” (20th century artist)

 

.99       Kuniyoshi – courtesan with a fan

 

.100     Eizan – woman with a writing box (label with print spells artist’s name as Yeizan)

 

.101     Eizan – woman reading letter

 

.203     “Thou has not withheld thy son, thine only son: Abraham and Isaac” (black and buff, 13x9 image on 15x20 board)

 

.204     “Behold Rebekah came out; -with her pitcher upon her shoulder: Isaac and Rebekah” (black and buff, 13.25x8 image on 15x20 board)

 

.205     man, probably Adam, in garden with animals; caption has been whited out (black and buff, 15x11.75 board)

 

.206     classical figures, including a discus thrower, with animals and flowers (black and buff, with red highlights on overlay sheet, 14.5x11)

 

Oversize printed material:

            The Pennsylvania Packet and Daily Advertiser [reproduction], Sept. 21, 1784;

Ulster County Gazette (Kingston, N.Y.), issue of January 4, 1800 (includes tributes to George Washington);

Public Ledger (Philadelphia), Mach 25, 1836;

A page from an unnamed Philadelphia newspaper, ca. March 18, 1857;

Stockholms Dagblad, Enlish edition, August 6, 1914;

“Rose Tree Tavern” – typed history of this building

 

 

Box 15:

 

Folder 1: original illustrations for East o’ the Sun, West o’ the Moon

 

(Dasent, G. W.  East o’ the Sun, West o’ the Moon.  Philadelphia: David McKay, 1921)

 

.1         Cover illustration and also “The young king who ruled that land was out hunting, and came riding across the moor and saw her.” (man on horseback and woman, both wearing crowns, with ducks flying; opposite p. 54; also cover illustration) (color; 12”x17 7/8”) 

 

.175     “But all at once, as she sat there, in came an old woman.” (girl spinning, with old woman approaching her; signed Edna Cooke; frontispiece) (color; 12x18, matted to 14x22)

 

.2         “So off they went, high up through the air, as if they would never stop till they got to the world’s end.”  (winged figure with girl on his back, blowing at a tower, signed E. Cooke; opposite p. 20) (color; 12.25x17.75)

 

.3         “Away went the ship as swiftly as a bird through the air.” (Shortshanks in bow of ship sailing through the air; signed Edna Cooke, opposite p. 116) (color; 11.75x17.75) (on back: names and addresses of Edna Cooke and O. Shoemaker)

 

.4         “In a little while back came the man with an ox so fat and big the lad had never seen its like.” (giant holding an ox, boy, and old woman in front of a fireplace; signed Edna Cooke, opposite p. 142) (color; 12x17.75, matted to 14.5x20.25)

 

.5         “”Halloa!” roared out the troll, “it is you that has gone off with my seven silver ducks.’”  (man in round boat with ducks, being chased by a troll on land; opposite p. 200) (color; 11.75x17.75, matted to 15x21)

 

.6         “She whisked off the wig, and there lay the lad so lovely, and white and red, just as the Princess had seen him in the morning sun.” (princess and maid looking at sleeping man, lying on a sofa; signed Edna Cooke, opposite p. 268) (color; 12x17.75, matted to 15x21)

 

 

Box 15, Folder 2: original illustrations for Heidi

 

(Spyri, Johanna.  Heidi.  Two different editions included illustrations by ECS, but they used the same illustrations in both.)

 

.7         “Heidi stood still and listened.” (Heidi with outstretched arms, with two goats and mountain in background; opposite p. 14) (color; 11x14.5)

 

.8         “Grandmamma showed Heidi how to make dresses and aprons and cloaks.”  (Heidi with old woman and dolls; opposite p. 126; name on back: McCrea Smith) (color; 11x16.5 on mat 14.25x20)

 

.9         “Heidi read aloud to the grandmother.” (Heidi reading to old woman in chair, while younger woman also listens; opposite p. 174; signed Edna Cooke Shoemaker)  (color; 11x16.5 on mat 14.25x20)

 

.10       “’O Heidi,” said Clara, ‘it is just as if we were riding in the sky.’”  (two girls sleeping in loft; opposite p. 262; name on back: McCrea Smith) (color; 11x16.5 on mat 14.25x20)

 

.36       “The children sat down in the midst of the flowers.” (two girls in meadow, with mountains in background; opposite p. 278; name on back: McCrea Smith) (color; 11x16.5 on mat 14.75x20)

 

 

Box 15, Folder 3: prints and drawings by others, not by ECS

 

.11       Woman with 2 small children (print) (13”x20”)

.12       Girl at piano, signed G. Shoemaker (7x7.5, with small mat around it)

.13       Young man and boy sitting in woods, signed C.(?) Harding, with caption: “A Scot’s Grammar School III [illegible] – They would fall a’talking, and it would end in a photograph [illegible] from a case.” (14”x22”) (backing board is separate)

.14       Woman talking to a man (a doctor?) at his desk, signed F. R. Gruger, labeled on back “The Aged Bully, F. R. Gruger, Post no. P33210 (9.75x8.25 on 14.75x13.25 mat)

.15       Man sitting at desk, talking on telephone, signed F. R. Gruger (10.25x15.75)

.16       Abstract of buildings, signed Vignolo (16x12)

 

 

Box 16:

 

Folder 1: original illustrations for “The Moon Lady” (see also folder in map case)

 

.20       Girl standing on moon, which appears to be perched in a tree (color; 20.5x12.5) (see also .178, in map case)

 

.21       Woman in garden, surrounded by children, with caption “They found mother dear among the sweet peas.” (color; 7x9, mounted on 9x12)

 

.22       Woman holding children in crescent moon, with other children swinging from it. (color; 15x16.5) (see also .179, in map case)

 

.23       Head of woman in star (color; 11.25x17)

 

.24       rough pencil sketch, with note “drawing similar to large one I am sending” and caption “Mother dear told them about the Moon Lady.” (pencil; 7x9, mounted on 9x12)

 

.25       children on bench under tree, moon up in sky, with caption: “They stood in a row on top of the stile looking at the moon.” (color; 7x9, mounted on 9x12)

 

.26       similar to .22, but smaller, with title “The Moon Lady” (color; 9x11)

 

.27       similar to .20, but smaller, with title and caption “The Moon Lady – Mother dear told them about the moon lady.  It was after supper & they were etc., etc.” (color; 7x4, mounted on 9x12)

 

.28       round drawing of nurse checking on sleeping children, with caption “The children cuddled down on their pillows, looking at the sky.” (color; 7x9, mounted on 9x12)

 

.29       Nurse getting children ready for bed, with caption: “Nurse was so surprised that she had to sit down & catch her breath.” (color; 7x9, mounted on 9x12)

 

.30       children in field, with large moon behind them, with caption: “Wading through the long dewy grass toward the wishing woods.” (color; 7x9, mounted on 9x12)

 

.31       children with woman in crescent moon, sailing towards a star, with caption: “They keep the light houses of the sky so you can never be lost.” (color; 7x4.75, mounted on 9x12)

 

.32       woman in crescent moon with lots of babies, and caption: “Babies don’t go to sleep.  They go to the moon.  That’s the reason they cry when they wake up.” (color; 7x4.5, mounted on 9x12) (.180 is a related image)

 

.33       woman and children in crescent moon floating over a factory town, with caption: “Below them lay a great city.” (color; 7x9, mounted on 9x12)

 

.34       children talking to a cow, with vignette of cow jumping over moon, with caption: “My great, great, great, great Grandmother jumped over the moon.” (color; 7x9, mounted on 9x12)

 

.35       woman in crescent moon looking down on mother and baby, with poem: “Float, float/ In a golden boat/ In the sea-blue deeps of the sky/ Where star-flowers grow/ And dim & low/ The little white clouds go by./ Float, float/ Bye-lo-baby/ The golden boat/ Is the new moon – maybe./ Float, float/ In a golden boat/ Follow the silver tides/ etc., etc.”  (color; 7x9, mounted on 9x12)

 

 

 

Box 16, Folder 2: original illustrations

 

.37       girl and boy in nightclothes walking near a tree, boy carrying a candlestick (in color; 8.75x11)

 

.38       Bartram’s Garden scene, with caption: “John Bartram examining[?] the tulip bulbs which Capt. Cobinson[?] brought on the Electra.” (initialed ECS; black and white; 14.5x11.25)

 

.39       woman and child sitting in garden or meadow (color; impressionist style; 8.25x9.5 on 12x13.5 mat)

 

.40       man with pig, with caption: “To market, to market, to buy a fat pig.”  (signed E. Cooke, black and white; 14.5x11.25) [similar to an illustration on p. 32 in Mother Goose’s Nursery Rhymes]

 

.41       boy and girl sitting on tree branch with orange leaf fairy (color; 7x10)

 

.42       woman drawing outside, impressionistic style (folded, color; 9.5x9.5 on larger piece of paper)

 

.43       children with Santa Claus (pencil; 14x11)

 

.44       piano keyboard, with music for a minuet by Glück (pencil, 9x7.5)

 

.45       woman in black dress and furs, wearing hat with large red bow (signed E. Cooke; pastel?; 12x22)

 

.46       children outside a small house (signed E. Cooke, with printing instructions; black, gray, and white; 22x14)

 

.47       children at table set in a garden, with caption: “Happy Hours Contents” (signed E. C., with printing instructions; black, gray, and white; 22x14)

 

.48       children at nursery table, little girl with tea pot (signed E. C., with printing instructions; black, gray, and white; 13.5x22)

 

.49       circular vignette of mother holding baby in bathroom, with shelves of bath things flanking the vignette (signed E. Cooke; black, gray, and white; 20.25x14)

 

.50       boy and girl with toys, a shaped vignette (signed E. C., with printing instructions; black, gray, and white; 22x14)

 

.51       baby splashing in bathtub (signed E. C., with printing instructions; black, gray, and white; 11x14);

            On back: very rough pencil sketch of same scene

 

.52       woman puts shawl on elderly woman sitting by fire while a man looks on (signed Edna Cooke; black, gray, and white; 19.75x14)

 

 

Box 16, Folder 3: prints from the portfolio with the map of America (which is in folder 5)

 

.53a-c  prints for cover of The Ladies Home Journal, June 1920 issue, depicting two children skipping in front of a house (includes name Edna Cooke; .53a is mounted on cardboard, .53b is mounted with magazine title, .53c is the actual magazine cover)

 

.54       one page with two prints from The Iris, a publication of the Philadelphia High School for Girls, both with initials EC

 

.55a-b  cover for “Christmas Bulletin of the Best Books of 1932,” [Brentano’s catalog,] signed Edna Cooke (one copy mounted, the other not)  [see also .354-.356]

 

.56       Baker and Taylor catalog for children’s books, 1923-1925, signed Edna Cooke;

            Reverse side: another illustration by Cooke and an illustration by Jessie Willcox Smith (see also .57)  [see also .354-.356]

 

.57       Baker and Taylor catalog for children’s books, 1923-1925, signed Edna Cooke (a different illustration from that in .56)  [see also .354-.356]

 

.58       book jacket for Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes, published by Cupples & Leon Co., with illustration by Edna Cooke

 

.59a-b  book jacket for Magic for Marigold, by L. M. Montgomery, published by Stokes; illustration signed Edna Cooke Shoemaker (.59a is mounted, .59b is loose)

 

.60       book jacket for Pat of Silver Bush, by L. M. Montgomery, published by Stokes; illustration signed Edna Cooke

 

.61       printed cover for an unidentified publication, possibly a book catalog, signed Edna Cooke

 

.62       scenes for “Betty Butterick in England,” as published in The Delineator, March 1922, signed E. Cooke; the scenes could be mounted on cardboard and then cut out

 

.63       scenes for “Betty Butterick in France,” as published in The Delineator, April 1922, signed E. Cooke; the scenes could be mounted on cardboard and then cut out

 

.64       scenes for “Betty Goes to Norway and Sweden,” as published in The Delineator, May 1922, signed E. Cooke; the scenes could be mounted on cardboard and then cut out

 

.65       scenes for “Betty in the Swiss Alps,” as published in The Delineator, July 1922, signed E. Cooke; the scenes could be mounted on cardboard and then cut out

 

.66a-b  scenes for “Betty Butterick goes to Spain,” as published in The Delineator, January 1922, signed E. Cooke (.66b has no label or text – just the pictures)

 

.67       scenes for the Betty Butterick series, “Christmas Day in Holland” (although this page has no label or text); the scenes include Saint Nicholas on horseback and children skating

[appeared in The Delineator, December 1921 – see Col. 121, acc. 74x438.367a]

 

.68       part of book jacket for Stories by Juliana Horatia Ewing, pictures by Edna Cooke, published by Duffield, illustration signed Edna Cooke

 

.69       sheet with two printed illustrations (“I likes him, and he’ll like me” and “The picture book was almost as much his as mine.”), from Stories by Juliana Horatia Ewing, published by Duffield, illustrations signed Edna Cooke

 

.70       sheet with two printed illustrations (“This is red bergamot.  Smell it.” and “Away went Lollo … away went Spitfire, mad with the rapture of the race.”), from Stories by Juliana Horatia Ewing, published by Duffield, illustrations signed Edna Cooke

 

.71       sheet with two printed illustrations (“Good evening, my little dear, said she.” and “This was a proper Christmas indeed.”), from Stories by Juliana Horatia Ewing, published by Duffield, illustrations signed Edna Cooke

 

.72       sheet with a printed illustration (“When I looked up, I saw the old squire coming toward me and storming and shaking his fist at me.”), from Stories by Juliana Horatia Ewing, published by Duffield, illustrations signed Edna Cooke

 

.73       sheet with two printed illustrations (“What could be lovelier, what more perfect, than the six exquisite dolls, each more beautiful than her sister.” and “I’ve some one else here to kiss you, Wee Janet, he said.”), from Stories by Mrs. Molesworth, published by Dial Press (1935), illustrations by Edna Cooke

 

.74       a print of “I’ve some one else here to kiss you, Wee Janet, he said.”, from Stories by Mrs. Molesworth, but without a caption

 

.75       sheet with printed illustration “No sooner was she seated than off flew the work box, away, away.” from Stories by Mrs. Molesworth, published by Dial Press (1935), illustrations by Edna Cooke (see also .185, in map case)

 

.76       a print of “No sooner was she seated than off flew the work box, away, away.” from Stories by Mrs. Molesworth, but without a caption

 

.77       figures for “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland,” as printed in McCall’s Magazine, March 1922, signed Edna Cooke (the figures were meant to be pasted onto cardboard and then cut out)

 

.78       figures for the story of “Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp,” as printed in McCall’s Magazine, September 1922, signed Edna Cooke (the figures were meant to be pasted onto cardboard and then cut out)

 

.79       figures for “Treasure Island,” as printed in McCall’s Magazine, October 1922, signed Edna Cooke (the figures were meant to be pasted onto cardboard and then cut out)

 

.80       figures for “Little Women,” as printed in McCall’s Magazine, November 1922, signed Edna Cooke (the figures were meant to be pasted onto cardboard and then cut out)

 

.81       sheet with four printed illustrations, two of which (“He even ventured, when no eye was fixed upon him, to taste the beverage.” and “He told them long stories of ghost, witches, and Indians.”) are definitely from Rip van Winkle, as published by Lippincott, 1923; of the other two, one is probably an illustration for a story about Ichabod Crane and the Headless Horseman, and the other shows 18the century figures singing in a church; all signed Edna Cooke

 

.82       page from The Ladies Home Journal, February 1920, “Furnishing the Sun Porch: Some New and Interesting Color Schemes: by Edna Cooke”

 

.83       page from The Ladies Home Journal, March 1920, “Using Bright Colors Indoors: Color Schemes and Original Designs by Beatrice Doane Craig,” with drawings  by Edna Cooke

 

.84       illustrated heading for “What Reading Does for Children,” as printed in Ladies’ Home Journal, no date; although not signed, the figures of Heidi and Long John Silver are almost identical to those known to be done by Edna Cooke

 

.85       print of an illustration by Edna Cook, showing children falling from a blossoming tree [this was the cover for The Ladies Home Journal, April 1920] (see also .187, in map case)

 

Box 16, Folder 4: portfolio with the map of America

 

.86       portfolio, which held the contents of folder 4

 

 

 

Box 17:

 

Folder 1: magazine cover

 

.92a-b  original artwork for cover for The Ladies Home Journal, August 1920, signed Edna Cooke (children and mermaids playing in waves); includes a label for Third Annual Exhibitions, May 2-10, Phila. Art Week Association

 

 

Box 17, Folder 2: original illustrations (from unlabeled portfolio)

 

.17       drawing in Celtic style, with figures labeled “King” and “Laborer” (?), initialed ECS; with note: “This is the way the early Celtic story of the willow might have been pictured.”  (color, 14.25x11.5)

 

.18       woman talking to man wearing winged helmet, initialed ECS, with note: “The ancient tale of a [illegible] baron lord comes with the forget-me-not.”  (Black and white 23x14.25)

 

.19       elderly woman and young girl in garden, picking flowers, initialed ECS, with note: jacket and cover design (color; 23x14.25) [see also .237]

 

 

Box 17, Folder 3: original drawings

 

.87       man praying, airplanes, fields, and a frieze depicting the arts behind him, Art Deco buildings to his right and left, and waves in front of him (black and white; 15x11.5)

 

.88       boy looking at a clown and a circus lady on a horse, with caption “His First Love”;

            On back: partial illustration of a garden;

            Both illustrations in color; 17x20, bad tear

 

 

Box 17, Folder 4: scrapbook with prints of illustrations and photos of marionette shows (.89)

 

These items are found in the scrapbook:

Two copies of The News (newspaper printed in Media, Penn.), Sept. 21, 1950, with article about Mrs. Shoemaker’s marionettes;

Cover of The Ladies Home Journal, April 1920, signed Edna Cooke (for description, see .85 above);

Cover of Leslie’s Weekly, December 3, 1921, with an illustration entitled “When the Wind says, ‘come, let’s play!’” signed Edna Cooke;

Photos of marionette shows, “Stories which may have made history”;

Book jacket for Mother Goose (Cupples & Leon Co.), with illustrations for “Hush-a-bye, Baby” and “Little Miss Muffet”;

Cover of The Ladies Home Journal, August 1920, signed Edna Cooke (children and mermaids playing in waves);

Illustrations from Heidi: Heidi and Peter with goats; “How beautiful it is, cried Heidi”; “Heidi began a tour of inspection”; “Heidi sat down in a little chair”; “Heidi drew up her stool to Granny’s side”; “Clara lay looking at the stars”;

Illustrations from Hans Brinker: “Gretel on her stilts”; “The scene seemed fairly alive”; “Hans was clever at carving in wood”; “The door slowly opened” [scene with Saint Nicholas]; “Skating slowly, the boys and girls moved forward”; “Good-night, they cried”; “There was a movement upon the bed”;

Book jacket for East o’ the Sun and West o’ the Moon;

Eight uncaptioned illustrations for East o’ the Sun and West o’ the Moon;

Book jacket and six illustrations for Stories by Mrs. Molesworth: “They were sliding down the branches of the tree in all directions”; “Round and round in moving circles, twisted and untwisted, the brilliant band of butterflies”; “It’s a royal salute, said the cuckoo”; “So Floss and Carrots ate their bread and milk in undiminished curiosity”; “Then this must be the way, said Floss”; plus the cover illustration, showing a boy and girl outside a gate, with a nurse on the other side

 

 

Box 17, Folder 5: garden plan

 

.91       “suggested plan for the garden of Mr. & Mrs. Orlando Shoemaker, Manchester Ave., Media, Pa.,” created by Upper Bank Nurseries, Inc., Media, 3-10-64; pencil and watercolor (15x13)

 

 

ITEMS IN MAP CASES:

 

Map Case B, drawer 1:

Folder 1: original illustrations for Stories by Mrs. Molesworth

 

.173     “’It’s a royal salute,’ said the Cuckoo.”  (girl and cuckoo walking up steps while Chinese men bow to them; signed E. Cooke, frontispiece) (color; 12.5x18, matted to 19.75x30)

 

.174     “Round and round in moving circles, twisted and untwisted, the brilliant band of butterflies” (girl on stump with bird and butterflies; signed Cooke, opposite p. 72) (color; 12.5x18, matted to 20x30)

 

.185     “No sooner was she seated than off flew the work box, away, away.” (girl in work box, with spools, flying in the air, opposite p. 304); (color; 12.5x18, matted to 20x30) (see also .75)

 

 

Map Case B, drawer 1:

Folder 2: original illustrations for Moon Lady Series (see also Box 16, folder 1)

 

.176     mother sitting under tree, with baby on lap and children around her, believed to be part of Moon Lady series (name Edna A. Cooke and her address are on back; color, oval image, 14.5x21 on 20x27 board)

 

.177     same children as in .176 walking, a cat is with them, tree and birds in background (name Edna A. Cooke and her address are on back; color, round image, 17.75 in diameter, on 20x26 board)  

 

.178     girl standing on moon, which is behind a tree (same image as .20; name Edna A. Cooke and her address are on back; color, semicircular image, 17.25.x11.25 on 20x26.75 board)

 

.179     Woman holding children in crescent moon, with other children swinging from it. (same image as .22; ; name Edna A. Cooke and her address are on back; color, circular image, 17.5. in diameter, mounted on 22x28.25 board)

 

.180     Woman in crescent moon with lots of babies, older children standing below the moon (related image is .32; ; name Edna A. Cooke and her address are on back; color, circular image, 17.25 in diameter, mounted on 20.5x25.75 paper);

            On back: pencil sketch of a an elf(?) and an owl

 

 

Map Case B, drawer 1:

Folder 3: original illustrations for Mother Goose

 

.181     elderly woman, almost undoubtedly Mother Goose, sitting under a tree, surrounded by children, including Little Bo-Peep and Little Miss Muffet (color, signed E. Cooke; 11.5x19 mounted on slightly larger board) [note: the collection includes a photo of Edna Cooke sitting at an easel holding this illustration];

            On back: mostly a pencil sketch of children and animals at edge of pond, with yellow sun

            (drawing is torn and part is missing)

 

.182     boy and girl riding flying geese, with upper body of another figure also in mid-air; similar to the frontispiece for Mother Goose’s Nursery Rhymes (New York: Cupples & Leon, 1930) (color, signed E. Cooke; widest dimension:14x18.5 mounted on 22x28 board)

 

 

Map Case B, drawer 1:

Folder 4: original illustrations for Rip van Winkle and Legend of Sleepy Hollow

 

.183a-b            old man being followed by children, probably the frontispiece (“A troop of strange children ran at his heels”) for Rip van Winkle (Philadelphia and London: J.B. Lippincott, 1923) (color, signed E. Cooke, 14.5x20 on 20x30 board);

includes a label for the Third Annual Exhibitions, Phila. Art Week Association, with name Mrs. Edna Cooke Shoemaker, and title “illust. From Rip Van Winkle”

 

.184     man, possibly Ichabod Crane, teaching school, in a scene from “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” (color, signed Edna Cooke; 13x18 mounted on 20x30 board)

 

 

Map Case B, drawer 1:

Folder 5: assorted original illustrations

 

.186     mother and children in garden, next to pergola, near sundial (black, white, gray; signed E. Cooke; greatest dimensions: 21.5x9, on 28x20 paper)

 

.187     children falling from a blossoming tree (color, cover for The Ladies Home Journal, April 1920; signed E. Cooke, 14.5x19.25 mounted on 20x30 board) (see also .85)

 

.188     Old Year and New Year (old man and baby), and a circle full of babies (color, signed Edna Cooke, 22x28)

 

 

Map Case B, drawer 2:

Folder 1: original illustrations for Biblical scenes

 

.189     Creation Story: “They heard the voice of the Lord God, walking in the garden in the cool of the day”; with symbols (black, red, yellow; 30x20)

            Note: sticky stuff around edges of board

 

.190     Noah’s Ark (blue, red, yellow, 30x20)

            Note: sticky stuff around edges of board

 

.191     “And they went forth from Ur of the Chaldees” (colored; 30x20)

 

.192     the story of infancy and boyhood of Moses, on one panel (colored, 30x20) (see also .198-.202)

 

 

Map Case B, drawer 2:

Folder 2: original illustrations of Biblical scenes

 

.193     “David playing before Saul” (black and yellow; 24x18 mounted on 28x22 board) (see also .194)

 

.194     David playing for Saul, very similar to .193 above (black and gold, 30x20)

 

.195     “Daniel in the Lion’s Den” (blue, red, and ecru; 24x18 mounted on 28x22 board)

 

.196     “Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations.  For a thousand years in they sight are but as yesterday when it is past.  Psalm XC”  (vignettes of advances in communication and writing, with note: “end paper – printed in brown on cream paper”; 30x20)

 

.197a-b            illustration of planets, clouds, lightning bolts, haloed figure reading a book, and a frieze of men from 17th century back through the centuries to ancient Egypt; with statement on separate piece of paper: “Yet once more I shake not the earth only but heaven also.  And this word signifieth the passing of those things that are shaken, as of things made, that those things which cannot be shaken may remain.”  (color; 30x20)

 

 

 

Map Case B, drawer 2:

Folder 3: curtains and living room backdrop

 

.207     red velvet curtain covering a piece of board, probably used for marionette shows (30x20)

 

.208     black velvet curtain framing a print of a sailing ship, with three-dimensional sails (ship not drawn by Edna Cooke Shoemaker), probably used for marionette shows (30x20)

 

.209     painted backdrop, probably used for marionette shows: living room decorated for Christmas, with orange velvet curtains; not signed, but undoubtedly by ECS (30x20)

 

 

Map Case B, drawer 3:

Folder 1: signs

 

.210     “The Rose Tree Marionettes Present”: drawing of a stage with puppets, signed Edna Cooke and initialed ECS (black and white but discolored; 20x13);

            On back: rough sketch of a puppet theater

 

.211     a small puppet stage with the heading “The Rose Tree Marionettes” (color, 20x30)

 

.212     sign for the “Rose Tree Dancers,” with heading “Merrie England,” depicts dancers in a rose tree, music along the bottom, not signed (color, 29.75x20)

 

 

Map Case B, drawer 3:

Folder 2: backdrops for marionette show: “Peter Rabbit”

 

.213a   cold frame (color, 7.25x3.75)

 

.213b   picket fence section (color, 19x17)

 

.213c   stone wall section (color, 30x20)

 

.213d   Mr. MacGregor’s garden (color, 30x20)

 

.213e   entrance to the Rabbits, home (color, 30x20)

 

.213f    the Rabbits’ burrow (color, 30x20)

 

 

Map Case B, drawer 3:

Folder 3: backdrops for marionette show: “Goldilocks and the Three Bears”

 

.214a   outside of the Bears’ home, in a forest, with bee skeps (color, 30x20)

 

.214b   inside of Bears’ home, with portraits of the Bears (color, 30x20)

 

.214c   inside of Bears’ home, with stairs and clock (color, 30x20)

 

 

Map Case B, drawer 3:

Folder 4: backdrops for marionette show: “Sleeping Beauty” and French drop curtain

 

.215a   opening backdrop for “The Sleeping Beauty,” from France, figures in a garden (color, 30x20)

 

.215b   court scene, with fountain and castle in background (color, 30x20)

 

.215c   attic room, with strings of dried herbs and flowers, spider webs, and books (color, 30x20)

 

.215d   white tree with colorful birds, in a forest (color, 30x20)

            Note: found with Sleeping Beauty backdrops, but is probably not related to them

 

.216     French drop curtain, with cupids (color, 30x20)

 

 

Map Case B, drawer 3:

Folders 5-6: backdrops for marionette show: Mother Goose

 

Note: the backdrops in folders 5-6 were in a folder labeled “Mother Goose: Crooked Man, Simple Simon, Rock-a-bye Baby, Sing a Song of Sixpence, King of Hearts, Ride a Cock Horse, Miss Muffit [sic], Cake Walk.”  However, there were not backdrops for all these. 

 

.217a   Mother Goose Marionettes, similar to cover illustration for Mother Goose’s Nursery Rhymes (New York: Cupples & Leon Co., 1930, which was illustrated by Edna Cooke Shoemaker)  (color, 30x20)

 

.217b   crooked house, for “There was a Crooked Man” (color, 30x20)

 

.217c   people at a fair, probably for “Simple Simon (color, 30x20)

 

.217d-e            trees and castle backdrop for “Rock a Bye Baby” (see illustration in Mother Goose’s Nursery Rhymes, opposite p. 295)  (color, 30x20)

 

.217f    King of Hearts backdrop: canopy over cards for king and queen of hearts (color, 30x20)

 

.217g   “Rock a Cock-horse to Banbury Cross” (see illustration in Mother Goose’s Nursery Rhymes, opposite p. 302)  (color, 30x20)

 

.217h   “Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet” (see illustration in Mother Goose’s Nursery Rhymes, opposite p. 151)  (color, 30x20)

 

.217i    backdrop for unknown nursery rhyme (although possibly for King of Hearts), with two niches and floral designs (color, 30x20)

 

 

 

Map Case B, drawer 4:

 

Folder 1: backdrops for marionette show: Christmas

 

.218a   backdrop with castle, Christmas trees, toy soldiers, a doll (color, 30x20)

 

.218b   outside of Santa Claus house and workshop (color, 30x20)

 

.218c   street scene in snow (color, 30x20)

 

 

Map Case B, drawer 4:

Folders 2-4: backdrops and drawings for marionette show: “St. George and the Dragon”

 

.219a   room in a castle or a chapel (color, 30x20)

 

.219b   outside of a castle (color, 30x20) – note: badly flaking, in box on shelf

 

.219c   ramparts of a castle (color, 30x16.5);

            On back: pencil sketch of ramparts

 

.219d   Gothic tracery for a chapel or room in a castle (shades of white, 30x20)

 

.219e   lake scene, with leafless trees (color, 30x20)

 

.219f    princess primping, assisted by ladies, with rose trellis in background (color, 23x14 on 30x20 board)

 

.219g   “unicorn tapestry,” also with deer, dogs, birds, and lots of flowers

 

.219h   two drawings for “St. George and the Dragon”: king leading princes, while courtiers follow behind them; and king walking away from princess, while St. George guards her (black and white, 23x14.5 on 30x20 board)

 

.219i    St. George battles dragon, while princess prays for him (signed Edna Cooke Shoemaker; color, 23.25x14 on 25x17 board)

 

.219j    two scenes in one: princess leads dragon while St. George follows behind; king welcomes back princess, while St. George kneels at their feet (color, 25x17 on 29.75x20 board)

 

Map Case B, drawer 4:

Folder 5: backdrops for marionette shows: unidentified

 

.220     blue sky backdrop, with “diamonds” for stars (blue cloth, 30x20);

            On back: pencil sketch for trees

 

.221     two castles on hills in background; trees, meadow (color, 30x20)

 

.222     angel figure (color, 7x14)

 

.223     angels in a v-shape formation (color, 30x22.5)

 

 

Map Case B, drawer 4:

Folder 6: miscellaneous backdrops, figures, signs

 

.224     sign advertising a show to be held at Trinity Church on Wed., Nov. 14

 

.225     sign advertising “Mother Goose” and “The Three Bears,” to be held at Trinity Church on Wed., Nov. 14

 

.226     figures, with sticks in back of them, including Mother Goose(?), a troll, a giant, a fairy or elf, pigs, mermaids, an old man, and a figure with a long white beard (color, 22.5x19.25, with sticks)

 

.227     figures, with sticks in back of them, mostly elves and fairies (color, 19.5x20.25, with sticks)

 

.228     backdrop with exotic flora (color, 30x20)

 

 

Map Case B, drawer 4:

Folder 7: miscellaneous items

 

.229     poster prepared by The Horn Book Magazine, 1939, with illustrations of horn books, mounted on larger board

 

.230     halo, or possibly a sun

 

.231     gold paper

 

.232     black board with white mushrooms painted on it

 

.233a-b            magazine story, mostly illustrations, about works by Giotto, telling the story of Christ, mounted on two boards, but most of the items have become detached from the boards

 

 

Map Case B, drawer 4:

Folder 8: Toy Theaters

 

[not numbered] 18 sheets of 19th century characters, scenery, and props, plus one toy theater; all sheets were printed in Germany by J.F.S.i.E.;

                                    8 sheets of reproduction toy museums from Pollock’s Toy Theatres and Toy Museum, including a calendar for 1969; scenes for “Harlequinade,” “Cinderella,” and “Aladdin”; and two sheets of the Reddington Theatre, plus two sheets of instructions for putting said theater

 

 

Folder on shelf (warped boards): Story of Moses (see also .192)

 

.198     I.  Pharaoh’s daughter in a boat on the Nile; Moses’ sister hides him in the rushes (probably had a story label at one time, but it has fallen off) (color, 24x18 mounted on 30x20 board)

 

.199     II. “And her maidens walked along by the river’s side; and when she saw the ark among the flags, she her to fetch it” (Pharaoh’s daughter finds Moses among the rushes) (color, 24x18 mounted on 30x20 board)

 

.200     III. “And when she had opened it, she saw the child….” (Pharaoh’s daughter looks at Moses in the basket, and his sister approaches the princess.) (color, 24x18 mounted on 30x20 board)

 

.201     IV. “And the maid went and called the child’s mother….” (Pharaoh’s daughter gives Moses to his mother to nurse) (color, 24x18 mounted on 30x20 board)

 

.202     V. “And the child grew and she brought him unto Pharaoh’s daughter….” (Moses’ mother returns him to the princess) (color, 24x18 mounted on 30x20 board)

 

 

Volumes on shelf:

 

.107     19th century scrapbook, kept by unknown person; includes prints and engravings, mostly black and white

 

.108     19th century photograph album of Cooke family, inscribed with names Geo. A. Cooke and Carrie B. Cooke.  Includes cartes de visite and tintypes, many identified, of members of the Cooke family.  Of especial interest are a tintype of George A. Cooke in Federal uniform labeled as taken “near Antietam, Md., 1862”; two tintypes labeled “my suit 1872, at Bay City, Mich.,” showing the front and back of Cooke’s suit and hat, draped over a chair; a carte de visite of Nockchegome(?), a Chippewa Indian chief; a tin type of Jimmie Mills (in a dress) pushing a wheelbarrow; an unidentified boy wearing a dress and carrying a toy gun and a toy sword; and a tin type of a dog.  Several loose photos are laid into the back of the album.

 

.358     photograph album, most of the photos show the Shoemaker children as babies and young children; also includes photos from what may be a “crossing the line” ceremony on a ship; also includes a few 19th century photos (about 105 photos, plus a few post cards, greeting cards, and a church program) [note: loose items from this album are in a folder in Box 10]

 

 

To conservation: 08x27.90 – illustration for Rip van Winkle (13.5 inches wide by 18 inches tall, mounted on a larger board)

 


Books illustrated by Edna Cooke (Shoemaker):

 

This may not be a comprehensive list.  Books are in alphabetical order by author’s surname.

 

Edna Cooke Shoemaker also did illustrations for magazines, but there is no list of what she did.  It is known that she did the covers for the April, June, and August 1920 issues of Ladies Home Journal and the cover for the Dec. 3, 1921, issue of Leslie’s Weekly.  Some of her other magazine illustrations are found in this collection (see especially Box 16).

 

 

Curtis, Alice Turner.  A Little Maid of Philadelphia.  Philadelphia: Penn Publishing Co., 1926 (copyright 1919).

 

Dasent, G. W.  East o’ the Sun and West o’ the Moon.  Philadelphia: David McKay, 1921.

 

Dodge, Mary Mapes.  Hans Brinker, or the Silver Skates.  Philadelphia: George W. Jacobs & Co., n.d.

 

Dodge, Mary Mapes.  Hans Brinker, or the Silver Skates.  Philadelphia: Macrae Smith Co., n.d.  (Washington Square Classics)

 

Eager, Harriet Ide.  Tommy Tiptoe.  New York: Knopf, 1924.

 

Ewing, Juliana Horatia.  Jackanapes and Other Stories.  New York: Grosset & Dunlap, n.d.

 

Ewing, Juliana Horatia.  Stories by Juliana Horatia Ewing  New York: Dial Press, 1935.

 

Fryer, Jane Eayre.  Our Home and Personal Duty.  Philadelphia: John C. Winston Co., 1918.

 

Fryer, Jane Eayre.   Stories of Everyday Wonders.  Philadelphia: John C. Winston Co., 1920.

 

Grady, William E., et al.  Childhood Readers.  New York: Scribner’s, 1938.  Illustrated by Edna Cooke Shoemaker and Maginel Wright Barney.

 

Gray, Violet Gordon. Margery Morris in the Pine Woods.  Philadelphia: Penn Publishing Co., 1921.  [note: title page says illustrated by Isabel W. Caley, but the illustrations are signed or initialed by Edna Cooke]

 

Irving, Washington.  Legend of Sleepy Hollow.  Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1924.

 

Irving, Washington.  Rip Van Winkle: A Legend of the Kaatskill Mountains.  Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1923.  Illustrations by F. O. C. Darley and Edna Cooke.

 

Molesworth, Mrs.  Stories by Mrs. Molesworth.  New York: Grosset & Dunlap, n.d.

 

Molesworth, Mrs.  The Cuckoo Clock and Other Stories.  New York: Grosset & Dunlap, n.d.

 

Montgomery, L. M.  Magic for Marigold.  New York: Frederick A. Stokes Co., 1929.  with frontispiece by Edna Cooke Shoemaker.

 

Montgomery, L. M. Pat of Silver Bush.  New York: A.L. Burt Co., 1933.  Book jacket design by Edna Cooke.

 

Mother Goose’s Nursery Rhymes.  New York: Cupples & Leon Co., 1930

 

Spyri, Johanna.  Heidi.  Translated by Helen B. Dole.  New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1927.  Illustrated by Edna Cooke Shoemaker and Pelagie Doane.

 

Spyri, Johanna.  Heidi.  Translated by Shirley Watkins.  Philadelphia: Macrae Smith Co, 1925.   (Washington Square Classics)