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The contents are arranged by theme and chronologically.
George Gregory "Greg" Smart is an academic and writer. A graduate and Scholar of the House of Yale University, he has presented to the Ephemera Society of America on several occasions regarding his research on Rufus Porter, the Native American in popular culture, and George Washington ephemera. He currently resides in Connecticut.
[Name and date of item], Geo. Gregory Smart collection of Washington and Mount Vernon ephemera, [Folder], Special Collections, The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon [hereafter Washington Library], Mount Vernon, Virginia.
Ephemera collected by Geo. Gregory Smart related to the memory and popular image of George Washington. The collection includes postcards, calendars, cigar boxes covers, stamps and first day covers, programs for anniversary events, books and pamphlets, hat stands, billheads, stationary, cartes-de-visite, playing cards, and puzzles. Some items are catchy such as a hat stand touting the motto "friends you can hang your hat on," while others are designed to be more educational such as grade-school primers or the story of the presidents from the makers of Planters peanuts.
Receipt for towing the steamboat "Bg Washington" in New York.
7 items, 19th century
Color printed engraving featuring head of George Washington.
Featuring engraving of Washington's House Mount Vernon.
Invitation to Regimental Ball in honor of the Veterans of New Hampshire, 1855 December 18 (2018-SC-035-004) in the Historic ephemera collection.
Ladies' ticket, Third Annual Ball of the Young American American Association, 1856 February 13 in the Geo. Gregory Smart collection of Washington and Mount Vernon ephemera.
Leaders series, "one packed in each box of Kinney Bros. high class cigarettes."
26 first day covers with stamps depicting images of or relating to George Washington or the Founding Fathers.
United States postage stamps depicting George and Martha Washington, commemorating the Declaration of Independence, Constitution or Mount Vernon.
Printer's proof, embossed card with Lady Liberty and George Washington, circa 1855.
The National Capital Bicentennial 1732-1932, issued by Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Pamphlet celebrating bicentennial of George Washington.
22 cartes de visite featuring George Washington, circa 1860s
Photograph, Washington Gavel, 1893
Photographic print, color, "The Mansion Mount Vernon," Detroit Photographic Co., 1900; Scrapbook page with 7 pasted photographs of places in and around Washington, D.C. including the Pan American Union Building, Mount Vernon, and the Capital Building, circa early 1930s; Albumen photograph, image of street and archway with patriotic decorations, undated; Photograph mounted on cloth, Washington and Lincoln Bookends, no. 214, undated; Photograph mounted on cloth, Geo. Washington Book Ends, no. 115, 2 copies, undated; Souvenir family photographs taken at Mount Vernon, set of 2, individuals unknown, undated; Photograph, Portico of Mount Vernon mansion, The C. O. Buckingham Art Co., 5 x 7", undated; Photograph, Portico of Mount Vernon mansion, The C. O. Buckingham Art Co., 4 ½ x 6 ¼", undated; Photographic print, color, Washington Monument and cherry trees, The C. O. Buckingham Co., undated; Photographic print, statue of George Washington, undated; Photographic print, outside Federal Hall, New York, undated; Photographic print, Washington's headquarters at Valley Forge, undated; Stereograph, Washington's headquarters at Valley Forge, undated; Souvenir photograph, Washington's Bed and Room where He Died, Luke C. Dillon, copyright by the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association, undated; Photographic print, Portico of Mount Vernon mansion, undated; Photographic print, Longfellow House, undated; Photographic print, Washington's Headquarters, Coryells Ferry, NJ, undated
Signed by the scultptor and addressed to Brantz Meyer, Esq.
Oval engraving of a bust of Washington and engraved signature mounted on paperboard.
"The Presidents of the United States of America; South, North, 1732-1883," circa 1883; Sheet music cover, American Dance Music Collection, 1885; "Washington's Head-Quarters, Newburgh, N.Y.," p. 206, undated; "Washington, Did 1799, Born 1932," text regarding Christopher Columbus on recto, undated; "Washington Crossing the Delaware. Vol. I—p. 423," undated; "The State Cotillion 1773," undated; "Early Love of Truth.—p. 6," undated; "Winter at Valley Forge.—p. 94," undated; "Crossing the Delaware.—p. 78," undated; "Washington Chosen for Commander-in-Chief.—p. 62," undated; "Washington's First Speech to the Indians.—p. 19," undated; Washington surrounded by Columbia, eagle and laurels with image of the signing of the Constitution below, undated; "Quaker Lady Detaining the English General," undated; "Young Callender Fighting his Gun," undated; "Washington and Lee at Monmouth," 2 copies, undated; "Washington Endeavoring to Rally the Fugitives," 2 copies, undated; "Washington Midway between the two Armies at Princeton," undated
127 postcards ranging 1908-1947 featuring images of or relating to George Washington.
1 postcard of Washington crossing the Delaware [2019-SC-025-002]
Manuscript letter on paper with image of Columbia, 1862; Pictorial card, Washington's Farewell Address, circa 1861-1865; Pictorial envelope with enclosed order form, 150th Anniversary Commemoration of Washington's Farewell to the Continental Army at Rocky Hill, 1933; Envelope with 1932 Mount Vernon postage stamp, 1933 July 31 [2019-SC-025-002]; Die-cut Christmas card, undated.
Fredericksburg, Virginia, The Boyhood Home of George Washington, 1947 Mount Vernon, Va., 1969; Greeting from Mount Vernon, Va., undated; Greetings from Mount Vernon, Va., Shrine of American Patriotism, undated; Greetings from Washington, D.C., The Nation's Capital, undated; Souvenir Folders of Washington, Mt. Vernon and Arlington, undated
Includes Cinderella labels, calendar cut-outs, place cards, scraps, ribbon, and a souvenir medallion.
With Washington coat-of-arms.
Designed by H. Billings, engraved by the American Bank Note Co.
Scientific American, 1845 August 28; The Yankee, 1846 July 18; Treasure Chest, 2004 February
Published Semi-Monthly, Vol. II No. 28.
An address delivered on the 250th Anniversary of the Birth of George Washington at the Smithsonian Institution Washington D.C., by David F. Musto, Yale University.
Puzzle, wood, portrait of George Washington with flags, undated; Puzzle, paperboard, H. A. Ogden lithograph, undated
Pressed plants from Mount Vernon, 1851; Pin with paper mount, Liberty Bell, 1976; Calendar cut-outs, 31 silhouettes of Washington's head, 1991; Trading card, George Washington's Farewell Address, 2009; Personal telephone book, undated; Cigar fan, undated; Macerated currency sculpture, National Currency Souvenir Co., undated; Box, Martha Washington Linen, undated; Box, Improved Washington Garters, undated; Topographical paper sculpture of Washington's head, undated; 6 Miniature wooden and paper hatchets, undated; Button card with buttons, Washington Pearls, undated; 5 Toothpicks with American flags, undated; Needle packet, 400 Washington Adamantine Steel Pins, undated
Contains printed color scans and photographs of the items in the collection. Also contains typed corespondence, printed e-mails, and documents relating to the collection.
Contains printed color scans of the materials in the collection.