Diary, 1892.

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Diary, 1892.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122394264

The diary records Taylor's observations and comments about the places through which he traveled, his exchanges with local businessmen, and his association with the syndicate. Taylor sold illustrations--called services--from the syndicate that were available to businessmen for particular lengths of time to improve their advertising. Taylor always tried to sell annual services and emphasized that no other local businessman engaged in the same trade would be approached by the syndicate. Taylor sold services for a number of products, including furniture, jewelry, boots and shoes, hats, clothing, groceries, and portraits. He also had a mixed service for department stores. Occasionally, Taylor outlined his communications with the syndicate, indicating the effectiveness of his sales technique and the profit that he was generating for the firm. Taylor's descriptions of towns and landscape, life on the road, and anecdotes about people he met and places he stayed make up a large percentage of the manuscript. During his travels through southern states he wrote about what whites thought of blacks and how they treated them. He provided observations on the Cuban character and the Canadian upper classes. He often commented on the furnishings and physical characteristics of hotel rooms, restaurants, and buildings in particular places. He described the grounds of the Columbian Exposition one year before it opened, a fire in Memphis, TN, the cleanliness of Cincinnati, saloon towns in the Dakotas, and current literature.

1 v. (281 p. + 20 inlaid items) ; 25 cm.

Winterthur Library

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 6700256

Winterthur Library

Related Entities

There are 5 Entities related to this resource.

World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6hj7bv0 (corporateBody)

The World's Columbian Exposition, also known as the Chicago World’s Fair, was organized in celebration of the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus’s landing in America. The fairgrounds, open from May 1, 1893 until October 30, 1893, were designed by Frederick Law Olmstead and covered more than 630 acres in Jackson Park and the Midway Plaisance. Daniel Burnham oversaw the construction of nearly 200 new buildings for the fair, most of which were designed in the Beaux-Arts style. 27 million peo...

Bacheller, Irving, 1859-1950

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6kx666v (person)

Addison Irving Bacheller was an author and journalist, probably best remembered for his pioneering literary syndicate. Born in New York to an old New England family - his mother was descended from John Alden and Priscilla Mullins - he was named after authors Joseph Addison and Washington Irving. He graduated from St. Lawrence University and within a few years had founded his syndicate, which was both profitable and ground-breaking, and brought works from authors like Stephen Crane and Arthur Con...

Taylor, John Young

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6514jg4 (person)

John Taylor resided in Oswego, NY. In 1892, he was a traveling saleman for the first newspaper syndicate established in the United States by Irving Bacheller. Taylor's business card names the firm as Bachellor & Johnson Syndicate, the Pictorial League, headquartered at the Tribune Building in New York. The firm is also known as the New York Press Syndicate. Taylor sold pre-drawn advertising cuts to merchants throughout America from as far south as Havana, Cuba to as far north as the province...

New York Press Syndicate.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w613290n (corporateBody)

Bachellor & Johnson Syndicate.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6jq7hq9 (corporateBody)