The Burton Holmes Lectures playbills, 1898-1901.

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The Burton Holmes Lectures playbills, 1898-1901.

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The Burton Holmes Lectures playbills contain information on the various lecture series sponsored by the Rochester Athenaeum and Mechanics Institute. Each playbill contains a schedule of events, descriptions of each lecture, and advertisements for various companies located throughout the city of Rochester and surrounding areas. In total, there are six playbills from 1898-1901. Playbills from the Burton Holmes Lecture series, sponsored by the Rochester Athenaeum and Mechanics Institute during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Each playbill includes details about the topics to be covered during the specified lecture segments.

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RIT Library, Wallace Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8180745

RIT Library, Wallace Library

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Holmes, Burton, 1870-1958

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Burton Holmes Lectures (Firm)

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Elias Burton Holmes (1870-1958) was born on January 8, 1870 to Ira and Virginia (née Burton) Holmes. As part of an affluent Chicago family, Holmes attended the Allen Academy and Harvard School in Chicago until the age of sixteen. In 1886, Holmes left school to travel to Europe with his grandmother on the RMS Etruria. Having bought his first camera at the age of thirteen, Holmes documented most of this trip. In 1890, he presented his lantern slides to the Chicago Camera Club. His lecture was wel...

Rochester Athenaeum and Mechanics Institute

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