Souvenir of the Independence of America

Bookmark with title words and image of Washington memorial, crossed flags and scene of Declaration of Independence

the image of this bookmark
was kindly donated by
Jim Layman, USA

SOUVENIR
Woven at the
World's Columbian
Exposition
1893
BY THOMAS STEVENS
Coventry, Eng.
INVENTOR AND MANUFACTURER OF
Pure Silk Woven Book Marks

SOUVENIR
OF THE
INDEPENDENCE
OF
AMERICA.

image of
Washington Memorial

image of
crossed flags

GEORGE WASHINGTON
FIRST PRESIDENT
OF THE
UNITED STATES 1789

image of the
Signing of the
Declaration of Independence

SIGNING OF THE
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
JULY 4th 1776.

VICTORY
above image of
American eagle.

22.0cm long by 6.0cm wide

As can be seen, this bookmark is still attached to the stiff backing paper used to support the bookmark in the post, and this paper has the STEVENS name clearly printed.

Of interest, this same bookmark was also on sale two years later in 1895 at the 1895 COTTON STATES AND INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION, which was held in Atlanta, Georgia. The Exposition was open for 100 days, beginning on September 18, 1895 and ending December 31, 1895.
The following image is of the top of the stiff backing paper to which this bookmark was attached, although it is unknown whether it is attributed to Stevens or his agent, J.J. Mannion, neither of whom is recorded as being at the Exposition.

This page was created on 30 April 2016
Cotton States Exposition backing paper added 19 March 2018 © Peter Daws - Stevengraph-Silks

Reference Number:-	Darby Number:-	Godden Number:-
sb 1858	not recorded	not recorded

Size of Silk:	22.0cm long by 6.0cm wide
Alternative back-ground colours:
Comments:	As can be seen, this bookmark is still attached to the stiff backing paper used to support the bookmark in the post, and this paper has the STEVENS name clearly printed. Of interest, this same bookmark was also on sale two years later in 1895 at the 1895 COTTON STATES AND INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION, which was held in Atlanta, Georgia. The Exposition was open for 100 days, beginning on September 18, 1895 and ending December 31, 1895. The following image is of the top of the stiff backing paper to which this bookmark was attached, although it is unknown whether it is attributed to Stevens or his agent, J.J. Mannion, neither of whom is recorded as being at the Exposition.