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Margaret Decker scrapbook.

Title
Margaret Decker scrapbook.
Publication
1889-1893.

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Additional Authors
  • Baker, Margaret Decker, 1873-1947.
  • Paderewski, Ignace Jan, 1860-1941
Description
14 leaves; 24 cm
Summary
An unbound annotated scrapbook of cuttings from programs and playbills documenting performances attended by Margaret Decker and friends between 1889 and 1893 in New York and New Jersey, including a recital by Ignace Paderewski at Lyceum Hall (Morristown, N.J.), March 17, 1893. Includes invitations to tea, dance, and card parties (euchre) and to an equestrian exhibition by a local riding club.
Donor/Sponsor
In honor of George Freedley
Subject
  • Afternoon teas
  • Balls (Parties) > New Jersey > 19th century
  • Education > Women > New Jersey > 19th century
  • Euchre
  • Games on horseback
  • Riding clubs > New Jersey > 19th century
  • Popular culture > New Jersey > 19th century
  • Women > Diaries > 19th century
  • New Jersey > Social life and customs > 19th century
Genre/Form
  • Invitations.
  • Marginalia.
  • Theater programs.
  • Playbills.
  • Scrapbooks.
Provenance (note)
  • Gift of Margaret Decker Baker, 1943. (Mrs. W. Reginald Baker)
Call Number
MWEZ+ n.c. 5343
OCLC
1041858638
Title
Margaret Decker scrapbook.
Publisher
1889-1893.
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
sheet
Biography
Margaret Decker was born in East Orange, New Jersey in 1873 and died in Morristown, New Jersey on August 15, 1947. A daughter of a prominent local grocer who ran a prosperous family business (Decker Brothers or Charles M. Decker & Bros.), Margaret Decker attended the Morristown Seminary for Young Ladies and, during this time, kept a scrapbook diary where she recorded her attendance at theatrical performances in New York City and at social engagements in New Jersey. Decker became well known for charitable and political activity in her community, was married to W. Reginald Baker, and had two children. A history of the Decker family is available through the New Jersey Historical Society.
Provenance
Gift of Margaret Decker Baker, 1943. (Mrs. W. Reginald Baker)
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Added Author
Baker, Margaret Decker, 1873-1947.
Paderewski, Ignace Jan, 1860-1941, performer.
Research Call Number
MWEZ+ n.c. 5343
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