Bertsch & Cooper image collection, 1904-1910.

  • Collection ID 1991.0831
  • Creator Names Bertsch & Cooper (Firm)
  • Title Bertsch & Cooper image collection [graphic].
  • Dates 1904-1910.
  • Physical description
    • 1 drawing : ink drawing, cartoon ; 7 x 4 1/2 in.
    • 124 photomechanical prints.
    • 34 photographic prints : b&w ; 14 x 17 1/2 in. or smaller.
    • 3 photographic prints : stereograph.
    • 2 prints : lithograph, col. ; 11 1/2 x 12 in. or smaller.
    • 2 prints : woodcut, col. ; 8 x 11 in. or smaller.
    • 3 sample books.
  • Collection summary Visual materials relating to the Palette & Chisel Club, and the graphic design firm of Bertsch & Cooper. Includes vintage photoprints of costume parties and burlesque skits at the Palette & Chisel Club, and of Fred Bertsch and Oswald B. Cooper; an original ink cartoon by "Webster"; color woodcuts by Gustave Baumann; color lithographs by Ostertag; original graphic designs by Bertsch & Cooper; printed advertisements, broadsides, calendars, greeting cards, and other miscellaneous graphic art from the firm of Bertsch & Cooper. One of the woodcuts by Baumann is "The Builders," a.k.a. "From My Studio Window," 1908.
  • Finding Aids Note Preliminary container list available.
  • Acquisition information Gift of Fred S. Bertsch, Jr. (1991.0831).
  • Names
    • Bertsch & Cooper (Firm)
    • Bertsch, Fred S. Portraits.
    • Cooper, Oswald Bruce, 1879-1940 Portraits.
    • Palette & Chisel Club (Chicago, Ill.) Photographs.
    • Cooper, Oswald Bruce, 1879-1940.
    • Bertsch, Fred S.
    • Baumann, Gustave, 1881-1971.
  • Subjects
    • Artists 1900-1909. lctgm
    • Clubs Illinois Chicago 1900-1909. lctgm
    • Graphic design (Typography)
    • Type designers United States 20th century.
    • Type and type-founding United States 20th century.
    • Printers Illinois Chicago 20th century Pictorial works.
  • Geographic coverage Chicago (Ill.) Social life and customs 1900-1909.
  • Genre
    • Calendars. gmgpc
    • Cartoons. gmgpc
    • Greeting cards. gmgpc
    • Sample books. gmgpc
    • Clippings. gmgpc
    • Lithographs. gmgpc
    • Proofs. gmgpc
    • Gelatin silver prints. gmgpc
    • Tear sheets. gmgpc
    • Woodcuts. gmgpc
  • Geographic name United States Illinois Cook County Chicago.