PAGE 43 - 4 Events: 2 Military, 1 Opera Ball, 1 oddity, 11 hotel/ship seals

As noted in previous pages, this blog is for the purpose of inventorying every page in my maternal great-grandfather's many-paged TERWILLIGER SOUVENIR ALBUM, covering the years from 1840 to roughly 1900.

Today's post is Page 43, which is a bit of a mish-mash. There are two Old Guard Military receptions, one ticket for an Opera "Grand Bal," and a colourful oddity of a card.  Eleven small hotel 'seals' images are pasted around the tickets.

Who went to those hotels? When? Why? So many questions with few if any answers.

Top Left and Bottom Right:
Invitations to the Old Guard Military and Civic Reception: Both are for the Veteran Battalion, to be held at the Metropolitan Opera House, Thursday Evening. one for January 22nd 1885; and the other, Thursday Evening, January 21st, 1886.  Army & Navy Officers & Members of the National Guard are requested to appear in Uniform.  

Top right:

Grand Bal Paré et Travisti / de l'Opera / Thursday Feb. 24th 1881. / Madison Square Garden / G. Dushenitz prest.    W. Bachman sec'y. / TICKETS  $ 5. / Admit Gentleman and Ladies. 
You can see a bit of coffee? something has been spilled on top right of this image, but not by me! [I am not certain how to translate the word Travisti in this example. Any help?]

Bottom left:

Fanciful image of Arion with a harp, leading a parade down a street.
There is no writing, details, place, time - nothing. Just a very colourful carnival-like image on very heavy paper, glued heavily on this page. I suspect there is a satirical aspect to it, when looking at caricatures of people in the parade and on the sides, don't you?  It is signed by J. Keppler. and produced by Mayer, Merkel & Ottmann, Lith. 24 Church St. N.Y.

Finally, there are 3 sets of seals, likely cut from stationary, most in NY. Perhaps he simply liked the images. Here they are, top middle, top right, and then bottom middle. Eleven seals in total.

Dragon/horse holding a standard: A.E.DICK; underneath, LONG BEACH HOTEL, Long Beach, L.I.


Lion with trident, atop circle in a wreath stating: Secure Amidst Perils, underneath ANCHOR LINE.



Another rampant lion with many ornate curlicues / PRINCETON INN / A.Bave, Manager / Princeton, N.J.





Ornate symbol with crown over two rampant lion-like images with crossed poles. There are words on the ribbon to both sides of the images, but I cannot read all words. / Motel Netherland / New York

HOTEL MANHATTAN  HAWK & WETHERBEE / inside a shield, with predatory bird above, and fanciful face below. Madison Ave. & 42nd ST. / New York


Eagle head with crowned neck, holding ? unknown image in beak, over shield with only a caligraphic S 





Crown on top / Rampant lion holding image / surrounded by The Cunard Steamship Company Limited /


Stylized intertwined A R 
I was unable to find any image similar to this

Fanciful C inside a row of circles with ribbon tied on top. You can see a pencil stroke across this image. A ticket?

Another interesting C inside a fanciful circle with much decoration.

Finally an odd circle of different shapes like a necklace surrounding a plain N, with the top centre of the circle looking rather like an insect, more likely meant to be a jewelled pendant?

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PAGE 46: 6 events from Christmas Menu to Dance Card,1875-1886

As noted previously, this blog is for the purpose of inventorying my maternal great-grandfather's SOUVENIR ALBUM, from 1840 to roughly 1900.

Today's post is Page 46 is another hodge-podge of events which Grove TERWILLIGER carefully saved. I see a  few fascinating items - the Dance Card filled out in different hands [inside], and the out-of-this-world Christmas Menu from Weddell House restaurant in Cleveland Ohio. There are other events which indicate a relationship, perhaps friendship or associates. Most of these items open up, so the images below will be the open image.

Top left: July 4th holiday

Berkshire Hills / MANSION HOUSE /  Williamstown, Mass. / Sunday, July 4th, 1875 / A. G. Bailey, Proprietor  This is a fairly simple menu with 9 options of a meat/fish dish, everything with a sauce!  I'm hungry looking at these choices.  It's interesting that Grove was  in Williamstown - it's a few years before his marriage to Clara Augusta GRAVES. Perhaps Grove went with his parents, as his father was active in politics. There are lovely buildings in Williamstown, but I could not find "Mansion House."

Bottom left:  Union Boat Club / Sixth Annual Ball / Metropolitan Opera House / Tuesday, February 9th 1886.   I wonder who was a member of the Union Boat Club. The only information I could find is that the UBC [as it was termed] was centred in Boston MA. Searching through newspapers of the times, it is noted that they chose the Metropolitan Opera House this year. "There will be in attendance representatives of the principal boat clubs in the United States and the Musical Programme includes 100 instruments." [Rochester Democrat And Chronicle, Saturday, February 6, 1886; accessed through OldFultonNewspapers]

Top middle: [inside]  WEDDELL HOUSE / Cleveland, Ohio / Geo. W. Wesley & Son. / Inside: Christmas Dinner Dec. 25, 1875.

From Oysters to French Coffee or English Tea - this two page menu is absolutely filled with food choices. Too many to type out, unless you email me with a request!  It would take pages of this blog to list all the entrees, from 5 different ways to have Oysters on the shell, to any/every kind of meat, inluding Rocky Mountain Antelope with Cranberry Jelly, Cold Dishes, Boiled items, Vegetables, Sauces of all kinds,  Pastries, Jellies and Creams, Fruits and Desserts, and Confections. The variety is absolutely amazing. Grove TERWILLIGER would be 19 years of age this Christmas.
 Bottom middle: [inside] WILLIAMS CHAPTER / Alpha Delta Phi / The Fortyfifth  Annual Convention / with the /Williams Chapter. / Your presence is requested at the / Public Exercises / in / The Congregational Church . / Thursday evening May 24th 1877. / President, Hon. John Jay. / Orator, Rev. Edward Everett Hale, D.D. / Poet, Prof. Henry L. Chapman
The Williams Chapter is in Williams College, Williamstown MA. Alpha Delta Phi chapter in Williams College was active from 1851-1969. Grove TERWILLIGER attended Williams College in 1873, but did not continue.
Top right: Syracuse Graduating Exercises, / of the Class of '76, /  Syracuse High School, / Friday, June 30, 1876, / 2 1-2 o'clock, P.M.  [inside] The Programme lists various solos, speeches, Valedictory, Music, and more, as the graduating pupils received their Diplomas. The motto on the right side is in Latin: Suscipere et Finire - roughly, accept and limit [end]. I'd love a better approximation, since it seems rather passive as a motto!  Feel free to help me out with this translation. Six young men and fourteen young women graduated this year. I'm assuming some in this group may be friends of 20 year old Grove, or children of his parents' friends.

Finally we come to the bottom right which is a very small Dance Card, only 4.5" x 3.125". I've uploaded both the cover as well as the full card [inside]. 
Bottom right: Dance Card  Closing Hop, / Mrs. J.P. Goettel's / Monday Evening Class, / Empire Hall, / March Thirty First, 1884.  And inside 18 listed dances - Quadrille, Waltz, Lanciers, Galop, in various orders, with 6 waltzes.  CEH Hubbell had 3 dances plus the Dinner,  and HEC Clapper had two dances. Whoever the woman was with this dance card, Hubbell must have been a strong interest, fiancé, or husband. At this point, it's hard to know without more research. Fascinating to me.

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PAGE 45 - 2 Masque Balls, 2 'other' Events, 1882-1887

As noted in previous pages, this blog is for the purpose of inventorying my maternal great-grandfather's SOUVENIR ALBUM, from 1840 to roughly 1900.

Today's post is Page 45, and the highlights here are two marvellous Masque Balls tickets. Clearly Grove TERWILLIGER and his wife Clara loved social events such as these - there are a number of Masque Ball tickets in the Album.

Top left:

PROSPECT GRAND BAL-MASQUE, / Academy of Music, Tammany Hall & Nilsson Hall. FEBRUARY 3rd 1887 / Admitting Gent & Ladies / P. Wannemacher, President | Geo. H. Huber, Manager | Leave Ticket at home / Present coupon at the door.

Top right: 

GRAND MASQUERADE BALL, / of / EMANUEL LODGE, / No. 208,  I.O.O.F. / AT PYTHAGORAS HALL, / 134 & 136 Canal Street, / On Friday Evening, March 3rd, 1882. / Tickets 50 CTS. | Admit One.
Right side:  PURIM BALL, 1882.
More information about the Purim Association may be found by clicking on the link.  

Bottom left: 

I. O. O. F. | RECEPTION AND DRILL | SEASON 1885 /  WASHINGTON DEGREE CAMP / No. 10  SUB HOC SIGNO /  at Lexington Avenue Opera House, / 58th Street,  Near 3d Ave., / WEDNESDAY EVE'G, FEBRUARY 4TH, 1885 / Mr. _______ and Ladies.  Introduced by [illegible] / Tickets One Dollar. | Dancing to commence at 9.30| Music by Prof Lovell.

Bottom right: 

PROSPECT / GRAND MASQUE BALL, / February 5th 1885. Tickets / $5.00 / Academy of Music / Nilsson Hall / and Irving Hall / Admitting / Gentleman and Ladies / J.D. Kinner Prest. | Geo. H. Huber, Man'gr. /
Leave Ticket at home. / Present coupon at the door.

I am curious who they might have gone with to these balls and receptions. Perhaps my 2nd great-grandparents were members of these various organizations. But, no information is added, all tickets are glued down forever.

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