1890s https://fontsinuse.com/sets/2359/1890s Examples of fonts in use in the set “1890s” en Copyright 2026 , FontsInUse.com LLC Sun, 10 May 2026 23:22:45 +0000 Sun, 10 May 2026 23:22:45 +0000 3600 <![CDATA[Connecticut Arbor Day Proclamation]]> https://fontsinuse.com/uses/11521/connecticut-arbor-day-proclamation Stephen Coles


Source: www.loc.gov Library of Congress, Rare Book and Special Collections Division. License: Public Domain.









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]]> https://fontsinuse.com/uses/11521/connecticut-arbor-day-proclamation Fri, 08 Jan 2016 21:53:00 +0000 Stephen Coles <![CDATA[Menu for Eton Dinner at The Monico, Oct. 28, 1898]]> https://fontsinuse.com/uses/11411/menu-for-eton-dinner-at-the-monico-oct-28-189 Stephen Coles


Source: digital.library.unlv.edu Henri Bettoni Collection at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas University Library. License: All Rights Reserved.




Dinner to the Earl of Minto (governor-general designate of Canada), Lord Curzon of Kedleston (viceroy designate of India, and Rev. J. E. C. Welldon (bishop designate of Calcutta), Friday, October 28, 1898 at The Monico. Chairman: Earl of Rosebery, K. G. Also includes a list of previous governors general of India and viceroys of Canada. Menu printed with Berger & Wirth inks. All three honored persons were Eaton alumni.

This menu features at least two exemplars of fancy Victorian type: Bradley and Madisonian, an unusual mix of DIdone italic and Spencerian script.




Source: digital.library.unlv.edu Henri Bettoni Collection at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas University Library. License: All Rights Reserved.


Source: digital.library.unlv.edu Henri Bettoni Collection at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas University Library. License: All Rights Reserved.

Menu detail.



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