COLLECTION NAME:
Illustrations from Life
Record
Title:
Funk & Wagnalls Standard Dictionary
Description:
Full page advertisement for Funk & Wagnalls Standard Dictionary. Funk & Wagnalls was an American publisher known for its reference works. Funk & Wagnalls was founded by Isaac Kaufman Funk in 1875 as I.K. Funk & Company. Adam Willis Wagnalls joined the firm as a partner in 1877, and the name was changed to Funk & Wagnalls Company. During its early years, Funk & Wagnalls Company published religious books. The publication of The Literary Digest in 1890 marked a shift to publishing of general reference dictionaries and encyclopedias. The firm published The Standard Dictionary of the English Language in 1894 and Funk & Wagnalls Standard Encyclopedia in 1912.
Subject:
Advertising, Magazine
Subject:
Dictionaries
Subject:
Funk & Wagnalls Company
Subject:
Periodicals -- Illustrations
Date:
02/08/1912
Type:
Still Image
Extent:
9 1/2 x 11 inches
Format/Medium:
Advertisements
Format/Medium:
Illustrations (layout features)
Source:
Life, in Jen Library Archives and Special Collections, Savannah College of Art and Design.
Rights:
Copyright is retained by the authors or artists of items in this collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Identifier:
Volume 59, number 1528, page 324.
