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[Bookplate for Goodwin's Limited]
Description
A decorative border is printed in green ink. Inside at the top left is the Goodwin's script logo "G" on a maple leaf printed in green ink. Text is printed in black ink and three fonts, including the Goodwin's Limited logo script. There is a tear in the bottom right corner and a light "X" drawn across the plate in pencil.
Item Metadata
| Title |
[Bookplate for Goodwin's Limited]
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| Date Created |
[between 1911 and 1925?]
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| Description |
A decorative border is printed in green ink. Inside at the top left is the Goodwin's script logo "G" on a maple leaf printed in green ink. Text is printed in black ink and three fonts, including the Goodwin's Limited logo script. There is a tear in the bottom right corner and a light "X" drawn across the plate in pencil.
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| Extent |
1 bookplate : relief printing ; 8 x 5.5 cm
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| File Format |
image/jpeg
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| Language |
English
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| Notes |
Goodwin's Limited was a department store founded in Montreal in 1911 on the fashionable shopping street St. Catherine. The store was named after the new managing director, W. H. Goodwin. Goodwin's touted high-end fashion, as well as other department store goods including books. T. Eaton Company took over the store in 1925.
References: 1) Bookseller and Stationer and Office Equipment Journal. Toronto: May 1912, 299. 2) Fashion: A Canadian Perspective. Ed. Alexandra Palmer. University of Toronto Press: 2004, 214-219. 3) Stewart, Alan M. "Company Histories: Montreal's St. Catherine Street Shopping District." Canadian Museum of History. Before E-Commerce: A History of Canadian Mail-Order Catalogues. Accessed Feb 10, 2016, http://www.historymuseum.ca/cmc/exhibitions/cpm/catalog/cat2411e.shtml. |
| Identifier |
BP MUR CAN I G663; BP_MUR_CAN_I_G663
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| Collection | |
| Source |
Original Format: University of British Columbia. Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. Thomas Murray Bookplates Collection. Morley Binder. BP MUR CAN I G663
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| Date Available |
2026-03-13
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| Provider |
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
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| Rights |
Images provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy, or otherwise use these images must be obtained from Rare Books and Special Collections: http://rbsc.library.ubc.ca
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| DOI |
10.14288/1.0225932
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| Aggregated Source Repository |
CONTENTdm
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Rights
Images provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy, or otherwise use these images must be obtained from Rare Books and Special Collections: http://rbsc.library.ubc.ca