Special Collections at ASCPL

From the Local History Collection:

Have you ever received a souvenir book from a trip or business? This book, “The Scrap Book: Choice Bits of Wit, Humor and Philosophy, begged, borrowed and begotten,” was published by the Sweeny Bros., Inc. of Akron and given to their customers. Sweeny Bros. was a local funeral home, which was located at 266 East Market Street in 1930. The book included little essays, poems, and sayings such as those seen below.

Here is a business card from the 1890s advertising the services of Clarendon Livery. Originally located at 113 W. Exchange, the building has long since been demolished but was once a stable where owners could house their horses and where other horses could be hired or bought. Interestingly the back of the business card lists distances for different cities from Akron by carriage road.