Uploaded July 2024 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Cinderella is a tale of transformation and perception. We are delighted to have in the Sheila Bourke Children’s Collection not only the McLoughlin Brothers chapbook Cinderella and the Little Glass Slipper, but also the woodblocks used to print this chapbook!
By photographing the woodblocks, adjusting the contrast levels, and flipping the images, we were able to match the blocks to the final print images. Strangely enough, we have one block that doesn’t appear in the final published chapbook—a scene of the carriage, as it seems. Does anyone have a copy of this chapbook that includes an image of the carriage? Let us know! A nice little #MysteryMonday.
See the catalog record at the link in bio, or here: mcgill.on.worldcat.org/oclc/191234965
McLoughlin Bros. 1863. Cinderella and the Little Glass Slipper. Fairy Moonbeam Series. New York: McLoughlin Bros., Publishers. Sheila Bourke Collection, McGill Rare Books and Special Collections.
Video editing, script, narration by Jacquelyn Sundberg, McGill Libraries.
Cinderella is a tale of transformation and perception. We are delighted to have in the Sheila Bourke Children’s Collection not only the McLoughlin Brothers chapbook Cinderella and the Little Glass Slipper, but also the woodblocks used to print this chapbook!
By photographing the woodblocks, adjusting the contrast levels, and flipping the images, we were able to match the blocks to the final print images. Strangely enough, we have one block that doesn’t appear in the final published chapbook—a scene of the carriage, as it seems. Does anyone have a copy of this chapbook that includes an image of the carriage? Let us know! A nice little #MysteryMonday.
See the catalog record at the link in bio, or here: mcgill.on.worldcat.org/oclc/191234965
McLoughlin Bros. 1863. Cinderella and the Little Glass Slipper. Fairy Moonbeam Series. New York: McLoughlin Bros., Publishers. Sheila Bourke Collection, McGill Rare Books and Special Collections.
Video editing, script, narration by Jacquelyn Sundberg, McGill Libraries.
