A wealth of information is offered at Ellis, through many different media: photographs, films, objects in cases, displays of documents, recordings, and lots of reading matter.
Pieces like the Vanity Fair chair, a descendant of one of the company's oldest designs, are presented along with others that are grouped by decade, along with displays of documents, advertisements, catalogues and sketches from the company's archives.
It consists of a display of old documents from private archives, got together by the Historical Manuscripts Commission and the British Records Association.
Ms. Cooper noted that the center houses a rotating display of historic documents, including the 13th Amendment, abolishing slavery.
Through Sept. 3, "New York Divided: Slavery and the Civil War," a display of historical documents, photographs, political cartoons and other items.
The center has a rotating display of historic documents that can range from a ceremonial copy of the 13th Amendment abolishing slavery to the speech President Bush delivered to Congress after the Sept. 11 attacks.
Alluding to such themes, perhaps, the Visitor Center calls its display of historic documents (which will be rotated every six months) a "Wall of Aspirations" because it highlights Congressional efforts to move the country "toward a more perfect Union".
The show includes a display of court documents from cases where disputes over the condition of the lawn, the standard of maintenance, unsightly weeds and unneighbourly fencing have led to litigation.
This month, Edsor Kronen has an exhibition at Galeries Lafayette in central Berlin, through Nov. 20, which includes a display of company documents and demonstrations by employees of how the Edsor ties are sewed.
