Joseph D. Baumann

Item Name	Bookplate Fraktur	Image1 Image2 Image3
Other Owner(s)	Nil
Category	Documents
Year	Early: 1887 - Late: 1887
Description	The inscription on the bookplate on the front cover reads: "'Dieses Gesang-Buch Gehort Mir Maria Martin Im Jahr 1887." The writing is black, blue and red, and the bookplate has a decorative border of alternating red and blue lines. The bookplate is in a small, brown, leather-covered songbook titled "Unparthenisches Gesang-Buch." The book was published in 1871 by Johann Bar's Gohen in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
Maker\Attribution	Joseph D. Bauman
Collection	Joseph Schneider Haus Museum Contact : 466 Queen St. S. Kitchener 519-742-7752 www.region.waterloo.on.ca
Accession No.	1984.028.195
Curatorial Comments	This bookplate was made by Joseph D. Bauman (1815-1889). The Bauman family roots were in Berks County, Pennsylvania, but he was born near Waterloo and farmed near St. Jacobs. Several bookplates, family records and pictorial drawings are attributed to him, and it appears that most of his work was done later than the 1860's. His work is similar to that of Abraham Latschaw and Isaac Z. Hunsicker. He retained some elements from both of these early Fraktur artists, but he also copied motifs from printed forms. Bauman produced many drawings of trees and birds for children and grandchildren, with simple texts, as well as many family records which he lettered and embellished with geometric designs.

Fraktur design based on Family Register by Jacob Shoemacher in Joseph Schneider Bible, 1821.