The following book is a masterpiece of advertising for the three contributors! The engraver was A. Blanc (more about A.B. 1, 2), who specialized in horticultural engravings (and whose work I admire), the editor owned a print shop that specialized in printing horticultural works, and Mrs. Campbell was promoting her business. The examples by her are funeral arrangements.
Notice Albert Blanc's thorough attribution at the lower right.
The link above goes to the great full color high quality scan. However, the poorer scan at Google Books was inscribed by Ella herself!!!! I love finding inscriptions of interest!! I wonder if this "friend and patron" is the lady mentioned in Ms. Ella's article.
Here are a few bits more from Floral Design, the ads at that back. There were ads from other people, too.
Jennings Avenue changed name to 14th St. in 1910 I found out,
so I haven't a clue what has become of her company address.
I found
a lovely book by Ella Grant
Wilson, whose passion was knowing everything about her neighborhood, which she considered to be Euclid Avenue, Cleveland. It turned out this was Ella in her second marriage. I am reading her book and find it very interesting. It is chatty, not civic, in style...much more a gossip over tea than a paean to the Cleveland well-to-do. The woman had a mind that wove together the lives of all the people she knew into a perfect sample of Cleveland life around the turn of the century.
Here are the facts of her life that turned up after I knew her name as Wilson.
WILSON, ELLA GRANT (7 Sept. 1854-16 Dec. 1939), florist and author who wrote about EUCLID AVE.'s "Millionaires' Row," was born Ella Lawton Grant in Jersey City, N.J., to Gilbert W. and Susan Lawton and came to Cleveland when she was 6. With $10 savings and $100 borrowed, she started a business of floral decorations. Wilson arranged over 300 weddings and 1,000 funerals, including JAS. A. GARFIELD†'s funeral in Cleveland. Her position as a florist gained her entry into the homes of Cleveland's wealthiest and most prominent citizens. Wilson designed floral arrangements for 18 years for the Chamber of Commerce and HOLLENDEN HOTEL. When a cyclone destroyed her greenhouse on 22 Apr. 1909 and nearly buried her son, she got out of the business. She went to work again in 1918, as garden editor for the PLAIN DEALER, remaining in that position 6 years. In 1929, Wilson began a new career. She had collected and maintained a huge series of scrapbooks of the history of Cleveland, and with them began a series of articles in Sunday magazine of the Plain Dealerdealing with Cleveland and Euclid Ave. The articles became the basis of the first of 2 volumes on Millionaires' Row entitled Famous Old Euclid Avenue. The first volume contained anecdotes, history, biographies, and geography of Euclid Ave. from E. 30th to E. 79th streets. Her second volume, published in 1937, continued the story to E. 105th St. Wilson married twice. Her first marriage was on 25 Dec. 1880 to Jas. A. Campbell; they divorced in 1888. Her second marriage was to Chas. H. Wilson on 29 July 1891. Wilson had 5 children from her second marriage: Pansy, Helen, Carl, Fern, and Earnest.
And here is her book, Vol.2:
RECOLLECTIONS BY
ELLA GRANT WILSON - FAMOUS
OLD EUCLID AVENUE
OF CLEVELAND - AT ONE TIME CALLED
THE MOST BEAUTIFUL STREET
IN THE WORLD
She wrote about everyone on it! Relying on her 600 scrapbooks of information she wrote this book in 1935.
The Ella Campbell name surfaced once in her writing in the following -
"Next we come to the elaborate mansion built by Stewart H.
Chisholm, originally numbered 957 Euclid, later changed to
1006 and now bearing No. 3730 Euclid Avenue, and occupied by
Banks-Baldwin Law Publishing Company, which has cleaned the
building outside and left the arrangement of the rooms identically
as they were. Let us go back to the days when this home was
designated as 957 Euclid and quote a newspaper description of a
brilliant affair held there:
"The elegant residence of Stewart H. Chisholm on Euclid
Avenue was thrown open last evening to Cleveland society en
masse. Nearly six hundred guests had responded to the invitations
of Mr. and Mrs. Chisholm, ..."
..."This room (which refers to the library) also holds a small but very truthful picture of the
'Stable' by W. J. Vorgaard. A very large and very lovely painting
hangs in the parlor, 'Sappho' by Favfanie, and in the library
is a realistic design in oil of 'The Mountaineer,' by Edward
Young. The ballroom is a handsomely appointed hall, and was,
late in the evening, a brilliant scene of beauty. The toilettes worn
by the lady guests were exceedingly elegant, and the floral decorations
of the room added their charm to the scene. Music was
furnished by Germania Orchestra, the floral decorations were the
work of Mrs. Ella Grant Campbell, and in the dining room, refreshments
were served by Weisgerber."...
I also was interested to read of Garfield's funeral (Euclid Avenue features here as well), and, perhaps, you will be also...the sentence that caught my attention was, "There was no a street or an alley without mourning emblems, and the streets would have been deserted but for the sightseers from the country, who came to see the funeral decorations."
The funeral of President Garfield took place on Monday, at Cleveland, Ohio. The body remained in the Rotunda at the Capitol, at Washington, till_ the 23rd inst., and was visited by enormous numbers of people, as many, it is estimated, as 200,000 having passed through the room. Among the floral offerings, which were very numerous and beautiful, was a wreath sent from the British Embassy in the name of Queen Victoria, at her Majesty’s request. ‘It was composed of white roses, smilax, and stephanotis, and bore a card With the inscription, “ Queen Victoria to the memory of the late President Garfield, an expression of her sorrow and her sympathy with Mrs. Garfield and the American nation.” At noon on the 23rd, the Rotunda was closed to the public while Mrs. Garfield and her family took their farewell look at the coffin. A funeral service was then celebrated in presence of President Arthur, General Grant, members of the Cabinet, the diplomatic bodies, and senators and members of the House of Representatives. The coffin was then removed to a hearse and conveyed to the railway station, the roads being thronged by large masses of people, who all stood with uncovered heads. The funeral train consisted of four carriages, one for the body, open at the sides and exposing the with to view; the others were occupied by Mrs. Garfield, her family, and the friends of the President, the Cabinet, the cit-Presidents, and physicians of President Garfield. President Arthur did not leave \Vashington. Great crowds were in waiting at all the towns and cities through which the train passed. At some places the line was strewn with flowers. In the larger cities thousands assembled. The stations were draped in black, bells were tolled, and salutes fired. In the open Country the spectators assembled on the sides of the railway with uncnvered heads, some even kneeling. The fact that the journey was for the most part performed by night did not tend to make the demonstrations any less marked and general. Thousands of people remained sleepless, or left their beds, to pay honour to the remains of the President. All the floral decorations were taken off the coffin before its removal with the exception of the wreath ordered to be made by Queen Victoria, which lay on the head of the coffin during the whole journey, and was only removed at the grave. The train reached Cleveland about one o’clock on Saturday morning. On its arrival a. procession was formed, and marched to the square, where the coflin was placed under a magnificent pavilion erected for the purpose. General Garfield’s portrait was placed above the coffin, it being decided that the remains should not be exposed to view. The entire square was illuminated by electric lights. Throughout Sunday and far into the night a constant stream of spectators passed through the pavilion in which the body was placed. Many were in tears, and many women Sobbed. By midnight it was estimated that 100,000 persons had passed. The train conveying the representatives of the press from Washington to Cleveland ran into a car, and six persons were killed by the accident.
The funeral services began at ten o’clock on Monday morning. They were very simpie, consisting of the singing of hymns by the vocal societies, the reading of Scripture, prayer, and an address by the Rev. Isaac Everitt, an old friend of President Garfield. The procession was very long and impressive, and was marshalled in nine divisions of military and civic societies, comprising nearly ten thousand men.
A notable feature was President Garfield’s old regiment, the 42nd Ohio Volunteers. Among the distinguished persons in the procession were ex-President Hayes, the Chief Justice and Associate Justices of the Supreme Court, Generals Sherman and Sheridan, the governors of nearly all the States, many United States Senators and Congressmen, the members of President Garfield’s Cabinet, ex-Secretary Evarts, and many army and navy officers. The pall-bearers were chosen from among the intimate and personal friends of the deceased. The funeral car was of elaborate construction, being a platform 8ft. by 16 ft., with heavy black draping expending to the ground, bordered with silver fringe, relieved by folds of white silk. The casket rested on an ample dais, with the Queen’s wreath surmounting the coffin.
The car was drawn by twelve black horses, and a way had to be cleared for it through the stately trees which line the Euclid Avenue. Minute guns were fired during the march to the cemetery, which is five miles from the city. Nearly the entire distance there were solid masses of people on both sides of the road, who stood with uncovered heads and tearful eyes while the solemn procession passed. At the grave, Chaplain H. Jones, of the 42nd Ohio Regiment, officiated. He offered up a brief but earnest prayer, and after that there was some singing of sacred music by the German singing societies, and the Benediction was pronounced by President Hinsdale, of Hiram College.
Mr. Garfield’s wife and mother and children attended the funeral ceremonies at the pavilion. They drove to the grave behind the funeral car. The estimates of the numbers who witnessed the procession extend to 250,000. Many in the procession, which was two hours in passing a given point, were totally exhausted by the heat and fatigue. The day was observed as a day of mourning throughout the Union, and services were held in all the churches. New York was as quiet as on a Sunday, business of every kind being suspended. There was no a street or an alley without mourning emblems, and the streets would have been deserted but for the sightseers from the country, who came to see the funeral decorations.
No one (the New York correspondent of the Standard says) seems to know how long the period of mourning will or ought to be extended. This may lead to very awkward consequences. On Tuesday night a theatre opened its doors, the justification being that the funeral services were over, and that therefore it was not indecorous to proceed with the performance. The result was that in an incredibly short time a furious mob assembled in front of the building and threatened to burn it to the ground. It was with the utmost difficulty that their indignation was assuaged or that the police persuaded them to disperse...