Entertainment & Music
Photography] [cinematography] [motion pictures] [trade magazines
California: 1930-1937. A collection of 86 International Photographer trade magazines which focus on technical journal articles, professional design, and photographic classified advertisements and imagery. Published monthly starting with issue 1 in February and geared toward still photography, cinematography, and motion pictures. Collection consists of (listed by year): · 1930 (11.....
Price: $1,000.00
Invitation, German Social Club, Heppenheimer & Mauer
New York City: Heppenheimer & Mauer, 1883. A 4 3/4" x 7 1/2" invitation to a German Social Club masked ball held at Teutonia Assembly Rooms in New York City. Held on February 12, 1883 (Lincoln's Birthday). Fine printing and elaborate scene of elegant woman accepting a gentleman's arm. Reverse.....
Price: $95.00
Fraternal Organization, Social History, Mardi Gras
Kansas City: Lisk's Print, February 16, 1885. A group of ephemera from the first annual ball for the Kansas City Flambeau Club. It includes an invitation with a "flambeau" or torch image at center, a lavender color ticket and a single fold dance card with an illustration of a scroll.....
Price: $200.00
drawings, song bird, doodles, cartoons
1924-1925. A album featuring a series of drawings depicting the characters Cho and Patricia, a song bird and pig respectively. A collection of series of pictures telling the story of their unusual friendship. They include Cho going to church; a series of misadventures, building a brick wall, moving to a......
Price: $550.00
Volvelle, Wheel, Celluloid, Mathematics, Music
Allentown PA: Lightning Arranger, 1931. An oblong 2 3/4" x 4 1/2" celluloid device with two (2) side by side wheels, with a eight (8) window openings on each side. One side is designed to find dominant and sub-dominant chords by setting both wheels to key. It includes Seventh Chords.....
Price: $145.00
Invitations,Patriotic Iconography,Mardi Gras
New Orleans, Louisiana: 1929. Printed invitation addressed in ink to "Mr. M.L. Dowd", inviting him to a Mardi Gras party at the Athenaeum in New Orleans. Features patriotic imagery of an eagle, the Liberty Bell, and the American flag. Illustrated card (3.5" by 6") invitation inscribed to Mr. M.L. Dowd.....
Price: $100.00
eclectibles, paper dolls, vintage paper dolls, jointed paper americana, ephemera, paper toy, menus, travel americana, children's books, valentines folk art Pan Pipes, Walter Crane, Theo Marzial, fanciful Victorian imagery
A hard cover book with pictorial covers with 51 pages of song including printed music and musical score. Arranged and with accompaniments by Theo. Marzials ; set to pictures by Walter Crane; engraved and; printed in colours by Edmund Evans. Profusely illustrated in the fanciful Victorian style of Walter Crane.....
Price: $100.00
Dance Cards,German Heritage and Identity,Balls and Masquerades
[Mystic, Connecticut]: Social Society Frohsinn, 1911. Chromolithographed dance card for a February, 1911 masked ball hosted by a German heritage club, complete with attached miniature pencil and featuring an attractive embossed chromolithographed image of a masked woman on the front. Most likely the Frohsinn Hall in Mystic, Connecticut, which was.....
Price: $125.00
Die-cut Menu, Ballet, French
[France]: c.1910. An elegantly rendered embossed menu, die-cut in the shape of a pair of ballet slippers. Includes ten (10) dishes on the back including Salmon with cucumber, Beef tongue, and Vanilla cream. Measures approx. 4" by 1.75"
Price: $100.00
Carnivals and Side Shows,Death Defying,Women in Entertainment,Souvenirs,Electric Chair,Capital Punishment,Magicians and Magic Shows
United States: [1912]. Souvenir photo card depicting a smiling Miss Electricia, a death-defying side show star who was advertised in newspapers as "taking 1,600 Volts of Electricity in 10 seconds" from "the horrible electric chair of prison regulation" (Harrisburg Daily Independent, 24 Jan.). A doctor was usually in attendance. It.....
Price: $250.00
Photography, Satire, Cartoons, Prints, Humor
North Bridgewater, Massachusetts: L.B. Howard, 1870s. Photographic reproduction on cabinet card of humorous cartoon by L.B. Howard of North Bridgewater, Massachusetts. Howard was a photographer and sold stereoscopes, engravings, chromolithographs, views and albums. The cartoon, "Mutton Chorus", is signed by by Fred Holmes and depicts seven towns (Abington, Braintree, North.....
Price: $175.00
Music and Arts Camps, Music Education, History of Maine
Oakland, Maine: New England Music Camp, 1939-1955. A grouping of ephemera related to the New England Music Camp spanning the years 1939 and 1955, including five (5) printed programs (each approx. 6.25" by 4") and one (1) photographically illustrated advertising brochure (9" by 6", pp. [12], in original printed wrappers).....
Price: $175.00
Handbills, American Music, Concerts, History of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: J. Bicking, Printer, 1825-1827. A grouping of nine (9) printed handbills promoting concerts and public rehearsals given by the St. Cecilia Society of Philadelphia between 1825 and 1827. Each handbill measures approx. 7.5" by 5.5". Typographical borders. Early ink inscription dating handbills to verso, all in same hand.....
Price: $375.00
Whimsy, Fantasy, Printing
Orange NJ: Orange Volksbot Print, 1884. A 4 1/2" x 7" heavy stock used (end removed) ticket for the Orange Maennerchor Grand Masquerade Ball, held at Library Hall, Main Street. Ticket price was $1.00. The illustration is a playful scene with reveling masked gents behind a giant mask being ticket.....
Price: $350.00
Dance Card
Norwich, Connecticut: 1860. A February, 1860 dance card produced for a "Social Levee" held at Breed Hall in Norwich, Connecticut. The event's organizing committee is listed on the second leaf recto. Bifolium (3.75" by 2.5") printed in blue on embossed card with rounded corners. Fastened in lower left-hand corner with.....
Price: $75.00
Disney,Disneyland,Public Facing,Scripts and Narratives,Depictions of Jungles and Rain forests,Racism as Entertainment
[Anaheim, California]: Disneyland, 1980. An original cast member script with Disneyland's Jungle Cruise live narration for the month of April, 1980. Provides valuable insight into how the staff "manage" guests' experiences, from keeping the mood light to keeping the line moving. Includes directions, such as when to load guests into.....
Price: $325.00
Film Stars and Stage Divas,Marketing to Women,Geraldine Farrar,Kittie Gordon,Beauty,Body Image,Cosmetics
Chicago, Illinois: Mrs. Gervaise Graham, c.1914. Photo-illustrated advertisement for products sold by Chicago cosmetics maven Mrs. Gervaise Graham, including hair dyes, dandruff remedy, soaps, rouges, and creams. Note the inclusion of face bleach to remove blemishes and lighten the skin, showing the beauty standards of the time. Each product is.....
Price: $250.00
Entertainment, Women's Work, Quartette
Boston, MA: Holland (photographer), 1880s. A 9 3/4" x 13 1/4" photograph on card on a slightly larger mount captioned "Ariel Quartette". Depicts the four singer in a parlor scene, perhaps the studio, presumably in performance attire as each of their light colored dresses is adorned with floral garlands. A......
Price: $225.00
Costume, C. Bennette Moore, Photography
New Orleans: C. Bennette Moore, 1930s. A 13 3/4" x 10 3/4" photograph of two young women, perhaps sisters wearing identical gowns with matching oversized capes. Adorned with large applique four leaf clovers and long silk tassels at the collar of the cape. Unusual background with two archways or similar.....
Price: $375.00
International Friendship,Tolerance Through Play
United States: N.G.Y., 1910s. A scarce grouping of twelve (12) uncut paper dolls, each of a different nationality and performing its own "native dance" and encouraging international friendship and tolerance. Each doll has at least two outfits that slip over their heads with accessories and hats. All are girls, and.....
Price: $300.00
poem, st. patrick, love songs
Boston, MA: J. G. & H. Hunt, [1835]. A song sheet featuring two songs, Primrose Hill and St. Patrick was a Gentleman. There are two woodcuts on the top of the sheet. The first wood cut shows a suitor sitting on hill surrounded by various items, including a shield emblazoned.....
Price: $400.00
Strong, Valentine, Guitar, Dog
A single fold valentine depicts a young women in a garden setting playing the cello. She has on a pink dress with a blue pinafore. Her right foot holds her music in place. The dog is adorned in a pink rose head piece and is up on his hind legs.....
Price: $60.00
Dancing, Dance School, American Academy of Music, Philadelphia
Philadelphia: Rowley and Chew Fine Printers & Engravers, 1872. The dance card for the reception being held by Professor Asher and the American Academy of Music has information about the schedule of the evening and the order of dances, along with information on Prof. Asher's Dance Academy that would be.....
Price: $95.00
Dancing School, Socialization
WilmingtonDE: 1896. An 8" x 5 1/2" program for the Children's May Party at Eden Hall held May 1, 1896. It includes 21 dances. At the end of the program is a note indicating Fall class for beginners will commence Oct. 3. Reverse is blank. Additionally a single sheet financial.....
Price: $35.00