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Uncle Tom's Cabin,Race in America,American Novels
United States: c.1890. A late 19th-century reproduction of a photograph, with two actors portraying Uncle Tom and Little Eva from Harriet Beecher Stowe's "Uncle Tom's Cabin". In the image, Uncle Tom gestures with his right hand towards heaven, as Eva looks on. They both hold a book (presumably a Bible).....
Price: $50.00
Paper Dolls, Children's Illustrations, Watercolor, Toys
United States: 1930s. A particularly well-wrought and charming uncut paper doll booklet, "The Paper Doll Family", with wonderful original watercolor artwork featuring a paper doll baby with accompanying accessories and outfits. Oblong 12mo (3.5" by 6"), 4 unnumbered leaves secured with red ribbon.
Price: $450.00
United States Post Office,Urban Development,History of Pasadena,California
Washington, D.C. William Duff Hanie, 1887. Typewritten letter on official letterhead, signed by the Acting First Asst. Postmaster-General William Duff Haynie, informing Walter Raymond, Esq. that his request to rename the a local post office has been approved. Raymond, a Boston businessman, became known for founding a luxurious resort hotel.....
Price: $115.00
WAC, Women's Army Corps, WAAC, Women's Army Auxiliary Corps, WAVES, Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service, United States Naval Women's Reserve, SPARS, USGS, United States Coast Guard, United States Marine Corps Women's Reserve, MCWR, World W
Wilson Jones Co, c1945. A collection of blank Honorable Discharge papers for female service members of the Armed Forces. These services branches include the Army's Women's Army Corps (WAC, formally known as Women's Army Auxiliary Corps WAAC), the Navy's Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service (WAVE), the Marine's United States.....
Price: $450.00
Metalworking, Bent Iron, Price List
New York, New York: Venetian Iron Co. A printed prospectus promoting the art of bent iron work to amateurs, offering an upcoming catalogue from the Venetian Bent Iron Company with related tools and equipment for sale. The amateur needs no special skills, save the ability to read, and the designs.....
Price: $275.00
Social History, Visual Culture, Albums & Journals, Commonplace Books
Hildesheimer & Faulkner, 1870-1880s. Large format album with 39 leaves with applied fine chromolithograph album cards and illustrations on both sides of the page, in other words 78 decorated pages. At the center of each page is an applied album cards surrounded by watercolor illustrations and elements relevant to the.....
Price: $2,400.00
Patent Medicine, Vin Mariani, Cocaine, Advertising Post Cards, Artists
1900-1910. A collection of post cards introduced in five series of thirty created by renown artists of the day. Of the 150 cards this offering includes 119 original unused post cards and 31 photocopies of the original cards (place holders). The images were created by the artist, usually designed after.....
Price: $2,600.00
Illustration Art, History of the Book, Book Dummy
Neuruppin Germany: Neu Ruppin bei Oehmigke & Riemschneider, 1860s. A 17 1/4" x 14 1/2" uncut file copy, the first run off a lithograph stone (showing register marked, printed on vibrant orange paper, It depicts four (4) pages of a book with fine illustrations and border decoration and rhyming verse.....
Price: $425.00
Anti-Vaccination, Public Health
The Pennsylvania State Vaccination Commission, 1919. An anti-vaccination incunable: a vehement booklet promoting Dr. E.R. Moras' controversial theory of "Autology", which asserts that all healthy bodies are self-immunizing, vaccination is harmful, and that "There is but one feasible way to mitigate the coming calamity [i.e. the flu epidemic] and to.....
Price: $350.00
Rebus, Picture Story, Watercolor, Love Token
A single-fold 6 1/2" x 4 3/4" sheet with a grapevine on the cover titled A Fruitful Theme When opened a hand penned note :Although I've hear you called a "cherry" That notion i Deery. I rather choose to eat you The "apple" of my "eye" But if you only.....
Price: $125.00
Made by Hand, Paper Doll, Pretend Play, Royalty
1890s: PM. Two (2) handmade watercolor paper dolls. The first is a 4 3/4" regal woman, the second a 3 1/2" page. Each with a single costume. The lady with a fine dress and hat with flowing scarf. The page or attendant has a hooded costume and walks a dog.....
Price: $425.00
Reward of Merit, Pinprick, Watercolor, Made by Hand
A 6" x 7 1/2" hand penned and watercolor Reward of Merit addressed to George G. Stover for Non-absence, Improvement in School, District No.__. Two stems of watercolor stippled rosebuds with nicely detailed Leaves. Of particular note is the interesting "ghost" of the flowers on the reverse of the reward.....
Price: $150.00
American Politics, Alabama, Democrat, periodicals
The Alabama Democrat Company, 1915. A photo-illustrated advertising circular for the periodical "The Alabama Democrat", first published in 1915. It begins by defining the term "Alabama Democrat" as "a man through whose veins flows the pure red blood which makes true and loyal American citizens; he is a man born.....
Price: $125.00
Women's Organizations,Political Education and Engagement
Dallas, Texas: National Association of Pro America, c.1940. A 1930s pamphlet promoting the Dallas Chapter of the "Pro-America", a "national volunteer educational organization for women, dedicated to the preservation of the Constitution ... It includes in its membership Republicans, Constitutional Democrats and women who have never before been interested in.....
Price: $175.00
Wigmaking, Weaving, Knotting, Made by Hand, Hair
c1940s. Large format folio with 35 leave. The index is divided in two sections - Weaving and Knotting. Includes actual hair, caps, weaves, etc. The topics include Weaving Broadwork: Origin and use Weaving diagrams Weaving sample Marteau diagrams Marteau sample Pin curl diagrams Pin curl sample Two stem switch diagrams.....
Price: $950.00
Vietnam War,Anti-Draft/Conscription,Statement Pins and Buttons,Feminism,Human Rights,Social Justice and Causes,Anti-War Protest
New York, New York: Women Against Daddy Warbucks, 1970. On July 2nd, 1970, five members of the all-female coalition "Women Against Daddy Warbucks" broke into the midtown Manhattan office that held important 1-A draft files, denoting men who would soon be drafted into the Vietnam War. They destroyed these documents.....
Price: $425.00
Women's Suffrage, Postcards, Political Cartoons
New York, New York: Roth & Langley, 1911. An amusing political cartoon postcard depicting a woman squeezed into a single pant leg humorously captioned, "A Present from Brother!". Lithographed postcard (5.5" by 3.5"). Addressed and sent, postmarked 1919, with message in contemporary ink.
Price: $105.00
Jigsaw Puzzle, Farm Life, Childhood Ephemera, Wooden Puzzle
N. Carpenter, c1850s. An 8 1/2" x 12" litho on wood jigsaw puzzle titled "The Life of a Farmer. The puzzle is comprised of 18 captioned vignettes. They are The Farmer and His Family, The Farm House Ricks & Stables, Milking, Churning, Making Cheese, Sheep Feeding, Ploughing, Sowing, Harrowing, Weeding.....
Price: $650.00
Advertising, Broadside, Worcester
Aegis Office, 1845. Handy, Luther & Co. was founded in 1841, and operated at No. 1, Merchants’ Row, off Main Street. This advertisementIs dated Jan. 1, 1845, and was printed by the National Aegis Newspaper that was published in Worcester from 1838 to 1857. Measures 9" x 8 1/2" Housed.....
Price: $400.00
World War II, WWII, Japan, China, Pacific Theater, Qingdao, Tsingtao), Ch'ing-Tao, target, bomb
Qingdao (Tsingtao), China: [1944]. World War II, WWII, Japan, China, Pacific Theater, Qingdao, Tsingtao), Ch'ing-Tao, target, bomb A World War II allied map depicting strike targets in the Chinese city of Qingdao, located in the Shantung Providence, also called either Tsingtao or Ch'ing-Tao. The city was occupied by the Japanese.....
Price: $550.00
Maine,Summer Resorts,Travel,History of New England
York Harbor, Maine: c.1930. A beautifully photo-illustrated travel brochure promoting York Harbor and the coast of Maine as a summer resort destination. Includes photos and descriptions of local historical sites, country clubs, recreation and sport, antique shopping, and a number of "quaint old houses", which the publication particularly relishes in.....
Price: $150.00
Life Preservers, Safety Equipment, Nautical and Maritime
New York, New York: International Life Suit Corporation, 1910s. Advertising handbill for the Ever-Warm Safety-Suit, a diving suit akin to a life preserver that claims to "keep you afloat for hours or days, dry and warm, absolutely protected from exposure". A photograph of a group of adults and children wearing.....
Price: $125.00
police, civil rights, law, aclu, non profit, legal., Q & A
Providence, RI: American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Rhode Island, [1965]. A 'Q & A' pamphlet provided by the Rhode Island American Civil Liberties Union Foundation (ACLU) on what to do when you are stopped by the police. The pamphlet has been broken up into three sections: 'If You Are.....
Price: $65.00