Ephemera
Illustrated Billheads,Mineral Water,History of Boston,Theaters
[Boston, Massachusetts]: Fairbanks & Beard, 1858. Illustrated billhead for Fairbanks & Beard, dealers in "Mineral and Soda Waters, Porter, Ale, Cider, and Brown Stout". Made out in ink to a Mr. Wm. Almey for the sale of soda water, dated Feb 28th, 1858. The billhead depicts the famous Howard Athenaeum.....
Price: $125.00
Menu, Transportation
1900. A single-fold 8" x 5 1/2" menu with cover illustrations with Art Nouveau influenced decoration and illustration of asailing vessel. The menu is for breakfast on the Steamer Plymouth. Comprehensive menu. Wine List on reverse.
Price: $65.00
Family Medicine, Remedies and Cures
St. Louis, Missouri: Luyties Pharmacal Company, 1920s. A booklet for families advertising homeopathic tablets sold by the Luyties Pharmacal Company as treatments or remedies for over forty (40) afflictions ranging from appendicitis to whooping cough. Descriptions of each affliction's symptoms and dangers are included along with which tablet to use.....
Price: $100.00
black water, hydrotherapy, bath house, medicine, health and welfare, business history, advertisement
Alden, NY: The Famous Original Black Water Baths, 1915. The town of Alden in New York became famous in 1891 due to the discovery of black mineral water, more often referred to as black water, a thick, rotten egg smelling water with supposed healing properties. This booklet is advertising for.....
Price: $125.00
Hand Fan, Kyoto Fan Makers, Golden Gate International Exposition, Etiquette and Culture
Printed in Japan: 1939. A single-fold souvenir die-cut in the shape of a full hand-fan when open. Cover illustrations depicts Japanese sights including Mt Fuji on the front and a teahouse scene with women preparing food with men looking-on on the reverse. The narrative discussing hand fans is written in.....
Price: $90.00
Articulated paper toy, articulated paper doll, jointed paper doll, whimsy, hand made paper doll
A truly fanciful fellow with a printed face,and card stock body parts that have been decorated with applied and layered polished and foiled papers. His exaggerated hat has a large applied flower. His bodice begins with pleated paper dickey and velvet bow tie; a crest is applied beneath the dickey.....
Price: $750.00
tourism, advertisement, school, education, lake, urban planning
Faribault, MN: Citizen's Committee, 1884. A tourism booklet for the town of Faribault in Minnesota, which is approximately 50 miles south of Minneapolis. It is described as having a "charming combination of hill and dale, lake and river, forest and prairie, showing views of it's educational institutions, churches, business establishments.....
Price: $180.00
Prang, Leporello, Barnyard Animals, Pastoral
Boston, Massachusetts: L. Prang & Co., 1865. A folding accordion-style (leporello) children's book by Prang, featuring a happy host of barnyard animals including chickens, ducks, a horse, pigs, and a night-hawk. Advertises children's books and Valentines by Prang on lower wrapper. Measures 4.25" by 2.75" folded, approx. 4.25" by 31".....
Price: $450.00
Travel and Tourism, United States Highway, Lodgings
Tampa, Florida: L.H. Brown, Apr-35. The guide helps travelers across the country find accommodations and food with their carefully selected list of places. 18 pages. Each state, listed alphabetically, have the name and address of the recommended house and restaurants. The privately owned houses are all available to room at.....
Price: $85.00
Women's Health,Marketing to Women,Gender Roles
Middlefield, Connecticut: Dainty Maid Inc., 1946-1953. Two (2) items advertising feminine hygiene products by Dainty Maid Inc., makers of the "Daintette" menstrual cup and Dainty Maid brand douche and powder. Provides a window into how companied marketed these products to American women in the late 1940s and early 1950s, emphasizing.....
Price: $175.00
menus, Fifth Avenue Hotel
A single-fold breakfast menu from the Fifth Avenue Hotel with an Engraving of the site for the hotel in 1852. Hitchcock, Darling & Co. c1890. The inside page is the Breakfast menu and includes Fish, Broiled, Fried, Stewed, Eggs, Cold Meats, Potatoes, Breads, etc (and that’s just for breakfast…) 8.....
Price: $100.00
World's fair, business history, American dream, finance, loan
Chicago, IL: Household Finance Corporation, 1933. In 1933 Chicago hosted it second World's Fair in forty years, and it was called "A Century of Progress". It was held at the lake front from June 1st to November 1st in 1933 and May 26th to October 1st in 1934. The 'Household.....
Price: $135.00
Love and Friendship, Georgian era, Printed Silk
1800. A deeply embossed card created in two layers with three different types of material. The top layer is a deeply embossed light olive color. The scene depicts a diety or lovely woman and two cherubs in a garden scene. Entwined vine border decoration with roses cascading above. A center.....
Price: $600.00
Childhood Ephemera, Love & Friendship, Kid Gloves
New Jersey: 1894. A pair of 6" what appear to be kid skin gloves send to little Louise Wood from "Idoll" in Dresden, Germany. The accompanying note reads "My Dear little Louise! Take this little pair of gloves to Mamma and have her see how they fit. Louise, If they.....
Price: $400.00
Advertising & Promotion, Store Display, Social History
Vineland NJ: The Welch Grape Juice Co., [1930]. Large format paper die-cut advertising pieces created for display in store windows. Each of the vertical side banners measures 72" x 20" at the top and 7 1/2" at the base. The top horizontal banner measures 7 1/2" x 72" A warm.....
Price: $450.00
First Aid,Emergencies,Public Health,Cold War and the Atomic Bomb
United States: 1943-c.1950. A group of three (3) first aid booklets from 1943 to c.1950 for families and the the general public, educating them in first aid. Two of the booklets advertise family products sold by McKesson & Robbins, Inc., and the other is a government-issued public health booklet. First.....
Price: $175.00
advertising, circulars, book publishing
Austin, Texas: W. Thomas Taylor. Measures 11 1/2" x 8 1/2" and includes an 11" x 8 1/2" and 10 1/4" x 5 1/8" inserts. The outer brochure is advertisement for a separately published French bookbinding manual by Jean-Vincent Capronnier de Gauffecourt and a bilingual reprint of the historic text.....
Price: $30.00
Vehicles,Carts,Buggies
Racine, Wisconsin: Fish Bros. & Co., 1890s. Folded advertising pamphlet for the Fish Bros' Road Chart, a "Light, Safe, Easy Riding, Two-Wheeled Road Vehicle". Includes illustrations of four different models with pricing, weight, and capacity. Markets the "Phaeton Road Cart" by saying that "ladies ride in it with as much.....
Price: $200.00
Patent Medicines, Meaning of Flowers
New Haven: The C.G. Clark Co., 1869. Trade catalog marketed to women, advertising patent medicines sold by the C.G. Clark Co. Contents include "A Correct Dictionary of Flowers" on the rectos, relating the meanings of over 100 different varieties of flowers; advertisements and testimonials printed on versos. Calendar for the.....
Price: $75.00
Advertising to Women,Perfume and Toiletries,Youth and Beauty Products, Art Deco Design
New York, New York: California Perfume Company, 1926. Featuring a stylish flapper in bright red and black dress on the front, "For You and Your Home" advertises products by the California Perfume Company to housewives as a means of achieving youth and beauty. Advertises perfumes, compacts, creams, makeup, toiletries, powders.....
Price: $225.00
Patent Medicines, Marketing, Dream Analysis, Etiquette, Laugh and Grow Fat
Baltimore, Maryland: Kohler Manufacturing Co., c.1890. Four (4) pocket-sized booklets in original illustrated wrappers, published together as a clever "collect-them-all"-type marketing scheme advertising Kohler Remedies. The booklets contained everything from jokes to dream symbols. The titles include: "Forget-Me-Not Rhymes". Baltimore: Kohler Manufacturing Co., c.1890. 32mo (5.25" by 3.25"), pp. [8].....
Price: $225.00
The Story of Three Partners, Shoes, Hygiene, Factory conditions, Presentation
Beverly, MA: c1915. The introductory piece is addressed to Librarians explaining the purpose of the presentation as being a representation of an actual operation and of proved mutual advantages as an adjunct to all of the theoretical works on the subject found in libraries. The second piece with an Egyptian.....
Price: $350.00
Motherhood,Infant Care and Hygiene,Marketing to Mothers
New Brunswick, New Jersey: Johnson and Johnson, 1959. A guide on infant care for new mothers from Johnson and Johnson, offering special advice for taking care of a newborn infant's delicate skin. Advertises its branded baby powder, oil, cream, lotion, shampoo, and cotton buds, and gives tips for everyday hygiene.....
Price: $150.00
History of Kentucky,American Industry and Commerce
Frankfort, Kentucky: Frankfort Chamber of Commerce, 1930s. Illustrated tourism brochure for the capitol of the state of Kentucky, Frankfort, published by their Chamber of Commerce in the 1930s. Comprised largely of advertisements for local businesses, it provides a valuable snapshot into the area's local commerce at this time, and the.....
Price: $120.00