Ephemera
Sales and Marketing, History of American Business, Art Deco
Racine, Wisconsin: S.C. Johnson & Son, 1916. Typewritten letter on S.C. Johnson & Son illustrated company letterhead urging a Michigan hardware store to follow up on a potential order of Johnson's Artistic Wood Finishes. Signed in black ink by S. Collier. Measures 11" by 8.5"; verso blank. The illustrated letterhead.....
Price: $50.00
Lady Liberty, Telephone, Communications History and Technology
New York, New York: The Lambert Schmidt Telephone Mfg. Co., 1900. An artifact of early telephone history: a letter from an agent for Commercial Construction Co. to a client, enclosing ephemera with pricing for telephones. The ephemera consists of: one copy of a typewritten letter quoting prices for telephones produced.....
Price: $350.00
Telephone,Modern Invention and Innovation,Trade Cards
Muncie, Indiana: J.M. Fudge, c.1905. An early telephone trade card promoting the "Muncie Vibrating Telephone" sold by J.M. Fudge of Muncie, Indiana. Fudge markets his product as "unquestionably the best Telephone of its Class" and "Unequalled for Lines from One to Three Miles in Length". Includes an illustration of the.....
Price: $125.00
Excavation Machinery,Steam Power
New York, New York: Randolph Bros. c.1877. Advertising circular for novel earth excavation machinery, including a full-page illustration of a steam excavator in in motion. The company markets a purchase of any of its machines as "An Opportunity for Industrious Men" in the agricultural community. Includes price list with horse.....
Price: $325.00
invite, transportation, steamer, Eastman College, Eastman National Business College, Hudson River
Poughkeepsie, NY: Eastman College, May 18, 1878. An invite for the Eastman College's First Grand Excursion, otherwise known as "Poughkeepsie to the Ocean" (via news articles at the time). The students were to travel on Saturday, May 18, 1878, on the steamer Mary Powell, all the way to New York.....
Price: $90.00
Education Abroad, Women's History
New York, NY: Ebell International Academy Journal, December 1875. 24pp booklet beginning with the prospectus for the class of 1876. A course for American Young Ladies who would travel on Hamburg-American Packet Company of the Cunard Line through Hamburg to Berlin. Includes Berlin Courses of Lectures, Exercises and Excursion to.....
Price: $85.00
publishing] [Harding Paper Co]
Franklin, Ohio: The Editor Publishing Co., May, 1895. Magazine with cover, loose paper notification inserted and 1/3 sheet "special notice" attached to first page of magazine,magazine includes Volume I, no. 5, pp 66-80. The editor consists of a variety of materials, published monthly the first few and end few pages.....
Price: $65.00
Disney,Communications,Public Facing,Correspondence,Guest Relations,Buzzwords,Management,Employee Training,Disneyland
[Anaheim, California]: Disney University, c.1980. A scarce monograph privately printed by Disney c.1980 for its employees, outlining effective written communications techniques for public-facing and professional discourse. Includes examples of effective and ineffective letters and memos, mostly dealing with guest services, as well as examples of redundant language, commonly misused words.....
Price: $275.00
Masquerade Ball, German American Social Club
New York City: 1882. A 6 1/2" x 4" used (stub removed) masquerade ball ticket. The ticket provided admission to a masquerade ball at Terrace Garden, , February 20 [882]. The ticket is printed in German. Whimsical costumed revelers with one fellow swinging on the drapery cords. Reverse is blank.....
Price: $425.00
Dudley, MA, Bemis house
MA: c. 1880. Eight (8) mounted photographs of the Phineas Bemis House in Dudley, Mass. Although the photographs use "Old House in Dudley", images appear to be from the Phineas Bemis house which was destroyed in 2005. One mentions it is the "South Room in the Dudley home", another "North.....
Price: $450.00
Standardized Testing, Teaching, Pedagogy, Teaching Qualifications
Washington, Lamoille, and Orange Counties, Vermont: 1873-1877. A collection of eight (8) printed written examinations given to new teachers in Vermont between 1873 and 1877, testing their knowledge in core subjects such as arithmetic, geography, grammar, and American history. Interesting from a modern point of view, to see what has.....
Price: $200.00
Advertising and Promotion, Calendars, Advertising Ephemera and Novelties, Salesman Sample
Cincinnati OH: George H. Jung Co., 1927-1929. A salesman's kit for the George H. Jung Company, Calendars and Advertising Specialties. It consists of approximately 125 items. It includes: An Advertising Blotters Catalog - 44 pp. with 3-6 specimens per page, information on sizes, pricing and a tipped in envelope inside.....
Price: $1,100.00
Aesthetic Movement,Aestheticism,Luxury Products and Advertising
Birmingham, England: Elkington & Co. Silversmiths, 1880s. An attractive Aesthetic Movement-era trade card advertising the silversmith Elkington & Co., featuring an image of a silversmith at work in his workshop in the center of the card. Note the endorsement of royal families ("By Special Appointment to H.M. The Queen, H.I.M......
Price: $150.00
covers, samples, printing and publishing
Boston, Mass. W. C. Dodge Paper Co, 1910s. Brown illustrated cover, bound with brown yarn. Sample books of covers, each sample lists weight, color. 9" x 6" cover and samples in good condition, one sample (gray) has corner cut off.
Price: $70.00
Advertising to Women, Textiles and Fiber Arts, Lingerie and Sleep Fashion
Minneapolis, Minnesota: Hollywood Vassarette, c.1960. Two (2) illustrated booklets advertising lingerie and undergarments by Hollywood Vassarette, with "stories" relating the history of embroidery and lace-making by women: "Because Hollywood Vassarette lingerie and sleep fashions frequently feature dainty, delicate or whimsical embroideries, it seems appropriate to offer this educational booklet so.....
Price: $175.00
dictionary, foreign language, phrase book
Germany: Leipzig, Schmidt & Gunther, c1930. 1072 pp.cloth covers, red fore edge pages. 21 plates including frontispiece. Miniature book. A 1200 word dictionary and phrase book that translates English to Danish to Norwegian. The last 100 pages or so act as a phrase book. Giving translates for numbers, common phrases.....
Price: $135.00
Engraving, White House,
A 6" x 6 1/4" label reading The White House Washington with an engraving of the White House. Perishable Flowers. Keep from frost and extreme heat printed at the base. Reverse is blank. Used for sending flowers from the White House Florist. Established in the 1850s. In 1858 the New.....
Price: $85.00
Law and Legal,Law Associations
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Allen, Lane & Scott, 1883. Engraved Law Association of Philadelphia certificate, finished in contemporary ink manuscript, certifying the membership of James Alcorn, Esq., signed by the treasurer and secretary of the organization. Measures 6.75" by 8.5", with engraved allegorical illustration of Lady Justice, and an eagle flanked by.....
Price: $115.00
Engraved Ticket,Typography,New York University
New York, New York: University of the City of New York, 1859. Engraved ticket for entry into the 1859 Junior Exhibition of the University of the City of New York (later renamed New York University). The school was founded in 1831, and had already opened its first graduate school, the.....
Price: $65.00
Women's history, Education,Commencement
Columbus, Ohio: June 12,1857. Esther Institute was the Columbus, Ohio's first girls' boarding school. It was founder by Lewis Hely in September 1853. The faculty at the school included Agnes Beecher Allen (1831-1919), niece of Harriet Beecher Stowe. The item is a program for the June 1857 Commencement Exercises. It.....
Price: $95.00
Horology, Science and Technology, Movable & Mechanical
New York: J. W. Delamere & Do. 1865. A 3 3/4" x 2 5/8" card with a ring on a string that is to be repositioned across a line of months. The card is to be positions so the A flap faces the sun to create a shadow line. If.....
Price: $400.00
Cover Design,Serials,Art Education,Arts and Crafts,Prang,Art Deco,Advertising Art
Sandusky, Ohio: American Crayon Company, 1929. Vol. VII, No. 7 of "Everyday Art", published by the American Crayon Company in April 1929. Features a wonderful cover design depicting an imaginary art convention that reveals more detail the closer you look (spot the child who dropped his hat, or the policeman.....
Price: $150.00
trade catalogue, magic, card magic, cards, card deck
Carmel, CA: Kard King Studios, Sep-45. A trade catalogue about the "art" of card magic. Published by Kard King Studios, a magic shop that specializes in magic done with a deck of cards. The catalogue itself is a single fold blue heavy stock cover, with four legal size pages attached.....
Price: $95.00
advertisement, printing, posters
New York: C S Pratt, October 1895. Charles Pratt was an early promoter of the poster arts in the United States. He had a store in New York City and in the fall of 1895 he arranged the first ever exhibition of artistic posters from American printers and published. The.....
Price: $100.00