Ephemera
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
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
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
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
mechanical valentine, die-cut valentine
Three, die cut, mechanical 9 1/2" x 5 1/2" cards. Farmer Brown has a verse on his hat, 'This Little Heart For You I Keep,' 'To show You My Affection Deep.' If you take his hat off, his eyes move. Reverse marked with pencil inscription. The second card has a......
Price: $30.00
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
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
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
Travel and Tourism, Advertising and Promotion
South Haven MI: [1910]. A 3" x 7" vacation promotion in the form of a bank note. . It was issued by the First Sand Bank of South Haven. A beach scene with bathers, some amusements and a building with "The Newcomes" printed on the roof. The reverse depicts the.....
Price: $125.00
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