Trade Catalogues & Price Lists
Gender in Advertising,Men's Fashion,Courting
Chicago, Illinois: Hart Schaffner & Marx, 1904. The Fall & Winter 1904 catalogue for men's fashion by Hart Schaffner & Marx, featuring a tongue-in-cheek illustration on the front: a handsome, well-dressed man distracts an older woman with a Bible passage while he sneakily slips her beautiful young daughter a love.....
Price: $150.00
Equestrian,Saddlery
Chicago, Illinois: Hays & Whiteford, 1887. Trade catalogue for Hays & Whiteford, manufacturers and dealers in harnesses, saddlery and whips, as well as other miscellaneous equestrian equipment such as horse clippers, pomades and polishes. Features an illustration that spans both the upper and lower covers of a horse wearing one.....
Price: $300.00
household & furnishing, advertising, women's work, trade catalogue, food & wine, trade catalogues
Lowell, MA: Woods, Sherwood & Co., 1878. A catalogue for items of "wire ware" which essentially means any item in which all or part of the item is made from wire. Some examples of items sold are: tea or coffee stainers, spiral egg beaters, egg stands, tooth brush holder, and.....
Price: $225.00
Sewing Machine Needles, Advertising and Promotion, Price List
8.13. A 2 3/4" x 4 1/4" illustrated business card for Howe Machine Company in Watertown NY. Artistic printing adorns the front. caption of Cheap, Simple & Durable. The reverse is a price list of sewing machine needles by the dozen and by the 100. Among he more expensive are.....
Price: $85.00
trade catalogue, gas, compress air, science, business history
New York, NY: Chas. Beseler, 1888. A wonderful illustrated scientific trade catalogue of compress air atomizers and gas pumps. There are seventeen (17) engravings throughout the trade catalogue, some of the illustrations are of:a compressed air receiver, novelty air pump, gas compressor, and an inhaling apparatus. This trade catalog was.....
Price: $175.00
Manufacturing
Seattle, Washington: F.S. Lang Manufacturing Company, 1930. Trade catalogue for F.S. Lang-brand hotel ranges and kitchen equipment, illustrated with dimensions, pricing, descriptions for each product. Includes everything from steam tables and refrigerators to coffee urns and griddles. Includes index and telegraph code list in the rear. Large 8vo (10.75" by.....
Price: $275.00
Steel Wheelbarrows, Warehouse Trucks, Russel Paper Truck, Stone Car, Forge Shop Truck, Cotton Trucks
Truck Catalogue No. 11-T Lansing - Company. Formerly Lansing Wheelbarrow Company. Lansing Company. Philadelphia. 1913. Soft cover. 86 pp. with 6 additional pages dedicated to coal cars. Handtrucks and carts. Contains Steel Wheelbarrows, Warehouse Trucks, Russel Paper Truck, Stone Car, Forge Shop Truck, Cotton Trucks and more. Black & white.....
Price: $95.00
Public Health,Family Health,American Citizenship
New York, New York: Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, c.1930. A scarce folding advertising poster promoting many of the public health booklets published by the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company in the 1930s, offering advice on subjects ranging from healthy eating to the importance of vaccinating children against common diseases and first.....
Price: $250.00
Gastronomy
Pacific Ocean: Empire Line, 1900. Handwritten on-board dinner menu on illustrated company stationary for the Empire Line's SS Pennsylvania, dated February 22, 1900. Offerings include over twenty dishes including Bouillon of Bass, Fricadell a la Neapolitan, Lemon Jelly, and Blanc Mange. Measures 8" by 5"; verso blank. The SS Pennsylvania.....
Price: $95.00
Illustrated Trade Catalogue
New York, New York: Spelman Brothers, c.1905. Illustrated trade catalogue for Spelman Brothers, a New York-based shop of eclectic "Bazaar and Bargain Goods". Offers deals on items ranging from clothing, flags, and base balls to fans, handkerchiefs, lace collars, and brooches. Spelman Brothers was most active between the 1880s and.....
Price: $150.00
Women's Fashion
Boston, Massachusetts: H. Methot, 1899. Illustrated trade catalog for H. Methot, "French Feather Dresser", whose services include dying, cleaning, and curling ostrich feather for women's hats. The booklet offers advice for mailing feathers, different styles of curling, and urges customers to "never throw old feathers away", as they may be.....
Price: $200.00
Silk embroidery, embroidery, needle point, needle artwork
New London, CT: The Brainerd & Armstrong Company, 1898. 76 pp. A guide with comprehensive descriptions of items sold and instructions on how to utilize them in order to make embroidery or the like. The cover is in color, designed to look like an embroidered rose. There are 21 color.....
Price: $70.00
Efficiency in the Workplace,Rubber Stamps and Seal Presses
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Peiffer Brothers, 1890s? Trade catalogue advertising products sold by the engravers Peiffer Brothers of Philadelphia, including seal presses, stencils, rubber stamps, and other stationary and office supplies. Includes illustrations of the product and the impression as well as pricing and, in the case of the stamps and numbering.....
Price: $225.00
trade catalogue, shoe, shoes, fashion, vermont, lake champlain, footwear
Winooski, VT: Perfection Overgaiter Company, 1915. A trade catalogue for the Vermont-based company called Perfection Overgaiter Company which started out manufacturing overgaiters and leggings, but eventually producing all sorts of footwear. The company prided itself on the workmanship and high quality of their products, often making their shoes from leather.....
Price: $75.00
Polo, Bicycle Polo, Equestrian Sports, Horsemanship
Chicago, Illinois: Charles Meurisse & Company, 1929. Photo-illustrated catalog for Polo & Hunt products sold by Charles Meurisse & Company of Chicago in 1929. Polo equipment is illustrated and priced, and includes polo mallets, balls, referee accessories, saddles, bridles, girths, bits, boots, helmets, clothing and accessories. Even bicycle polo sticks.....
Price: $350.00
Lustres, Reference
15 Page, color illustrated book, “English Gold Lustres,” by John M. Clarke, Director of the New York State Museum, published at Albany, NY in 1908. With four color plates.; Text about the history of lustred pottery, compared to that produced in English factories. Most descriptions are about gold lustres. Condition.....
Price: $85.00
wax flowers, price list, schumacher bros, crafts, hobbies, circulars
Portland, ME: Schumacher Bros. Circular folded into 4 sections, printed on blue paper. Lists the prices for all of the different things needed to make wax flowers, accompanied by pertinent details. Products include sheet wax, wire, gilt leaf moulds, wooden moulding tools, tin flower cutters, looking glass stands, and "extra.....
Price: $85.00
Glass Manufacturers and Glaziers
Boston, Massachusetts: Tuttle, Gaffield & Co., 1860. Printed price list of German window and picture glass for sale by Tuttle, Gaffield & Co. of Boston. Each type of glass is graded by quality and sorted by size, with prices for each. Notes the sale also of rough plate glass, crown.....
Price: $100.00
Dyes and Dyeing, Patent Medicine
Newport, New Hampshire: Carlton Hurd, c1870. Printed bifolium advertising goods sold by Carlton Hurd, druggist and "dealer in Paints, Oils, Dye Stuffs, Patent Medicines, Perfumery, Toilet Articles, and Druggists' Fancy Goods". Also advertises "Wine and Liquors, a choice stock for medicinal purposes only". Of particular interest are the "Recipes for.....
Price: $225.00
Halftone Printing,Sales Dummies,Trade Catalogue Printing and Design,Modern Job Printing
Boston, Massachusetts: S.D. Warren Company, c.1910? "This book was made to be cut up": a trade catalogue of type, initials, borders, and illustrations on "Warren's Cameo" brand printing paper "to be used in planning printing, and making dummies for sales purposes". Includes 16 pages on 16 leaves (reverse of each.....
Price: $150.00
Interior Design,Woodwork
Racine, Wisconsin: S.C. Johnson & Son, c.1905. Illustrated trade catalogue for S.C. Johnson & Son brand treatments for hardwood flooring and woodwork, including wax, cleaner, shellac, crack filler, finish, and dye. Includes four pages depicting wood dye samples, with quantities and pricing for all products in the rear. Note how.....
Price: $150.00
Alkaseptine, Bathodora, Colorite, Nuxpeptyn, Pile Oil, Solvent, Tissue Phosphates, Stationery items, Carters ink, u.s. playing cards, american bank note playing cards,
The Quarterly - A Catalogue of Proprietary Medicines, Pharmaceutical Supplies and Druggists' Sundries. Gibson Drug Co. New York. 1912. Soft cover. 120pp. followed by 4 page full color appendix of Carter's Ink, mucilage and glues. A diverse catalog organized as follows 1. Price list of patent medicines, followed by color.....
Price: $85.00
Marketing, Periodicals, U.S. States, Native American and Indigenous Peoples
Sioux Falls, South Dakota: The Sunshine State Company, 1925. Before Florida was "The Sunshine State", South Dakota claimed the nickname. We offer here Vol. VI, No. 5 of an illustrated periodical dedicated to marketing South Dakota as "The Sunshine State". Opportunities for outdoor recreation are prominently featured, and the publication.....
Price: $150.00
Medical Appliances, rubber, medical devices
Manufacturer: I. B. Seeley & Co. Location: Philadelphia, PA Date: 1884 Pages: 78 Subject Matter: Medical Appliances Comprehensive descriptions, some prices, and B&W illustrations of medical devices made from rubber used to relieve various ailments, such as abdominal pain, rheumatic affections, and the 'falling of the bowels.' Covers show heavy.....
Price: $175.00