Social History
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
Farming,Account Books, Black American, Indenture (?)
[Danbury, Connecticut?]: 1859-1870. A manuscript account book kept by someone who appears to be in charge of a mid-size farm, most likely in Danbury, Connecticut. Records payments towards goods, services, and especially labor, organized by contractor. One individual, "Sanford", is paid to resole and mend shoes for several individuals including.....
Price: $350.00
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
Paper Dolls, Culture and Ethnicity, Social History, Pretend Play
c1840s. A set including two (2) single-sided 6 3/4" female paper dolls and eight (8) costumes depicting regional variances from various nations in Europe. Each of the costumes is lithograph with an egg wash finish. Also includes a 6" x 8 1/2" sheet depicting all eight costumes, again with egg.....
Price: $1,400.00
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
social welfare, child welfare, charity, business history
Scranton, PA: Republican Job Printing House, 1877. The fifth annual report for the Home for the Friendless Women and Children of the City of Scranton. The book starts off by listing the coming year's, 1877, list of officers, managers, auditors, and Advisory Committee Members, before continuing on to the Home's.....
Price: $125.00
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
Aristocracy, Lithography, Social History
c1840. A 10 1/2" x 8 1/4" pressed board box with applied lithograph on the front cover depicting two young women musing while standing arm in arm in a rose garden. The surprise within the box is 20 trinket boxes each 2 5/8" x 1 1/2". Each pressed board box.....
Price: $1,500.00
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
Paper Dolls, Made by Hand, Pretend Play, Marie Antoinette, Women's History
c1900. An elegantly designed 6 1/8" handmade watercolor paper doll in the style of Marie Antoinette and her eight (8) elaborately detailed costumes, six (6) with accompanying hats. Predominantly court dresses; one is "playing a guitar". Reverse is blank. "Marie Antoinette paper dolls - Costumes copied from portraits and paintings".....
Price: $1,500.00
Fashion and Costume, Woman as Influencers, Silk, Gibson Girl, Language of Color
New York & Paris: M. C. Migel & Co., 1908. 8 french-fold pp. with silk screened crane on wraps. The paper for the cover is laid paper with chain lines. The paper for the booklet is more of a washi paper with chain lines. All quite striking. The booklet describes.....
Price: $150.00
Made by Hand, Overlay, Fashion & Costume, Women's History
1820s. A finely executed watercolor of a Regency era women with 14 intricately detailed watercolor overlays. Each character is identified by the artist at the upper left. They include Tyrolise A Peasant of Lucerne Consimiere de Bernes Bas Breton A Dutch Peasant A Chinese Lady Joan of Arc A Dutch.....
Price: $5,800.00
Original Artwork, Unpublished, Manuscript, Watercolor
United States: 1940s. A rather remarkable manuscript children's book rendering of the story of Snow White, with stunning original watercolor artwork. Watercolors of Snow White and/or the Dwarfs adorn each page. The manuscript is comprised of five thick leaves of large card, perhaps manufactured for albums, secured in the left-hand.....
Price: $750.00
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
Infrastructure, Railroads, Industry
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: H.G. Leisenring's Steam Printing House, 1867. First joint report to stockholders from three New Jersey and Delaware based transportation companies, illuminating early efforts to better connect the cities of New York and Philadelphia via innovative railway and canal lines. Includes a list of directors and officers of the.....
Price: $150.00
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
Paper Doll Clothing, Paper Doll Families
c.1930. Charming and naive, this set of paper dolls includes five (5) handmade paper dolls along with matching outfits and accessories. Together they make a family consisting of mother, father, and three children. Each doll is contained in a cardboard folder repurposed from wrappers made from card. One of the.....
Price: $450.00
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
Drunk Driving, Voting Issues, Local Elections, Alcohol and Temperance
Waterville, Maine: F.W. Smith, c.1938. "VOTE THE DRINKING DRIVER DOWN--Vote 'NO' on liquor in September" is the message to Maine voters in this confrontational poster. The cartoon graphic shows a disheveled man hurtling down the road towards the viewer, tossing a liquor bottle behind him, with a license plate that.....
Price: $225.00
Southern Relief Fund, Civil War, Concerts, Benefit Concerts, Reconstruction, Music, Libraries
[Boston]: 1867. A Grand Concert hosted by the Mercantile Library Association at the Academy of Music for the benefit of the Southern Relief Fund during the Reconstruction Era. Max Maretzek (1821-1897) and his Grand Opera Troupe were headliners. Boston's Mercantile Library Association operated from 1820 until 1952, and was established.....
Price: $150.00
Love Token, Made by Hand, Hair
A paper pocket with four sides and a back paper closure. Borders edges in light blue watercolor. An watercolor eternal wreath of flowers adorns the cover Miss A. Hils is penned in the cneter. May love & friendship peace unite, and fill our days with sweet delight; And when, O......
Price: $375.00
Early United States Prohibition, Anti-Prohibition Efforts, Social Welfare
The Voice (Prohibition Paper), c. 1888. 16pp. An attempt to rebuke the idea of prohibition through the use of quotes that support the ineffectiveness of it. Starting with a passage from "The Voice" which was the prohibition newspaper, the argument against prohibition, and the inability to enforce it, is briefly.....
Price: $85.00
Menopause, Sexual Health and Education
Princeton, New Jersey: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, 1985. An educational booklet for women approaching menopause. Includes a general overview, along with more detailed information about its physical, psychological, and emotional symptoms and effects. It closes with a description of how to manage symptoms medically. Interestingly, the booklet has a section titled.....
Price: $150.00