Social History
collections & archives, food & wine, recipes, women's work, advertising
United States: Various, 1919-1949. A seven (7) piece collection of recipe books relating to weird and unusual food. This strangeness can be do the recipe books almost religious adherence to using an unusual ingredient in every dish or to recipes that are either actually bizarre or just unfamiliar to modern.....
Price: $300.00
Leisure, Vacations, California, Tourism, Marketing
Los Angeles, California: c1945. Typewritten letter (11" by 8.5") from Don Thomas, Managing Director of The All-Year Club of Southern California, on letterhead with original envelope responding to a prospective customer's interest in receiving promotional materials. He addresses the letter to "Victory Vacationist", highlighting the Club's push to market Los.....
Price: $375.00
ABCs, embrodiery pattern, cross-stitch pattern
France: Dollfus-Mieg & Cie. Unpaginated hard cover with 91 alphabet and other decorative pattern plates, over eight in three color. Also includes ten perforated removable plates for transfer. This is followed by approximately fifty pages of narrative with images from photographs of completed works and more. Paper separation inside cover.....
Price: $50.00
Cross-stitch and Embroidery, D.M.C., ABC, Gender Roles
Munich, Germany: Bibliothek D.M.C., Verlag von Th. de Dillmont, Dornach, c.1905. An alphabet book for embroiderers, including patterns for shaping letters, monograms, numerals and ornaments. Published by Bibliothek D.M.C., which remains today a major producer of embroidery thread, the book includes over ninety printed patterns plus several leaves of transfer.....
Price: $175.00
Amesbury Massachusetts, World War One, Local War Effort
Amesbury, Mass: Amesbury Daily News Print, 1919. The booklet was issued as a souvenir in connection with the Municipal Reception to Returned Service Men. 33 pages. It gives an overview of the involvement from the Town of Amesbury in Massachusetts during World War One. After the Forward and the General.....
Price: $110.00
Sunday School, Sabbath, Christian Education, Christianity
Chelsea, [Massachusetts]: 1863. Printed program including hymns and order of events for the 1863 anniversary of the Chestnut Street Congregational Sabbath School in Chelsea, Massachusetts. Features an address by the Rev. J.C. Fletcher, and ends with prayer and benediction. Bifolium (7.75" by 5"), pp. [4], illustrated with an image of.....
Price: $125.00
schools & universities, travel and tourism, educational,
Winona Lake, IN: Winona Assembly and Summer School Association, 1906. Winona Summer School was a Christian school in Winona Lake, IN, where both school young men and woman could attended summer school for college credit, but also enjoy the outdoors. Winona Summer Schools thought that "environment has everything to do.....
Price: $125.00
Entertainment, Celebration, Historical Memorabilia
1872. Printed music appendix for the World's Peace Jubilee, held in 1872 in Boston. Contains 35 pp. of sheet music. 8vo (10" by 6.5"), pp. 35, [1], original printed peach wrappers. The World's Peace Jubilee and International Musical Festival of 1872 took place in the Back Bay area of Boston.....
Price: $175.00
Soil Conservation, Agriculture, Correspondence, History of New York
Berlin, New York: c.1920-1931. A remarkable archive of material belonging to Edward C. (b.1872) and Emily (b.1884) Henrotin, farmers active in Rensselaer County, New York, in the 1920s. Emily was an active conservationist, and one of the first women to be recognized in her field; her husband Edward was equally.....
Price: $425.00
schools & universities, newspapers, student newspapers,
Shelburne Falls, MA: Shelburne Falls Messenger, 1908. 16pp. white paper wrapper, front and back cover printed in red ink. Small illustration of the school on the front cover, also printed in red. School newspaper for the winter term in 1908. Included possible course outlines, the scores from recent sporting events.....
Price: $56.00
Artistic Penmanship, Works by Children
Northampton, MA: 1865. 4 leaves. Elaborately decorated cover with gilt enhanced illustrated of boy conquering a mountain. He carries a flag reading "Excelsior". He has penned "Mastr Richard Clarke Burnham School. June 1845" in the cartouche. A large format album with decorative border designs printed in different colors with different.....
Price: $700.00
camp, nature resort, fishing, family
Jackman, ME: Holden Brothers, [1930]. A brochure for Attlean Lake Camps, a nature resort in Jackman, Maine, on the shores of Attlean Pond. It features twenty-two (22) guest log cabins, most with private baths, that can hold between 2 to 6 people each. The camp has a variety of activities.....
Price: $90.00
Aunt Louisa's Big Picture Series, Board games, dice games, games for girls
New York: McLoughin Brothers, 1870. 16 pp, (including covers) Game of croquet, Game of spider and the fly, Game of pearl fisheries, Game of falconry, Game of fishing, and Game of naval engagement. Each game is a board game, with an illustration. A part of Aunt Louisa's Big Picture Series.....
Price: $175.00
advertisement, recipes, cooking, women's work, soap, Dobbins Electric Soap, testimonials
Philadelphia, PA: I. L. Cragin & Co., [1890]. An advertising booklet for Dobbins Electric Soap, a laundry soap produced by I. L. Cragin. The company used 'electric' in the title to in order to capitalize on people's fascination with electricity at that time. The soap itself was formulated with a......
Price: $65.00
Autographs, Calligraphic Drawing, Riverhead NY
Riverhead, Long Island: c.1878. The autograph book of Addie [Raynor?], resident in Riverhead, Long Island, New York c.1878. Includes a very fine calligraphic drawing by Usher B. Howell done in ink and gilt; Howell would go on to be President of the Riverhead Bank. Four leaves of loose autograph leaves.....
Price: $275.00
Spelling Bees, Community Events
Maytown, Ohio: Marietta Times, 1887. B at the B! The local spelling bee, that is, in Maytown, Ohio, on February 22, 1887: "There will B prizes! There will B music!". Measures 10.25" by 6.75", verso blank. Ink stamp to recto.
Price: $175.00
Maps, New England Society of the City of NY, Social History
New York New York - Waldorf Astoria: 23-Dec-07. A 2" x 4 1/2" x 1 1/4" silk covered press board box with The 102nd Annual Festival of the New England Society of the City of New York, December 23, 1907, Waldorf Astoria in woven silk on box side. Affixed to.....
Price: $275.00
children's books, religion
London: Benjamin Pardon, 1850. Produced by the The Religious Tract Society. 32 pages; green paper wrapper, cover has decorative border. Engraved frontisepiece, decorative elements on title page. Story focusing on religion, morality, and devotion to God. 2 3/4" x 4". OCLC-1 (Aug, 2018).
Price: $30.00
Die-cut, Children, Raphael Tuck, Chromolithography, Illustrated
London: Raphael Tuck & Sons, [1890s?]. A delightful die-cut illustrated children's book, chromolithographed with designs by E.A.C. and published by Raphael Tuck. Includes six unattributed poems including: "A Christmas Hamper"; "Sunday Scholars"; "The Windy Day"; "Songs"; "Don't Be Afraid"; and "Night and Morning". Includes six (6) full page illustrations including.....
Price: $200.00
Pretend Play, Paper Dolls, Sewing, Gender Roles
Brooklyn: Neptune Plastics, Inc., c1960. An unused large format book titled Be a Li'l Miss Designer - With this revolutionary new Colorful Self-Sticking Plastic Dressmaking Kit - No Glue No Sewing No Mess! Manufactured by Neptune Plastics, Inc. Brooklyn 16, NY.No. 898. Includes 4 different colors, 6 different styles (patterns).....
Price: $100.00
Electric Trolleys,Public Transport,History of Long Island,Urban Development,Long Island Electric Railway,Interborough Rapid Transit Company
Long Island City, New York: 1903. A printed handbill heralding the "millions" that will soon be spent "joining the Subway and "L" systems of Manhattan with the miles of surface trolley roads in Queens County", thus increasing property values in Queens and beyond on Long Island and connecting more people.....
Price: $225.00
Theatre, Women's History, Philanthropy
Great Falls, NH: 1890. An 11 1/2" x 6" playbill announcing a performance of "Deestrict Skewl" lead by Miss Helen F. Brigham to benefit the Manufacturers' and Village Library in Somersworth, NH. A popular play of the day created by Brigham who produced the 'skewl' consisting of twenty scholars who.....
Price: $125.00
History of Georgia,Education,Berry College
Rome, Georgia: 1925-1938. A small archive of manuscript and printed materials relating to Berry College in Rome, Georgia. Ranging in date from 1925 to 1938, the materials were collected by the school's then-president and chart his professional and personal activities during this time. There is correspondence and poetry; most is.....
Price: $450.00
Education, Ephemera, Promotion
Lindsborg, KS: Bethany College, c1910. A 3 1/2" x 5 1/2" card with an image from a photograph of young women graduates in a field of daisies gathering the ephemeral flowers. The reverse has a stylized, art nouveau influenced daisy at left. The narrative describes the Bethany Campus as one.....
Price: $45.00