Social History
Advertising, Trade cards, Newspapers & Periodicals, Litho on Celluloid
New York: S.P. Kellogg, 1887. Lithographed celluloid advertising calendar for the New York Times, "An Independent Republican Newspaper" that "Contains more news than any other paper", with cherry blossom motif. Offers daily and weekly rates. Measures 2.75" by 4.75"; verso blank.
Price: $125.00
Order of Cincinnatus, Fraternal, Carnival
Cincinnati, OH: 1876. A 17 1/2" x 12" certificate with images of an anthropomorphic pig in fancy attire and a horse as a police officer. The King of the Carnival certifies that Thomas L. Jones, a judge, is appointed to Councillor of State with the title of Earl Chesterfield for.....
Price: $300.00
ABAA-RBMS-2023, WWII,Humor, Original Art
[Champaign, Illinois]: 1944. Seven mock-up leaves in pencil and ink manuscript for an unpublished, unrecorded WWII-era satirical serial that appears to have been created by and for a group of college-aged students at the University of Illinois, rife with inside jokes and tongue-in-cheek humor. Includes humorous faux headlines such as.....
Price: $650.00
Humor, Drinking Songs, WWII
United States: c1945. A 12 pp. stapled booklet (9.75" by 7") of drinking songs popularized by servicemen in WWII, titled "The Charlie Song Book: Primitive Songs for Primitive Men". It is "dedicated to the temporary wives, sweethearts, and loved ones" (front). Includes a wood cut of a soldier drinking and.....
Price: $250.00
Made by Hand, Napoleon, French History
An unknown artist's naive cut-out rendering of 8 1/2" watercolor Napoleon Bonaparte. Executed in great detail to the individual braids on his epaulets to the spurs on his boots.
Price: $225.00
Ledger
1834. Includes wages paid to others including tasks performed from 1834-1841 followed by a receivables ledger. Last entry death record of Chauncy, who died at age 60 (1853) , Anne who died at 91 years and Margaret who died at age 65. The Buell family of Ludlow was descended from.....
Price: $65.00
Forges and Tools,American Manufacturing,Material History and Culture
Chicago, Illinois: Chicago Scale Co., c.1875. Illustrated bifolium (11.75" by 9"), advertising "Portable forges, blowers and tools" by the Chicago Scale Co. for a variety of uses: machine shops, blacksmithing, jewelers, mills, mines, farms, farrier work, and railroad work. Each forge and tool is illustrated with pricing, dimensions, and materials.....
Price: $175.00
Teaching Resources,Lesson Planning
Chicago, Illinois: Field Enterprises, Inc., c.1949. A combination trade catalogue and lesson planning guide for teachers, advertising teaching aids sold by Field Enterprises, Inc. including filmstrips, reprints, and leaflets (including activities and parenting advice). There are two price lists and approx. 120 pp. of sample lesson plans ranging in subjects.....
Price: $425.00
Children's and Family Events, Dolls, Chocolate
Boston MA: 1881. A most charming invitation for children to attend a "Chocolate Party and Dolls Fair", wherein the "Little Folks" may invite the "Big Folks" to drink chocolate and see a bazaar of over one hundred dolls, as well as a reading from the talented Miss Adeline E. Hall.....
Price: $85.00
Made by Hand, Original Art, Prototype
c1940s. This proto-type fireworks packet for children is in celebration of the Fourth of July. It features a child outside on some grass holding a firecracker container with five small bursts above him in the sky, and "July 4th" written next to it. The handcrafted card is done on black.....
Price: $65.00
boarding schools, recreation & camps, travel, advertising, Lona Hazzard School, Houdd Gibson School
Castle Rock Springs, CA: Children's Summer Resort, 1927. Self proclaimed as the "Switzerland of American" the Children's Summer Resort was located in small lakeside town in Castle Hot Springs, CA. The children's resort was run by two boarding schools, Lona Hazzard School in Alameda, CA and Houdd Gibson School in.....
Price: $100.00
ABAA-WINTER-2024, Chinese-American Cuisine,East Meets West,International Relations Through Food
Washington, D.C. Chinese Lantern Cafe, c.1930. A menu for the Washington, D.C. "Chinese Lantern Cafe", featuring over 250 dishes and spirits, complete with and including text in both Chinese and English. Printed in red white and blue, the menu aims to marry both East and West: " The management of.....
Price: $200.00
Food and Wine, Military History
Ellis Island, NY: 1918. Single-fold menu. Illustrated title wraps. List of mess personnel including the Mess Officer, Sergeant, Steward, Office Sergeant, Kitchen Duty Sergeants, Mess Hall Corporals and Dietitians. Fare included Roast Turkey dinner with all of the fixings. Measures 5 1/2" x 7"
Price: $50.00
Circus, Entertainment, Songster, Dime Hand Book, Racism
New York: William H. Murphy, [1895]. 37 pp. . A wide array of songs. Many with writer's name and copyright year (mostly 1889) Last page and back wrapper promotes Merchant's Oil products. Measures 6 3/4" x 4 3/4"
Price: $200.00
circular, invite, religion, education, Bible
New York, NY: June 12, 1858. A small circular addressed to the citizens of the seventeenth ward of New York City regardless of their "creed or party". It invited them to a public meeting held at the Norfolk Street Methodist Episcopal Church on Monday, June 12, 1858 at 8 PM.....
Price: $100.00
Love and Friendship, Poetry
American. 1860-1870. A single-fold 7 3/4" x 4 7/8" lithograph valentine printed on plain paper. Image depicts a strolling somewhat sorrowful appearing couple. Decorative floral and filigree border. The verse below reads: That arching brow and clustering hair-- That face all void of art-- The speaking glance, and modest air.....
Price: $100.00
ABAA-WINTER-2024, WWII,V for Victory,Home Economics,Textile Rationing and Conservation in WWII,The American Homemaker
State College, Pennsylvania: Penn State School of Agriculture, 1942. Featuring a "V for Victory" style illustration on the front, this pamphlet encourages American housewives to buy clothing carefully and conserve the clothing they do have, in order to support the troops abroad. At this time, cotton fabric was rationed, as.....
Price: $200.00
Women and Labor,Women's Clubs and Organizations
United States: National League of Woman Workers, 1904. Scarce issue of "The Club Worker", a serial published by the National League of Woman Workers, an association founded in the late 1890s "in the interest of women workers and the clubs which they have formed ... [and to] stand as a......
Price: $175.00
Printing and Publishing, Porcelain trade cards, Advertising and Promotion
Belgium: 1840-1860. A collection of 68 fine cartes procelaine or trade cards made in Belgium from 1840-1860. It includes 32 "printer's own" trade cards, 20 of which are mounted in a period album. Approximately 25% are greater than 10" another 25% are 7" x 9.5". Fine printing with vibrant color.....
Price: $21,500.00
Get Well, Social History, Novelty
1920s-1950s. A collection of 110 different get well cards, predominantly for children and dating from the 1930s to the 1950s with others 1910 to 2000. A majority of the cards in this collection are light-hearted in nature and intended to ?cheer-up? the recipient. Selected from a 30 plus year extensive.....
Price: $1,000.00
Methodist, Australia, nursing, gender roles, England
Washington, DC: 1900- 1913. A collection of 14 letters, written to Eliza Grace Jeffries (1840-1917). While originally born in England, Eliza and her younger brother, Rev Peter Jeffries immigrated to America in 1899. Peter served as pastor to several congregations of the next sixteen years in the Virginia, Baltimore and.....
Price: $350.00
Racism, Stereotyping, Black, Advertising
1880s-1890s. This collection of mostly 19th century advertising trade cards and labels is a representative sample of the demeaning and insulting portrayals used in advertising. It demonstrates extreme stereotyping, racism and satirizing of appearance, speech and actions. It includes portrayals of minstrels, field workers, cooks, philanderers, individuals without proper shoes.....
Price: $5,500.00
Pens and Writing, Correspondence, Gibson Girl, Royal Family, Abraham Lincoln, Edwardian
England and United States: c.1910. A fine collection of one hundred sixty one (161) items relating to the sale of pen nibs in Edwardian England and America, comprised of: one hundred fifty (150) chromolithographed labels for pen boxes of those 45 are unique; one (1) illustrated advertising cover; two (2).....
Price: $2,800.00
Korean War, Propaganda, Visual Warfare, U.S. Psychological Warfare Division
Korea: 1952-1953. A collection of Korean War propaganda, showcasing the intensity and vitriol employed by both sides through visual warfare. In total, there are twenty-eight (28) items representing four (4) languages: Korean, Chinese, Russian, and English. Several of the items were produced by American forces with the intention of convincing.....
Price: $3,200.00