Social History
fire, fire safety, french canadian, kitchen fire, cooking, public works, government, death, mortality
Quebec, Canada: Ministry of Public Works, 1940s. A fire-safety postcard distributed by the Ministry of Public Works in Quebec. The blotter is specifically warning against cooking fires. On the right side of the postcard is a black and white illustration of a woman cooking on the stove as she appears.....
Price: $55.00
Victoriana, Beadwork, Playing Cards, Perforated Paper
A 2 3/4" x 3 3/4" litho on pressed board box with inner sleeve for holding playing cards. The top surface is perforated or punch paper (20 punch holes/inch) with embossed die-cut gilt border. The beadwork design is created using miniature glass and metal beads. The scene depicts a sword.....
Price: $275.00
American Civil War,Copperheads,Political Pamphlets
United States: c.1864. An anti-Copperhead pamphlet published in New York, skewering the Peace Democrats (i.e. "Copperheads") and the Governor of New York, Horatio Seymour as "laboring, in the press, and in the forum, to aid their rebel traitor friends in Richmond, by arraying our State in virtual unity with the.....
Price: $150.00
politics, government, state government, tammany hall, budget, corruption
New York: [1871-1872]. A political flyer condemning the corruption by the Democratic Party, and more specifically the Tammany Hall and its Grand Sachem, William M. Tweed (1823-1878). Tammany Hall, alternately called the Tammany Society, Society of St. Tammany, the Sons of St. Tammany, or the Colombian Order, was a political.....
Price: $150.00
sewing, women's work, embroidery, rug, rug patterns, catalogue, advertising, women's work
Boston, MA: E. S. Frost & Co.'s Turkish Rug Patterns, 1881. An advertising booklet for E. S. Frost & Co.'s Turkish Rug Patterns which starts out by promoting the employment options involved to all persons, men, women and children, in the field of rug making. Men can become official agents.....
Price: $110.00
Fraternal Organization, Ethnic Based Unionism, Trade Association, Ceremonial Attire
Covington, KY: c1900. A 14" x 15 1/2" printed ceremonial apron depicting a butcher's tools - sharpening steel, cleaver, knife and saw. It is captioned Deutscher Metzger Verein (German Butcher Association) Covington, Kenton Co., KY. The association members would march in full butcher uniform, including their ceremonial apron for convention.....
Price: $550.00
german, phone, telephone, play, pretend, conversation, conversation, conversations
Germany: Junior International, 1970. This book was intended for toddlers, and would show two children having a make believe conversation on a phone. Such as a young girl ordering food from the local baker for her guests - a group of her dolls. The illustrations are colorful and bright. On.....
Price: $18.00
Swabia, German History and Culture
Berlin: Ed. Buttner & Co. A miraculously intact, full sheet of German language embossed, die-cut hinged Victorian scrap sheet, featuring nine charming separate scenes depicting the humorous story of "The Seven Swabians". Attached to the verso is a printed sheet telling the full story, printed on both recto and verso.....
Price: $120.00
Advertising, W.J. Austen & Co.
Oswego, New York: W.J. Austen & Co., c. 1878. This non-embossed card is advertising the Forest Flower cologne made by W.J. Austen and Co. The die-cut features a girl and a boy, each holding a based of flowers, standing around a large rendition of the perfume bottle. Meant to convey.....
Price: $65.00
Die-cut, Christmas, charitable organizations, chromolithography, children, child welfare
Detroit, Michigan: National Child Welfare League, 1913. A festive Christmas-themed contribution envelope for the National Child Welfare League, which advocated for child welfare and was based in Detroit, Michigan. The contribution envelope, which measures 1.75" by 3", is sandwiched between two pieces of card which have been die-cut to resemble.....
Price: $50.00
Nutrition and Diet,Family Medicine,Advertising to Doctors,Health Foods
Battle Creek, Michigan: Battle Creek Food Company, 1928. An interesting view into nutritional care in the late 1920s: a guide to building a better diet for family doctors and general practitioners, published by the makers of the laxative "Psylla" and the probiotic "Lacto-Dextrin". Includes information on a range of subjects.....
Price: $275.00
law, patent law, circular
New York: Brown, Coombs & Co., 1866. A 4 fold, 10 page pamphlet regarding the Patent Laws of the 'more important' foreign countries. The publisher, Brown, Coombs, & Co, was a law firm that specialized in patent law and had offices in New York and Washington, DC, as well as.....
Price: $50.00
mineral spring, sulfur springs, baths, sanitarium, health resort, spa
Dillsboro, IN: The Dillsboro Sanitarium, [1915]. An advertising booklet for the Dillsboro Sanitarium, a health resort, established in 1912 that used mineral springs to cure a variety of ailments. On of their advertised 'secret of out treatment' was elimination, as the mineral water had laxative properties. This particular side effect.....
Price: $75.00
Disney,Communications,Public Facing,Correspondence,Guest Relations,Buzzwords,Management,Employee Training,Disneyland,PBX,Telegrams
[Anaheim, California]: Disneyland, 1981. The official operating procedure book for Disneyland's telephone system in 1981, including staffing and historical information: "We have a computerized three-panel switchboard that handles 3,000,000 calls a year ... [the staff] includes three full-time, four part-time attendants, and one seasonal attendant and one Chief Operator" (Section.....
Price: $275.00
Pretend Play, Paper Dolls, Paper Playthings
London: Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd., [1920]. A complete set with four (4) die-cut dolls with their trunk, suit case and bag. They have eight (8) interchangeable costumes and three (3) hats. The dolls are permanently affixed to a two-fold folder with a lithograph of the sand and ocean in.....
Price: $550.00
Medicine and Advertising, Marketing to Domestic Workers, Home Medicines
Atlanta, Georgia: Dr. H.H. Green's Sons, c1912. Booklet advertising Dr. Green's Sons' remedy for dropsy, including a summary of the company, description of the affliction, several testimonials, and a mail-in order form with health questionnaire. Also includes several blank pages of lined paper for notes, and tips for domestic workers.....
Price: $95.00
Promotional Brochure
Boston: Fullerton Hall, 1914. A single-fold 11" x 8 1/4" promotional brochure for The Lady of The Decoration" with Miss Hetty J. Dunaway. Images from photographs of the performer on the cover and vignettes from the presentation within. Also includes press endorsements. Photographic image of Miss Mabel el Van, concert.....
Price: $125.00
Currency,U.S. Currency,Economics,Private Currency,Cryptocurrency
United States: Marine Bank and Allis Brown's Bank, Early 19th-century. Four (4) examples of bills issued by private banks as currency, including two five-dollar bills ("Allis Brown's Bank") and two two-dollar bills ("Marine Bank"). Before the Civil War, it was not unusual for banks to issue their own currency for.....
Price: $125.00
IBM, History of Computing
New York, New York: International Business Machines Corporation, 1939-1940. Two (2) early IBM memoranda, dated 1939 and 1940, on company letterhead specific to the Electric Accounting Machine Division. The first, "Commercial Research Bulletin # 32-A", consists of 9 leaves of typewritten instructions for how to operate the Alphabetic Accounting Machine.....
Price: $375.00
Sales and Marketing, History of American Business, Art Deco
Racine, Wisconsin: S.C. Johnson & Son, 1916. Typewritten letter on S.C. Johnson & Son illustrated company letterhead urging a Michigan hardware store to follow up on a potential order of Johnson's Artistic Wood Finishes. Signed in black ink by S. Collier. Measures 11" by 8.5"; verso blank. The illustrated letterhead.....
Price: $50.00
Telephone,Modern Invention and Innovation,Trade Cards
Muncie, Indiana: J.M. Fudge, c.1905. An early telephone trade card promoting the "Muncie Vibrating Telephone" sold by J.M. Fudge of Muncie, Indiana. Fudge markets his product as "unquestionably the best Telephone of its Class" and "Unequalled for Lines from One to Three Miles in Length". Includes an illustration of the.....
Price: $125.00
Excavation Machinery,Steam Power
New York, New York: Randolph Bros. c.1877. Advertising circular for novel earth excavation machinery, including a full-page illustration of a steam excavator in in motion. The company markets a purchase of any of its machines as "An Opportunity for Industrious Men" in the agricultural community. Includes price list with horse.....
Price: $325.00
invite, transportation, steamer, Eastman College, Eastman National Business College, Hudson River
Poughkeepsie, NY: Eastman College, May 18, 1878. An invite for the Eastman College's First Grand Excursion, otherwise known as "Poughkeepsie to the Ocean" (via news articles at the time). The students were to travel on Saturday, May 18, 1878, on the steamer Mary Powell, all the way to New York.....
Price: $90.00
Education Abroad, Women's History
New York, NY: Ebell International Academy Journal, December 1875. 24pp booklet beginning with the prospectus for the class of 1876. A course for American Young Ladies who would travel on Hamburg-American Packet Company of the Cunard Line through Hamburg to Berlin. Includes Berlin Courses of Lectures, Exercises and Excursion to.....
Price: $85.00