Social History
fire, fire safety, french canadian, kitchen fire, cooking, public works...
Quebec, Canada: Ministry of Public Works, 1940s. A fire-safety postcard distributed by the Ministry of Public Works in Quebec. The...
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...
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...
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...
Price: $150.00
sewing, women's work, embroidery, rug, rug patterns, catalogue, advertising, women's...
Boston, MA: E. S. Frost & Co.'s Turkish Rug Patterns, 1881. An advertising booklet for E. S. Frost & Co.'s...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
Price: $85.00