Family & Education
Public Health,Family Health,American Citizenship
New York, New York: Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, c.1930. A scarce folding advertising poster promoting many of the public health booklets published by the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company in the 1930s, offering advice on subjects ranging from healthy eating to the importance of vaccinating children against common diseases and first.....
Price: $250.00
Masculinity,Venereal Disease,Public Health,Sex Education,Eugenics
Washington, D.C. U.S. Public Health Service, 1937. A government-issued public health pamphlet on sex education and venereal disease for American men in the armed forces in 1937, featuring an image of a rugged man climbing a mountain on the upper wrapper with the word "MANPOWER" in all caps. Covers the.....
Price: $200.00
Nursery Rhymes
New York, New York: McLoughlin Bros. 1897. Beautifully printed on linen, this children's book by McLoughlin features four (4) full-page chromolithographed illustrations, as well as several smaller in-text illustrations on linen, as accompaniment for a plethora of short nursery rhymes. Very scarce. Small folio (10.5" by 7"), pp. [10], stapled.....
Price: $150.00
Social Hygiene, sexual education, medicine, family & education
Milwaukee, WI: The Milwaukee Social Hygiene Society, 1916. A short booklet announcing the formation of the the Milwaukee Social Hygiene Society, its goals, current members, constitution and by-laws. 10 pgs. Printed cream wrappers. Staple bindings. OCLC 1 (Sept. 2020). Measures 6 1/4" x 3 1/4" The society was a part.....
Price: $125.00
Schools for Girls,Private Schools,Upper-class Education
New York City: Miss Bangs and Miss Whiton's School for Girls, 1916. An extensive and finely produced catalogue promoting Miss Bangs and Miss Whiton's School for Girls, a private school for the daughters of New York's well-to-do. Located in Riverdale-on-Hudson, the School boasted references including The Hon. and Mrs. Theodore.....
Price: $225.00
Household Cleaners and Bleaches,Marketed to Women,Domestic Work,Labor Saving , ABAA-RBMS-2023
Minneapolis, Minnesota: Mrs. Stewart's Bluing, c.1940. "Safe, Even for Baby Things": A group of 1930s ephemera advertising Mrs. Stewart's Bluing, a bleach product used in the home for a variety of purposes including: laundry and stain removal; softening water; household cleaning and sanitizing; and lime removal. Marketed to American housewives.....
Price: $225.00
Brothers and Sisters, Siblings, Valentine, Love and Friendship
[United States]: c.1850s. A sweet Valentine from brother to sister, with hand colored wood engraving, that reads: "Sister, there's magic in thy voice, / There's thrilling love within thine eye, / To make my bounding heart rejoice, / Or soothe it with thy tender sigh. / There's an angel lent.....
Price: $150.00
McLoughlin Paper Dolls
New York, New York: McLoughlin Bros. 1880s? A medium-sized doll produced by McLoughlin titled "Myra Mild", described by Howard as part of an "attractive series of dolls with wardrobes in the fashion of the day" (p. 104). This example is cut, and appears largely complete; it includes the 6.5" doll.....
Price: $100.00
Hard of Hearing and Deafness,Speech Pathology and Therapy,Social Work,Child Development
Chapel Hill, North Carolina: North Carolina Memorial Hospital, 1957. Program of events printed for the third annual Conference on Handicapped Children, organized around the theme of "Problems of Speech and Hearing". Note that children who are hard of hearing/deaf or have speech/communication disorders are categorized here in 1957 under the.....
Price: $125.00
Original Art, Made by Hand, Baby Book
May 26th,1890. 12 leaves. vellum, bound with braided silk tie. Cover reads "Baby's Book" With quote at top "each day sees some rare unfolding of the sweet young life, the dawning of a new intelligence" from A Child Shall Lead Them. Elaborately penned with watercolor illustrations. The next page is.....
Price: $900.00
Anson Randolph, American Paper Dolls,
New York: Anson D.F. Randolph, 1857. The family is all together with the seven members: Father, Mother, Miss Adelaide, Clara, George, Baby, and Bridget the Nurse. Each doll has multiple hand- colored costumes that match with their age and character. Most with three costumes, two with two costumes, Miss Adelaide.....
Price: $500.00
Paper Dolls, Sitcom, Entertainers, Pretend Play, Popular Culture
Columbia Pictures Industries, Artcraft, 1972. Authorized Edition. 6pp. Cover image of the popular television singing family with a die-cut opening to the first page depicting their touring bus. Six punch out dolls first and last pages. The back cover has a large punch-out of a seated David Cassidy. 4 pages.....
Price: $50.00
Chapbooks, Popular Entertainment, Murder, Lewd Women, Robbery, Love, Misguided Youth, Theater, London Stage
London: Printed by and for Hodgson & Co., [1824]. Chapbook with hand-colored frontispiece, detailing the tragic and salacious history of George Barnwell, a young man seduced into shooting his uncle by a wicked "Woman of the Town" named Milwood. The story was particularly popular on the London stage in the.....
Price: $250.00
Teachers and Educators,Pennsylvania Dutch,Women in Teaching
Lancaster, Pennsylvania: 1877. An 1877 provisional certificate inscribed in ink for Annie Hissler of Lancaster Pennsylvania, signed by the Superintendent of the district's schools, B.F. Shaub. It certifies that the newly qualified teacher "is a person of good moral character, and has passed an examination" in the subjects of orthography.....
Price: $175.00
Children's Serials,Rebus,Published for Children
New York, New York: Phillips & Hunt, 1880. Three (3) issues of a charming newspaper published for little learners. Each two-page serial offers illustrations, poetry, history, and moral lessons reinforcing Christian values. Two of the issues feature rebus stories. Each issue is printed in a smaller format to better fit.....
Price: $125.00
Medical Treatment,Family Medicine
Plymouth, Massachusetts: 1829. A handwritten medical bill in ink made out to "Widdow [sic] Hannah Blakeslee" from "R. Cook" for "medical services for self" from September 16th, 1825 until April 21st, 1829, totaling $14.42, and noting already received payment for medical services rendered to Gerry Blakeslee for $9.00. Located at.....
Price: $125.00
Boyhood,Children's Magazines,Educational Fiction,The American Family
Detroit, Michigan: The Sprague Publishing Company, 1913. Large illustrated circular advertising "The American Boy", a magazine for boys marketed as a "feast of good, wholesome, interesting and fascinating reading to boys" that any parent would approve of. Includes illustrations of handsome young boys engaging in wholesome activities such as photography.....
Price: $200.00
Strong, Valentine, Guitar, Dog
A single fold valentine depicts a young women in a garden setting playing the cello. She has on a pink dress with a blue pinafore. Her right foot holds her music in place. The dog is adorned in a pink rose head piece and is up on his hind legs.....
Price: $60.00
Dancing School, Socialization
WilmingtonDE: 1896. An 8" x 5 1/2" program for the Children's May Party at Eden Hall held May 1, 1896. It includes 21 dances. At the end of the program is a note indicating Fall class for beginners will commence Oct. 3. Reverse is blank. Additionally a single sheet financial.....
Price: $35.00
Public School,Race and Education,Segregation
Nashville, Tennessee: Jones, Purvis & Co., 1873. Printed record of an 1873 law passed in Tennessee on public schools. Note the availability of free public education to people of color, but only in segregated settings, as mentioned in Section 30: "Be it further enacted, That the Public Schools shall be.....
Price: $200.00
Adventure Stories,Children's Books
New York, New York: McLoughlin Bros. c.1876. A winsome children's story by McLoughlin charting the adventures of Little Flora and Jack, who become miniaturized and live in a pumpkin and a shoe before flying back to the real world in a hot air balloon. Includes seven (7) bright full-page chromolithographed.....
Price: $175.00
Red Wing Institute , schools & universities, circular, education, advertising
Red Wing, MN: Red Wing Institute, 1876-1877. A single-fold circular for the Red Wind Institute a private school in Red Wing, MN, in the 19th century which "prepares pupils for college, teaching or business. Instruction thorough. Discipline strict but mild. Both sexes received." The school year was 36 weeks, broken.....
Price: $110.00
History of Connecticut, Real Estate and Land Development
Clinton, Connecticut: Stannard & Chapman, c.1900. A rare booklet advertising seaside homes in Clinton, Connecticut, a shoreline destination on Long Island Sound. Includes a description of opportunities for recreation and relaxation in the area (such as digging for clams, sailing, and picking berries), details about the cottages for sale, a......
Price: $325.00
Sex Education,Family Planning and Birth Control
Augusta, Georgia: Southern Medical Supply Company, 1950. A 1950 sex education manual "Written for the Layman", i.e. the general public, from the point of view of physicians wishing to dispel harmful sex myths. Covers a wide range of topics, including: male and female reproductive anatomy; intercourse, including different sex positions.....
Price: $175.00