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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Price: $50.00
Chapbooks, Popular Entertainment, Murder, Lewd Women, Robbery, Love, Misguided Youth...
London: Printed by and for Hodgson & Co., [1824]. Chapbook with hand-colored frontispiece, detailing the tragic and salacious history of...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Price: $175.00