Business History
ABAA-WINTER-2024, Careers in STEM,The American Workforce
New York, New York: General Electric, 1956-1968. A grouping of five (5) publications by General Electric, courting young talent and encouraging teens and young adults to pursue higher education in preparation for fulfilling careers in science and technology. Note that each of the publications encourages critical thinking, and focuses not.....
Price: $450.00
Cotton Gin,Textile Industry,Cotton
East Bridgewater, Massachusetts: Carver Cotton Gin Co., 1880s. Illustrated advertising circular, featuring some particularly lovely typographic design, for the Carver Eclipse Huller Gin. Marketed to "Planters and Ginners" as the "Best Huller Gin Made", with improvements on previous iterations. Features large illustration of the product with the name of W.P......
Price: $100.00
printing, poultry, live stock, farming, farmers, advertising, billhead, stationary
New York: Riverside Press. A catalogue that list and provides examples of illustrations that Poultry and Live Stock Breeders can use while advertising their products. At the beginning there is a price list for different sizes of envelopes, note head, memo head, letter heads, statements, shipping tags, post cards, circulars.....
Price: $100.00
Illustrated Catalogue, Price List, Undergarments and Hosiery, Fabrics and Textiles
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Young, Smyth, Field Company, 1912. Fall and Winter offerings from Young, Smyth, Field Company. The expansive listing includes men and women's underwear, hosiery, and gloves; each item is named and labeled with inventory number, sizing, fabrics and materials. Many are photo-illustrated. 8vo (8.75" by 5.75"), pp. 144, with.....
Price: $100.00
Women's Fashion,Children's Fashion,Clothiers,Victorian Mourning
New York, New York: B. Attman & Co., 1889. Printed catalogue advertising women's and children's clothing and accessories sold by the B. Attman & Co. of New York, profusely illustrated over its 96 pages. Includes a blank mail-in order form in the front and index, as well as a brief.....
Price: $250.00
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
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
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
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
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
Chromolithography, Social Culture, Visual Culture, Tobacco, Cuba
1850-1880. A varied array of chromolithograph imagery depicting objects found appealing to tobacco smokers of the day. While the dates range from 1850-1900, the majority of the collection was produced between 1860-1880. A predominant theme is beautiful women. Additional topics include fantasy, racism, exotic locales, plantation life, men's sports and.....
Price: $38,500.00
Paper Fabric Labels, Printing and Publishing, Popular Culture, Social History
[1850-1900]. The collection spanning half a century presents a sampling of over 50 paper fabric labels or "tickets" used to differentiate and promote various type of fabric. From the early days forward they include: embossed die-cut silvered 3 1/4" x 4" labels with elaborate border decoration and mostly animals or.....
Price: $2,200.00
Japonism, Advertising and Promotion, Broadside, Fancy Goods
Boston: A. Stowell & Co., [1870s]. A 10 1/2" x 9 1/2" rice paper broadside with an illustration of toads among the bamboo reeds as a heron flies overhead. It is captioned Holiday Goods and titled "Some of Our Inducements for the Holidays". Followed by a list of various novelty.....
Price: $375.00
Social Welfare, Women's Work
1930s. Leaflet promoting the Laden Plan of Distribution, and reprinting recent positive reactions in the press. Goldie Laden was an advocate for the poor, and developed her Plan in order to right what she perceived as an inherent wrong in modern society: "The most heinous crime in America is our.....
Price: $150.00
Legal Documents,Estates
Mount Joy, Pennsylvania: J.R. Hoffer, 1876. Lithographed legal agreement, finished in ink and dated June 19th, 1876, recording the conditions of sale for an upcoming auction of what appears to be the estate of a deceased man, John Gerlach. Signed by "S.R. Zug(?)", the executor of the estate. No location.....
Price: $125.00
Patent Medicines,Poison
New York, New York: Mr. Fellows, c.1905. A brief educational booklet for patients advertising the patent medicine Fellows' Compound Syrup of Hypophosphites, a mixture of iron, quinine, strychnine (yes, the poison), lime, manganese, and potash (i.e. potassium chloride). Includes brief descriptions of pneumonia, influenza, malaria, whooping cough, and diphtheria. Defends.....
Price: $175.00
auction, inn, hotel, advertise, advertising, advertisement, contract
Southampton, UK: W. T. Hickman and Son, 1883. In 1883, the Ship Inn, a roadside public house, was put on auction by the lawyers W. T. Hickman and Son. This collection features the large broadside for the auction, and three unused contracts for bidders. The auction was advertised to all.....
Price: $350.00
Counter Cards, Display Cards, Shop Display Ephemera
London, England: c.1900. A well-preserved counter card advertising "Samuel Brothers' Silk Hat Renovator", a liquid product for restoring top hats. Features a humorous illustration of an older gentleman struggling with his old-fashioned hat brush while his younger counterpart outpaces him with the new product. The dialogue reads, "I can't get.....
Price: $375.00
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
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
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