Business History
parade, costume, photograph, jeweler, wagon, advertisement, fraternal
Newville, PA: Elias Alexander Bloser, [1890]. A black and white photograph of a large group of mostly men and young boys standing in front of E. A. Bloser Wholesale and Retail Jeweler store. In the center is a wagon with the stores name in front, with men in bizarre costumes.....
Price: $150.00
circular patent, advertisement, industry, engineering, valves
St. Louis, MO: Ripley & Kimball, Agents, [1881-1887]. A single fold circular for a Straight-Way Valve made by the Pratt & Cady Company. These valves are meant for use in radiators, though whether they are meant for commercial or residential use is unclear. This new style of valves makes "them.....
Price: $95.00
Food, Food Pricing, Food as a Commodity,
United States: 1834-1935. The collection includes 83 food and associated commodities price lists, catalogs, ledgers, invoices, postal card advertisements and more. It spans a 100 year period and provides considerable information regarding the availability, distribution, price and pricing consideration of these commodities. The materials represent 40 different American markets, with.....
Price: $4,800.00
printing & writing. business history
Manchester, NH: C. F. Livingston's Printing House, 1872. 78 pgs. Blue printed wrappers with gilt line border. This publication covers three meetings of the Publishers, Editors, and Printers Association of the State of New Hampshire. Their annual meeting on July 10, 1871, their annual meeting January 17, 1872, and their.....
Price: $150.00
Advertising and Promotion, R. H. Macy, Business History
New York: R. H. Macy & Co., 1890. R. H. Macy & Co. New York. 1890. 32 pp. unnumbered. Illustrated cover with a young lad holding a promotional sign while leaning out a window in a brick wall. Foreign offices and manufacturers are printed on the several of the bricks.....
Price: $150.00
Advertising and Promotion, R.H. Macy, Department Store
New York: R. H. Macy & Co., 1890. 32pp. unnumbered. Illustrated cover with a young lad holding a promotional sign while leaning out a window in a brick wall. Foreign offices and manufacturers are printed on the several of the bricks. The inside cover shows a grid with groupings of.....
Price: $150.00
Advertising and Promotion, Automobilia, Popular Culture
Detroit, MI: Evans-Winter-Herb, 1930s. A tri-fold brochure promoting the wonders of modern mohair velvet upholstery for your new Chevrolet. Promotional points include New (no one has had Mohair Velvet upholstery in the past, Beautiful - for centuries people have admired velvet; now there is a new twist, Durability - includes.....
Price: $35.00
Puzzles in Advertising
Carrollton, Illinois: C.E. Underwood's Bakery and Confectionary, c.1900. A delightful puzzle and premium, printed on card and used to advertise C.E. Underwood's Bakery and Confectionary. The directions are as follows: "Place a penny (or any other small article) on any star, move it along a straight line to an opposite.....
Price: $110.00
Advertising and Promotion, Business History, Botany 500
Philadelphia: 1947-48. A visual narrative of this iconic brand name's sartorial influence during the halcyon period. The photographs were shot by an accomplished but unidentified commercial photographer whose skilled use of light renders the day-to-day operation and divisions of the company in stunning detail. Each photograph is captioned identifying the.....
Price: $850.00
circular, investing, patents, cash carriers, Get Rich Quick
Boston, MA: The Automatic Store Service Company, 1890. 4 leaves, staple bound document with brown paper cover with the company name printed on the back. Circular No. 2, printed following the success of the first. The product in question is Church Spring Actuated Cash or Parcel Carrier - parcel delivery;.....
Price: $75.00
shipping, boats, classifications, shipbuilding, ship registers
New York: American Shipmasters' Association, 1877. 48 pp. Textured paper wrappers. Gilt stamp. This book details the instructions for how to survey and classify a ship according to the rules provided by the American Shipmasters' Association. The book starts with a list of resolutions and recommendations of the NY Board.....
Price: $225.00
Bookbinding, Salesman Sample, History of the book.
Baltimore, MD & Chicago, IL: Baumgarteg & Company AND Banghart & Fischer, [September 13, 1915]. A resale company has has sent salesman sample pieces of book binding supplies to an art teach as noted in the correspondence below. The first item is a singular sample of "Russet Crepe" which has.....
Price: $150.00
ABAA-RBMS-2023 , TinFoil, Sample book, Printing and Publishing
c1930. A scarce 7.5" x 5" bottom opening sample book for various grades of tin foil. Card wraps. The only indication of maker is a logo of a plumbed cap. Introductory page introduces the various uses for tin foil including tobacco, soap, candy, mouth of bottle, tea boxes and toilet.....
Price: $275.00
Body Image , ABAA-RBMS-2023
Rochester, New York: Cartilage Treatment Company, 1903. Booklet advertising a proprietary "cartilage treatment" that promises to make you taller: "If you are Stunted, if you want to grow Taller, if you desire to strengthen every fibre of the body, if you are knock-kneed or bow-legged, it is in your power.....
Price: $250.00
Metal Coatings, Recipes, Chemical Solutions
New York etal. Egyptian Lacquer Mfg Co., [1900]. A Set of 47 Process Cards with recipes and complete instructions to prepare chemical solutions of lacquers and finishes... This fan-out page 'book' offers a line of formulations for industrial users. Each card includes a description of the product followed by the.....
Price: $300.00
Sketch Books, Note Books, History, Trade
England: c.1854. A pocket sketch book of an unidentified gentleman ("Daniel Davies"?) containing an eclectic and curious amalgamation of content: pencil sketches (a bull frog, a dog, local characters, a seaside castle, a farm); notes on recent trade, including gold being shipped from Melbourne to England; important dates of local.....
Price: $325.00
Solar Power, Conservation, Limited Partnership, Alaska Gold Rush, Science & Technology
Carpenteria, CA: Solar Furace Bulletin, 1904. March 1,1904. Single fold bulletin with images from photographs produced by a limited partnership firm devoted to the development and advancement of a solar furnace that used curved mirrors to reflect sunlight to create energy. This periodical is dedicated to the advancement of the.....
Price: $250.00
Columbian Exposition, souvenir catalogue, watch, advertising, business history
Philadelphia, PA: Keystone Watch Case Company, 1893. This item is the souvenir catalogue produced by the Keystone Watch Case Company for the World's Columbian Exposition, located in Chicago in 1893. The fair was held to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus' arrival in the New World. The company sold.....
Price: $95.00
broadside, advertisement, advertise, dry goods, bee, bees, bee hive
Alliance, Ohio: King, Weikart & Warren, 1872. A broadside advertising the store called the Bee Hive located in Alliance, Ohio and owned by King, Weikart & Warren. It was store that sold a variety of dry goods, with this specific broadside advertising their hosiery department, dress goods department, black alpaca.....
Price: $75.00
account, accounting, financial accounts, finance, notary,
Gettysburg, PA: 1812. A statement for a bill rendered to Joseph M Ginley and the estate of John Ginley on January 22, 1812. The original purchase was for $100.90 worth of crockery on May 2nd, 1811 from the firm of O'Neil and Boyd. It was agree that the sum would.....
Price: $45.00
charity, counterfeit, business law
Philadelphia, PA: Craig, Finley, & Co., c1880. A three-fold heavy stock charity card, costing 5 cents, designed to entice businessmen. Entitled the "One-Armed Boy" the front cover has the short poem: "Please sir, buy my card, Half a dime is all I ask; To lose an arm is very hard.....
Price: $50.00
Pretend Play, Postal History, Mail, Punch and Judy
London, England: J.W. Spears & Sons, c.1900. Exceedingly endearing: "The Little Folk's Post Office" is a play set that allows children to pretend to send and receive miniature mail from the "Tiny Town" post office. Designed in England, produced in Bavaria, and sold to children in the United States, by.....
Price: $425.00
Leather goods, medical profession, medical bags
Columbus, Ohio: Howard Woodward & Co., 1936. Trade catalog for Howard Woodward & Co., makers of fine luggage and leather goods, advertising bags for travel and business. Of note are the "Physician's Fine Bags" (p. 7) and the "Ladies' Fine Wardrobe Cases" (p. 11); golf bags, traveling valets, and larger.....
Price: $225.00
Health and Hygiene, Trade Catalogue, Business History, Advertising, Science and Technology
Milwaukee, WI: Bradley Washfountain Co., 1924. Embossed illustrated card stock wraps depicts image of a group of women washing their hands under a washfountain. Spidered tissue free end papers. Tipped in page atop cover page with images of certificates of approval and department of labor acknowledgments. Color exterior of the.....
Price: $110.00