Business History
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...
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...
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...
Price: $150.00
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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
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
Advertising and Promotion, Calendars, Advertising Ephemera and Novelties, Salesman Sample
Cincinnati OH: George H. Jung Co., 1927-1929. A salesman's kit for the George H. Jung Company, Calendars and Advertising Specialties...
Price: $1,100.00
trade catalogue, magic, card magic, cards, card deck
Carmel, CA: Kard King Studios, Sep-45. A trade catalogue about the "art" of card magic. Published by Kard King Studios...
Price: $95.00
World's fair, business history, American dream, finance, loan
Chicago, IL: Household Finance Corporation, 1933. In 1933 Chicago hosted it second World's Fair in forty years, and it was...
Price: $135.00
Advertising & Promotion, Store Display, Social History
Vineland NJ: The Welch Grape Juice Co., [1930]. Large format paper die-cut advertising pieces created for display in store windows...
Price: $450.00
The Story of Three Partners, Shoes, Hygiene, Factory conditions, Presentation
Beverly, MA: c1915. The introductory piece is addressed to Librarians explaining the purpose of the presentation as being a representation...
Price: $350.00
Domestic Sphere,Domestic Work,Stoves and Cooktops,Labor Saving,Cost Saving
Chicago, Illinois: 1882. "A Household Necessity": illustrated catalogue for Golden Star Oil Stoves, a brand of household appliance marketed here...
Price: $100.00
sulfur springs, resort, health resort
Greenbrier County, WV: Greenbrier White Sulphur Springs Company, 1890. An investment brochure for The Greenbrier, a luxury health resort owned...
Price: $175.00
bookseller label, bookseller tag, bookshop, library, female society, printing
[1825-1920]. A collection of twenty-two (22) bookseller labels (also called Bookseller Tags) from the 18th and 19th centuries. One of...
Price: $425.00
Illustrated Letterhead, Frankford Philadelphia, Label Printing Lithographer
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: David Heston & Sons Label Printers and Lithographers, 1887. Artistic print design letterhead for Label Printer and Lithographers...
Price: $100.00
Airlines, Piloting, Post-War America
United States: United Airlines, c1955. Illustrated pamphlet promoting a career as a flight officer for United Airlines. Includes frequently asked...
Price: $125.00
Printer's Card, Printing and Publishing, Printing History
Boston: S. N. Dickinson, [1850]. A 5 1/4" x 3" printer's illustrated business card with a cut of a printing...
Price: $375.00
Engineering and Design, Steam Engines, Elevators
New York, New York: Leonard Atwood, Builder of High & Low Pressure Steam Engines and Safety Hoisting Machinery, 1870s. Bifolium...
Price: $225.00
Engineering and Design, Water Power
Baltimore, Maryland: Bolgiano Water Motor Co., 1894. Printed receipt (5.5" by 8.5") acknowledging the sale of a gas iron from...
Price: $150.00