Cultural History
Colorado,Rocky Mountains,Pikes Peak,Automobile Tourism
[Chicago, Illinois]: Rock Island, 1920s. A promotional photo-illustrated view book published by the the Rock Island railway, the only direct line to both Denver and Colorado Springs from St. Louis and Chicago, marketing Colorado as destination for nature lovers and automobile tourists. Features over twenty-five illustrations of the sweeping Rocky.....
Price: $150.00
Tiffany & Co., History of New York City, Delmonico's, Gastronomy and Fine Dining
New York, New York: Tiffany & Co., 1901. Commemorative menu (7.25" by 9.5") and seating plan booklet (8" by 5.75") for the Chamber of Commerce of the State of New York's 133rd Annual Banquet, held at Delmonico's in 1901. Both are housed in the original Tiffany box (9.75" by 7.75".....
Price: $225.00
Tiffany & Co., History of New York City, Waldorf Astoria, Gastronomy and Fine Dining
New York, New York: Tiffany & Co., 1902. An exquisitely produced menu and seating plan, in original box (10" by 8" by 0.5"), designed by Tiffany & Co. for a banquet held at the Waldorf Astoria. Hosted by the Chamber of Commerce, the event was held "in honor of the.....
Price: $275.00
commonplace book, religion, diary, weather, courtship, daily life
New York: 1868. A wonderful commonplace book of Augusta Maria Ward Bissell, who lived in Warwick, MA. This commonplace book is a small pocket diary for the year 1868. While each entry is short, normally consisting of a few brief sentences, the details Augusta Ward chooses to record about her.....
Price: $325.00
Manuscript,Love Poetry,Valentine's Day,Pastoral
England: Mullard, 1860s. An elaborate and remarkably well-preserved octavo-sized Valentine, featuring gilt embellished lace paper, embossed Victorian scrap. This example is also notable for the extensive poem inside written in contemporary ink manuscript, beginning, "Where is another sweet as my sweet, Fair of the fair, and shy of the shy.....
Price: $125.00
legal, household & furnishing, industrial, building & trade
Haverhill, MA: April 1, 1845. A legal agreement between three men, Edward J. Smith, James Woodman and Edwin Morse for the construction of a two family house on Main Street in Haverhill. While no state is ever mentioned in the contract, it can be supposed that it is Haverhill, MA.....
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 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
Patent Medicine, Advertising Premiums, Traditional Costumes of the World
Elkhart, Indiana: The Dr. Miles Medical Co., c.1890. A set of three (3) chromolithographed premiums advertising the Dr. Miles Medical Co. as a part of the company's "Costumes of the Nations" advertising campaign. Each premium depicts a different traditional world costume; these three examples are titled "Dutch Woman", "Swede", and.....
Price: $150.00
children's morals] [American Sunday-School Union] [religion] [juvenile
Philadelphia: American Sunday-School Union, c 1848. 51 pp, Marbled cover, The Cottage Girl 35pp, Frontispiece of female praying at bedside, full text; Ann and her Mother 16pp, full text with one image on first page; bound together, June 2016 OCLC-2. 5 3/4" x 3 1/2" heavy cover wear, light foxing.....
Price: $20.00
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
Song Sheet, Monograph, Social History, Crinoline, Discrimination
Digbeth, Birmingham, UK: W. Pratt, c859. Woodcut of a well dressed yet sizable woman obviously wearing crinoline beneath her dress. Yet another parody on the oft maligned crinoline, but worse yet discrimination as it relates to size.. The chorus reads What dresses now the ladies have, It really is surprising.....
Price: $200.00
Crinoline, Satire, Mockery, Social History, Women's History, Fashion and Costume
London: S. Marks & Sons, 1850s. A hand colored lithograph depicting a sleeping woman with mother cat and kittens playing beneath her crinoline. A nearby maid quips "Lawk a daisy me! Won't Misses jump when she wakes to find Pussy and Kittens under her Crinoline". Reverse is blank. Measures 12".....
Price: $450.00
mechanical valentine, die-cut valentine, victorian valentine
A die cut, fold out, 4" x 5 3/4" Cupid is riding his bike with an attached cart full of red hearts. The back bike wheel folds out to stand alone. The sentiment on the cart is 'I'm loaded down with love for you my valentine, so kind and true.'.....
Price: $22.00
Die-cut Valentine, Novelty
An 5" x 5 1/2" die cut, easel backed valentine depicting an embossed cupid skipping with pink floral garland. The heart is applied parchment with edge design of hearts and flowers. Art Nouveau Influenced design. Some edge wear; overall good condition. Reverse has pencil inscription also marked with E.
Price: $24.00
Valentine Writer, Love and Friendship, Courtship, Poetry, Advertising
[1840]. An 8" x 10 3/4" advertisement for "Cupid's Bower". Official title - Cupid' s bower, or The poetical garden of love: a collection of original valentines calculated to convey the sentiments of the heart in language neat, chaste, and expressive. It features a courting couple at center seated on.....
Price: $500.00
Photography, W.W.I, Home Front, Women's History, Social History, Women's Work
Allentown PA: Wint Studios, 8-Apr-18. Three different 7 3/4" x 9 3/4" photos on larger mounts. The first photo depicts six women seated around a table knitting with a wall size American flag in the background. Each of the women is knitting. The women are identified. The second is the.....
Price: $650.00
Movable,Mechanical, Entertainment,Paper Dolls, Costume and Fashion, Pretend Play,
[1850]. A 9" die-cut a paper doll with eyes that move to and fro and "dancing" legs. She has five (5) costumes and headdresses. Each costume has an applied back with opening at the top to slip the doll into the costume. Her costumes are quite whimsical and each present.....
Price: $2,000.00
valentines, raphael tuck valentine, frances brundage, honeycomb, open-out valentine,
An embossed, die cut, 6 1/4" x 2 3/4" Christmas Greetings Card. This card has a Dandy on the front with decorative devises at top in silver tone. The sentiment on the card is simple 'Greetings,' inside the card is another verse 'A bright and Happy Christmas to You.' Open.....
Price: $22.00
Boone, Daniel, 1734-1820] [juvenile literature
France: Domino Press, 1931. 14 pp. Applied illustrated cover over cloth spine. Edited by Esther Averill and Lila Stanley, full color lithographs by Fedor Rojankovsky. The adventures of Daniel Boone and his encounters with Indians, , hunting, traveling into the wilderness, and war. 14 1/2" x 11 1/4" wear on.....
Price: $110.00
Women and Religion, Service, Charitable Work, Women's Work, Education, Deacons and Deaconesses
[Philadelphia]: [Women's Missionary Society, the United Lutheran Church in America], [1930s?]. Published by the Women's Missionary Society of the United Lutheran Church, this booklet contains photographs "that represent life--as our Deaconesses live it", and shows the women engaging in a wide array of work, including teaching, nursing, "reading to the.....
Price: $125.00
fire, fire safety, french canadian, kitchen fire, cooking, public works, government, death, mortality
Quebec, Canada: Ministry of Public Works, 1940s. A fire-safety postcard distributed by the Ministry of Public Works in Quebec. The blotter is specifically warning against cooking fires. On the right side of the postcard is a black and white illustration of a woman cooking on the stove as she appears.....
Price: $55.00
Victoriana, Beadwork, Playing Cards, Perforated Paper
A 2 3/4" x 3 3/4" litho on pressed board box with inner sleeve for holding playing cards. The top surface is perforated or punch paper (20 punch holes/inch) with embossed die-cut gilt border. The beadwork design is created using miniature glass and metal beads. The scene depicts a lyre.....
Price: $275.00
Victoriana, Beadwork, Playing Cards, Perforated Paper
A 2 3/4" x 3 3/4" litho on pressed board box with inner sleeve for holding playing cards. The top surface is perforated or punch paper (20 punch holes/inch) with embossed die-cut gilt border. The beadwork design is created using miniature glass and metal beads. The scene depicts a sword.....
Price: $275.00
Cutwork, Devotional, Made by Hand, Watercolor, Scherenschnitte, Canivet
A 4 1/2" x 2 1/2" delicate hand made paper devotional or "Nun Cut" Flaming hearts surrounded by roses and thorns Verse reads " O God ... will Again. Vivid watercolor decoration with gold and green border decoration. Reverse is blank.
Price: $350.00