Cultural History
Nutrition and Diet,Family Medicine,Advertising to Doctors,Health Foods
Battle Creek, Michigan: Battle Creek Food Company, 1928. An interesting view into nutritional care in the late 1920s: a guide to building a better diet for family doctors and general practitioners, published by the makers of the laxative "Psylla" and the probiotic "Lacto-Dextrin". Includes information on a range of subjects.....
Price: $275.00
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
Menu, Historical Memorabilia, Berlin Conference, African Division
Hotel Brunswick: February 10,1884. A 4" x 5" heavy card menu. The front depict a watercolor caricature of a woman holding a "separation" banner on an applied die-cut card surrounded by pink silk fringe. The reverse is the menu printed in gold ink. The starter is "Sorbet a l'Africaine." The.....
Price: $125.00
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
Learn to Sew, Uncut
Learn to sew while playing with dolls: a delightful illustrated book with uncut sewing patterns for young girls, teaching basic sewing skills. Includes a paper pattern for "Babbette", a doll the reader can make, along with instructions for sewing hats, pajamas, a romper, a dress with bloomers, patches, and making.....
Price: $150.00
McLoughlin Paper Dolls
McLoughlin Bros. c,1875. Published by McLoughlin, this example of "Dottie Dimple" is offered with the scarce original envelope. The doll, costumes, and hats/hair accessories are all two-sided; the costumes are designed to slip over the doll's head. Includes 8.25" paper doll, four (4) outfits, and six (6) hats/hairs. Original illustrated.....
Price: $200.00
duck, hunting, duck netting, master of the hunt, occupation of Japan, WWII
Japan: 1947. A tri-fold informational pamphlet on how to participate in the the noncompetitive hunting sport of duck netting. Exclusive to Japan, duck netting is a sport consisting of ten 'players', including a 'Master of the Hunt'. The players work to both startle a duck and swing a large net.....
Price: $110.00
Telephone,Modern Invention and Innovation,Trade Cards
Muncie, Indiana: J.M. Fudge, c.1905. An early telephone trade card promoting the "Muncie Vibrating Telephone" sold by J.M. Fudge of Muncie, Indiana. Fudge markets his product as "unquestionably the best Telephone of its Class" and "Unequalled for Lines from One to Three Miles in Length". Includes an illustration of the.....
Price: $125.00
Excavation Machinery,Steam Power
New York, New York: Randolph Bros. c.1877. Advertising circular for novel earth excavation machinery, including a full-page illustration of a steam excavator in in motion. The company markets a purchase of any of its machines as "An Opportunity for Industrious Men" in the agricultural community. Includes price list with horse.....
Price: $325.00
Education Abroad, Women's History
New York, NY: Ebell International Academy Journal, December 1875. 24pp booklet beginning with the prospectus for the class of 1876. A course for American Young Ladies who would travel on Hamburg-American Packet Company of the Cunard Line through Hamburg to Berlin. Includes Berlin Courses of Lectures, Exercises and Excursion to.....
Price: $85.00
Disney,Communications,Public Facing,Correspondence,Guest Relations,Buzzwords,Management,Employee Training,Disneyland
[Anaheim, California]: Disney University, c.1980. A scarce monograph privately printed by Disney c.1980 for its employees, outlining effective written communications techniques for public-facing and professional discourse. Includes examples of effective and ineffective letters and memos, mostly dealing with guest services, as well as examples of redundant language, commonly misused words.....
Price: $275.00
Calligraphic Writing,Tokens
United States: 19th century. Eight (8) hand-lettered calling cards/tokens of friendship, displaying a range of techniques and artistic skill. Nicely represents the 19th century practice of calligraphic drawing, especially in the example lettered "Hettie Lee", which employs five different ink colors and calligraphic flourishes. Other imagery includes a ship at.....
Price: $175.00
International Friendship and Tolerance,Personal Hygiene,Public Health
New York, New York: Cleanliness Institute, 1927. A series of eight (8) illustrated cards depicting personal hygiene and cleanliness practices around the world, with an emphasis on international friendship and tolerance. The illustrations originally appeared in Grace T. Hallock's "After the Rain: Cleanliness Customs of Children in Many Lands", published.....
Price: $325.00
Valentine's Day, Love and Friendship, Work's by Children
United States: 1870s-1900s. A gathering of eight (8) handmade Valentines produced between 1870 and the early 1900s. Each unique and colorful example employs cut or folded paper techniques and/or Victorian scraps. Some have short messages inscribed in ink. Together, they form a lovely representation of the practice of hand-making Valentines.....
Price: $175.00
American Female Guardian Society, annual reports, charity
New Tork: Female Guardian Society, 1852. 32 pp. Printed paper cover, frontispiece. An annual report for the American Female Guardian Society, beginning with the board members, annual meeting, annual report, and ending with the treasurer's report. Page 30 has a listing of the life members. 9" x 5 3/4" wear.....
Price: $55.00
German Tokens and Valentines
Germany: 1861. An embossed and chromolithographed token of friendship card, featuring a small leaf in the center secured with silk cord, and a small wax seal. Dated 20 February 1861, it has lines of verse in German on the front in ink manuscript, and another several lines on the verso.....
Price: $85.00
Lace paper,Ballerinas,Putti,Weeping Willow
United States: 1850s. An elaborate and remarkably well-preserved embossed lace paper colored with blue and pink, depicting ballerinas, putti, and swans underneath a canopy of weeping willow branches. Measures approx. 4.5" by 7", for octavo-sized Valentine.
Price: $85.00
Made by Hand, Original Artwork, Folk Art, Watercolor, Women
United States: c1900. An elegant and well-heeled Edwardian paper doll rendered in original ink pen and watercolor, together with nine (9) accompanying dresses and six (6) matching hats. A young girl's dream paper doll, she is dressed in her blue ribbon-lined undergarments and has her golden locks pulled back into.....
Price: $325.00
Hospitals,History of Mental Health,Social Welfare
Boston, Massachusetts: Dutton and Wentworth, State Printers, 1844. Eleventh annual report of the State Lunatic Hospital at Worcester, with valuable information about patient demographics. Admissions, discharges, deaths, and average number of patients is reported, as well as provisions and expenses. However, the most valuable section of this report is the.....
Price: $150.00
Paper Doll, Pretend Play, Women's History
New York: McLoughlin, 1892. One sided printing. 4 3/4" cut paper doll with with five (5) d dresses and no hats. Also includes a portion of the envelope front. Top section with the name of the doll has been cut away. Note the original doll only had four costumes. The.....
Price: $125.00
Advertising to Women, Textiles and Fiber Arts, Lingerie and Sleep Fashion
Minneapolis, Minnesota: Hollywood Vassarette, c.1960. Two (2) illustrated booklets advertising lingerie and undergarments by Hollywood Vassarette, with "stories" relating the history of embroidery and lace-making by women: "Because Hollywood Vassarette lingerie and sleep fashions frequently feature dainty, delicate or whimsical embroideries, it seems appropriate to offer this educational booklet so.....
Price: $175.00
Women's History, Social History, Paper Dolls, Newspaper Supplements, Fashion & Costume
Boston: Boston Herald, 1895. It began on March 24, 1895 with the publication of the 11 3/4" litho on card blonde paper doll with the following message on the reverse: The Boston Sunday Herald will issue, each Sunday, a Fashion Plate Supplement which will be in the very latest style.....
Price: $900.00
Bibles] [religion
Springfield: G. & C. Merriam, 1844. 1115 pp, 856 for the Old Testament and 259 for the New Testament. Red gilt and blind stamped hard cover, illustrations and 6 plates (2 of which are frontispieces for each testament), three chambers on spine, gilt stamp of praying woman on front and.....
Price: $80.00
German learning
New York: American Tract Society. 160 pp. Blind stamped, gilt brown cloth hard cover, illustrated, entirely in German. Begins with the alphabet, an illustration, the upper and lower case letter than a biblical verse, other items include the small and large alphabets, the vowels, simple syllables, and short stories. 6.....
Price: $18.00