Women's History
friendship album, poem, missionary, India, religion, family
New YorkPrinting & Publishing: J C Riker, [1840]. "To the Dear Brother or Sister to whom this album may be allotted. I would gladly have kept this because it was prized by my dear Amelia, but considering the uncertainty of missionary life and the fact that the writers are strangers.....
Price: $475.00
Holographic Will, Original Artwork, Calligraphy
Utica, New York: 1840-1861. The friendship album of Miss. Anna Quinn (dates unknown) of Utica, New York, exceptional for its original artwork, calligraphy, and an enclosed holographic will (i.e. an informal will handwritten on a scrap of paper). Entries with artwork and poetry by friends, family, and acquaintances date from.....
Price: $550.00
Printing and Typography, Ohio
[Lebanon, Ohio]: 1846. Printed invitation (2.75" by 6.5" wove paper slip, with typographical border) to the funeral of Mrs. Nancy Bretney, wife of Mr. Tobias Bretney, a Lebanon, Ohio tanner.
Price: $100.00
Camp Fire Girls, Scouts, Youth Groups, Diversity and Inclusion, Women and Friendship
New York, New York: Camp Fire Girls, 1920s. A gathering of nine (9) items from the 1920s relating to an Iowa branch of the youth organization Camp Fire Girls. Highlights include three bound gatherings of typewritten meeting programs with lists of members and officers, as well as a handwritten copy.....
Price: $300.00
Women and Beauty, Hair makes a difference, scalp treatment for relaxation, hair styles
Springfield MA: John H. Breck , Proctor & Gamble, etc. 1920s-1950s. A small collection of seven booklets stressing the importance of beautiful well coifed hair and how to accomplish it and general information on the secrets of loveliness and beauty on a budget. the publications were published by the makers.....
Price: $500.00
Paper Doll, Pretend Play, Childhood Ephemera, Social History, Women's History
New York: Clark, Austin & Smith, 1858-1860. A 5 5/8" tall paper doll. The arms, head and upper torso are color printed, the remainder is blank by design. She holds a folded fan in her hand. Four (4) elaborate hand finished costumes and one shawl. With original envelope. Story with.....
Price: $400.00
Paper Doll, Social History, Entertainment, Women's History
Chicago: Merrill Pub. Co., n.d. c1940s. A 13" x 11" uncut paper doll book with three Greer Garson paper dolls in different poses. Illustrated by Fredric C. Mada. Includes eight (8) costume pages with costumes from various roles. Each page has a vignette with an image from the photograph of.....
Price: $95.00
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 the more unique and largest labels in the collection is from the Female Benevolent and Library Society. This was a small library founded in 1825 by the female members of.....
Price: $425.00
Fashion, Department Stores
Boston, Massachusetts: A. Shuman & Company, 1880. Handbill advertising the Grand Re-Opening of Boston department store A. Shuman & Company, featuring a charming "Historical Plate, Showing Costumes from the 1st Century to Present Date". Lithographically reproduced from the original French plate titled "Grand Panorama Historique de la Mode", the illustration.....
Price: $150.00
Made by Hand, Parlor Game, Memory and Concentration
A handmade parlor game housed in a blue paper covered pressed board box not original to the set. The top card reads "Keep Your Temper". All cards have hand penned borderlines. The game consists of 15 matching sets of four designs. The designs appear to have been cut from hand.....
Price: $650.00
Original Paper Doll Art
United States: 1870s. A handmade paper doll with original watercolor artwork of a young Victorian woman in day wear, evening wear, and outerwear, including a feathered bonnet. Original pencil and watercolor, doll measures 5.25", includes doll and 8 (eight) separate outfits.
Price: $375.00
Made by Hand, Love and Friendship, Paper with a Secret
[1880]. A 2.25" x 2.25" hand made "cobweb" or "beehive", an applied scrap of a cherub holding a bird anchoring the fringed pull and adorning the sliced paper cover. When lifted it exposes two women who are obviously friends; one is doing needlework. Reverse is blank. Token of love or.....
Price: $225.00
Advertising, Fashion, Women, Business
Cincinnati, Ohio: Queen City Suspender Company, [1880s?]. Advertisement for Mrs. Smith's Skirt Suspenders, sold by the Queen City Suspender Co. of Cincinnati, with confident claims: "The most desirable and beneficial article ever invented for the relief of women, many of whom have suffered long years of miserable health, caused solely.....
Price: $175.00
Postcards, Political Cartoons
United States: 1908. Pre-WWI patriotic postcard with an image of a young woman wearing the stars and stripes alongside the message "Here's to the Girl Behind the Man Behind the Gun". A charming reminder of the importance of women and the home front. Measures 3.5" by 5.5". Addressed and postmarked.....
Price: $65.00
Beauty, Anti-Aging, Hollywood
Trenton, New Jersey: Wings Products Co., 1940s. "Lines Vanish" and "Youth Returns" with Hollywood Wings, a box of "medicated frown and wrinkle eradicators" that describe themselves as "the secret of Hollywood beauty". The twenty (20) unused adhesive wings are housed in the original illustrated box (approx. 2.5" by 1.25" by.....
Price: $150.00
Public Health, Breast Cancer
Silver Spring, Maryland: American Cancer Society, c.1975. Printed tri-fold pamphlet (9" by 3.75" folded) with an illustrated three-step guide to performing a self breast exam. Encourages the reader to perform a self examination monthly, and details warning signs and what to do if a lump is located. Includes black ink.....
Price: $85.00
Women's Work, Paper Dolls, Pretend Play, Gender Roles
[1860]. The 6.75" paper doll is printed on polished paper applied to card stock. Her occupation is yarn winding. Each of her costumes, sit atop the paper doll and demonstrate a different female occupation of the day. Definitely all considered women's work for the aristocratic set. The occupations include tatting.....
Price: $2,350.00
Gender Roles, Women's History
Dansville NY: Fowler & Whitaker, Dry Goods, [1874]. Palmer's Patent 1869. A 7 3/4" x 4" A leaflet promoting the Jacqueline Corset. Trademark images at top. It begins "Every Lady should exercise the utmost care in the selection of her Corsets. No article of a Lady's wardrobe is more important.....
Price: $115.00
drawings, watercolor, poetry, poem, flower, plants, fairy tales, retellings
c1880. 68 pg journal filled with poetry and watercolors of flora. There are a total of 25 poems in the journal, as some cover multiple pages, however this is a watercolor piece on every page depicting various flowers. At times one can see the pencil the artist used to sketch.....
Price: $525.00
Paper Dolls, Pretend Play, Social History, Boxed Set
Germany: Unknown, c1850s. A 6 1/2" x 4 1/2" paper covered pressed board box with applied hand colored litho cover depicts a group of little girls in an outdoor setting. Applied gilt border decoration ox top. The content includes two (2) identical 4 1/2" two-sided paper dolls of the same.....
Price: $725.00
Women's Lingerie
Boston, Massachusetts: La Jeanne, 1930s. Photographically illustrated advertising pamphlet for La Jeanne brand lace control garments, including prices and fabrics for each of the five different models available. Options available for both "the Slighter Figure" and "the Larger Figure". Tri-fold pamphlet (6.25" by 3.25" folded, 9.25" by 3.25" unfolded), photographic.....
Price: $115.00
Sisterhoods,Fraternal Organizations,History of Women in Maine
Berwick, Maine: Pythian Sisterhood, 1897. Letterhead illustrated with the seal of the Pythian Sisterhood, a female auxiliary to the Knights of Pythias, a fraternal organization and secret society formed in 1864. This letterhead was used by the Maine branch of the organization, located in Berwick and founded in 1889. Measures.....
Price: $100.00
ABAA-WINTER-2024, Victorian Fashion,Girlhood,Hand-colored Paper Dolls
[Germany?]: 1860s. A lovely 4.5" paper doll depicting a fashionable young woman, housed in her original box with eleven (11) outfits and five (5) hats/hair pieces. There are two copies of the doll itself; both the doll and all of the outfits and hats are two-sided, and the outfits slip.....
Price: $1,500.00
advertising, women's history, beauty, make-up, Lady Claire Face Powder, face powder, product sample, business history
Toledo, OH: Lorenz & Co., [1887-1890]. A small collection of four (4) pieces of materials relating to Lorenz & Co. a perfumatory and maker of cosmetic products in Toledo, OH. The first item in the collection is a small envelope housing a product sample of Lady Claire Face Powder, which.....
Price: $150.00