Women's History
Paper Doll, Pretend Play, Women's History
New York: McLoughlin, c1875. Two-sided printing. 7" cut paper doll with with four (4) two-sided dresses and no hats With original envelope with directions for making the doll on reverse of envelope. From the Series No. 2 - Medium Sized Dolls found in the 1875-76 Catalogue of Toys Books, Paper.....
Price: $215.00
Women's Suffrage, Ellen H. Clapsaddle
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Wolf & Co., 1910s. A rather charming women's suffrage-themed Valentine postcard, with artwork by Ellen H. Clapsaddle (1865-1934) depicting a baby girl wearing a bright yellow "Votes for Women" sash and the tagline "Love me, Love my Vote". Measures 5.25" by 3.5". Contemporary pencil inscription to verso: "Eva.....
Price: $150.00
Crinoline, Satire, Mockery, Social History, Women's History, Fashion and Costume
London: S. Marks & Sons, 1850s. Title caption reads Honi soit qui mal y pense (Shame on him who thinks ill of it”.) (Motto of the Order of the Garter). A hand colored lithograph depicting a woman tying her shoe causing her crinoline to rise and expose her other leg.....
Price: $250.00
Crinoline, Satire, Mockery, Social History, Women's History, Fashion and Costume
London: S. Marks & Sons, 1850s. Title caption reads Honi soit qui mal y pense (Shame on him who thinks ill of it”.) (Motto of the Order of the Garter). W. H. Harrisoon illustrator. A hand colored lithograph depicting a woman playing with a hoop and dog; the edge of.....
Price: $250.00
Women Against War,National Defense,First World War
Boston, Massachusetts: Massachusetts Branch for Women of the Special Aid Society for American Preparedness, c.1916. First World War-era pamphlet promoting the Massachusetts Branch for Women of the Special Aid Society for American Preparedness, an affiliate of the National Security League: "The most useful purpose of our organization is to create.....
Price: $150.00
Perfume and Toiletries, Women's Fashion, Beauty
United States: Lynas Perfumer, 1920s. "Milady's Toilet": a 6 pp. tri-fold advertising pamphlet with chromolithographed illustrations for Lynas brand perfumes and toiletries, a company that "for over fifty years has been helping to beautify and glorify American women" (p. [1]). Includes descriptions and illustrations of the brand's products, as well.....
Price: $110.00
Women's History, Social History, Women's Liberation
Boston: c1977. An 8 1/2" x 11" two-sided typewritten and mimeographed newsletter. Includes information on New Study Groups, Equal Rights Panel, M.O.R.A.L. Teach-In, Females and Self-Defense, Washington Conference, Street Rallies, B. U. Women's Center, and Self-Defense. This is followed by a Calendar of events for October 13-18. The group was.....
Price: $90.00
Carnivals and Side Shows,Death Defying,Women in Entertainment,Souvenirs,Electric Chair,Capital Punishment,Magicians and Magic Shows
United States: [1912]. Souvenir photo card depicting a smiling Miss Electricia, a death-defying side show star who was advertised in newspapers as "taking 1,600 Volts of Electricity in 10 seconds" from "the horrible electric chair of prison regulation" (Harrisburg Daily Independent, 24 Jan.). A doctor was usually in attendance. It.....
Price: $250.00
Feminism, Literary Criticism, Public Speaking and Lectures, Suffrage
Brookline, Massachusetts: 1902. Printed card (2.25" by 3.75", verso blank) promoting a 1902 lecture by Julia Ward Howe (1819-1910) in Brookline, Massachusetts. Howe was a poet, women's suffrage leader, and audodidact who may be best known today for penning the “Battle Hymn of the Republic,” published in the Atlantic Monthly.....
Price: $85.00
Literary Poster
A 17 5/8" x 12" literary poster for The New York Sunday World - Sunday, Feb 16th (c1895) 3 Magazines Combined iwht all the News bedised. - McDougall ll up in a Balloon (Albuquerque balloon festival), Eight Colored Comic Pages, Fully of Breezy Features and Escape of the Crooks...
Price: $375.00
anti-Semitism, Nazi, Paper Doll, Goering
London: Sunday Mirror Magazine Section, 1935. A two-page newspaper spread with an image from a photograph of Emmy Sonnemann, an illustration of Esther, Niece of Mordecai and Goring as a paper doll with five (5) Nazi and other costumes. The editor's note indicates the Sunday Mirror had recently confirmed Gorings.....
Price: $400.00
Women and Charitable Causes, History of New York, Prostitution and Fallen Women
New York, New York: The Institution, 1862. Vol. VI, No. 2 of the Monthly Record of the Five Points House of Industry, a society formed to counteract rising crime and poverty rates in New York in 1851. The recipients of the society's charity were often fallen women and prostitutes who.....
Price: $150.00
Overlay, Metamorphosis, Made by Hand, Social History
France: 1830s. A 3 1/2" x 2 1/2" watercolor bust of a women - side profile on a 9 1/4" x 7 1/8" card stock. This is accompanied by fourteen different overlays of costumes for women ranging from high fashion to region costumes. Intricate designs, all with hats. The hats.....
Price: $2,700.00
Women's History, Osteopathic, Osteopathic medicine, medicine, periodicals
Chicago, IL: American Osteopathic Assn, Jan-28. A volume of the journal of Osteopathic Health that focuses on women's health and how osteopathy can help. Osteopathy is a system of medical practice based on the theory that diseases are mostly due to loss of structural integrity of the body which can.....
Price: $65.00
Sentimental Novels, Female Characters, Toys Based on Books, Female Authors and Scribbling Women, Original Artwork
United States: c1860. A charming paper doll depicting the character Gertrude Flint from "The Lamplighter" by Maria Susanna Cummins, together with six overlays showing her in different circumstances: as "A School Girl"; "Nan Grant's Dependent"; "Mr. Armory's Daughter"; "Miss Emily's Friend"; "With the Kitten the Lamplighter Gave Her"; and "The.....
Price: $450.00
Georgia, the South, Women's Life, Reconstruction Era
Atlanta, Georgia: 1868. The double sided letter to the writer's mother shares an update about their life and gossip. The letter is written on Memphis and Charleston Railroad Letterhead from Atlanta, Georgia during the period of Reconstruction. The writer discusses recent illness, a bad cold, and general news about the.....
Price: $65.00
Film Stars and Stage Divas,Marketing to Women,Geraldine Farrar,Kittie Gordon,Beauty,Body Image,Cosmetics
Chicago, Illinois: Mrs. Gervaise Graham, c.1914. Photo-illustrated advertisement for products sold by Chicago cosmetics maven Mrs. Gervaise Graham, including hair dyes, dandruff remedy, soaps, rouges, and creams. Note the inclusion of face bleach to remove blemishes and lighten the skin, showing the beauty standards of the time. Each product is.....
Price: $250.00
Costume, C. Bennette Moore, Photography
New Orleans: C. Bennette Moore, 1930s. A 13 3/4" x 10 3/4" photograph of two young women, perhaps sisters wearing identical gowns with matching oversized capes. Adorned with large applique four leaf clovers and long silk tassels at the collar of the cape. Unusual background with two archways or similar.....
Price: $375.00
ABAA-WINTER-2024, Women in the Workforce,8-hour Work Day
Washington, D.C. Women’s Bureau of the U.S. Department of Labor, 1921. A scarce bulletin issued in 1921 by the Women’s Bureau of the U.S. Department of Labor. The bulletin notes a recent rise in women entering the workforce, and argues that women are physiologically unable to labor the same number.....
Price: $300.00
Friendship Token, Plaited Hair, Love & Friendship
Galway: 1851. A 4" x 3 3/4" friendship sentiment with an eternal ring of plaited hair with a pink ribbon at base "In future years when turning to survey, The happy joys of many a well spent day. Recalling scenes of pleasure long gone by. If on this lock of.....
Price: $150.00
Birth Control and Family Planning,Pregnancy,Birth Control Methods,Sex Education,The Pill
Chicago, Illinois: Searle, 1970. A booklet on family planning and birth control for women, offering general information about "the pill" and its advantages for the modern woman. Common side effects, dosage schedules, and different brand options are discussed. Advertises Enovid, Demulen, and Ovulen. From Searle, "Where 'The Pill' Began". Single.....
Price: $150.00
dream interpretation, horoscope, make up, cosmetics, advertising, astrology
Memphis, TN: Plough Chemical Company, 1927. An advertising booklet for Plough Chemical Company, a maker of cosmetics. 32 pp. Pictorial wraps. In addition to advertisements for their various products they also provide the horoscope for each astrological sign, as well as a method of interpreting one's dreams. They list a......
Price: $100.00
History of Bicycling, Invitations, Events
Upper Sandusky, Ohio: Wyandot Wheelmen, 1892. The Wyandot Wheelmen was a jovial group of cycling enthusiasts that hosted events for fellow bicyclists and their families. The present invitation invites "Yourself and Ladies" to their Second Select Ball, which featured a "Grand March" and music by Brauns' Orchestra. The invitation features.....
Price: $175.00
People's Party, Populist Party, Women and Politics, Women's Rights, White Slavery, American History
San Francisco, California: Cubery & Co., Printers, 1894. Printed notice promoting meetings of the People's Party with lectures by Carrie Filkins Young on the following subjects: "Political Issues: of Vital Interest to Women"; "The Black Page of American History"; or "White Slavery: How [it became] Fastened Upon the American People".....
Price: $150.00