Women's History
Ladoga Female Seminary, education, program, women's history, schools & universities
Ladoga, IN: Ladoga Female Seminary, October 29, 1860. A program for a recital to celebrated the second anniversary of the Bureau Society at the Ladoga Female Seminary. The program lists the essays given by the members, some of which were entitled "Wonders of the Deep", "Night in Eden" and "Let.....
Price: $75.00
Ladoga Female Seminary, education, program, women's history, schools & universities, graduation
Ladoga, IN: Ladoga Female Seminary, June 27, 1861. A program for the celebration of the sixth anniversary of the Ladoga Female Seminary as well as its graduation ceremony. The program lists what appear to be recitations of poems or essays by the students, interspersed with music between them. Some of.....
Price: $75.00
Concerts and Recitals, Mendelssohn Quintette Club
Boston, Massachusetts: F.A. Searle, Printer, 1864. Program for a "grand organ concert" featuring Mrs. L.S. Frohock, and "Introducing the New Instrument, the 'Saxophone'". Originally developed in 1840 by Adolphe Sax, the instrument did not catch on in popularity in the States until the 1860s. Composers featured in this program include.....
Price: $150.00
Female Colleges, Women's History
1846-1900. A small collection o 12f promotional materials including catalogues, a circular, a journal, and announcements and letterheads. They date from 1846-1900 and are all from east of the Mississippi, They represent the following institutions; Of particular note is single-fold letterhead from Cooper Female Academy in Dayton OH from 1846.....
Price: $1,350.00
Social Welfare] [Menu
A single-fold 8 1/4" x 5 1/4" paper menu with printed outside cover and mimeographed bill of fare within. Well-rounded fare with prices ranging from 25 cents for a lettuce sandwich to $2.25 for Broiled Rump Steak. The significance of this menu is spelled out on the back cover "To.....
Price: $45.00
drawing books, friendship albums,Women's Army Auxiliary Corps, WWI, World War I, Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps
A astonishing friendship album filled with quotes, verses, and drawings belonging to Amelia Isabel Mackenzie, a member of the W.A.A.C. The Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (1917–1918), which later became known as Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps (1918–1920) was the women's unit of the British Army during and immediately after the.....
Price: $275.00
medicine, hospital, baby, home front, WWI, charity
New York, NY: Babies' Wards Post-Graduate Hospital, 1918. This booklet is the 1918 yearly report of a New York charity called Babies' Wards Post-Graduate Hospital. During WWI, a lot of local charities were just as hard up for cash as their overseas counterparts and as such the booklet starts with.....
Price: $125.00
Fashion, Advertising and Promotion, Women, Mod, Psychedelic
May Co., 1960s. A total of four (4) single-fold brochures from Vogue and the May Co. The first is fashion loves a leading lady and includes 44 styles and pattern information from early 60s pill box hat era and promotes Vogue pattern at the May Co. The second is sponsored.....
Price: $150.00
Paper Doll, Pretend Play, Women's History
New York, 30 Beekman St. McLoughlin, c1868. Two-sided printing. 5 1/2" cut paper doll with with five (5)two-sided dresses and two (2) hats. With original envelope. Instructions within. Also includes advertisement for other McLoughlin Toy Books, Games &c.
Price: $150.00
Paper Dolls, Pretend Play, Social History, Women's History
Vienna Austria: H. F. Muller, 1840-1850. In the traditional German manner of the day the the set includes two (2) identical 6 3/4" paper dolls and eight (8) two-sided costumes. Each costume is printed on polished paper and involves an activity. Light egg wash finish. The costumes were dubbed Pretty.....
Price: $650.00
Made by Hand, Women, Watercolor
c1850s. Thirteen (13) different watercolor illustrations created by Christina Potts. One illustration depicts a fine well-appointed young girl in the foreground with a wonderfully out of perspective cow and a home in the background. A hedge with abstract stone wall at side. Excellent combination of yellows, ochre, blues and green.....
Price: $975.00
Sexism in Victorian Advertising, Gender Roles
Buffalo, NY: Clay & Co., [1880]. A 10 1/2" x 8 3/4" printer's proof (note printer's marks top and bottom). It depicts a woman dressed in a gossamer top exposing the detail of her upper torso carrying a 60 pound case of laundry detergent with a washboard and tub at.....
Price: $750.00
Penny Dreadful, Vinegar Valentine, Social History
[1860]. An 8" x 5 1/4" color lithograph illustration of a statuesque and proper lady borders by embossed whimsical anthropomorphic heart characters surrounding the margins. It is captioned: "Stepped from a pedestal to take the air", You'd think she had, she looks so statuesque, Or ancient Heroine from who.....
Price: $125.00
Public Health, Uterine Cancer
Silver Spring, Maryland: American Cancer Society, c.1975. "Stay Healthy!" and "Know Cancer's Warning Signals!", urges this photo-illustrated folding pamphlet (7.25" by 3.25" folded) in four panels produced by the American Cancer Society. Includes detailed information on what uterine cancer is, who is susceptible to it, and how Pap tests work.....
Price: $85.00
Hair Loss, Remedies, Pharmaceuticals, Beauty
Cincinnati, Ohio: Mrs. Potter's Hygienic Depot, c.1905. A pamphlet advertising a line of hair dyes and hair loss remedies by Mrs. Potter's Hygienic Depot. Marketed towards women, it begins with a discussion of the causes of gray hair ("Premature gray hair is caused by Female Disorders", p. 3) and emphasizes.....
Price: $75.00
teacher, retirement, poem, humor, photograph, humor
Queens, NY: PS19, Jun-41. A memoir book presented to Rose A. Maguire, an elementary school teacher, upon her retirement in June 1951. She taught at a school located in Queens, NY called PS 19 Corona (now known as Marino Jeantet Elementary). The memoir book features over fifty pages of short.....
Price: $275.00
Broadside, theater, New Orleans, The Daughter of the Regiment, opera, Anne Poinsot, Marietta Piccolomini
New Orleans, LA: Theatre d'Orleans, December 10, 1858. The item is a notice to the public by the Theatre d'Orleans for the performance of "The Daughter of the Regiment", a opera comique by Gaetano Donizetti. In the notice it states that "M'lle Poinsot is too unwell to appear this evening.......
Price: $100.00
Original Paper Doll Art
United States: 1870s. A handmade set of thirty-five (35) Victorian paper dolls including eight (8) men and twenty-seven (27) women. Each is already dressed in a variety of styles: mourning wear, day and evening wear, and night wear. There is even a male paper doll brandishing a knife in what.....
Price: $550.00
Women's Fashion,Gibson Girl Style,Illustrated Billheads
Unadilla, New York: Tie Co., 1903. Illustrated billhead for Tie Co., "manufacturers of 'Holdfasts,' Strictly Tailor Made Skirts, Overgaiters, Leggings, Etc.", finished in ink manuscript and dated November 14th, 1903. Made out to a Mr. George Q. Frenz(?), it records the sale of several skirts. The image in the background.....
Price: $125.00
friendship, love, civil war, battle flag, dried flowers, in memoriam
New York: John C. Riker, c1860. A friendship album of Addie A. Allen who most likely lived in Connecticut as many of the entries note Connecticut towns in the closing. The album itself dates from 1858-1864, with the bulk of the entries dated between 1858-1860. The majority of the material.....
Price: $650.00
educational, women's work, teaching, circular
Hillsborough County, NH: Teacher's Institute, [1845-1848]. The first of the three circulars was published in May 1845 and discussed how to create and fund a previous proposal to establish a teachers institute in Hillsborough County, NH. The circular was specifically asking to propose an "experiment for three years, of sustaining.....
Price: $175.00
Agnosticism,Philosophy,Radical Freethought
New York, New York: 1922. Vol. 49, No. 31 of "The Truth Seeker", a "Freethought and Agnostic Newspaper" that provided a space for radical and progressive thinkers to discuss social, religious, and moral issues without interference from the Church and other conservative institutions. This issue features a particularly lovely allegorical.....
Price: $150.00
Child Development] [Women's Studies] [Gender Roles] [Childhood Ephemera
London: D. C. Thomson & Co., 1968. 14 pp wrappers. Stories and activities involving girls as they should be and behave. Content includs Nancy the little Nurse, a free 'Twinkle' engagement ring premium, Betty Bright-the proper little girl who does everything well, puzzles for the little nurse, Dainty dollies, Sue.....
Price: $85.00
Y.W.C.A., Social Programs, Girlhood, Social Development, Home Front
New York: 1925-1927. Two (2) items relating to the Girl Reserves, a nation-wide program initiated in 1918 by the Y.W.C.A. to help girls to grow and develop essential social and life skills in the face of the first World War. The program provided a safe space for young girls and.....
Price: $225.00