Medicine, Science & Technology
ABAA-WINTER-2024, Careers in STEM,The American Workforce
New York, New York: General Electric, 1956-1968. A grouping of five (5) publications by General Electric, courting young talent and encouraging teens and young adults to pursue higher education in preparation for fulfilling careers in science and technology. Note that each of the publications encourages critical thinking, and focuses not.....
Price: $450.00
Chromolithography,Printer's Proofs,Importing Pharmaceuticals and Medicines , ABAA-RBMS-2023
United States: J.L. Hopkins & Co., c.1915. A set of four (4) chromolithographed printer's proofs offering different color and saturation options. Produced for the J.L. Hopkins & Co., a pharmaceutical firm that imported "all kinds of roots, barks, herbs, gums, leaves & seeds which are used for medicinal purposes". Each.....
Price: $150.00
Bells,Material Culture,Metal
East Medway, Massachusetts: George H. Holbrook, 1880s. Advertising circular for cast metal bells for churches, factories, and steamboats. manufactured by George H. Holbrook in East Medway, Massachusetts. An interesting and obscure niche in material culture and history, but important items that were essential to keeping time and something average people.....
Price: $150.00
Infectious Disease, Communicable Disease, Diphtheria, Public Health
[1910s]. A 4pp circular on diphtheria pre-vaccination. It provides a general explanation of the communication of the disease and how to prevent and control spread of the disease. The second paragraph reads "S generally is diphtheria regarded as due to unsanitary conditions, that by common consent it is classed among.....
Price: $125.00
Health and wellness Sanitariums, Tuberculosis, Pulmonary Diseases, Public Health, Contagion
Chicago, Illinois: City of Chicago Municipal Tuberculosis Sanitarium, 1932. Vol. 12, Nos. 7-12 inclusive of the City of Chicago's Municipal Tuberculosis Sanitarium Bulletin, subtitled "What You Should Know About Tuberculosis". Marketed towards the general public, the pamphlet discusses the disease in detail and focuses on information that aids in Chicago's.....
Price: $135.00
Supporting the Arts,Summer Festivals,Arts and Cultural Events,History of New York City
New York, New York: Municipal Art Committee, 1936. Illustrated booklet promoting the Second Annual Summer Festival of the City of New York, a grand celebration of the city's museums, parts, performances, and cultural events. Organized by the Municipal Art Committee, the festival opened with a performance by the Metropolitan Opera.....
Price: $100.00
Patent Medicines, Circus, Spectacle, Word Puzzles
Lowell, Massachusetts: C.I. Hood & Co., c.1900. An exceedingly scarce illustrated advertising booklet for Hood's Sarsparilla, including a charming short story that captures all the excitement and spectacle of going to the circus. "A Clown's Romance" is printed on the versos, and descriptions of Hood's medicines and ailments treated are.....
Price: $95.00
Get Well, Social History, Novelty
1920s-1950s. A collection of 110 different get well cards, predominantly for children and dating from the 1930s to the 1950s with others 1910 to 2000. A majority of the cards in this collection are light-hearted in nature and intended to ?cheer-up? the recipient. Selected from a 30 plus year extensive.....
Price: $1,000.00
Methodist, Australia, nursing, gender roles, England
Washington, DC: 1900- 1913. A collection of 14 letters, written to Eliza Grace Jeffries (1840-1917). While originally born in England, Eliza and her younger brother, Rev Peter Jeffries immigrated to America in 1899. Peter served as pastor to several congregations of the next sixteen years in the Virginia, Baltimore and.....
Price: $350.00
Transit and Travel, Ephemera Collecting, Albums and Scrapbooks
St. Louis, Missouri: c.1907. A quirky album of c.1907 streetcar and railway tickets, most for the St. Louis Transit Company. Includes several "Employee's Tickets" with the names of John and Annie Herzkh(?) in pencil. John's name has also been scrawled in pencil in a couple places. Evidently the pair enjoyed.....
Price: $550.00
Lead Paint,Paint Chips and Samples
United States: National Lead & Oil Company of Pennsylvania, c.1915. Twenty-three (23) color sample swatches of different colors of lead paint sold by the National Lead & Oil Company of Pennsylvania, intended for use in homes and businesses. Features a charming image of a little boy with paint can and.....
Price: $110.00
Water Cures, Patent Medicine, Hidden Message, Paper with a Secret
[Boston, Massachusetts]: Commonwealth Mineral Spring Water, c.1900. Advertising card for Commonwealth Mineral Spring Water, with a humorous image of two men on the recto alongside bold claims for the water's efficacy as a cure-all: "It is a sure cure for Dyspepsia, Liver and Kidney Complaints, and other Chronic Diseases". On.....
Price: $115.00
Patent Medicines,Poison
New York, New York: Mr. Fellows, c.1905. A brief educational booklet for patients advertising the patent medicine Fellows' Compound Syrup of Hypophosphites, a mixture of iron, quinine, strychnine (yes, the poison), lime, manganese, and potash (i.e. potassium chloride). Includes brief descriptions of pneumonia, influenza, malaria, whooping cough, and diphtheria. Defends.....
Price: $175.00
Contraception and Family Planning,Sex Education
United States: N.p., 1920s. Featuring a glamorous young woman with blonde finger waves on the cover, "The Control of Fertility in Women" educates American women in the 1920s about sterilization (both male and female) and contraception methods (including condoms, diaphragms, spermicidal foam). "Can a married couple control their fertility? .......
Price: $250.00
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
Medicinal Waters,Health and Wellness Tourism,Spring Water
Cowlesville, New York: Cowlesville Mineral Well Company, 1874. Printed circular promoting the healing waters at the Cowlesville Mineral Well, located in Cowlesville, New York. Provides the reader with a scientific breakdown of the minerals in the water as evidence of its health benefits. An early example of "healing" or "medicinal".....
Price: $225.00
Mining, Mining equipment, Concentrating Table
Fort Wayne, IND: The Deister Concentrator Company, 1915. 72 pp. Comprehensive descriptions provided for their concentrating tables. B&W illustrations of the table, and its individual parts are included. Prices not listed. Covers show some wear, with a few intact tears along the edge. The first few interior pages have foxing.....
Price: $75.00
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
Children as Advertising Pawns, Patent Medicine, Dr. Miles, Paper Dolls
Elkhart In. Dr. Miles Medical Co., 1902. A 20 3/4" tall die-cut easel back paper doll depicting Katrina Knickerbocker holding a bottle of Dr. Miles New Heart Cure. The reverse introduces Katrina, a character in Rip Van Winkle and of course promoting the various Dr. Miles with brief narratives and.....
Price: $400.00
Children as Advertising Pawns, Patent Medicine, Dr. Miles, Paper Dolls
Elkhart In. Dr. Miles Medical Co., 1902. A 20 3/4" tall die-cut easel back paper doll depicting Dorothy (Dolly) Quincy holding a bottle of Dr. Miles Restorative Nervine. The reverse introduces Dolly,the future wife of John Hancock and of course promoting the various Dr. Miles with brief narratives and a......
Price: $450.00
Dreams, Metaphysics, Marketing to Women, Patent Medicine, Nerve food for women , ABAA-RBMS-2023
Toronto, Canada: The Dr. A.W. Chase Medicine Co., c.1920. Advertising booklet for The Dr. A.W. Chase Medicine Co., offering a dream dictionary of dream symbols and their meanings (Alligators, it seems, portend "An unlucky lawsuit, business reverses, disappointment, [or] danger", for example). The booklet is clearly marketed to women, and.....
Price: $200.00
Medicine and Advertising, Marketing to Domestic Workers, Home Medicines
Atlanta, Georgia: Dr. H.H. Green's Sons, c1912. Booklet advertising Dr. Green's Sons' remedy for dropsy, including a summary of the company, description of the affliction, several testimonials, and a mail-in order form with health questionnaire. Also includes several blank pages of lined paper for notes, and tips for domestic workers.....
Price: $95.00
IBM, History of Computing
New York, New York: International Business Machines Corporation, 1939-1940. Two (2) early IBM memoranda, dated 1939 and 1940, on company letterhead specific to the Electric Accounting Machine Division. The first, "Commercial Research Bulletin # 32-A", consists of 9 leaves of typewritten instructions for how to operate the Alphabetic Accounting Machine.....
Price: $375.00