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Advertising, Paper Fan, Restaurants
Twelve wooden blade paper hand fan depicting a c1920s French woman holding a parasol and stopping to smell the roses. The reverse reads Restaurant de la Cascade - Bois de Boulogne. Presumable a promotion provided by the elegant outdoor restaurant for patrons. Measures 10" x 8" when one. Some wear;.....
Price: $150.00
Advertising and Promotion, Novelty, Design
New York: Siegel Cooper Co., [1896]. Ice Air & Electricity A bamboo hand fan with applied paper litho both sides. The front depicts an ice queen holding ice sculptures in a serene forest. it is captioned "The Coolest and Most Attractive Store in the World" The reverse depicts the grand.....
Price: $250.00
Asthma, Pulmonary, antispasmodic medicines
Meadville, Pennsylvania: Dr. J.D. Stoneroad & Co., c.1889. Advertising flyer (8.75" by 5.5") for Sozone, an antispasmodic for the treatment of asthma as well as "spasmodic croup, whooping cough, or hacking cough of phthisis, and in all spasmodic cases where the pneumogastric nerve is involved" (verso). On the recto is.....
Price: $125.00
Fortune Fish
Rochester, New York: J.G. Davis Co., c.1904. A nicely preserved example of a fortune fish, this one being used to advertise a granite flour company. Fortune fish, usually made from red cellophane, purport to tell your fortune by reacting to the body heat in your hand (e.g. curling up means.....
Price: $100.00
Patents, Inventions, Domestic Life and Labor
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: G.S. Harris & Son, 1876. Advertising handbill for the American Air Churn, described as "The Greatest Labor-Saving Machine Ever Invented", with wood engraved illustration of the product at the head. Includes a litany of benefits to upgrading to this model, including such gems as "Any child can operate.....
Price: $100.00
Glyco-Thymoline, quack medicine, remedy
A single-fold 6 ¼” x 3” flyer for Glyco-Thymoline, an alkaline antiseptic for the efficient treatment of inflammatory conditions of mucous membrane in all parts of the body, by Kress & Wren Company. 316-363 Pearl Street, New York. The front cover is an image from a photograph of an Edwardian.....
Price: $85.00
Seal Engraving, Notaries, Stamps and Presses
New York, New York: Holihan & Co., 1870s. Engraved letter (8.5" by 5.5") on illustrated company letterhead from Holihan & Co., makers of seals, stamps, and presses for notaries and other official use. The form letter addresses a newly appointed notary, and offers prices for customized seals. The illustration at.....
Price: $80.00
Summer Camps, International Friendship
Risör, Norway: Camp Viking, 1920s. Advertising pamphlet for Camp Viking, a "Norwegian Camp run on American plan" created "to promote international friendship between girls". Includes two illustrations: one of Viking ship on cover, and one of the main camp building inside. Designed for girls ten years of age or older.....
Price: $150.00
Advertising to Children, Paper Dolls, S&C
Germany. Printed in Austria: S & C, [1930]. A four-page folded booklet with die-cut heart on the cover exposition one of the paper dolls. It promotes Sorosis Shoes Hunters, most likely a shoe emporium. When opened it reveals three (3) die-cut 4 3/4" paper dolls, each with 3 costumes and.....
Price: $175.00
advertising, medicine, pharmacist, music, song card
Bridgeport, OH: H. E. Wells & Co., [1885]. An advertising card for H. E. Wells & Co., a family druggist from Bridgeport, OH. Based on the brief description on the card, it appears as though Wells sold remedies for both humans and farm animals, like horses and cattle. On the.....
Price: $100.00
eggs, kitchen appliances, business, circular, advertisement, testimonial, correspondence, mailing list
Newburyport, MA: Hale & Company, 1866. A circular filled with testimonials for the Aerifying Egg Beater patented in 1866 and produced by Hale & Company in Newburyport, MA. The first page has a wonderful woodcut of the manufacturing building of Hale & Co., along with a description of of the.....
Price: $175.00
Sanatoriums
Denver, Colorado: Agnes Memorial Sanatorium, 1916. The personal health record book of a Ms. Greenough Gregory of Westminster, Colorado, offered here with a tri-fold postcard depicting the Agnes Memorial Sanatorium; on the reverse of the postcard, Ms. Greenough Gregory has recorded in neat ink a very detailed description of the.....
Price: $200.00
Agnes Richardson, children's stories, short stories
London: Birn Bros Ltd., c. 1939. unpaginated. Applied color illustrated, color frontispiece plus three plates, illustrations are black and one color (varies depending on story). A collection of short stories with illustrations, the first story is Really and Truly, others include The Experiment, The Magic Jersey, and The Defeated Boxer.....
Price: $80.00
ABAA-WINTER-2024, Gender Roles,Military Spouses and Families,Air Force,Woman's Work
[Washington, D.C.]: USAF Personnel Retention Program, 1964. Where patriotism meets gender roles: a printed booklet encouraging the wives of Air Force Officers, recognizing the support and labor they provide as military spouses. Part of the "USAF Personnel Retention Program", the booklet includes a brief description of what an Air Force.....
Price: $275.00
antacid, advertisement, health & welfare, medicine
Toronto, Canada: Carter, Cummings, & Co., c1920. An advertisement for Al-Caroid, which was an antacid containing the vegetable digestive ferment caroid. One side of the ad has a color illustration depicting the antacid being mixed into a class of water, with the caption "flavor unusually pleasing, no sickly alkaline taste".....
Price: $125.00
Cotton Industry
Howard County, Maryland: Alberton Cotton Factory, 1871. Illustrated letterhead for the Alberton Cotton Factory, featuring at lively image of the factory with people, a horse and buggy, nearby domiciles, and a steaming locomotive going by. Below is a letter handwritten ink by the Treasurer of the company to Mr. William.....
Price: $175.00
autograph books, friendship albums
Gilt black leather cover. A true autograph book with signatures, location, and date. Most in Boston or the Boston area. Several from Normal School and/or with gem size photos at upper right corner; mostly women. A few state "Boston Normal School Class '78" other say "C.H.S. class of '75" and.....
Price: $110.00
Kindergarten Art, Froebel, Folded Paper
A rather stunning album of origami made by one individual out of blue, light blue, white, and red paper squares. There are 60 folded paper examples as well as 9 large patterns comprised of 169 smaller folded paper examples; in total, there are 230 individual examples folded paper kindergarten art.....
Price: $1,100.00
friendship album, lithography, hand colored lithography, art, watercolor, pencil, ink sketch, music
England: c 1830-1850s. An artist's scrap book filled with over fifty (50) pieces of original art work and hand colored lithography and other pieces. What makes this scrap book a unique find, is the consistent fine quality of the work within. Some of the hand-colored lithography is so expertly done.....
Price: $675.00
Kindergarten Art,Froebel,Paper Cutting
United States: c.1900. A collection of sixty (60) examples of Kindergarten paper cutting art, displayed on forty-two (42) folding panels housed in a cloth-covered album. There are 42 examples made from blue paper, and 18 examples of multicolored paper. Of special note are two of the final examples in the.....
Price: $1,000.00
Panorama, Humor, Masons, Aleppo, Shriners
Boston, Massachusetts: Aleppo Temple, 1922. An early 1920's poster advertising a meeting and annual outing for the Aleppo Shriners. The printed poster (26.25" by 11") contains information about the events on the front along with humorous cartoons; on the back, it features a large panorama printed in yellow and black.....
Price: $250.00
School reports
New Haven: 1890-1892, 1903. A collection of 15 reports for Miss Alice Murphy, 1 excuse from examination card from 1903. Reports from Day School for Young Ladies and Girls, New Haven. Principals: Miss Orton and Miss Nichols. reports are signed A.K. Murphy. Examination excuse card is from 1903 and is.....
Price: $45.00
collections & archives, food & wine, recipes, women's work, advertising
United States: Various, 1919-1949. A seven (7) piece collection of recipe books relating to weird and unusual food. This strangeness can be do the recipe books almost religious adherence to using an unusual ingredient in every dish or to recipes that are either actually bizarre or just unfamiliar to modern.....
Price: $300.00
Leisure, Vacations, California, Tourism, Marketing
Los Angeles, California: c1945. Typewritten letter (11" by 8.5") from Don Thomas, Managing Director of The All-Year Club of Southern California, on letterhead with original envelope responding to a prospective customer's interest in receiving promotional materials. He addresses the letter to "Victory Vacationist", highlighting the Club's push to market Los.....
Price: $375.00