Transformation
Chromolithography,Metamorphosis,Transformation,Puzzle Game,Dress Up Games,Racism,Sexism,Ageism,Xenophobia,History of Discrimination in America
New York, New York: Ives, Blakeslee Co., c.1880. A charming box of children's puzzles, that doubles as a metamorphosis/transformation. In total there are five (5) different puzzles, each with its own character. This example is complete. The characters can be mixed and matched (hence the "metamorphosis") to create completely new.....
Price: $1,000.00
Au Bon Marché,Transformation,Chromolithography,Military
Paris, France: Au Bon Marché, c.1900. A charming c.1900 illustrated advertising card for the famed Parisian department store "Au Bon Marché". Designed as a transformation, the card depicts a young blonde child in military dress. When a tab is pulled at the head, the military dress transforms into an admiral's.....
Price: $100.00
Transformation,Parisian Department Stores
Paris: 1890s. A charming children's transformation advertising Au Bon Marché/Maison A. Boucicaut, a Parisian department store. Front depicts a little girl in a yellow dress selling costume masks, back has a view of the Rue du Bac in Paris. There are two dolls (a boy on the verso of the.....
Price: $125.00
Humor,Caricature,Metamorphic
United States: c.1930? A metamorphic game based on six (6) different amusing caricatures. Each caricature is die-cut and printed onto a stiff piece of card, and is divided into three sections: face, chin, and body. The child playing with the toy can mix and match the different features to create.....
Price: $300.00
Double Transformation,Family Medicine,Patent Medicine,Cod Liver Oil,Dietary and Health Supplements
N.pl: N.p, 1880s. A scarce example of a "double transformation". Unlike traditional transformations, which only transform one image, this example can change two separate images (front and back) depending on whether the top flap is folded to the front of back. A clever example of humor in marketing. The products.....
Price: $250.00
Corsets and Undergarments,Advertising to Women,Transformation
N.pl: 1880s. An amusing Victorian transformation, advertising Cooley's Globe Corset. The first image depicts two young ladies frowning, with a caption describing how unhappy one is with her frumpy figure, and how she fears her beau will not find her attractive. When the front flap is lowered, she is revealed.....
Price: $150.00
ABAA-RBMS-2024,Humor,Advertising Transformations
New York, New York: Donaldson Bros. 1880s. A nice grouping of fifteen (15) humorous 1880s advertising transformations. A fun example of "paper with a secret", advertising transformations were common ways to market products to the public, and usually used a folded flap of paper to "transform" an image and make.....
Price: $700.00
Infrastructure, Railroads, Industry
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: H.G. Leisenring's Steam Printing House, 1867. First joint report to stockholders from three New Jersey and Delaware based transportation companies, illuminating early efforts to better connect the cities of New York and Philadelphia via innovative railway and canal lines. Includes a list of directors and officers of the.....
Price: $150.00
Victorian transparency, overlay, silhouette paper doll, Metamorphosis
A 4” x 5” watercolor cutout overlay of a young woman with a floral hat. Great character and lines. Sorry but we don’t have the picture that goes behind it; but I think I like it better this way.
Price: $200.00
Made by Hand, Transformation, Paper Dolls, Overlay, Ethnicity, Metamorphosis
[1860s]. A 3 1/8" somewhat naive watercolor paper doll drawn and cut from pith paper and applied to a plain paper backing. Also includes eight (8) different costumes of various nationalities including Old English, Bohemian, Polish, Circassian, Russian, Italian, Chinese and Prussian. Each in traditional attire with head ware. Each.....
Price: $750.00
Labor Saving,Advertising to Women,Sewing Machines
Chicago, Illinois: Johnson, Clark & Co, 1880s. A clever "Hold-to-Light" style advertising card promoting sewing. machines sold by Johnson, Clark & Co. in the 1880s. On the front is a downcast woman sewing by hand in candlelight. When the viewer holds the card to light, the illegible message magically becomes.....
Price: $125.00
Transformations,Humor in Advertising,Patent Medicine. Paper with a Secret
New York, New York: Donaldson Bros. 1890s. A comical transformation advertising St. Jacobs Oil, a kind of liniment used for aches, pains and rheumatism akin to today's "Icy Hot" patches. The transformation is made from three panels, the two panels on either side of the center panel bisected. To read.....
Price: $125.00
Advertising to Children, Anthropomorphism, Metamorphosis
Battle Creek, Mich. Kellogg Company, 1932. The book features six (6) pages of sliced animals in 6 pieces to provide numerous, hilarious combinations of heads, bodies and feet when flipped about. There are also little verses that pair with the illustrations that give some context, which also happen to mention.....
Price: $45.00
Au Bon Marché,Transformation,Chromolithography,Pastoral
Paris, France: Au Bon Marché, c.1900. A charming c.1900 illustrated advertising card for the famed Parisian department store "Au Bon Marché". Designed as a transformation, the card is titled "La Cigale et La Fourmi" ("The Cicada and the Ant"). When a paper tab at the bottom of the card is.....
Price: $100.00
Au Bon Marché,Transformation,Chromolithography,Occupations
Paris, France: Au Bon Marché, c.1900. A charming c.1900 illustrated advertising card for the famed Parisian department store "Au Bon Marché". Designed as a transformation, the card is titled "Le Savetier et le Financier" ("The Shoemaker and the Financier"). When a paper tab at the bottom of the card is.....
Price: $100.00
Transformation, US Presidents, Childhood Ephemera
8.13: c1900. Housed in a 3 1/2" x 6 1/2" illustrated envelope with an image of George Washington at left. It is Series 5. Millard Filmore, Franklin Pierce and James Buchanan. Directions indicate using a light pencil to rub over the page and the picture of a present and his.....
Price: $85.00
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
Panorama, Concertina, transformation, Lord Mayor
Seven Dials, W. C. W. S. Fortey. When closed measures 4 1/2" x 6". Paper wraps. Opens out to an 80" hand colored procession with the Lord Mayor concluding the procession. Created in four sections and glued together.
Price: $500.00
ABAA-HOLIDAY-2025,Peepshow,Transformation, Moscow, Napoleon,Paper with a Secret
Germany: c1835. A five (5) chamber peepshow. The cover hand colored lithograph depicts Napoleon and his troops camped outside of Moscow in 1812 and is captioned MOSKAU. The first chamber scene is a forest like scene, a reminder of home in France. The next three scenes are views of the.....
Price: $2,200.00
Metamorphic, Advertising, Trade Cards, Tobacco
United States: 1870s-1880s. A grouping of six (6) metamorphic cards advertising tobacco produced by: Blackwell's; D.H. McAlpin & Co.; Jackson's Best; Rail Road Mills; and A.S. Rosenbaum & Co. The advertising gimmick of metamorphic cards was an effective and common one for tobacco products in the late nineteenth century. Each.....
Price: $375.00
Transformations,Humor
North Adams, Massachusetts: Barnard, c.1895. Changing customers' faces from tears to smiles: an advertising card promoting the North Adams, Massachusetts clothier Barnard. When the flap is lifted, the man's expression turns from sad to happy. The text on the front reads "These CLOTHING bills will RUIN me!", and underneath he.....
Price: $75.00
Six Kut-up Toys, Medford Thorne, vintage mechanical paper toys, rocking toys, paper rockers
A set of six 13” x 9” heavy card stock mechanical toys in a paper wrapper. They are Six Kut-up Toys, All Mechanical for Boys and Girls, New, Novel, Durable by Mechanical Kut-Up Toy Co., Manufacturers, Each sheet has a different vividly colored paper toy to be cut and assembled.....
Price: $75.00
Die-cut Transformation, Advertising and Promotion, Pretty women influencer
Worcester, MA: 1880s. A 6 1/4" x 3 1/2" single-fold transformation advertising card. It depicts a women with a flowing gossamer shawl and is captioned "If you don't get what you want". When opened the remainder of the caption appears and reads "KICK FOR IT". Her leg kick upward. Promotion.....
Price: $150.00
ABAA-HOLIDAY-2025,Overlay, Metamorphosis, Made by Hand, Social History, Women's History
1805. A 3.5" x 3" watercolor bust of a women gazing slightly to the right on 6" x 5 1/4" card stock. Finely detailed face. Inscribed on reverse "Miss Millett with J.P..W's love". This is accompanied by sixteen (16) different overlays of costumes for women of various stations, nationalities and.....
Price: $3,200.00