Childhood Ephemera & Books
French Tissue Stereoview, Pretend Play, Children in Adult Situations
Paris: BK, [1860s]. Ten (10) different French tissue stereoviews of obviously posed children in adult situations. Each is numbers and captioned. Part of a larger series. The highest number is 122. Captioned in French including (translated) the hawker an arrest at the cabaret the dance the candlestick the village drum.....
Price: $350.00
holiday,Victorian diecut scrap, mica enhanced
A 10" x 7 1/2” embossed, die-cut Victorian scrap depicting a snow angel in white fur trimmed winter attire with matching hat. The costume is enhanced with mica flecks to give the appearance of glistening snow. Bright blue eyes and soft shoulder length hair. She poses in a wreath of.....
Price: $85.00
Billiards,Games and Leisure
Ferndale, California: Becker's Billiard Parlors, 1920s. A 10c ticket good for trade-in use at "Becker's Billiard Parlors" in Ferndale, California in the 1920s. Measures approx. 1.5" by 2.5", verso blank.
Price: $100.00
Raphael Tuck, sailor doll, doll with fishing net
A 13 1/4" embossed die-cut Victorian scrap depicting a young boy in sailor suit and red cap with fishing net. Holds a small tin in his hand. Not marked but most likely Raphael Tuck & Sons. Condition: very light neck bend and light edge wear along left leg. Overall fine.....
Price: $22.00
German Paper Dolls
Germany: 1930s. A charming 13.75" chromolithographed and die-cut paper doll produced in Germany, depicting a little girl with her hand over her heart. This doll is special because the hand on each of the outfits lifts to allow the doll to "hold" its accessories. Has stand in back to allow.....
Price: $100.00
Christmas Cards,Boyhood,Wildflowers
England: 1870s. An attractive 16mo Christmas card depicting a young blonde boy gathering wildflowers against a verdant background. The message at the bottom reads, "I Wish You A Happy Christmas". Includes a decorate embossed border. Measures approx. 3.5" by 2.5"
Price: $50.00
Holiday Card,Red-Breasted Robin,Pastoral,Lace Paper
England: 1870s. A charming 16mo holiday card made from fine lace paper with gold, and a large embossed Victorian scrap. The scrap depicts a pastoral winter scene with snow and holly. Two robins frolic around an icy branch that reads, "Compliments of the Season to all". Measures approx. 4" by.....
Price: $85.00
Paper Doll, Pretend Play, Made by Hand
[c1870s]. A 17" jointed movable paper doll of what appears to be a Tyrolian gentleman. Penned on his cumberbund is "Andenken (Souvenir)". Jointed at shoulders and knees. String tie mechanisms lifts arms and legs.
Price: $550.00
New Year's,Balls and Dances,Invitations
Pittston PA: N.p, 1834. Lithographed invitation, printed on coated card (1.75" by 3") promoting a New Year's Ball given "At the Hall of Capt. Squire Marcy" on January 1st, 1835. Lists the names of managers of the event below, verso blank.
Price: $150.00
American Folk Music,American Popular Culture and Identity,Hutchinson Family Singers,Tickets and Programs
New York, New York: Tribune Print, 1843. A concert program and admit one ticket from an 1843 farewell concert given in New York by the famed Hutchinson Family Singers. The event was held on May 25, 1843 at the Society Library Room, 348 Broadway. The group was tremendously popular at.....
Price: $325.00
Pennsylvania Dutch,Fratur ABC,Early Learners,Martin Luther
Philadelphia: bei Sch0 fer und Koradi, 1850s. A later edition of a charming Pennsylvania Dutch ABC, published for early learners just beginning to read ("fu r Kinder welche anfangen zu lernen"). The first and final leaves have been pasted into the binding as endpapers, and feature woodcuts of animals for.....
Price: $125.00
Theatrical Broadside,Job Printing,Boston Museum Theater,History of Boston
Boston, Massachusetts: Boston Museum, 1862. An early 1860s theatrical broadside, printed to promote the August 4th 1862 Monday evening entertainments at the Boston Museum. The theater, which existed between 1841 and 1903, was a popular entertainment venue that also served as a museum and zoo. Headlining this particular evening's entertainments.....
Price: $200.00
Patriotic Ephemera,United States Centennial,Ulysses S. Grant,History of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: 1876 International Exhibition, 1876. Printed program/order of exercises for the 1876 International Exhibition Opening Ceremonies. The event was held in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia on May 10th, 1876 ahead of the nation's highly anticipated centennial. Includes a list of music performed with lyrics, order of procession, and of course.....
Price: $275.00
Minstrelsy and Black Face in America
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Merrihew & Son, c.1876. Printed program outlining a full night of musical entertainments starring "The Gigantic Duprez & Benedict's Minstrels", a traveling minstrel group popular with the public in the 1870s. As might be expected, one of the biggest numbers includes black face/minstrelsy (one of the numbers is.....
Price: $100.00
Greeting Card
Belfast and London: Marcus Ward & Co., 1890s. A charming greeting card depicting a young blond girl in a straw hat against a pastoral setting, with an inscription in ink on the verso: "Best wishes for Miss Hood from Lizzie". Printed poem on the front titled "The Best of Good.....
Price: $24.00
Magic,Parlor Tricks,Paper Folding and Engineering,Clever Novelties,Transformation
N.pl: 1890s. A clever "magic book" made from simple paper engineering principles: the "book" reveals different images through a cut window depending on how it is unfolded. Made from paper printed with whimsical illustrations secured to pink construction paper "covers" with two scraps as decoration. Each of the images shows.....
Price: $350.00
Royal Hand-Bell Ringers,Touring Acts
[Kingston, New York]: Liscomb's Opera House, 1895. Printed ticket granting admission to a performance of the Royal Hand-Bell Ringers of London at Liscomb's Opera House in Kingston, New York, in October 1895. The group, directed by Duncan S. Miller, toured often and performed frequently for temperance societies. Using hand bells.....
Price: $150.00
Entertanment, Brooklyn
Brooklyn, NY: 1895. 1895 vaudeville program for the Hyde and Behman's Theatre, week commencing May 5, Brooklyn. Comedy, marionettes, pantomime. 4to bifolium printed in red and black (13" by 10").
Price: $100.00
History of Roller Coasters and Amusements,Atlantic City
Atlantic City, New Jersey: Young's Million Dollar Pier, 1903. A fun novelty badge produced in 1903 for lovers of the "Loop the Loop", a.k.a. the "Flip Flap Railway", in Atlantic City, New Jersey. An early example of the roller coaster, it was designed and built in 1901 by Edward A......
Price: $150.00
Entertainment, Waterman's Pen, Advertising and Promotion
Brooklyn, NY: 1909. Printed program for the week of August 23rd, 1909, of the Brighton Theatre in Coney Island: "Ladies will kindly remove their large hats". Dancing, orchestral music, comedy. 8vo (9" by 5"), pp. [20], original illus. wrappers with mermaids and Poseidon. Fills with ads for local Brooklyn and.....
Price: $125.00
Boys' Camps and Camping,YMCA,Boyhood,Snapshots
Southwick, Massachusetts: 1910. A one-of-a-kind photo and narrative album memorializing the summer of 1910 at Camp Congamond. The camp was first held in 1908 for Y.M.C.A. boys, and was located at Congamond Lake in Southwick, Massachusetts. A later iteration would also be established for girls. The present photo album contains.....
Price: $475.00
Masks,Material Culture,Theater Costumes, Racism, Discrimination
New York, New York: Gustav Klippert, 1910s. Printed handbill advertising the sale of paper mache, gauze, wax, and satin masks for events ranging from costume balls to Christmas parties. Offerings include a large paper mache radish head "about one yard high", devil masks, imported French Domino satin masks for masquerades.....
Price: $275.00
Circuses and Carnival Entertainment,Hotels,Vaudeville,Minstrel and Depictions of Race
United States: 1910s-1930s. A whimsical collection of 1910s-1930s ephemera related to circuses and carnival acts, including illustrated letterheads, postcards, handbills, and hotel stationary. Collected by one individual who was, presumably, a traveling performer, it is a unique collection in that it contains stationary from the fancy hotels he (she?) was.....
Price: $3,200.00
Mary Pickford,Actresses and Starlets of the Silent Film Era
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Bluebird Theatre, 1916. A scarce bit of advertising ephemera from Mary Pickford's Paramount era, promoting a showing of her 1916 film "Poor Little Peppina" in Philadelphia. Other starlets listed include Hazel Dawn, Blanche Sweet, Mary Boland, and Beverly Bayne. Printed on pink card and measuring approx. 5.5" by.....
Price: $85.00