Social Welfare
wanted poster
A poster with three different images from photographs of the individual, who is a professional nurse who claims to be a physician. Among his aliases “Nativity Hollander” Includes a comprehensive description including an active quick and nervous disposition, slightly bow legged. It also lists his relative with addresses. Issued by.....
Price: $75.00
Child Welfare,Serials,Poverty,Child Labor,Education
Montgomery, Alabama: Child Welfare Department of Alabama, 1921. Volume I, No. 1 of "Alabama Childhood", the "official bulletin of the State Child Welfare Department of Alabama". The first issue of a new series published in 1921 to highlight the importance of child welfare, and to report on the activities of.....
Price: $250.00
WWII,Roosevelt,Civic Education,Homefront,Patriotism and Propaganda
Washington, D.C. Civic Education Service, 1942. Four issues of the American Observer published in May 1942, offering invaluable insight into efforts by civic education organizations to educate the general American public about goings on in the war. This particular paper was published weekly by the Civic Education Service, with these.....
Price: $175.00
Ancient Order of United Workmen,American Civil War,Insurance and Benefits,Social Supports
United States: Ancient Order of United Workmen, 1880s. Printer circular promoting membership in the Ancient Order of United Workmen, a North American fraternal organization devoted to providing social support for families founded in 1868 following the Civil War. The group's main innovation was providing insurance for working men, allowing bereaved.....
Price: $100.00
Menus and Bills of Fare, Humor, Gender Roles, Racism
United States: 1894. Please note Racist Language. A tongue-in-cheek "Bill of Fare" for a "Conundrum Social" given by a (fictional?) Ladies' Aid Society. Attendees can order main dishes such as "Women of Grit" or desserts such as "Spilled Type". Measures 8.75" by 5.25" A bit of a commentary on social.....
Price: $150.00
Black Beauty,Humane Education,Animal Welfare,Equestrian,Horse Welfare
Providence, Rhode Island: Humane Education Committee, Late 19th-century. A printed circular published around the same time of the publication of Black Beauty, which triggered an animal welfare and humane education movement in the United States and Great Britain. This circular, published by a humane education committee in Providence, aims to.....
Price: $275.00
Home Ownership,Insurance,Advertising
Newark, New Jersey: The Prudential Insurance Company of America, c.1959. A folded guide to home insurance and mortgages from The Prudential Insurance Company of America, featuring a fun pop-up house in the center. Outside, the guide appears to be a blueprint, and when opened, the house pops up in the.....
Price: $250.00
Work Horses, Humane Treatment
1911. 8 pp booklet. Revised and re-issued, August 1911. Content includes information on Watering and Bedding and Bedding and Rest for parade horses. Primarily discusses need for bedding in stables and watering both day and night. The inside cover has a postscript with testimonials from stable owners. Measures 7 1/2".....
Price: $65.00
Social Security, Social Welfare, Old-Age and Survivors Insurance
US Government Printing Office, 1939. 8 pp pamphlet with an image from a photograph of gently "puffing his chest". The content describes the monthly old-age and survivor's insurance benefits beginning January 1, 1940. It describes how to qualify - retire from work, or made at least $50 in each of.....
Price: $100.00
Birth Control,Maternal Mortality Rates,Abortion,Women's Right to Choose,Margaret Sanger,Birth Control Clinical Research Bureau
[New York, New York]: [Birth Control Clinical Research Bureau], 1938. A series of three (3) pamphlets published by Margaret Sanger's Birth Control Clinical Research Bureau for medical professionals and scholars studying birth control and women's health in the United States in the late 1930s. The first pamphlet begins by highlighting.....
Price: $550.00
Education, Child Welfare, WWII, Rebuilding Japan
1940s-1951. A collection of cards gathered by an American education official and consultant to the Ministry of Education who worked with Japanese counterparts during the American occupation of Japan. All have been translated presumably by the original owner and written on the card, including title and responsibility. Many are personally.....
Price: $550.00
Social Welfare, Women's Work
1930s. Leaflet promoting the Laden Plan of Distribution, and reprinting recent positive reactions in the press. Goldie Laden was an advocate for the poor, and developed her Plan in order to right what she perceived as an inherent wrong in modern society: "The most heinous crime in America is our.....
Price: $150.00
Education, Truancy, Rhode Island
Providence RI: 1856. Two (2) printed letters send from Robert Allyn, Commissioner Public Schools advising that the General Assembly has requested each Town or District to provide information on truancy of children between the ages of 6 and 15 years. The information was to be submitted on Statistical Blanks (not.....
Price: $110.00
Benevolence, Letter Carriers, Dance Card
Springfield [MA]: J. E. Shipman, 1894. 8 pp dance card die-cut in the shape of a mail box. Litho on orange stock covers. Ribbon binding. The order of dance includes sixteen dances. Seven dances were spoken for (written in pencil). Music by the Springfield Orchestral Club. Hosted by Branch No.....
Price: $85.00
fire, fire safety, french canadian, kitchen fire, cooking, public works, government, death, mortality
Quebec, Canada: Ministry of Public Works, 1940s. A fire-safety postcard distributed by the Ministry of Public Works in Quebec. The blotter is specifically warning against cooking fires. On the right side of the postcard is a black and white illustration of a woman cooking on the stove as she appears.....
Price: $55.00
American Female Guardian Society, annual reports, charity
New Tork: Female Guardian Society, 1852. 32 pp. Printed paper cover, frontispiece. An annual report for the American Female Guardian Society, beginning with the board members, annual meeting, annual report, and ending with the treasurer's report. Page 30 has a listing of the life members. 9" x 5 3/4" wear.....
Price: $55.00
Hospitals,History of Mental Health,Social Welfare
Boston, Massachusetts: Dutton and Wentworth, State Printers, 1844. Eleventh annual report of the State Lunatic Hospital at Worcester, with valuable information about patient demographics. Admissions, discharges, deaths, and average number of patients is reported, as well as provisions and expenses. However, the most valuable section of this report is the.....
Price: $150.00
Servicemen's Dependents Allowance Act of 1942,WWII,Dependency Benefits in Wartime
Newark, New Jersey: Office of Dependency Benefits, 1944. A WWII-era booklet issued to the American public to answer questions about family allowances available under the Servicemen's Dependents Allowance Act of 1942. The allowances were issued to soldiers and their dependents, usually a spouse and children. Answers questions about amounts paid.....
Price: $250.00
International Brotherhood of Teamsters,Labor Unions,Service Organizations
Washington, D.C: The International Brotherhood of Teamsters, 1968-1969. A set of five (5) issues of The International Teamster issued between October 1968 and December 1969. Published for the membership as "the official magazine of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen and Helpers of America". The issues include Oct. 1968.....
Price: $350.00
Early United States Prohibition, Anti-Prohibition Efforts, Social Welfare
The Voice (Prohibition Paper), c. 1888. 16pp. An attempt to rebuke the idea of prohibition through the use of quotes that support the ineffectiveness of it. Starting with a passage from "The Voice" which was the prohibition newspaper, the argument against prohibition, and the inability to enforce it, is briefly.....
Price: $85.00
Froebel Kindergarten, History of New York, Social Work, Public Health and Hygiene
New York, New York: Bloomingdale Neighborhood Association, 1908. Fourth Annual Report of the Bloomingdale Neighborhood Association, featuring a photograph on the upper wrapper of over a dozen schoolchildren and their social workers in front of the Bloomingdale Guild. The organization's purpose was "To raise higher educational and social ideals"; "To.....
Price: $150.00
Freemasons,Lodge 180,History of Westchester County,Fires and Natural Disasters
Westchester County, New York: Westchester Lodge No. 180, 1866. An emotional printed appeal from the leaders of Westchester Lodge No. 180, reporting on a devastating fire suffered by residents of Sing Sing (i.e. Ossining, New York), including two Lodge members by the names of Samuel C. Nichols and Jacob T......
Price: $125.00
Patent Medicine,Venereal Disease and STIs,Sexual Health
New York, New York: Civiale Remedial Agency, c.1880. A booklet advertising quack/dubious remedies for "Sexual and Urinary Diseases" sold by the patent medicine manufacturer Civiale Remedial Agency in the 1880s. True to the times, it begins with a sensational lament of promiscuity in the country's youths and its effects on.....
Price: $200.00
Schools and Universities, Social Events,
[State College, Pennsylvania]: 1919-1920. "Poverty Day" was a light-hearted tradition at Penn State University that required incoming freshmen to parade around campus for the day in thread-bare clothing. The present six (6) photographs convey the jovial atmosphere and good times had by all. One photo of Poverty Day 1920 has.....
Price: $225.00