Industrial, Building & Trades
Shawl Pins, Sail Needles, Victorian Fashion and Clothing, Made in America
New York, New York: American & Howe Pin Cos. 1882. A collection of one hundred nineteen (119) Victorian shawl pins, housed in their original box. Each set of twelve pins is displayed on a sheet of printed paper with brand information at the head, measuring approx. 8.5" by 3". Enclosed.....
Price: $150.00
Lumber Mills,Illustrated Billheads
Memphis, Tennessee: Williams & Co, 1864. An attractive illustrated billhead for Williams & Co. Saw and Planing Mills, featuring an elaborate illustration at the head of the companies building bustling with workers and activity. Finished in contemporary ink and dated Oct 29, 1864, recording a sale of "9 pieces", perhaps.....
Price: $150.00
Serials,New England Manufacturing,Lumbering,Textile Manufacturing,Automation and Industry,Invention and Innovation
New England: Manufacturers' Gazette, 1881-1898. A significantly large run of the Manufacturer's Gazette, a sixteen-page illustrated weekly newspaper, including its "Lumberjack Edition". This is the single most complete run of this serial we have been able to locate (approx. 9 holding institutions in WorldCat, most with only a small handful.....
Price: $4,500.00
Industry, Business, Industrial Exposition
A 3 1/2" x 4 1/2" show card for the exposition featuring the exterior of the building with vignettes of the interior. Reverse is blank. The Institute's building on Huntington Avenue is shown in this advertisement for the 1883 American Exposition.
Price: $65.00
Typography, Broadsides, Land Development
Charleston, South Carolina: Consumers Coal Company, 1890s. Printed broadside advertising large swaths of farm land for sale in South Carolina by Consumers Coal Company, with a quirky typographical inclusion: the word "coal" has been designed out of small coal-like black shapes. Prices for parcels ranged from $2 to $25 per.....
Price: $150.00
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
Letterhead, Consumer Advise
Saginaw, MI: Allington & Curtis Mfg. 1900. An 11" by 8.5" letterhead with engraving of exterior of the building with cutaway within the image allowing the view of interior workings of the factory. Content is in response to a customers inquiry re installing a dust collector. . Reverse is blank.....
Price: $75.00
Lighting, antique, trade catalog
Boston & New York: I. Sack Cabinet Hardware Co., c1920. A promotional folder assembled for a customer with the first section of 22 pages of illustrations and brief descriptions of the items (three to nine illustrations per page. The second section has 22 pages of corresponding price list with instructions.....
Price: $175.00
Early Fire Safety and Prevention
Tilton, New Hampshire: Automatic Fire Escape Company, c.1915. Advertising booklet for an "Automatic Fire Escape" marketed to American families and "all classes of owners of buildings" as a compact and "fool proof" method of escaping a fire from an upper level. Includes a lengthy description of the product, which functions.....
Price: $225.00
ballet, russian ballet, dance, ballet impresario, program, dance
Schenectady, NY: 21-Nov-34. 56 pp (including covers) ballet program with an illustrated cover by Georges A. de Pogedareff (transcribed from indistinct signature). Russian ballet impresario Wassily de Basil, usually referred to as Colonel W. De Basil, founded the Ballets Russes de Monte-Carlo with artistic director Rene Blum in 1932. The.....
Price: $65.00
19th Century Industry
Flemington, New Jersey: N.p, c.1880. A simple yet attractive and effective advertising card for a basket factory in Flemington, New Jersey. Includes a lithographed image of the factory in motion, with smoke billowing from the stack and a train rolling by on a track, emphasizing the efficient and modern character.....
Price: $150.00
Material History and Culture,Bells,Metal Casting and Foundries
New York, New York: A.H. Andrews & Co, 1886. Illustrated circular advertising Blymyer brand bells "for Schools, Churches, Court Houses, Fire Alarms, Etc." Includes illustrations of the different bells, along with descriptions of their mountings,warranty, and quality. Also includes a price list, divided by intended use: Churches and Schools, Schools.....
Price: $175.00
California,Trade in San Francisco,Panama Canal
San Francisco, California: Dempster Bros., Printers, 1880. A primary account of discussions surrounding the push to build a canal connecting the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, a feat not accomplished until the completion of the Panama Canal in 1914. Seen as "The Key of the Pacific", the canal opened up a......
Price: $175.00
Cotton Gin,Textile Industry,Cotton
East Bridgewater, Massachusetts: Carver Cotton Gin Co., 1880s. Illustrated advertising circular, featuring some particularly lovely typographic design, for the Carver Eclipse Huller Gin. Marketed to "Planters and Ginners" as the "Best Huller Gin Made", with improvements on previous iterations. Features large illustration of the product with the name of W.P......
Price: $100.00
World's Fairs and Expositions,History of Chicago,1893 Columbian Exposition,Souvenirs,Catalogues Lists and Bibliographies
N.pl: Clarence M. Busch, State Printer of Pennsylvania, 1893. A highly detailed catalogue recording the exhibits presented by the State of Pennsylvania at the 1893 Columbian Exposition in Chicago. The catalogue, printed by the state printer of Pennsylvania, includes several full-page illustrations of the exhibits and detailed descriptions and itemized.....
Price: $275.00
Menu, Travel & Tourism, Advertising, Transportation
Rand McNally & Co., 1886. Single-fold 6 1/8" x 4 1/4" menu with a color illustrated cover depicting scenes from nature . The front cover promotes Chicago & Grand Trunk Ry, The Great Niagara Falls Air Line Menu "take one as a souvenir" The back depicts an image of Mt.....
Price: $125.00
Forges and Tools,American Manufacturing,Material History and Culture
Chicago, Illinois: Chicago Scale Co., c.1875. Illustrated bifolium (11.75" by 9"), advertising "Portable forges, blowers and tools" by the Chicago Scale Co. for a variety of uses: machine shops, blacksmithing, jewelers, mills, mines, farms, farrier work, and railroad work. Each forge and tool is illustrated with pricing, dimensions, and materials.....
Price: $175.00
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
Job Printing,Tobacco,Manufacturing and Production,Labor Saving
Petersburg, Virginia: G.F. Marks, 1868. Printed circular addressed "to manufacturers of tobacco", advertising new patented machinery used for pressing tobacco. G.F. Marks (fl.1850s) was a carpenter from Petersburg, Virginia, who developed his new "Ironback Mills for Tobacco" with local mill makers in order to capitalize on the booming tobacco and.....
Price: $400.00
Engineering,Steam Engines,Technological Innovation
Cincinnati, Ohio: The Lane & Bodley Co., 1895. A booklet promoting a new 1895 iteration of the Corliss Engine, a more efficient improvement on existing steam engines developed to power looms, mills, and factories. It was seen as major engineering accomplishment of its time, gaining its namesake, George Henry Corliss.....
Price: $225.00
World's Fairs and Expositions,History of Chicago,1893 Columbian Exposition,Souvenirs
N.pl: Jones Bros., Pub. Co, 1893. A set of twenty-four (24) photo reproduction prints, housed in their original publisher's portfolio, each depicting a different view of the Columbian Exposition in Chicago. Issued by the Jones Bros., Pub. Co. the same year as the exposition was held, in Chicago. A nice.....
Price: $275.00
legal, household & furnishing, industrial, building & trade
Haverhill, MA: April 1, 1845. A legal agreement between three men, Edward J. Smith, James Woodman and Edwin Morse for the construction of a two family house on Main Street in Haverhill. While no state is ever mentioned in the contract, it can be supposed that it is Haverhill, MA.....
Price: $150.00
Pasta, Recipes
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Lagomarsino & Cuneo, c.1874. Printed tri-fold pamphlet (6" by 3.75") with six different recipes for macaroni and vermicelli produced by Lagomarsino & Cuneo, "Steam manufacturers of over 100 different kinds of macaroni, vermicelli & fancy paste" based in Philadelphia. Boasts the "Highest Premium Awarded" from the Franklin Institute.....
Price: $85.00
Engineering,Steam Engines,Technological Innovation
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Philadelphia Engineering Works, Limited, c.1890. Three (3) items advertising the Corliss Engine, an improved steam engine debuted at the 1876 Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia by its creator, George Henry Corliss. The engine was viewed as a major breakthrough and improvement on previous steam engines, and went on to.....
Price: $175.00