Transportation
Steamers and Liners,Menus,Maritime and Shipping History
[Quebec]: Richelieu and Ontario Navigation Company, 1898. A printed menu for breakfast on the steamer S.S. Carolina in 1898, with designs of destinations and natural sights on the front by A.G. Racey (e.g. Montreal, Cliffs of Murray Bay). Inside, there is a wine list on the right and a menu.....
Price: $125.00
Women's Colleges
Northampton, Massachusetts: Smith College, 1965. A metal bicycle license plate for a student or faculty member at Smith College in the 1960s. Embossed with the college name, identification number "1106", and expiration date ("Exp. 65"). Measures approx. 3" in diameter with two pinholes on left and right edges for fastening.....
Price: $150.00
London,Railway Tourism,Travel in Victorian Britain
London, England: Wm. Tweedie, 1862. A railway guide, but made into an ABC, published in the 1860s for tourists and locals alike to properly plan their train journeys. Published in November 1862 at the height of Victoria's reign around the same time of the International Exhibition of 1862, which brought.....
Price: $500.00
General Motors, Vehicles
Oakland, California: Walker Parccar Co., 1930s. Illustrated advertising pamphlet for the Walker Parccar Parking System, a clever mechanism that, when attached to the undercarriage of a vehicle, allows the driver to swing it into even the tightest of parking spaces. Includes photos of the product in use, as well as.....
Price: $175.00
Carriages, Transportation, Hand colored
London: Dean & Co. Threadneedle, 1844. 15 pp. illustrated wraps. Includes six (6) hand colored full-page and one half page engravings of an array of carriages. Each with a single page narrative description. They include a State Carriage, a Mail Coach, A Sovereign, A Cabriolet, A Pony-Chaise, An Omnibus, A......
Price: $325.00
Serials,Women's Magazines,Advertising to Women,Travel and Tourism,Railroads and Rail History,Women in the Railroad,Women in the Workforce,Recruiting Women in the Railroad
Baltimore, Maryland: The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, 1940. The May 1940 issue of the Baltimore & Ohio Magazine Annual Women's Number, published by The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, celebrating 85 years of "Women in B&O Service" (p.5). The women's issue of the Magazine was published for the women.....
Price: $175.00
Anthropomorphized Big Wheel
Falls Church, Virginia: American Automobile Association, 1981. A charming children's story published by AAA's Traffic Safety Department in 1981 for families of young children, instructing them in "big wheel" and sidewalk safety: "Please read Berton the Big Wheel with your child. Talk about the safe behaviors listed at the top.....
Price: $150.00
Bills of Lading, Nautical, Clippers, Maritime History
Boston, Massachusetts: Timothy Davis & Co.'s Line, December 7, 1853. Bill of lading for "Romance of the Sea", one of several clipper ships owned by the Timothy Davis & Co.'s Line out of San Francisco, California. This particular clipper was launched November 15, 1853, and would mysteriously disappear en route.....
Price: $325.00
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
Clergy,Railroad Fare
[New York, New York]: U.S. Railroad Administration, c.1919. A book of blank certificates that entitle the holder to "one-way passage tickets at the authorized Clergy fares over all railroads under Federal control". Issued by the U.S. Railroad Administration, this booklet is stamped "No. E75615". Two of the certificates have been.....
Price: $225.00
The Great American Road Trip,History of National Parks in America,Glacier National Park,Outdoor Recreation
United States: c.1936. A pair of items related to tourism in Glacier National Park in the 1930s, when road trips to national parks were beginning to become a more common American family vacation and pastime. The first item is a "Motorist's Guide" (illus. pamphlet measuring 9" by 4" folded) with.....
Price: $125.00
boys camp, fishing, camping, swimming
Chautauqua, NY: 1934. Camp Tonka'wa, pronouced Ton-ka-wa, was an all boys camp in upstate New York. There the boys would spend their summer camping in tents on raised wooden platforms participating in a variety of activities, such as tennis, golf, swimming, boating and canoeing, aquaplaning (a form of water-skiing), nature.....
Price: $90.00
Inventions and Innovation in Transportation
Albany, New York: Boardman, Gray & Co., 1880s? Printed broadside advertising "Lord's Patent Perch Coupling", a new invented mechanism for carriages/buggies. Includes a list of advantages of the mechanism for carriage makers (e.g. less wear and tear, more durable than other similar mechanisms). Interesting to note that the business began.....
Price: $125.00
Children's Carriages,Advertising Cards
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: I.J. Criswell, 1870s? Printed advertising card promoting a jack-of-all trades business that sells children's carriages, looking glasses, clocks, photograph and picture frames, and silver plated ware. The proprietor is listed as I.J. Criswell. Interesting to see that there was enough of a market for children's' carriages for it.....
Price: $85.00
ABAA-RBMS-2026,Transit and Travel, Ephemera Collecting, Albums and Scrapbooks
St. Louis, Missouri: c.1907. A quirky album of c.1907 streetcar and railway tickets, most for the St. Louis Transit Company. Includes several "Employee's Tickets" with the names of John and Annie Herzkh(?) in pencil. John's name has also been scrawled in pencil in a couple places. Evidently the pair enjoyed.....
Price: $550.00
Business Archive, Railroad Timetables, Transportation
Scranton, PA: 1852-1873. A three-fold business archive that provides the fundamental operational information on the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Rail-road line. The archive Includes a majority of the Employee Timetables, Rules & Regulations, Notices and special orders, plus two small broadsides Additionally includes 210 pages of detailed ledger with information.....
Price: $1,450.00
Railroad and Transportation,Steam Power
Springfield, Massachusetts: Connecticut River Railroad Company, 1867. Illustrated 1867 circular with handwritten letter pitching a patented self-adjusting piston for steam engines to a prospective customer. The letter is signed on letterhead for J. Mulligan, Master Mechanic at the Connecticut River Railroad Company. The letter notes the enclosed circular, which offers.....
Price: $225.00
invite, transportation, steamer, Eastman College, Eastman National Business College, Hudson River
Poughkeepsie, NY: Eastman College, May 18, 1878. An invite for the Eastman College's First Grand Excursion, otherwise known as "Poughkeepsie to the Ocean" (via news articles at the time). The students were to travel on Saturday, May 18, 1878, on the steamer Mary Powell, all the way to New York.....
Price: $90.00
Menu, Transportation
1900. A single-fold 8" x 5 1/2" menu with cover illustrations with Art Nouveau influenced decoration and illustration of asailing vessel. The menu is for breakfast on the Steamer Plymouth. Comprehensive menu. Wine List on reverse.
Price: $65.00
Sleeper Trains,Travel and Tourism,History of Railroads,Florida
n.pl: Southern Railway, c.1926. Printed circular advertising a "magnificent" overnight train journey to Florida from Michigan, Northern Ohio and Indiana via the "Queen & Crescent Route". Includes time tables, a brief pitch for the railway's luxurious accommodations, an a photo of the tropical Florida scenery. Printed in red and black.....
Price: $150.00
Vehicles,Carts,Buggies
Racine, Wisconsin: Fish Bros. & Co., 1890s. Folded advertising pamphlet for the Fish Bros' Road Chart, a "Light, Safe, Easy Riding, Two-Wheeled Road Vehicle". Includes illustrations of four different models with pricing, weight, and capacity. Markets the "Phaeton Road Cart" by saying that "ladies ride in it with as much.....
Price: $200.00
Drunk Driving, Voting Issues, Local Elections, Alcohol and Temperance
Waterville, Maine: F.W. Smith, c.1938. "VOTE THE DRINKING DRIVER DOWN--Vote 'NO' on liquor in September" is the message to Maine voters in this confrontational poster. The cartoon graphic shows a disheveled man hurtling down the road towards the viewer, tossing a liquor bottle behind him, with a license plate that.....
Price: $225.00
Recruiting in the Age of Aviation,Commercial Airlines
Chicago, Illinois: United Air Lines, 1957-1958. Four (4) printed items promoting careers in aviation with United Airlines, with the aim of recruiting the best and brightest during the exciting “Age of Aviation” in the 1950s. Each is illustrated with photos of sharply dressed pilots and stewardesses, as well as workers.....
Price: $400.00
Concept Car,Classic Cars,Dodge,Roadsters
[Detroit, Michigan]: Dodge, [1953]. Printed advertisement for the Firearrow, a "new kind of sports car" marketed by Dodge as "fashion flair for the future". Includes photos of the roadster's futuristic dashboard, front and side views. Illustrated bifolium measuring approx. 4" by 7.25" The Dodge Firearrow II was a one-off concept.....
Price: $200.00