Collections & Archives
Fire Fighters and First Responders,New England History
United States: 1860s-1880s. A small gathering of ephemera related to firemen and fire stations in the 1860s through the 1880s, mainly located in New England towns such as Nashua, New Hampshire, and Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Together, the materials provide a window into the social lives of these first responders, including charity.....
Price: $1,200.00
Family Medicine, Self-Help, Marketing, Radio
United States: 1930s. A small gathering of advertising materials seemingly collected by one woman, "Mae Fenton", in the 1930s. A valuable snapshot of what kinds of marketing appealed to the average American white woman at this time. Most include references to a 1930s radio show, "The Voice of Experience", which.....
Price: $275.00
Beauty,Hairdressing and Hair Salons,Material Culture,Vinyl,Bakelite,Laminate,20th Century Interior Decor
United States: c.1960. A collection of approx. fifteen (15) trade catalogs and price lists advertising beauty salon furniture, supplies, and equipment in 1960, with samples of material. Housed in or alongside an original branded binder from the salon equipment provider Romito-Donnelly of Ravenna, Ohio; other makers include Belvedere Products Inc......
Price: $650.00
ABAA-HOLIDAY-2025,19th Century American Printing and Publishing,Teaching Collection
United States: 1847-1900. A collection of twenty-seven (27) items related to peripheral corners of the American publishing industry, comprised largely of ephemera, giving insight into the business between the years of 1847 and 1900. Includes advertising ephemera such as trade cards, catalogues, and even an ink blotter, as well as.....
Price: $3,000.00
ABAA-HOLIDAY-2024,Promotional Materials, Novelty Items
A collection of 38 paper hats, cut in various shapes; one in the shape of a sunflower; others as headdresses and more. Product types include soap, boots, liquors, newspapers, mattresses, mineral water, gasoline, bear, light bulbs, tea, shoes and more. Interesting advertising genre... Most measure 6 1/4" x 13"...
Price: $825.00
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
collections & archives, food & wine, recipes, women's work, advertising
United States: Various, 1919-1949. A seven (7) piece collection of recipe books relating to weird and unusual food. This strangeness can be do the recipe books almost religious adherence to using an unusual ingredient in every dish or to recipes that are either actually bizarre or just unfamiliar to modern.....
Price: $300.00
American Iconography,Stars and Stripes,National and Personal Identity,Culture and Country,Gender and Patriotism
United States: 1858-1940s. A collection of one hundred seven (107) items exploring the relationship between American flag iconography and the late 19th and early 20th century popular music. The items, which are comprised mainly of sheet music and lyric booklets, range in date from 1858 to the 1940s, and spanning.....
Price: $7,500.00
Soil Conservation, Agriculture, Correspondence, History of New York
Berlin, New York: c.1920-1931. A remarkable archive of material belonging to Edward C. (b.1872) and Emily (b.1884) Henrotin, farmers active in Rensselaer County, New York, in the 1920s. Emily was an active conservationist, and one of the first women to be recognized in her field; her husband Edward was equally.....
Price: $425.00
Personal Archive, Business History
An Archive of over 600 pieces of Jacob Meck (1859-1930), prominent merchandising entrepreneur, postmaster, and cigar manufacturer, Meckville, Berks County, PA, 1864-1911. Jacob Meck, of Pennsylvania, was one of 11 adult children born to Benjamin and Elizabeth Ruth. He operated a grocery store beginning in 1879. He was the postmaster.....
Price: $1,150.00
History of Georgia,Education,Berry College
Rome, Georgia: 1925-1938. A small archive of manuscript and printed materials relating to Berry College in Rome, Georgia. Ranging in date from 1925 to 1938, the materials were collected by the school's then-president and chart his professional and personal activities during this time. There is correspondence and poetry; most is.....
Price: $450.00
Child Psychology,Growing Up,Parenting Education,Gender Roles in Childhood
Chicago, Illinois: Science Research Associates, Inc., 1950-1952. A collection of eighteen (18) booklets published for families between 1950 and 1952, offering advice on everything from helping siblings get along as young children to how to navigate the tricky teen years as parents. Penned by psychologists, each booklet addresses either parent.....
Price: $575.00
ABAA-SPRING-2026,Sanatorium, Balneotherapy, Mineral Waters, Hot Springs,Health Tourism, Mechano-therapy,Electro-therapy,Radio-Active therapy
1857-1936. A collection of materials from 46 different facilities claiming to improve health. Dating from 1857 through 1936. Includes facilities in 20 different states across the country. The materials have been grouped as follows: Baths, Springs & Healing Waters including a prospectus (17) Dietary, Ultraviolet & Wellness Retreats (5) Hydrotherapy.....
Price: $8,000.00
The Youth's Companion, periodicals, juvenile books
A collection of 18 different advertising trade cards for The Youth's Companion, We Keep "Wide Awake", Eclectic Penmanship, Harper's Young People plus books by Historical Publishing Co., Estes & Lauriat, Lee and Shepard and Sunshine Publishing Co. The final card is for the Patent Adjustable Book-Cover. The focus of the.....
Price: $425.00
advertising to children, paper dolls, fashion, sewing, sewing patterns, gender roles
United States: 1917-1996. In the 1880s companies saw a way of reaching a wider audience by creating advertising material that was directed towards a young audience. The hope was that children might help to direct their parent's spending habits. By the early 1900s, advertisers had perfected this technique and had.....
Price: $1,000.00
paris, humor, the smile,
Paris, France: 1900-1913. A collection of thirty (30) issues of "Le Sourire", a French illustrated humorist serial publication under the direction of Maurice Mery and Alphonse Allais. It was a weekly publication, normally issued on Saturdays. Le Sourire, meaning the Smile, was launched in 1889 and ran continuously till 1939.....
Price: $250.00
Hawkswood MA, Hopper Mott, David Wallace, Ruth Mott, Central Park
Newburyport, MA: David and Ruth Wallace (Hopper Mott), 1895-97. Social history - An archive of approximately 398 billheads relating to the running of Hawkswood, a large country estate in Newburyport MA 1895-97. The estate belonged to David Wallace and his wife Ruth, who was the widow of Hopper Mott, a......
Price: $800.00
Pens and Writing, Correspondence, Gibson Girl, Royal Family, Abraham Lincoln, Edwardian
England and United States: c.1910. A fine collection of one hundred sixty one (161) items relating to the sale of pen nibs in Edwardian England and America, comprised of: one hundred fifty (150) chromolithographed labels for pen boxes of those 45 are unique; one (1) illustrated advertising cover; two (2).....
Price: $2,800.00
Silversmith,Jewelry and Metal Work
England: 1890s. A collection of forty-eight (48) finely rendered watercolor and gouache designs, showcasing the skill of an unnamed silversmith from approx. 1920. It is evident form the designs that the creator is talented and experienced, with a keen eye for both style and the practicalities/importance of functionality in jewelry.....
Price: $650.00
machinery, wool, manufacturing, advertisement, business history, yarn
Graniteville, MA: Charles G. Sargent, 1870s. A collection of materials relating to the business firm of Charles Grandsion Sargent (1819-1878), which was a successful textile machinery manufacturing company in Graniteville, MA. It was founded in 1854 by Sargent himself, and after his sons joined him, became known as the C......
Price: $225.00
yale, menu, banquet, yale daily news
New Haven, CT: Yale, 1902. Menu sheets presenting the bill of fare and wines for the annual dinners of the society. Each of the menus is elaborately illustrated and includes at least one beautiful woman and in most instances elaborate architectural structuresThis was the quarter-centennial for the Yale Daily News.....
Price: $175.00
[Gender Roles][Visual Culture][Women’s History][Women’s Work]
United States: 1930s-1980s. We are presenting a collection of novelty greeting cards accumulated by an advanced collector over a period of thirty-plus years. This collection includes over 295 cards and was extracted from a much larger collection and includes only those depicting clear gender roles differentiation. Although presented in a......
Price: $3,500.00
Paper Fabric Labels, Printing and Publishing, Popular Culture, Social History
[1850-1900]. The collection spanning half a century presents a sampling of over 50 paper fabric labels or "tickets" used to differentiate and promote various type of fabric. From the early days forward they include: embossed die-cut silvered 3 1/4" x 4" labels with elaborate border decoration and mostly animals or.....
Price: $2,200.00
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