Professional Archives
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
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
Bertram Hulen,News Correspondence, New York Times,Journalist Archive
1920s-1950. Bertram Hulen, Washington Bureau correspondent at the New York Times, was known as the dean of State Department reporters. He had more than twenty-five years’ experience covering the State Department and White House and was the author of a highly regarded book, “Inside the State Department.” Hulen was killed.....
Price: $650.00
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
beer brewing] [trade] [German beer brewing] [Der Bierbrauer
Germany: 1898-1904. Collection of 237 beer brewing magazines plus 7 individual separate supplements. 29 are issued monthly and 208 are weekly. Promotion brochures inserted into some magazines with narrative description, imagery and testimonials. Covers depict brewing machinery. Extensive advertisements included descriptions and imagery of products. Content predominantly technical journal articles.....
Price: $1,200.00
ABAA-RBMS-2026,post cards, literature, children's books, stationary, anthropomorphic, anthropomorphism, printer's proofs
London: W Straker Ltd (album publisher), c1920-1940. This 200 pp. large format album, or guard book if you will, is a collection of over 1000 printer’s proofs in black and white and monochrome. It appears to be for W. S. Partridge & Co. Some of the illustrations in this album.....
Price: $3,500.00
new york, lawyer, legal, Utah Territory, genealogy, real estate, Panama, war claims, Francis B Loomis, Guzman Blanco
New York, NY: 1857 - 1914. "The personnel and business archives of John Ewing Risley (1840 – 1912) a prominent New York lawyer, businessman, and real estate mogul, comprised of over 2300 letters and documents. A brief summary of each section follows. For the complete description contact us. Spreadsheets detailing.....
Price: $4,200.00
business history, agricultural, ledger, farming, animals
Ashby, MA: 1846-1873. A collection of three farming ledgers belonging to Lewis Wetherbee, a farmer in Ashby, MA. The first is an 'Egg Ledger' and dates from 1846-1873. It begins with a list of items bought by Wetherbee for his family and farm. The list only continues until early 1847.....
Price: $325.00