Invitations, Tickets & Programs
Sunday School, Sabbath, Christian Education, Christianity
Chelsea, [Massachusetts]: 1863. Printed program including hymns and order of events for the 1863 anniversary of the Chestnut Street Congregational Sabbath School in Chelsea, Massachusetts. Features an address by the Rev. J.C. Fletcher, and ends with prayer and benediction. Bifolium (7.75" by 5"), pp. [4], illustrated with an image of.....
Price: $125.00
Children's and Family Events, Dolls, Chocolate
Boston MA: 1881. A most charming invitation for children to attend a "Chocolate Party and Dolls Fair", wherein the "Little Folks" may invite the "Big Folks" to drink chocolate and see a bazaar of over one hundred dolls, as well as a reading from the talented Miss Adeline E. Hall.....
Price: $85.00
prayer, hymn, church, children, children mass, program
Philadelphia, PA: Rectory St. Timothy's Church, Feb 1867. Single fold Hymnal Program from St. Timothy's Parish located in the Philadelphia neighborhood of Roxborough. This program was for "Children's Church", and featured several prayers, including one for both entering and exiting the church, as well as several hymns, such as: "Glory.....
Price: $45.00
program, ball, the pilgrimage
Natchez, Mississippi: Natchez Garden Club, 1936. Single-fold program for the Confederate Ball, a pageant put on by the Natchez Garden Club in Natchez, Mississippi. Since 1932 the garden club has done a fall and spring pilgrimage, where owners of historic homes in the area open their homes for guided tours.....
Price: $95.00
Dance Card, Leather & Metal Workers,
Vienna: Adolph Müller & Söhne, 1894. An 1894 dance card sumptuously produced by Adolph Müller & Söhne, leather and metal workers based in Vienna. The dance card is made up of three separate components: first, an engraved metal shield with enamel four-leaf clover and gilded brass ribbon bearing the date.....
Price: $375.00
program, New Hampshire National Guard, NHNG, bald eagle, american flag
Concord, NH: E.A. Wright, Phila (engraver), February 24, 1892. A dance card for Company E, 3d Regiment of the New Hampshire National Guard's (NHNG) exhibition and prize drill which took place at the White's Opera House in Concord, NH in 1892. The Order of Dance lists the fourteen (14) dances.....
Price: $165.00
Dance Card
New York, New York: Homer Lee Bank Note Co., 1892. Dance card for the First Annual Ball of the Homer Lee Bank Note Co. Mutual Benefit Association, held in New York's Lyric Hall in February 1892. Includes a program of dances with spaces to write one's dance partners, as well.....
Price: $65.00
Dance Card
[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]: 1887. Printed dance card for the annual Tasker Social held in 1887 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at the Musical Fund Hall. Includes list of dances with spaces to write one's dance partners, as well as a list of conductors, officers, and the organizing committee. Bifolium (5" by 3.25"), printed.....
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
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
Masquerade Ball, German American Social Club
New York City: 1882. A 6 1/2" x 4" used (stub removed) masquerade ball ticket. The ticket provided admission to a masquerade ball at Terrace Garden, , February 20 [882]. The ticket is printed in German. Whimsical costumed revelers with one fellow swinging on the drapery cords. Reverse is blank.....
Price: $425.00
Women's history, Education,Commencement
Columbus, Ohio: June 12,1857. Esther Institute was the Columbus, Ohio's first girls' boarding school. It was founder by Lewis Hely in September 1853. The faculty at the school included Agnes Beecher Allen (1831-1919), niece of Harriet Beecher Stowe. The item is a program for the June 1857 Commencement Exercises. It.....
Price: $95.00
Printing and Typography, Ohio
[Lebanon, Ohio]: 1846. Printed invitation (2.75" by 6.5" wove paper slip, with typographical border) to the funeral of Mrs. Nancy Bretney, wife of Mr. Tobias Bretney, a Lebanon, Ohio tanner.
Price: $100.00
music, singing, song, patriotic songs, Geo. W. Dixon
Massachusett: March 26, 1835. An invitation printed on green paper, with decorative border. It invites you, at the cost of 25 cents with "proceeds to be given to some Charitable Institution" to come to a grand musically soiree. There George W. Dixon, the 'American Melodist' will perform his 'Classical Illustration.....
Price: $50.00
Fashion, Department Stores
Boston, Massachusetts: A. Shuman & Company, 1880. Handbill advertising the Grand Re-Opening of Boston department store A. Shuman & Company, featuring a charming "Historical Plate, Showing Costumes from the 1st Century to Present Date". Lithographically reproduced from the original French plate titled "Grand Panorama Historique de la Mode", the illustration.....
Price: $150.00
Opera, Vocal Music, Programs, Performing arts, Performances, Hotels and Resorts
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: The Bellevue-Stratford Hotel, 1907. Illustrated program for a vocal concert given at the Bellevue-Stratford Hotel in Philadelphia by Elsie Baker Linn (Alto) and Edward Shippen Van Leer (Tenor), accompanied by Clarence K. Bawden at the piano. Composers performed include Quintan, Beach, Campana, Sullivan, and a folk song. Measures.....
Price: $60.00
Invitation, Art Union, Newburyport
Newburyport, MA: 1859. Printed on plain paper in green ink. The ticket is No.8388 for the New England Art Union, at Newburyport, Mass, Wednesday, February 16, 1859. The illustration depicts the interior of the Art Union. Reverse is blank.
Price: $95.00
Invitation, German Social Club, Heppenheimer & Mauer
New York City: Heppenheimer & Mauer, 1883. A 4 3/4" x 7 1/2" invitation to a German Social Club masked ball held at Teutonia Assembly Rooms in New York City. Held on February 12, 1883 (Lincoln's Birthday). Fine printing and elaborate scene of elegant woman accepting a gentleman's arm. Reverse.....
Price: $95.00
German Social Club, Masked Ball, Invitations and Tickets, Social History
Hoboken, NJ: 1869. An 8' x 5" paper invitation to the Deutscher Club (German Club) Masked Ball to be held on February 17, 1869. Printed in German. Note the dance was to be held six days after the date on the invitation. Also includes a 3 1/4" x 2 3/8".....
Price: $225.00
Invitation, Social History, Historical Memorabilia
Gibson Bros. 1870. A single-fold 7" x 4 3/4" invitation for The New York Republican Association of Washington, DC on Wednesday Evening, April 27, 1870, at the Masonic Temp. Also includes A 2 3/8"x 2 3/8" thin paper ticket that reads "Republican Ticket Judiciary" on the front and lists the.....
Price: $90.00
Invitation, Politics
James William Bryan Press, 1922. Invitation to be become a Founder, and a life member of the new Congressional Country Club in Washington D.C. The membership kit was personally addressed to Frank A. Yeaw of Greenfield, Massachusetts. Renderings of The Club House and its interiors are shown in the descriptive.....
Price: $135.00
Fraternal Organization, Social History, Mardi Gras
Kansas City: Lisk's Print, February 16, 1885. A group of ephemera from the first annual ball for the Kansas City Flambeau Club. It includes an invitation with a "flambeau" or torch image at center, a lavender color ticket and a single fold dance card with an illustration of a scroll.....
Price: $200.00
Music and Arts Camps, Music Education, History of Maine
Oakland, Maine: New England Music Camp, 1939-1955. A grouping of ephemera related to the New England Music Camp spanning the years 1939 and 1955, including five (5) printed programs (each approx. 6.25" by 4") and one (1) photographically illustrated advertising brochure (9" by 6", pp. [12], in original printed wrappers).....
Price: $175.00
Handbills, American Music, Concerts, History of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: J. Bicking, Printer, 1825-1827. A grouping of nine (9) printed handbills promoting concerts and public rehearsals given by the St. Cecilia Society of Philadelphia between 1825 and 1827. Each handbill measures approx. 7.5" by 5.5". Typographical borders. Early ink inscription dating handbills to verso, all in same hand.....
Price: $375.00