Circulars
slavery, abolitionist, antislavery, Jonathan Walker, John Greenleaf Whittier, James Russell Lowell, poem, Centennial Exposition
Philadelphia, PA: [1876]. An antislavery circular in two parts. The first is advertising the story of Captain Jonathan Walker (1799-1878), an abolitionist who was branded with "S.S." as part of his punishment for attempting to help several slaves escape to the West Indies. The brand was supposed to mean "Slave.....
Price: $225.00
Catalogue, Circular, Watchmaker, Business and Industry
Pittsburgh, PA: 1844. A 4pp circular featuring images, narrative and pricing information on the Self-Generating Gas Blow-Pipe Lamp, Bush's Wheel Protector, Roller Remover, Ruby Pin Adjuster, Movement and Fan Washers, Material Cup, Pivot Wire and Case Spring Extractor. For sale at Goddard, Hill & Co. Jewelry. Pittsburgh, PA. Measures 8.....
Price: $125.00
law, patent law, circular
New York: Brown, Coombs & Co., 1866. A 4 fold, 10 page pamphlet regarding the Patent Laws of the 'more important' foreign countries. The publisher, Brown, Coombs, & Co, was a law firm that specialized in patent law and had offices in New York and Washington, DC, as well as.....
Price: $50.00
Normal School, Education, North Dakota
Valley City, ND: 1912. A 9" x 5 5/8" letter sheet with an illustration of the exterior of the college at top. Sheet dated 1866. Content includes random thoughts of writer, presumably used as a practice sheet. Along with the course descriptions are twelve black and white images from photographs.....
Price: $65.00
Laws of business, business history, circular
Cincinnati: Jones Brothers & Co., [1874]. Single-fold circular describing the contents of the book followed by comments/testimonials of esteemed users. Measures 9 1/2" x 6". Also includes a 3" x 6" two-sided flyer summarizing the content including pricing information. It annotates those who would find the work essential...
Price: $100.00
circular, advertising, patent, advertisement, industry, engineering
St. Louis, MO: Ripley & Kimball, Agents, [1881-1887]. A circular for the Montgomery Patent Gauge Cock, which is a mechanism on a boiler that helps to determine and relieve the steam/water pressure in a boiler. This flyer has a fine color illustration of the actual gauge cock on the top.....
Price: $110.00
ferry, transportation, boston ferry, business, stock holder
Boston, MA: Peoples Ferry Company, 1853. A circular sent out to the stockholders of the Peoples Ferry Company on October 10, 1853. The company was a city subsidized ferry transportation for Boston Harbor, between East Boston and Boston. This circular was sent out to inform the stockholders of possible changes.....
Price: $225.00
wax flowers, price list, schumacher bros, crafts, hobbies, circulars
Portland, ME: Schumacher Bros. Circular folded into 4 sections, printed on blue paper. Lists the prices for all of the different things needed to make wax flowers, accompanied by pertinent details. Products include sheet wax, wire, gilt leaf moulds, wooden moulding tools, tin flower cutters, looking glass stands, and "extra.....
Price: $85.00
circular, advertising, industrial, steam engines, 1876 Centennial International Exposition, world's fair
Fitchburg, MA: Haskins Steam Engine Co., 1876. Declaring itself as the 5th Annual Circular of its "Prize Engine", this adverting circular is for the Haskins Steam Engine Company's Engine and Boiler. 9. Single fold, circular with an engraving of the engine on the cover. The Haskins Engine and Boiler --Semi.....
Price: $125.00
circular, investing, patents, cash carriers, Get Rich Quick
Boston, MA: The Automatic Store Service Company, 1890. 4 leaves, staple bound document with brown paper cover with the company name printed on the back. Circular No. 2, printed following the success of the first. The product in question is Church Spring Actuated Cash or Parcel Carrier - parcel delivery;.....
Price: $75.00
Red Wing Institute , schools & universities, circular, education, advertising
Red Wing, MN: Red Wing Institute, 1876-1877. A single-fold circular for the Red Wind Institute a private school in Red Wing, MN, in the 19th century which "prepares pupils for college, teaching or business. Instruction thorough. Discipline strict but mild. Both sexes received." The school year was 36 weeks, broken.....
Price: $110.00
American Politics, Alabama, Democrat, periodicals
The Alabama Democrat Company, 1915. A photo-illustrated advertising circular for the periodical "The Alabama Democrat", first published in 1915. It begins by defining the term "Alabama Democrat" as "a man through whose veins flows the pure red blood which makes true and loyal American citizens; he is a man born.....
Price: $125.00
Textile Industry, Business History, Woolen Manufacturing
Boston: J. H. Bufford's Lith. 1848. An 11 1/2" x 9 1/4" single-fold circular with testimonial insert sheet. The cover depicts a rendering of the machine manufactured at Ballard Vale, Mass for E. L. Benzon, 59 Milk Street, Boston. Content includes information on how to order, queries, directs and an.....
Price: $145.00
Remedy, Podiatry
Philadelphia: Rhoads & Harris, Wholesale Druggists, [1900]. In small printed across the top of the page "magna est veritas et praevalebit" followed by The Miraculous Cure for Corns. A narrative from the inventor follows on how the cure was invented and how a corn can negatively impact one's life. Followed.....
Price: $65.00
circular, medicine, bronchitis
New York, NY: [1880]. A circular for Fellows' Hypophosphites, a tonic produced by James I. Fellows, meant to help with "some forms of Bronchitis". The circular was directed towards physicians and provided information on dosing. A patient was suppose to increase each dose until they "experiences a slight nervous sensation;.....
Price: $100.00
Real Estate, Land Development, History of Brooklyn
Brooklyn, New York: c1911. A window into the ever-shifting built landscape in Brooklyn, New York, in the first half of the twentieth century: an illustrated circular advertising the sale of a large building at the southwest corner of Schenectady Avenue and Herkimer Street in Stuyvesant Heights, circa 1911, owned by.....
Price: $135.00
Printing and Publishing, History of Publishing, Science & Technology
New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1849. A single-fold circular announcement and description of the upcoming publication of Dictionary of Machines, Mechanics and Engineering. Inside pages blank. May 1, 1849. Postally used. Addressed to a Nail Machinist in Bridgwater MA. Measures 10" c 8"
Price: $75.00
speech, Bowdoin Street Young Men's Peace Society, pacifism, classes and movements, military history, military ethics
Boston, MA: William Peirce, 1936. The item is a copy of an address given by Rev. Rufus P. Stebbins, (1810-1885), a member of Harvard Divinity School on the society's first anniversary in 1836. His speech was considered to be an attack against the concept of a "defensive war". That term.....
Price: $100.00
education, deaf and dumb, circular
New York, NY: E. Conrad. 1818. Wraps. A circular that was distributed by the New York Institution for the Deaf and Dumb, and its full title is: "Circular of President and Directors of the Institution for the Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb and the Petition to the Mayor, Aldermen.....
Price: $125.00
advertising, business history, circular, medicine, epilepsy
New York, NY: W. J. Pell, 1898. A advertising leaflet for the illustrated book entitled "Epilepsy Explained: A Practical Treatise on Epilepsy and Allied Diseases of the Nervous System, Their Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment" by W. H. May, M. D. The small flyer was printed by the book's new York.....
Price: $85.00