Circulars
Hydropathy,Homeopathy,Healing Waters,Medical Tourism,19th Century Medicine
Waterford, Maine: [Hydropathic Establishment at Waterford], 1849. Advertising circular for a Waterford, Maine "Water-Cure Establishment" that treated a host of patient afflictions with "Hydropathy", or healing waters: "The world is already indebted to Homeopathy for a better system of practice, and for exposing to common daylight the uncertainties of medicine.....
Price: $425.00
Electric Trolleys,Public Transport,History of Long Island,Urban Development,Long Island Electric Railway,Interborough Rapid Transit Company
Long Island City, New York: 1903. A printed handbill heralding the "millions" that will soon be spent "joining the Subway and "L" systems of Manhattan with the miles of surface trolley roads in Queens County", thus increasing property values in Queens and beyond on Long Island and connecting more people.....
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
Cotton Gin,Textile Industry,Cotton
East Bridgewater, Massachusetts: Carver Cotton Gin Co., 1880s. Illustrated advertising circular, featuring some particularly lovely typographic design, for the Carver Eclipse Huller Gin. Marketed to "Planters and Ginners" as the "Best Huller Gin Made", with improvements on previous iterations. Features large illustration of the product with the name of W.P......
Price: $100.00
Bells,Material Culture,Metal
East Medway, Massachusetts: George H. Holbrook, 1880s. Advertising circular for cast metal bells for churches, factories, and steamboats. manufactured by George H. Holbrook in East Medway, Massachusetts. An interesting and obscure niche in material culture and history, but important items that were essential to keeping time and something average people.....
Price: $150.00
Medicinal Waters,Health and Wellness Tourism,Spring Water
Cowlesville, New York: Cowlesville Mineral Well Company, 1874. Printed circular promoting the healing waters at the Cowlesville Mineral Well, located in Cowlesville, New York. Provides the reader with a scientific breakdown of the minerals in the water as evidence of its health benefits. An early example of "healing" or "medicinal".....
Price: $225.00
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
Charitable Organizations and Aid Societies, History of Philadelphia, Women's Aid Societies , ABAA-RBMS-2023
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Ladies' United Aid Society of Philadelphia, 1868. Printed circular soliciting contributions to the Ladies' United Aid Society of Philadelphia to help support their new "Home for the aged and infirm". Includes a list of trustees and managers, and a brief description of the lot purchased for the home.....
Price: $150.00
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
Steam Power,Factories Manufactories and Machine Shops
Providence, Rhode Island: 1846. Printed circular announcing improvements to "ready made belts" for machinists and manufacturers, tauting new steam power technology: "These belts are made from the best Oak-tanned Philadelphia Slaughter Leather. In the dressing of them, steam power is employed, and an entirely new method adopted, by which the.....
Price: $175.00
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
Boyhood,Children's Magazines,Educational Fiction,The American Family
Detroit, Michigan: The Sprague Publishing Company, 1913. Large illustrated circular advertising "The American Boy", a magazine for boys marketed as a "feast of good, wholesome, interesting and fascinating reading to boys" that any parent would approve of. Includes illustrations of handsome young boys engaging in wholesome activities such as photography.....
Price: $200.00
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
Inventions,Manufacturing,Industrial Innovation and Growth
New York, New York: C. Henry Hall & Co., 1873. Illustrated circular advertising the Pulsometer, or Magic Pump, a "new and useful invention now being extensively and rapidly introduced for pumping water and other liquids" in mines, factories, railroads, docks, gas yards, and wells. Includes a diagram of the invention.....
Price: $200.00
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
ABAA-WINTER-2024, Elevators,Hydraulic and Steam Technology
Cincinnati, Ohio: Warner Elevator Mfg. Co., 1893. A sales letter promoting the Warner Elevator Mfg. Co. to a potential customer, together with the original illustrated circular it was enclosed with. Printed on company letterhead illustrated with images of the company's founder and their products. Marketed as "the oldest hydraulic firm.....
Price: $175.00
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