Ethnic/Cultural History
African American, Fraternal, Get Rich Quick
New York City. A 2 1/2" x 4" business card for Days Work -- of all Kinds, by Trained Workers - Laundresses, Cleaners, Seamstresses, Cooks Etc. Reverse is blank. Surface wear. According to the Christadelphia Advocate the exchange was part of a get rich quick scheme. In 1906, the Christadelphia.....
Price: $32.00
Racism, Stereotyping, Black, Advertising
1880s-1890s. This collection of mostly 19th century advertising trade cards and labels is a representative sample of the demeaning and insulting portrayals used in advertising. It demonstrates extreme stereotyping, racism and satirizing of appearance, speech and actions. It includes portrayals of minstrels, field workers, cooks, philanderers, individuals without proper shoes.....
Price: $5,500.00
Korean War, Propaganda, Visual Warfare, U.S. Psychological Warfare Division
Korea: 1952-1953. A collection of Korean War propaganda, showcasing the intensity and vitriol employed by both sides through visual warfare. In total, there are twenty-eight (28) items representing four (4) languages: Korean, Chinese, Russian, and English. Several of the items were produced by American forces with the intention of convincing.....
Price: $3,200.00
Japonism, Advertising and Promotion, Broadside, Fancy Goods
Boston: A. Stowell & Co., [1870s]. A 10 1/2" x 9 1/2" rice paper broadside with an illustration of toads among the bamboo reeds as a heron flies overhead. It is captioned Holiday Goods and titled "Some of Our Inducements for the Holidays". Followed by a list of various novelty.....
Price: $375.00
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
Song Sheet, Monograph, Social History, Crinoline, Discrimination
Digbeth, Birmingham, UK: W. Pratt, c859. Woodcut of a well dressed yet sizable woman obviously wearing crinoline beneath her dress. Yet another parody on the oft maligned crinoline, but worse yet discrimination as it relates to size.. The chorus reads What dresses now the ladies have, It really is surprising.....
Price: $200.00
Swabia, German History and Culture
Berlin: Ed. Buttner & Co. A miraculously intact, full sheet of German language embossed, die-cut hinged Victorian scrap sheet, featuring nine charming separate scenes depicting the humorous story of "The Seven Swabians". Attached to the verso is a printed sheet telling the full story, printed on both recto and verso.....
Price: $120.00
Paper Dolls, Culture and Ethnicity, Social History, Pretend Play
c1840s. A set including two (2) single-sided 6 3/4" female paper dolls and eight (8) costumes depicting regional variances from various nations in Europe. Each of the costumes is lithograph with an egg wash finish. Also includes a 6" x 8 1/2" sheet depicting all eight costumes, again with egg.....
Price: $1,400.00
paper dolls,ethnicity, World Tolerance, Indigenous People
New York: Friendship Press, 1933. One of two different Friendship Press paper dolls we are offering. They are Friendship Paper Dolls - United States. Friendship Press, 150 Fifth Avenue. New York. Illustrated by M. Pugh. Copyright 1933 by G.Q. Le Sourd. Each paper doll is a vividly colored depiction of.....
Price: $125.00
Black Interest, Black Americana, coloring book
Topeka Kansas: Capper Publications, Inc., 1941. 21 pp black and white with gray cover unused coloring story book. Stereotypical imagery Black American imagery, illustrated by Dorothy Wagstaff. Measures 11" x 8 1/2". Unused.
Price: $115.00
Advertising Trade Card, Uncle Tom's Cabin, African American Vernacular, Harriet Beecher Stowe
Five Points NY: Donaldson Brothers. A 5" x 3 1/4" advertising trade card promoting Uncle Tom's Cabin Smokin Tobacco, manufactured by Wellman & Dwire, Quincy, Ill. Depicts characters from Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe. Eva is holding a plug of tobacco while seated on Uncle Tom's shoulder. It.....
Price: $100.00
Cowboys and Indians, Ethnicity and Culture
The Platt & Munk Co., Inc., [1950s]. A 12 1/2" x 10 1/2" pressed board box with applied litho with images of "Indians and Cowboys" in traditional attire on the box top and side aprons. Includes 8 uncut sheets with 60 pieces of Native American in traditional attire presented in.....
Price: $100.00
racism, racial sterrotypes, shoe, shoe polish, advertisement, advertising
1940s. A 21" x 11" sign advertising shoe polish. The graphic sign is emblazoned with the quotes "For all shoes" and "Easy to Use". Its bold graphics highlight the "2 in 1" using a variety of red, black, and grey. The polish boasts the capabilities to be used on all.....
Price: $375.00
Cookbooks and recipes, Children, World, Foods of the World, Regional Cookbook
United States: Phillips Publishers, Inc., 1951. A most charming cookbook of recipes from around the world, beautifully illustrated by Ellen A. Nelson. The decoration appears to have children in mind. The cookbook, which is described as being "Tested in the kitchen of a New England housewife" named Heloise Frost, begins.....
Price: $225.00
periodical] [missions
Boston: American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, 1851. 16 pp. Green illustrated printed paper cover, monthly periodical, Vol. II, no 1 for January 1851, contains 2 illustrations. Inside cover lists ordering information and donations to Children's Educational Funds. Content titles include: The New Year, Julia the Heathen Girl, Hindoo.....
Price: $18.00
Indians, American Indian, horse, horses, cowboy, Indians of North America, Ranch life
Kansas City, MO: Tell Well Press, 1949. 29 pp. (unpaginated) children's book, tells the story of Danny Morgan, his cousin Melissa, and their friend Eagle, an Indian boy, as they solve the mystery of the phantom silver stallion. Called a "corking good story", it is chalk full of vibrantly colored.....
Price: $20.00
Costume Party, Paper Dolls, Pretend Play, Ethnicity and Culture, Jenny Lind
New York: Sam'l Gabriel & Sons Co. No. D137, [1940s]. Two (2) 8" die-cut paper dolls; one blond, Phyllis and one brunette, Patricia. with wooden bases (one lacking). The costumes for Blond Phyllis include American Costume of 1860 - "Betsy Ann" American Costume - "Jenny Lind" Czechoslovak Costume "Magda" Chinese.....
Price: $150.00
dolls, costume
Oklahoma: The Crosby House, 1946. 32 pp. Blue hard cover, color and black and white illustrations, black and white illustrated end papers, each page has decorative borders, illustrations by Edith E. Buhler, part of the Idabell and Wakefield Adventures. Each section has a color illustration of a doll in a......
Price: $35.00
education, Italy, England, Ethiopia, scrap book
New Haven: 1936. Created by Chester Katzman, an eleven year old boy from New Haven, CT, this scrap book was a school assignment to record an imaginary European tour taken by the student. The book includes various short essays on what was seen, the history and agriculture of the countries.....
Price: $200.00
classics, adventure, cast away, island, robinson crusoe, shipwreck, survival, shipwreck survival, solitude.
Chicago, IL: Thomspon & Thomas, 1872. A 'profusely illustrated' version bound in publisher's gilt stamped and pictorial blue cloth boards. The novel also has an autobiographical memoir of the author, and a life of Alexander Selkirk, to whose residence on the island Juan Fernandez inspired the novel. There are over.....
Price: $35.00
Children of the World, International Friendship, European Heritage
United States. Dorothy K. Weeblow, 1951. A charming interactive children's book emphasizing international friendship and cultural heritage. The story revolves around six children from European countries (England, France, Italy, Holland, Switzerland, and Norway) who are traveling across the Atlantic on an ocean liner. The young reader is asked to help.....
Price: $125.00
Learning to Read, Hopi, Hopi language, Ethnic and Cultural
United States Indian Service, 1962, 1948. 201pp. Illustrated wraps. Albert Yava, Hopi Text; Charles Loloma Illustratior. Hopi reader comprised of tales for children printed in both English and Hopi. Full page black and white illustrations throughout. Contents includes The Bow (Hoohu), the Hunter (Maamakyam), The Little Warriors (Qaleetaqhoyamu), Hunting With.....
Price: $75.00
Native American History
Milwaukee, Wisconsin: E.M. Hale and Company, 1939. With illustrations by Jane Bateman, "Two Little Navahos Dip Their Sheep" tells young readers the story of a normal day in the life of a Navaho family, with a glossary in the back with Navaho terms. Sheep dipping is shown, the practice of.....
Price: $75.00
fairytale, snow white, sleeping beauty, brothers grimm, picture book, children's book
Akron, OH: The Saalfield Publishing Co, 1936. 12pp. Softcover, front and back covers have a brightly colored illustration of Snow-White against a light blue background. Profusely illustrated, with 6 in-text illustrations, either 4" x 4 1/2" or 8" x 4 1/2" in size. This short story collection includes the story.....
Price: $65.00