Cultural Heritage
Satan, Devil Iconography, Thermos
Norwich, Connecticut: American Thermos Company, 1915. Illustrated letterhead for the American Thermos Company, featuring a rather fabulous 1908 illustration of the devil and what appears to be an anthropomorphized snowman holding thermoses with the caption "It is never too hot or too cold for the man with a thermos bottle".....
Price: $200.00
Stereotypes, Racism, Performances, Side Shows
New York, New York: J.M. Elliott, c1839. A fascinating printed poster documenting the touring show of the "original" Siamese Twins, Chang and Eng Bunker. The show was titled "The United Brothers, Chang-Eng". The brothers were born in Siam (now Thailand) in 1811, and popularized the term "Siamese Twins" via their.....
Price: $1,250.00
Humor, American Southwest
United States: H.H. Tammen, 1903. "Burros" is an endlessly charming book of "sixty-four cute, curious and interesting burro pictures", die-cut into the shape of a donkey's head. The burro, according to the introduction, is "a constant joy"; this sentiment is evident from each of the photos and their subtitles which.....
Price: $55.00
Humor, Drinking Songs, WWII
United States: c1945. A 12 pp. stapled booklet (9.75" by 7") of drinking songs popularized by servicemen in WWII, titled "The Charlie Song Book: Primitive Songs for Primitive Men". It is "dedicated to the temporary wives, sweethearts, and loved ones" (front). Includes a wood cut of a soldier drinking and.....
Price: $250.00
Americana, Columbian Exposition, World's Fair, Midway Attractions, People of the World
Chicago: The American Engraving Co., 1893. Ten (10) of 12 vol. 20 pp viewbook; halftone images with descriptive letterpress. Attractive covers with human alphabet letters on the word Types. The volumes consisted largely of photographs accompanied by contextual and interpretive commentary. Some books exclusively devoted pages to images of Midway.....
Price: $775.00
kitchen god, china, chinese, chinese mythology, zao jun, zao shen, zhang lang, chinese folk religion, new year, christmas, holiday, christmas card, chinese new year, chinese dragon, dragon
c1920. This item is the paper effigy of the Chinese Kitchen God, that is placed above the fireplace at the start of the new year. The Chinese Kitchen God, who is most often called Zhang Lang, but sometimes referred to as Zao Jun or Zao Shen, would record the household's.....
Price: $85.00
cutwork paper, scherenschnitte, canivet, made by hand, folk art
A 7 1/4" cut paper parrot mounted on a 10" x 8 1/4" backing sheet. The body is constructed of scallop cuts and pinprick while the layered feathers with fine cut tendrils along both edges of each feather. The blades of grass and flowers are all cut from a single.....
Price: $950.00
Childhood Ephemera, Love & Friendship, Kid Gloves
New Jersey: 1894. A pair of 6" what appear to be kid skin gloves send to little Louise Wood from "Idoll" in Dresden, Germany. The accompanying note reads "My Dear little Louise! Take this little pair of gloves to Mamma and have her see how they fit. Louise, If they.....
Price: $400.00
Photography, Barn Raising, Communities, Masculine Bonds
United States: 1880s. Original photograph of two dozen or so men in rural America participating in a barn raising in the late nineteenth century. A barn raising was when male members of the community would gather to build (or rebuild) a barn for one of their own, who would go.....
Price: $100.00
Promise Box, Inspiration, Bible Proverbs
Philadelphia, PA: Hebron Tract Society, [1916]. A 4" x 5" x 1 1/8" lidded paper covered box with printed label on top. It reads "Exceeding Great and Precious Promises" Thy Words were found and I did eat them Jer. 15:16. TAKE ONE AND REPLACE. When opened it reveals rolled paper.....
Price: $225.00
Etiquette, Culture and Grace, How to Behave
New York: Social Mentor Publications, 1920s. A 16 pp. promotional booklet title Who are the Cultured? It identifies Five Distinct Classes and where you fit in, How Much Do You Know About Good Manners (self-test), Unpardonable Table Habits, Find Seven Social Blunders committed in a picture, plus a second what's.....
Price: $150.00
Souvenirs, Charles Kean, Shakespeare, Performing Arts
London, England: Joseph, Myers & Co., [1857]. A remarkable survival: one of the souvenir roses, in original illustrated envelope, from Charles Kean's 1857 production of Richard II at the Royal Princess's Theatre in London. Offered together with accompanying bifolium program, which describes the impetus for the souvenir rose: "By the.....
Price: $725.00
Advertising and Promotion, China, Cigarettes, Duke
[1910]. A grouping of seven (7) different color illustrations of traditional Chinese folklore or children at play, each with vignettes of cigarette packages promoting PinHead Cigarettes - Old North Carolina Leaf. W. Duke Sons & Co. "Pirate" Cigarettes, W.F. & H. O. Wills, Bristol & London Peacock Cigarettes, Murai Bros.....
Price: $725.00
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
Musicology, Japanese Culture, Art and Design, Cultural Appropriation, Exoticism
1913. Illustrated bifolium program (11" by 8") for a performance given by Albert Gale and his wife Martha Brockway Gale, "Music and Myth of Old Japan". The Gales were two Americans who toured the United States giving "Gale Costume Lectures" with the intent of sharing Japanese art, costume, and performance.....
Price: $150.00
Glamour, Charm Gender Roles, Women's History
New York, NY: Personal , Bryant Press, Inc. Improvement Guild, 1939, 1946. A boxed set of 10 booklets. Includes 40 different chapters and 247 pp. Each with identical illustrated wraps; each marked with a different book number. Contents include - The Laws of Allure, Mystery and Charm, Voice, Brains, First.....
Price: $225.00
World Friendship, World Tolerance, Early Learning
East Northfield, MA: Lucy W. Titcomb, 1937. 38pp. Illustrated wraps. An image from a photograph of the young authoress holding a doll. Her introduction is To Dear Children (in America) that concludes with a verse "Nations are Friends". Contents includes: Why Am I Tadpole? A Flower-Magician Mr Spider Rip Van.....
Price: $200.00
Travel, California, Frontier
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1876. 255 pp. Gilt stamped cloth. An 19th century travel guide, both for travelers and people looking to settle out west. There are twenty-six (26) chapters in the book, with fifty-eight (58) B&W engravings. The illustrations vary in size, from full page to 1/16.....
Price: $125.00
legal, correspondence, Lincoln country, government
Lincoln County, ME: Lincoln County Court of Maine, 1828-1853. A collection of seventeen (17) legal summons to the Constables of various towns in Lincoln County, Maine. The summons date from April 1828 to July 1853 and were sent by the Clerk of the Court for Lincoln County, ME, which during.....
Price: $350.00
social & cultural, religion, missionary work, charity, China, military history, WWII, Second Sino-Japanese War
New York, NY: The Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, 1940. The booklet is a compilation of information provided by missionaries in China through letters, missionary reports, historical material, and missionary radio broadcasts. It has been divided up into ten sections: 'From.....
Price: $150.00
Communism, Anti-communism, politics, international relations, China, Red Scare
San Francisco, California: David Warren Ryder, 1938-1939. The August 1938 (Vol. I, No. 6) and January 1939 (Vol. I, No. 11) issues of the short-lived anti-Communist periodical Far Eastern Affairs Pamphlets, edited and published by David Warren Ryder at the very beginning of the second Red Scare. Ryder (1892-1975) was.....
Price: $100.00
USA: 1951. Spiral bound litho on heavy paper covers. The book begins with six children from different lands boarding the ship. The children are actual die-cut 5 1/4" children dressed in regional attire from England, France, Italy, Holland, Switzerland and Norway. The objective is to insert the appropriate child in.....
Price: $95.00
animals in art, Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York: The Viking Press, 1936. 28 unnumbered pages. Yellow applied printed cover with matching dust jacket, black and white photographs throughout. William is a blue hippopotamus that lives at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. He takes the reader around to show off his friends, other art animals. There is.....
Price: $20.00
Etymology, language charts, German, Maps
Jasper, IN: 1915-1920. A three volume set that explores in depth the etymology of the English Language, in particular the Teutonic (Germanic branch of the Indo-European language family, of which Anglo Saxons spoke) element found within the language. These three volumes were hand crafted by J. T. Melchior, and include.....
Price: $925.00