Sports & Sporting
Bicycles, Safety, Cycling, Vehicles
Moravia, New York: 1896. A relic of the dawn of the "Golden Age of Bicycles", this 1896 notice to bicycle riders by order of the Village Trustees in Moravia, New York states: "Section 12 of the ordinances ... regarding the riding of Bicycles or any other wheel Vehicle upon the.....
Price: $150.00
Charm, Recipes, Gender Roles, Women's Work
United States: Association of Adventurers, 1934. Two (2) printed pamphlets from 1934 titled "Adventures in Charm!", offering advice to women who want to become stylish and interesting. The first, titled "Let's Eat!" urges the reader to explore world cuisine, become an interesting conversationalist at the dinner table, and be adventurous.....
Price: $150.00
camp, nature resort, fishing, family
Jackman, ME: Holden Brothers, [1930]. A brochure for Attlean Lake Camps, a nature resort in Jackman, Maine, on the shores of Attlean Pond. It features twenty-two (22) guest log cabins, most with private baths, that can hold between 2 to 6 people each. The camp has a variety of activities.....
Price: $90.00
Volvelle, baseball, wheel, sports, statistics
Boston, MA: Atlantic Specialties Company, 1950. A volvelle or wheel that helps the user find the batting average of any baseball player "in a jiffy". The user needs to turn the wheel until the arrow is pointing to the the number of times a player was at bat, this number.....
Price: $150.00
hunting, traps, trapping, firearms, guns,
Manufacturer: FC Taylor Fur Company Location: St. Louis Date: 1931 Pages: 52 (including covers) Subject Matter: Hunting, trapping Comprehensive descriptions with prices. Full color covers, with the interior page's illustrations mostly in B&W, but with orange accents on some pages. Besides the illustrations of the items being sold, there are.....
Price: $70.00
Athletic club, Physical education, training
Boston: Fields, Osgood & Co, 1869. 215 page book, with gilt stamped covers. Twelve essays written on the subject of 'physical culture'. First appeared as articles in the Herald of Health Journal. While it might have first have been indended to be essays on 'physical culture' these articles have snowballed.....
Price: $60.00
boys and girls camp, christian camp, ymca,
Concord, NH: Young Men's Christian Association, 1923. A brochure for Camp Spaulding, a Christian summer camp for young boys and girls in Concord, New Hampshire. The camp focuses on offering "real opportunities to gain a greater appreciation of the wonders of Nature and a reverence and loving thought for the.....
Price: $95.00
boys camp, fishing, camping, swimming
Chautauqua, NY: 1934. Camp Tonka'wa, pronouced Ton-ka-wa, was an all boys camp in upstate New York. There the boys would spend their summer camping in tents on raised wooden platforms participating in a variety of activities, such as tennis, golf, swimming, boating and canoeing, aquaplaning (a form of water-skiing), nature.....
Price: $90.00
duck, hunting, duck netting, master of the hunt, occupation of Japan, WWII
Japan: 1947. A tri-fold informational pamphlet on how to participate in the the noncompetitive hunting sport of duck netting. Exclusive to Japan, duck netting is a sport consisting of ten 'players', including a 'Master of the Hunt'. The players work to both startle a duck and swing a large net.....
Price: $110.00
Early Base Ball Charter, Monitors to the Unions
South Trenton, NY: 1866. A single-fold manuscript document that begins with the calling to order the meeting of the Hall of Monitor Base Ball Club with the first motion being the club be disbanded. After passing, the next motion was that the club be called the Union Base Ball Club.....
Price: $900.00
Hunting Games, Victorian Play
New York, New York: Clark & Sowdon, c.1895. Part of the "Tokalon Series" by Victorian game producer Clark & Sowdon, "Hunting the Rabbit" is a racing-style board game for four players (two rabbits, a hunter, and a dog). The goal is to complete a circuit of the game board first.....
Price: $300.00
cercle, croquet, advertising, sports
Boston, MA: J. E. Tilton & Co. D. B. Brooks & Bro. [1870]. A two-sided magazine supplement for a new game called Le Cercle, a field game similar to croquet. In fact it was meant to be a competitor to the popular game of croquet, and one of its advantages.....
Price: $150.00
School Newspaper, Andover Massachusetts, Private School
Andover, Mass: Edward H. Williams, III, 8-Jun-04. The small newspaper is published one a week during the school year and includes short, often local news. The two-sided printed newspaper is roughly divide into three sections, general news, sports news, and advertising. The news includes mostly area information, this issue includes.....
Price: $55.00
camp, camping
Tuftonboro, NH: Camp Belknap, 1936. Camp is an all boys summer resident camp found in 1903. Originally it was operated by the YMCA until 1996 when it switched to an independent non-profit. The boys ranged in age from 8 to 16 and could stay for one, two, four, six or.....
Price: $350.00
Polo, Bicycle Polo, Equestrian Sports, Horsemanship
Chicago, Illinois: Charles Meurisse & Company, 1929. Photo-illustrated catalog for Polo & Hunt products sold by Charles Meurisse & Company of Chicago in 1929. Polo equipment is illustrated and priced, and includes polo mallets, balls, referee accessories, saddles, bridles, girths, bits, boots, helmets, clothing and accessories. Even bicycle polo sticks.....
Price: $350.00
History of Bicycling, Invitations, Events
Upper Sandusky, Ohio: Wyandot Wheelmen, 1892. The Wyandot Wheelmen was a jovial group of cycling enthusiasts that hosted events for fellow bicyclists and their families. The present invitation invites "Yourself and Ladies" to their Second Select Ball, which featured a "Grand March" and music by Brauns' Orchestra. The invitation features.....
Price: $175.00
Baseball, Board Game, Pretend Play
New York, New York: Psychic Base Ball Corp. 1927. A clever card game based on America's Pastime. Designed for two to eighteen players, it is titled "Psychic Base Ball" and described by its rules booklet as "A Battle of Wits ... A Game of Skill-Not a Toy". The game was.....
Price: $150.00
manuscript, guest log, guest book, travel & tourism, sports & sporting, fishing, hunting
Kennebec County, Maine: July 7, 1890 - September 10, 1900. A guest book for the Birches, a camp in Maine owned by Frank B. Webber (1848-1910). The cabin was located in the Belgrade Lakes region of central Maine, and it appears it was used by Webber and his extended family.....
Price: $475.00
Hunting and Fishing
Portland, Maine: T.B. Davis Arms Co., c.1900. Trade catalogue for T.B. Davis Arms Co., "Jobbers of Sporting Goods of Quality" (upper wrapper). Includes descriptions, pricing, dimensions, and illustrations for dozens of products ranging from fishing poles and hooks to nets, knives, and batteries. Lower wrapper advertises the company's firearms and.....
Price: $275.00
tennis, Harvard, Dartmouth, sports, advertisement
Hanover, NH or Cambridge, MA. 6-May-16. A small ticket for the sale of tickets to the May 1916 Tennis tournament between the men's tennis team of Harvard and Dartmouth. It is unknown if these matches took place at Dartmouth in Hanover, NH, or at Harvard in Cambridge, MA, however Harvard.....
Price: $75.00
yachting club, menus
Printed folded menu and list of members and officers for the Vallejo Yachting and Rowing Club, Vallejo, California-organized May 1, 1900. The twenty-fifth Anniversary Club House Dinner includes general mess of celery, olives, sweet pickles, radishes, and combination salad; roast of suckling pig a la Roman with spiced dressing and.....
Price: $85.00
farm, farmboy, boyhood, farm life, farmers, New England, Country, country boy, new england, farming, fishing, daily life, life stories
Boston: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co, 1907. A 403 paginated book that pays homage to the ideal of the New England country farm boy and what boyhood life on a New England farm in the early 1900s was like. In the preface the author writes: "The old time type of.....
Price: $22.00
Pentucket Yacht Club, Massachusetts, Yacht racing, Yachts
Haverhill MA: 1886. The First Union Regatta, under the Pentucket Yacht Club is open to all and has a free entries fee. Taking place on the Merrimack River in Massachusetts, the race starts at Taylor's Wharf and has multiple classes. The regatta includes all Yachts that are under and over.....
Price: $65.00
Sports, Sport Rules, Bowling, Bowling Shoes, Advertising and Promotion
1942. The booklet, as promised, gives an overview to the rules and regulations of bowling for the 1941-42 season. 13 pp. wrappers with stapled binding. Some of the topics discussed are "Pinfall - Legal and Illegal" "Scoring the Game" Foul - Definition Of" and other general rules, as well as.....
Price: $55.00