Transportation
General Motors, Vehicles
Oakland, California: Walker Parccar Co., 1930s. Illustrated advertising pamphlet for the Walker Parccar Parking System, a clever mechanism that, when attached to the undercarriage of a vehicle, allows the driver to swing it into even the tightest of parking spaces. Includes photos of the product in use, as well as.....
Price: $175.00
Carriages, Transportation, Hand colored
London: Dean & Co. Threadneedle, 1844. 15 pp. illustrated wraps. Includes six (6) hand colored full-page and one half page engravings of an array of carriages. Each with a single page narrative description. They include a State Carriage, a Mail Coach, A Sovereign, A Cabriolet, A Pony-Chaise, An Omnibus, A......
Price: $325.00
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
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
Transit and Travel, Ephemera Collecting, Albums and Scrapbooks
St. Louis, Missouri: c.1907. A quirky album of c.1907 streetcar and railway tickets, most for the St. Louis Transit Company. Includes several "Employee's Tickets" with the names of John and Annie Herzkh(?) in pencil. John's name has also been scrawled in pencil in a couple places. Evidently the pair enjoyed.....
Price: $550.00
invite, transportation, steamer, Eastman College, Eastman National Business College, Hudson River
Poughkeepsie, NY: Eastman College, May 18, 1878. An invite for the Eastman College's First Grand Excursion, otherwise known as "Poughkeepsie to the Ocean" (via news articles at the time). The students were to travel on Saturday, May 18, 1878, on the steamer Mary Powell, all the way to New York.....
Price: $90.00
Menu, Transportation
1900. A single-fold 8" x 5 1/2" menu with cover illustrations with Art Nouveau influenced decoration and illustration of asailing vessel. The menu is for breakfast on the Steamer Plymouth. Comprehensive menu. Wine List on reverse.
Price: $65.00
Vehicles,Carts,Buggies
Racine, Wisconsin: Fish Bros. & Co., 1890s. Folded advertising pamphlet for the Fish Bros' Road Chart, a "Light, Safe, Easy Riding, Two-Wheeled Road Vehicle". Includes illustrations of four different models with pricing, weight, and capacity. Markets the "Phaeton Road Cart" by saying that "ladies ride in it with as much.....
Price: $200.00
Drunk Driving, Voting Issues, Local Elections, Alcohol and Temperance
Waterville, Maine: F.W. Smith, c.1938. "VOTE THE DRINKING DRIVER DOWN--Vote 'NO' on liquor in September" is the message to Maine voters in this confrontational poster. The cartoon graphic shows a disheveled man hurtling down the road towards the viewer, tossing a liquor bottle behind him, with a license plate that.....
Price: $225.00
Concept Car,Classic Cars,Dodge,Roadsters
[Detroit, Michigan]: Dodge, [1953]. Printed advertisement for the Firearrow, a "new kind of sports car" marketed by Dodge as "fashion flair for the future". Includes photos of the roadster's futuristic dashboard, front and side views. Illustrated bifolium measuring approx. 4" by 7.25" The Dodge Firearrow II was a one-off concept.....
Price: $200.00
Steel Wheelbarrows, Warehouse Trucks, Russel Paper Truck, Stone Car, Forge Shop Truck, Cotton Trucks
Truck Catalogue No. 11-T Lansing - Company. Formerly Lansing Wheelbarrow Company. Lansing Company. Philadelphia. 1913. Soft cover. 86 pp. with 6 additional pages dedicated to coal cars. Handtrucks and carts. Contains Steel Wheelbarrows, Warehouse Trucks, Russel Paper Truck, Stone Car, Forge Shop Truck, Cotton Trucks and more. Black & white.....
Price: $95.00
Transportation, Mobilization, Welding
The Indianapolis Switch & Frog Co., 25-Nov-19. A letter from the Indianapolis Switch & Frog Co. to the Maintenance Official of Manchester St. RY (Rail yard) in Manchester, NH, promoting their new high speed mounting device for their Portable Electric Welder. This 'mounting device' was essentially a new trailer for.....
Price: $125.00
boat, ship, mileage, transportation, journal, code, myer's code, flag signal, Massachusetts
Boston, MA: F. W. Barry, Beale & Co., 1911. An unknown boatman's journal detailing the mileage, expenses, and trips taken on a launch (an open motor boat) named Polaris. The journal has been divided into several sections, with one side of the journal being used as a "Mileage and Cash".....
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
Pocket Map, New York city, Broadway Central Hotel
A three fold brochure that promotes the New York City on one side featuring views of the Battery, the New Washington Arch, a view of Broadway and of course the exterior of the hotel including information on the hotels location. The reverse is a New Map of New York City.....
Price: $75.00
shipping, boats, classifications, shipbuilding, ship registers
New York: American Shipmasters' Association, 1877. 48 pp. Textured paper wrappers. Gilt stamp. This book details the instructions for how to survey and classify a ship according to the rules provided by the American Shipmasters' Association. The book starts with a list of resolutions and recommendations of the NY Board.....
Price: $225.00
Employee Manuals, WWII
Long Beach, California: Douglas Aircraft Company, Inc., 1943. A wartime training booklet for employees of the Douglas Aircraft Company, Inc., steeped in patriotism and zeal for the war effort: "You are now a member of the great family of Douglas workers. Douglas is a great name in aviation ... Wherever.....
Price: $275.00
Civil Engineering, Topography, Maps and Surveys, Maritime, History of Ohio
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Wagner & McGuigan, Lithographer, 1854. Engraved scaled survey of the Harbor of Cleveland, Ohio, showing "pier work recommended by the Board of Engineers". Published "To accompany the Report of the Board of Engineers, Lake Harbors & Western Rivers" on May 27th, 1854. Adapted from a survey by Captain.....
Price: $150.00
legal, transportation, shipping, letterhead, government
Hamburg, Germany: March 12, 1872 - April 29, 1872. This document is the English translation of a German document which was the "Adjustment of the Average" for the ship 'The Messenger' which was under Captain Waldo Hill (1814-1888) control and traveled from Bakers Island, MA, to Hamburg, Germany. The trip.....
Price: $125.00
Customs,Crime in New York,Rum Raids,Opium Seizures
New York, New York: 1925-1954. An archive of original materials relating to customs seizures of alcohol, opium, and other illegal goods in New York City by customs guard John F. Kirschhoff between 1925 and 1954. Includes typewritten lists of harbor patrol raids, correspondence, subpoenas, newspaper clippings, and an original handwritten.....
Price: $1,500.00
Fantasy, anthropomorphism
Amsterdam: Mulder & Zoon, c 1950. Unnumbered 18 pp book (including inside cover) profusely illustrated picture book taking a group of children and anthropomorphic animals traveling by train to various locations about the world. A die-cut train is attached to the back inside cover allowing the the child to place.....
Price: $50.00