Collections & Archives

Social History, Invitations,
Cayuga County locations: Andrus, McChain & Son, Democrat print, Oliphant etc. 1845-1870. An array of invites to social events including five (5) from the 1840s, two (2) from the 1850s, nine (9) from the from the 1860 and one from 1870. They include invitations to Bachelor Festival, Christmas Ball, Cotillion.....
Price: $650.00
Women's Work, Gender Roles, Social History
1865-1949. Historically, ingrained by print media, from early childhood females are depicted as being responsible for domestic matters and chores. This is played out in this small collection of 20 items from the earliest piece an 1865 advertising cover depicting a mother with a modern washer with crank wringer while.....
Price: $1,000.00
Soil Conservation, Agriculture, Correspondence, History of New York
Berlin, New York: c.1920-1931. A remarkable archive of material belonging to Edward C. (b.1872) and Emily (b.1884) Henrotin, farmers active in Rensselaer County, New York, in the 1920s. Emily was an active conservationist, and one of the first women to be recognized in her field; her husband Edward was equally.....
Price: $425.00
Child Welfare, Child Labor, NCLC
Multiple Locations: National Child Labor Committee, 1936-1953. Child Welfare, Child Labor, NCLC The collection or archive is comprised of approximately 980 unique images or narratives including 480 photographic prints in envelopes, many with negatives included and 330 negatives, plus an addition 27 larger format photographic prints and 140 descriptive caption.....
Price: $150,000.00
paris, humor, the smile,
Paris, France: 1900-1913. A collection of thirty (30) issues of "Le Sourire", a French illustrated humorist serial publication under the direction of Maurice Mery and Alphonse Allais. It was a weekly publication, normally issued on Saturdays. Le Sourire, meaning the Smile, was launched in 1889 and ran continuously till 1939.....
Price: $250.00
corrspondence, business history, medicine, cholera, cholera epidemic of 1832
Windsor, MA: 1830-1838. corrspondence, business history, medicine, cholera, cholera epidemic of 1832 A collection of thirteen (13) letters written to a merchant James Beals,alternatively spelled Bealls, located in Windsor, MA. The majority of the letters come from wholesale merchants in Massachusetts and New York. The collections contains bills sent to.....
Price: $175.00
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
machinery, wool, manufacturing, advertisement, business history, yarn
Graniteville, MA: Charles G. Sargent, 1870s. A collection of materials relating to the business firm of Charles Grandsion Sargent (1819-1878), which was a successful textile machinery manufacturing company in Graniteville, MA. It was founded in 1854 by Sargent himself, and after his sons joined him, became known as the C......
Price: $225.00
yale, menu, banquet, yale daily news
New Haven, CT: Yale, 1902. Menu sheets presenting the bill of fare and wines for the annual dinners of the society. Each of the menus is elaborately illustrated and includes at least one beautiful woman and in most instances elaborate architectural structuresThis was the quarter-centennial for the Yale Daily News.....
Price: $175.00
Chromolithography, Social Culture, Visual Culture, Tobacco, Cuba
1850-1880. A varied array of chromolithograph imagery depicting objects found appealing to tobacco smokers of the day. While the dates range from 1850-1900, the majority of the collection was produced between 1860-1880. A predominant theme is beautiful women. Additional topics include fantasy, racism, exotic locales, plantation life, men's sports and.....
Price: $38,500.00
Paper Fabric Labels, Printing and Publishing, Popular Culture, Social History
[1850-1900]. The collection spanning half a century presents a sampling of over 50 paper fabric labels or "tickets" used to differentiate and promote various type of fabric. From the early days forward they include: embossed die-cut silvered 3 1/4" x 4" labels with elaborate border decoration and mostly animals or.....
Price: $2,200.00
travel and tourism, photographs, transportation
The World: Gloeckner & Newby Company, [1934-1935]. A collection of seventy-one (71) black and white photographs of a Grand World Tour that went from America to Asia, the Middle East, Northern African, and Europe. The collection is dated to circa 1934-1935 as there are several pictures of the Sky Ride.....
Price: $275.00
Business Archive, Railroad Timetables, Transportation
Scranton, PA: 1852-1873. A three-fold business archive that provides the fundamental operational information on the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Rail-road line. The archive Includes a majority of the Employee Timetables, Rules & Regulations, Notices and special orders, plus two small broadsides Additionally includes 210 pages of detailed ledger with information.....
Price: $3,000.00
beer brewing] [trade] [German beer brewing] [Der Bierbrauer
Germany: 1898-1904. Collection of 237 beer brewing magazines plus 7 individual separate supplements. 29 are issued monthly and 208 are weekly. Promotion brochures inserted into some magazines with narrative description, imagery and testimonials. Covers depict brewing machinery. Extensive advertisements included descriptions and imagery of products. Content predominantly technical journal articles.....
Price: $900.00
Adventurer, Naturalist, Filmmaker, Social History, Africa
1930-1939. A collection of 15 various press photos from 1930-1939 from New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco papers. The photos focus primarily on Osa, but include some of the fatal plane crash of Martin. Seven (7) of the photos show Osa on excursions with animals, natives and scenery. All.....
Price: $225.00
Women and Beauty, Hair makes a difference, scalp treatment for relaxation, hair styles
Springfield MA: John H. Breck , Proctor & Gamble, etc. 1920s-1950s. A small collection of seven booklets stressing the importance of beautiful well coifed hair and how to accomplish it and general information on the secrets of loveliness and beauty on a budget. the publications were published by the makers.....
Price: $500.00
agriculture, farming, advertising, business history, Amana society, German
Milwaukee Wis. Multiple, [1870-1888]. A collection of four circulars advertising various agricultural and farming supplies send by W. Wernich, a Seed Merchant in Milwaukee, WI. Two of the items are for supplies sold by Wernich himself, the other two are from different business in Milwaukee. The first of Wernich's materials.....
Price: $115.00
Photography] [cinematography] [motion pictures] [trade magazines
California: 1930-1937. A collection of 86 International Photographer trade magazines which focus on technical journal articles, professional design, and photographic classified advertisements and imagery. Published monthly starting with issue 1 in February and geared toward still photography, cinematography, and motion pictures. Collection consists of (listed by year): · 1930 (11.....
Price: $1,000.00
Advertising and Promotion, Illustration Art, Visual Culture
1880-1930s. A collection of over 50 cover illustrations selected for first impression attraction to the color image. Spanning 50 year from the 1880s through the 1930s. Consists predominantly of booklets with a few programmes, a box top etc. The collection may be used in many ways to understand the use.....
Price: $2,800.00
Music and Arts Camps, Music Education, History of Maine
Oakland, Maine: New England Music Camp, 1939-1955. A grouping of ephemera related to the New England Music Camp spanning the years 1939 and 1955, including five (5) printed programs (each approx. 6.25" by 4") and one (1) photographically illustrated advertising brochure (9" by 6", pp. [12], in original printed wrappers).....
Price: $175.00
post cards, literature, children's books, stationary, anthropomorphic, anthropomorphism, printer's proofs
London: W Straker Ltd (album publisher), c1920-1940. This 200 pp. large format album, or guard book if you will, is a collection of over 1000 printer’s proofs in black and white and monochrome. It appears to be for W. S. Partridge & Co. Some of the illustrations in this album.....
Price: $6,500.00
Food, Food Pricing, Food as a Commodity,
United States: 1834-1935. The collection includes 83 food and associated commodities price lists, catalogs, ledgers, invoices, postal card advertisements and more. It spans a 100 year period and provides considerable information regarding the availability, distribution, price and pricing consideration of these commodities. The materials represent 40 different American markets, with.....
Price: $4,800.00
Social History, New York Gilded Age
New York, NY: 1874. An archive of approximately 400 billheads relating to the running of the M. Hopper Mott (1815-1864) manse for predominantly for 1874 with various others. Mott married Ruth A. Schuyler who remained in residence until she remarried in the 1890s. The archive has been organized into eight.....
Price: $1,450.00
Printing & Publishing, Lithography, Imps, Race and Racism, Chromolithography
United States: 1901. Ten (10) vibrant two-sided chromolithograph prints advertising printing inks, dry colors, varnishes, bronze powders, and paper, with one advertising a company offering engraving, electrotyping, and photography. Four (4) different companies are represented in this grouping including the Ault & Wiborg Company, J. Manz, Jaenecke Printing Ink Co......
Price: $2,000.00