Women's History and the Space Race: Valentina Tereshkova Signed Photograph Commemorating the Vostok 6 Mission
by Women in SciencesValentina Tereshkova
1963. Tereshkova, Valentina. Signed photograph commemorating the historic flight of the Soviet cosmonaut who became the first woman to travel into space during the Cold War competition between the United States and the Soviet Union. Valentina Tereshkova launched aboard Vostok 6 in June 1963, completing a three day mission in which she orbited the Earth forty eight times. Her flight followed closely after the first human spaceflight by Yuri Gagarin in 1961 and marked a major milestone both in... Read More
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First Woman in Space Valentina Tereshkova wiht Other Vostock Cosmonauts, 1963
by Valentina Tereshkova
1963. Vintage original press photo. Valentina Tereshkova, first woman in space. 1963. 7 x 10 in. Black and white photo of Tereshkova and four uniformed cosmonauts at Lenin's Mausoleum. Press photo of Valentina Tereshkova, famed cosmonaut and the first woman in space, along with other cosmonauts from the Soviet Vostock space missions including Yuri Gagarin (second from right). During her solo mission on Vostock 6, Tereshkova spent almost three days alone in space. Stamped November 13, 1963 on back.... Read More
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The First Glossary of Guided Missile Terms, First Edition, 1948, Illustrating the Convergence of Physics, Computers, and Propulsion Science
by Glossary of Guided Missile Terms
1948. [Early Computers] [ Space and Aviation] The National Military Establishment, Research and Development Board, Committee on Guided Missiles. Glossary of Guided Missile Terms. Washington, D.C.: Research and Development Board, 15 September 1948. 8vo. 72 pages. Original staple bound brown printed wrappers. Issued at the dawn of the Cold War and only one year after the establishment of the U.S. Department of Defense, this glossary codifies the earliest official vocabulary of American missile science. Rockets took to the air... Read More
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NASA Apollo and Saturn V Materials Testing and Concept Archive 1961-1968
by Saturn V Rocket Testing
1961. NASA materials engineering archive documenting cryogenic testing, fracture mechanics, and structural reliability research conducted during the development of the Saturn V launch vehicle and the Apollo spacecraft compiled at the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center. The materials originate from the Marshall Space Flight Center during the 1960s when NASA engineers and contractors conducted intensive research on the mechanical behavior of rocket alloys exposed to extremely low temperatures and high stress conditions required for spaceflight. These studies formed... Read More
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Texas Oil Industry Disaster Photograph Archive Documenting Refinery Explosions, Offshore Platform Accidents, and Mid Century Petroleum Labor, 1938-1979
by Texas
1930. Archive of press photographs documenting systems of petroleum extraction, offshore drilling, and industrial emergency response in Texas between 1938 and 1979. The material documents how oil companies, drilling crews, firefighters, and industrial workers operated within the high-risk infrastructure of the American petroleum industry through visual records of refinery explosions, well blowouts, offshore platform accidents, and active drilling operations. The photographs reveal the mechanisms of oil production and disaster response across inland fields and Gulf Coast offshore sites during... Read More
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Cold War U.S. Air Force Transport Operations MATS 62nd Troop Carrier Wing Photo Album 1959 to 1963
by Cold War Air Force in Texas
1959. U.S. Air Force photo album, 1959 to 1963, documents Military Air Transport Service operations and everyday service life within the 62nd Troop Carrier Wing during the early Cold War, providing visual evidence of strategic airlift infrastructure, aviation technology, and personnel culture. The material captures the role of transport units responsible for global logistical support, illustrating how troop movement, supply distribution, and training exercises were sustained through coordinated air operations. It further supports research into mid-20th-century military mobility and... Read More
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Petroleum Industry Labor and Infrastructure in the American Southwest: Texas Oil Field Operations Photographs, 1970s
by Oil Drilling in Texas
1970. [Texas] [Labor History] [Environmental History] [Photography] Unidentified photographer, Texas oil field photographs, circa 1970s document petroleum extraction, industrial labor, and land transformation in the American Southwest during a period of sustained energy production and infrastructure expansion. The images provide direct visual evidence of drilling operations, mechanical systems, and work crews engaged in oil field development, situating human labor within the broader environmental changes associated with resource extraction. The archive supports research into energy history, industrial technology, and the... Read More
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Two Volume Biography of Distinguished Native Americans
by Thatcher; B.B.
1834. [Native American] Thatcher, B.B. New York: J & J Harper, 1834. Indian Biography, Or An Historical Account Of Those Individuals Who Have Been Distinguished Among The North American Natives As Orators, Warriors, Statesmen And Other Remarkable Characters. Thatcher was a Boston abolitionist who also wrote a biography of Phyllis Wheatley, the first published African-American poet. This work is interesting in the way it lionizes the Natives, in contrast to the phenomenon of aggressive westward expansion sanctioned by the... Read More
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World War II Pacific Theater Combat Photography with Iwo Jima and Pearl Harbor Coverage
by World War II Pacific Theater
1945. U.S. military operations in the Pacific Theater during World War II photograph and newspaper archive, 1941-1945, documenting the Battle of Iwo Jima and the attack on Pearl Harbor. The archive pairs soldier-taken snapshots with official U.S. Navy and press photographs, showing how combat, equipment, and battlefield conditions. The featured original snapshots contain handwritten notations en verso identifying dates, specific locations, soldiers, and equipment. The archive comprises 39 silver gelatin photographs ranging from roughly 3.5 x 5 to... Read More
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WWII Pacific Theater U.S. Occupation in the Philippines and Admiralty Islands, 1944-1945
by Pacific Theater
1944. [WWII] [Indigenous Peoples] U.S. soldier photographs recording military occupation, transport, and daily movement across the Admiralty Islands, Samar, and the Philippines during World War II and its immediate aftermath, establishing how American forces operated through island bases, coastal landings, aircraft facilities, and encounters with local indigenous communities. Made and retained by an unidentified American serviceman, the group follows the circulation of personnel through several linked wartime zones rather than a single camp, with local captions on the versos... Read More
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Travel Account in Arabia, Abu Dhabi & Oman Across the Empty Quarter
by Wilfred Thesiger
1960. THESIGER, Wilfred. ARABIAN SANDS. London: Longman, 1960. 9" x 6." With 68 Photo Illustrations, 7 maps, Large map in pocket, 326pp. Original Cloth Hardcover, in Dust Wrapper. First Edition, Second impression, (first published in 1959), of a fascinating travel account in Arabia, Abu Dhabi & Oman across the Empty Quarter, which includes several maps of Arabia and a chapter on both Abu Dhabi and the Trucial Coast. Major Sir Wilfred Patrick Thesiger (1910-2003), also known as Mubarak bin... Read More
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Actor Alan Thicke Document Signed
by Alan Thicke
Actor. Document Signed, February 25, 1983, Los Angeles, CA., 1p, quarto. Television Employment Contract, for the television show, "Kenny Rogers In Concert". Signed boldly in black, "Alan Thicke". In very good condition.
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The Bicycle Thief Original Vintage Photo Archive (1948)
by Lamberto Maggiorani The Bicycle Thief
1948. [Film] The Bicycle Thief. Archive of 3 Original Silver Gelatin Vintage photos. All measures 8" x 10". Glossy, black and white. The Bicycle Thief is an Italian drama directed by Vittorio De Sica. It follows Lamberto Maggiorani as a poor father searching in post-World War II Rome for his stolen bicycle, without which he will lose his job and family. The film was given an Academy Honorary Award in 1950, and, just four years after its release, was... Read More
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African American Urban Life and Racial Conflict in Spike Lee's Do the Right Thing, 1989
by Spike Lee Do the Right Thing
1989. Lee, Spike. Do the Right Thing (1989) presented a widely studied depiction of racial tension, community dynamics, and urban life within a predominantly African American neighborhood in Brooklyn. Produced at the end of the 1980s, the film examines the escalation of conflict between Black residents and Italian American business owners over the course of a single summer day, culminating in violence shaped by longstanding inequality and social frustration. Its initial controversy, including public concern about its potential social... Read More
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Rare Advanced Reading Copy of The Hate U Give
by Angie Thomas
THOMAS, Angie. The Hate U Give. New York: Harper Collins, 2017. Octavo. 464 pages. Original illustrated wrappers. Rare advance reading copy preceding the first edition of Thomas's book about a young woman of color learning to stand up for justice in the face of structural inequality and police brutality. The Hate You Give was a #1 New York Times Bestseller, a Goodreads Choice Awards Best of the Best, a William C. Morris Award Winner, a National Book Award Longlist,... Read More
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A Superb Narrative Detailing Travels in the Uncharted Lands of Arabia 1929
by Bertram Thomas
1929. Thomas, Bertram. The South-Eastern Borderlands of Rub' Al Khali. London: Royal Geographical Society, 1929. 24 pages. Includes photographic plates and a large fold-out colour map, measuring approximately). Original condition with blue wrappers, titles to front, and containing all the ads. This outstanding expedition report predates most of Thomas' highly sought after early Arabia books and is a superb narrative detailing travels in the uncharted lands of Arabia. This report pre-dates Thomas' all-important books, including; Arabia Felix: Across The... Read More
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Danny Thomas Signed Check
by Danny Thomas
US Actor, best known from television series "Make Room for Daddy". Signed check, dated July 24, 1973. Made payable for the amount of $126.61. Signed in black ink, "Danny Thomas." In excellent condition. A great example of an authentic signature on a check.
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Japanese American Internment Opposition Norman Thomas Democracy and Our Japanese Americans Pamphlet 1942
by Norman Thomas
1942. Thomas, Norman. Democracy and Our Japanese Americans, January 2, 1942, presents an early public argument against the removal and incarceration of Japanese Americans following the attack on Pearl Harbor attack and the rapid expansion of federal authority over West Coast populations. Written by Norman Thomas in collaboration with other advocates, the pamphlet documents opposition to policies that would soon be formalized through military exclusion orders and administered by the War Relocation Authority. The text outlines the forced removal... Read More
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Why Equal Suffrage Has Been a Success
by Thaddeus Thomas
1900. [Women's Suffrage] [Women's History]. "Why Equal Suffrage Has Been a Success: Part of an address delivered to the Equal Suffrage League of Baltimore by Thaddeus P. Thomas, Ph. D., Professor of Economics and Sociology in the "Woman's College of Baltimore, and printed by authority of the League." New York: National American "Woman Suffrage Association. Circa 1900s-1910s. 8" x 5" inches. 14 pages. This pamphlet was published from an address given by Thaddeus P. Thomas, a professor at Women's... Read More
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Scarce Abolitionist Text Recounting Imprisonment for Freeing Slaves, Prison Life & Reflections. First Edition, 1854
by George Thompson
1854. [Slavery & Abolition] THOMPSON, George. Prison Life & Reflections; or, a Narrative of the Arrest, Trial, Conviction, Imprisonment, Treatment, Observations, Reflections, and Deliverance of Work, Burr, and Thompson, Who Suffered An Unjust and Cruel Imprisonment in Missouri Penitentiary, for Attempting to Aid Some Slaves to Liberty. Three Parts in One Volume. Hartford: Published by A. Work. First Edition, 1854. Illustrated frontispiece depicting the "Interior of the Jail in Palmyra, Missouri," where the three men were held prior to... Read More
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Eloise in Paris by Kay Thompson, First Edition 1957
by Kay Thompson
1957. Thompson, Kay. Eloise in Paris. 1957, 1st.Ed., Drawings by Hilary Knight Simon & Schuster, New York, 1957, First edition. 1st Printing with original Dust Jacket with printed color drawings by Hilarry Knight, including front and back duskjacket. Larger size book: 11 x 8", In very good condition.
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Case Studies of Cross-Dressing Throughout the Ages "The Mysteries of Sex: Women Who Posed as Men and Men Who Impersonated Women", First U.S. Edition 1974
by C.J.S. Thompson
1974. [LGBTQ][Drag and Cross-Dressing][Transgender] Thompson, C.J.S. The Mysteries of Sex: Women Who Posed as Men and Men Who Impersonated Women. New York: Causeway Books, 1974. First U.S. edition. Cream cloth boards, purple spine titles, in original illustrated dust jacket. 256pp., illustrated with plates. First American edition of this historical survey of gender impersonation, originally published in the U.K. by the noted medical historian and curator C.J.S. Thompson in 1938. The volume offers a narrative compendium of documented cases... Read More
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Cold War Aerospace Engineering and Spacecraft Recovery in NASA Technical Note on Ocean Landings, 1967
by William Thompson
1967. Thompson, William C. Dynamic Model Investigation of the Rough-Water Landing Characteristics of a Spacecraft (1967), a NASA Technical Note documenting the system of spacecraft recovery and safety engineering in early U.S. crewed spaceflight. The material documents the system of ocean landing analysis and recovery protocols through scaled experimental modeling, revealing how NASA engineers evaluated the physical forces acting on spacecraft during splashdown. The report demonstrates the process by which data from controlled simulations informed design tolerances, crew safety... Read More
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1977 De Colores Journal Of Chicano Expression And Thought; Journal on Chicano Literature And Criticism
by De Colores Journal Of Chicano Expression And Thought
1977. [Chicano Journal] Jose Armas, Donaldo Urioste, Francisco Lomeli et all. De Colores Journal Of Chicano Expression And Thought: Vol. 3 No. 4. Albuquerque, New Mexico: Pajarito Publications. 1977. First Edition. Soft cover. 85pp. Minor shelfwear, some interior annotations. Overall very good condition.
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El Grito: A Journal of Contemporary Mexican-American Thought Archive - 1969-74
by El Grito: A Journal of Contemporary Mexican-American Thought
1969. [Chicano] [Mexican-American] El Grito: A Journal of Contemporary Mexican-American Thought. Berkley: Quinto Sol Publications, 1969-1974. Archive of 2 journals. Each have 84 pages. El Grito was published to highlight scholarship and creative work by Mexican Americans from the United States between 1967 and 1974. Included in this archive are; [1] El Grito: a journal of contemporary Mexican-American thought; vol. II, #2, Winter 1969. Highlighted articles include "The Historical and Intellectual Presence of Mexican-Americans", "The Negro Movement as an... Read More
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