The Rich Are Always With Us
by [Advertising – Great Depression – Publishing] Condé Nast
United States, 1930. 12 ½ x 18 ¾ sheet. Some wrinkles; near fine.. A broadside soliciting advertisers for Condé Nast’s publications Vogue, Vanity Fair, House & Garden, and The American Golfer. Printed following the 1929 crash, the broadside’s tactic is to portray Condé Nast magazines’ readers as the people who stay rich, or get even richer, during times of economic upheaval: the “Successful Class [which] profits first” because it contains the “ablest, the most ingenious, and the most... Read More
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Panorama Photograph of the Osage Princess Ceremony, 1929
by [Osage Nation]
N.p., probably printed later. Gelatin silver print on glossy paper. 23 x 5, archivally mounted and matted. Very Good. This large-format photograph depicts a large group of Osage on the farm of a well-known original allotment holder, Robert “Bob” Morrell (and his wife Grace Penn Morrell), on the Osage Nation reservation. This was a critical time in the history of the reservation. In the early 1920s, the Osage were targeted for the rights to oil discovered on their... Read More
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1858 Letter from the Fort Defiance Quartermaster’s Office Requesting Supplies of Corn for Fighting the Navajo
by [Navajo Wars – Fort Defiance – Arizona – New Mexico] Van Bokkelen, Captain William K.
Fort Defiance, New Mexico (now Arizona), 1858. Single letter, two 8 x 10 inch pages. Fine.. A letter from Captain William K. Van Bokkelen (1822–1907) at Fort Defiance to Major James Lowry Donaldson (1814–1885). Van Bokkelen, calculating the amount of bushels of corn consumed each day by the Fort’s horses, writes: “On my way to the Post I made all the enquiries relative to amount of Corn to be purchased, and find that it will not be... Read More
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AUCTION / I WILL OFFER FOR SALE TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER, AT THE WHITE HOUSE… WASHINGTON, D. C., at 10:00 O'CLOCK ON / WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20, 1937
by [New Deal - Anti-FDR Sentiment] Uncle Sam, Owner; G.O. Party, Trustee
Mountain Grove, 1936. Small broadside measuring 11 x 8 ½ inches. Pin holes on margins, some small marginal tears, very good minus. Very Good. This anti-FDR broadside - which did little to alter the outcome of the 1936 election - underwent a handful of printings in the leadup to the 1936 election, this one by Michael S. Glenn of Mountain Grove, Missouri. The broadside attacks various New Deal policies including the Agricultural Adjustment Act (3A). The last item... Read More
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My Early Reminiscences / Alice B Coolidge 1926
by [New England – Gilded Age – Women] Coolidge, Alice Brackett White
Quincy, Massachusetts: unpublished, 1926. 201 pp, cardstock wraps. Normal wear to wraps; overall Near Fine.. Alice Brackett (White) Coolidge (1864–1927) was a Boston socialite of the prominent Richardson family; her grandfather was merchant and Massachusetts State Legislator Jeffrey Richardson. Coolidge was also the author of three children’s books: The Bunnies of Evergreen Village (1917), The Refugees in Evergreen Village (1918), and Evergreen Village to the Rescue (1922). Offered here is Coolidge’s unpublished memoir of her early life written... Read More
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![Shall Kansas be a Free State! Grand Rush for the Seat of War! War! War! Famine in Europe! Tremendous Excitement! Indifferent Writers Take Courage! [Advertising Broadside for Mr. Chadbourne, New England Writing Master]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/905/244/1299244905.0.l.jpg)
Shall Kansas be a Free State! Grand Rush for the Seat of War! War! War! Famine in Europe! Tremendous Excitement! Indifferent Writers Take Courage! [Advertising Broadside for Mr. Chadbourne, New England Writing Master]
by [New Hampshire] [Bleeding Kansas] [Advertising] Mr. Chadbourn,the New England Writing Master
New Hampshire, 1857. Broadside advertisement, 5 ½ x 11 inches. Very Good. An unusual advertisement for a penmanship instructor, a Mr. Chadbourn, announcing the opening of his academy on September 15, 1857 in Wolfborough, New Hampshire. The broadside states, “Inspired with the confidence of more than five years experience as a Teacher of Writing, now offers to the Ladies and Gentlemen of Wolfborough his universally admired system of Penmanship, which for beauty of style, ease of acquisition, rapidity... Read More
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A Series of Fourteen Photographs Taken in 1968, Likely in San Francisco
by [New Left] [San Francisco?] J.P., Photographer
San Francisco, 1968. Fourteen silver gelatin prints measuring 8 x 10 to 6 x 8 inches, mounted on grey 20 x 16 inch artist’s board. All initialed “J.P. / 68” on board. Some wear to boards, photographs generally fine with fine contrast. Near Fine. An evocative series of portraits likely taken in San Francisco in 1968. The photographer is unknown - possibly a student? - but is likely a peer of the subjects, as evident from the relaxed... Read More
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1908 Letter from a Young Woman Homesteading in Rural New Mexico, Including a Description of an Armed Conflict with a Sheriff
by [New Mexico – Homesteading] Upton, Irene
Solano, New Mexico, 1908. Six page letter measuring 5 ¼ x 6 ½ inches. Envelope with many unrelated manuscript markings. Letter Near Fine.. A letter from Irene Upton (1888–1956) in Solano, New Mexico to her friend Carroll B. Benton in Boston. Upton was born in New Hampshire—her father was New Hampshire State Senator Hiram Upton—and moved to New Mexico to homestead with her family in 1900. Around 1907, the family purchased what would be the Upton Ranch in... Read More
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Three Letters from English Immigrants in Early Republic Era New York City Discussing Class Differences, the 1807 Embargo, Houses that “might be made delightful if the inhabitants had any taste”, and the Many Individuals Enslaved by Local Merchants
by [New York City – Early Republic Era – English Immigration] Bakewell, A.; Bakewell, William; Unknown Author
New York and (likely) Connecticut, 1809. Three letters (1795, 1795, and 1809) totalling approximately eleven pages; the larger two letters measuring approximately 7 ¾ x 12 ¼ inches and the smaller (1809) approximately 7 ¾ x 9 ½ inches. 1809 letter Near Fine; earlier letters having some damage especially at folds and margins intersecting with text, very good plus. Overall excellent.. Three letters from English immigrants to the United States sent to their cousin “Miss Gifford” in Duffield,... Read More
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1755 Letter from the Oblong Friends to the Sandwich Friends Commemorating the Death of Nicolas Davis
by [New York – Massachusetts – Quakers] Ferriss, Benjamin; et al.
Dutchess County, New York, 1755. Single sheet measuring 7 ¾ x 12 ½ inches. Folded and quite torn at folds; very good.. A letter signed by the members of the Oblong Monthly Meeting of Friends in New York to members of the Sandwich one in Massachusetts, on the occasion of the death of Nicolas Davis (1690–1755), a member of the Sandwich meeting. Davis was well-respected in his community and occasionally traveled to minister; he died in Quaker Hill,... Read More
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1854 Letter Warning of “Humbug” and Advising a Strategy for Fixing a Political Appointment for Collector of the Port of New York
by [New York City – Politics – Customs] Riddle, C.
New York City, 1854. Single one-page letter measuring 8 x 12 ½ inches. Folded with one small tear; near fine.. A letter from “C. Riddle” with the New York City Inspector’s Department to “Sant. Mairs Esq” concerning the best way to push through their choice of appointee for the Collector of the Port of New York. Riddle writes: “I write this to inform you that there has been six or seven appointments made in the Custom House... Read More
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“View of New York and Vicinity Showing Good Automobile Roads” with “The Only and Original ‘Seeing New York’ Automobiles and Yacht” Pamphlet
by [New York City – Maps – Tourism] Nostrand, George J.
George J. Nostrand; Winkoop Hallenbeck Crawford Co, 1928. Map measuring 20 x 29 inches; trifold measuring 8 ½ x 12 inches. Map folded with some small tears at folds, slightly wrinkled, pencil markings verso; very attractive. Overall excellent.. Offered here is a large, attractive bird’s-eye view map of New York City and the surrounding areas by George J. Nostrand, a New York City-based lithographer and cartographer; and a small pamphlet advertising sightseeing tours by car or yacht (with... Read More
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Mammoth Silver Gelatin Photograph of the Fulton Street Ferry Dock on South Street, Lower Manhattan
by [New York City] [Brooklyn] Hall, George P.
New York: Geo. P. Hall and Sons, 1900. Mammoth silver print measuring 16 ¼ x 13 ½ in. (sight), matted to 24 x 20 ¼ inches. Very Good. A scarce view of the South Street docks in lower Manhattan c. 1900, showing the Fulton Street Ferry. The Fulton Street Ferry connected Manhattan’s Fulton Street to Brooklyn’s Fulton Street, and in the era preceding the Brooklyn bridge was an important means of travel between the boroughs. Steam travel began... Read More
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Archive of 100 Photographs from New York Photographer Henry Reister, advertising Remington Typewriters, the New York Telephone Directory, Other Various Products, and depicting the People and Architecture of the New York Region c. 1915-1930
by [New York] [Photography] Reister, Harry
New York and Environs, 1930. Excellent. We find scant information on Henry Reister, a professional photographer operating throughout the New York metropolitan region in the early part of the century. His studio moved several times, from the Bronx to Bridgewater, New Jersey, then to Woodlawn, New York. This interesting and varied collection from his estate shows the type of work available to a professional photographer operating in New York during the period - architectural shoots, product photography, events... Read More
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Photo Album Documenting an Irish Tourist's Trip to New York City in 1886
by [New York City – Architecture – Transit] “E.C.K.”
Cobh, Ireland; New York City, Jersey City, Pennsylvania, and Niagara Falls, 1886. Single photo album of thirty-two 9 ½ x 11 inch pages, with twenty-nine photographs and four hand-drawn illustrations. Photographs range from 4 ¼ x 7 inch to 7 x 9 inch. Photographs mostly with fine contrast and in near fine to fine condition; illustrations in fine condition; some chipping at the corners of pages; binding of album broken. Overall near fine.. Offered here is an album... Read More
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![1870s–1880s Record Books of a Broker and Property Manager in Brooklyn, Including Entries about Intoxicated Assistants and “see[ing] about the Negroe’s”](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/496/965/1743965496.0.l.jpg)
1870s–1880s Record Books of a Broker and Property Manager in Brooklyn, Including Entries about Intoxicated Assistants and “see[ing] about the Negroe’s”
by [New York City – Real Estate – African-American History] Hill, Stephen F.
New York City, 1882. Five record books: May–Oct. 1874, 46pp, 8 x 12 ½ inches (appx. 13,000 words); Nov. 1874–Apr. 1875, 48pp, 7 ½ x 11 ¾ inches (appx. 10,000 words); Dec. 1875–Jun. 1876, 24pp, 7 ½ x 11 ¾ inches (appx. 7,000 words); Sept. 1880–Apr. 1881, 55pp, 8 x 9 ¾ inches (appx. 13,000 words); Oct. 1881–Aug. 1882, 56pp, 8 x 12 ½ inches (appx. 22,000 words). With fourteen small pieces of scrap paper, mainly used for arithmetic.... Read More
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1827 Letter to William L. Marcy Accepting a Political Appointment, Likely on the Champlain Canal
by [New York – Politics – Champlain Canal] Van Benthuysen, [William?]
Whitehall, New York, 1827. Single one-page letter measuring 8 x 9 ½ inches. Folded with tears at folds; excellent.. A letter from [possibly William] Van Benthuysen in Whitehall, New York, to future Secretary of State William L. Marcy, then State Comptroller, accepting an appointment. The appointment is unspecified, but likely related to the Champlain Canal; opened in 1823, the canal terminates at Whitehall on Lake Champlain. Van Benthuysen writes that the “Lower Lock at this place has given... Read More
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Letter from Edwin Percy Whipple to Elizabeth Oakes Smith, Praising her Writing and Excoriating the State of American Theater, 1851
by [Nineteenth Century Literature - Literary Criticism - Feminist Authors] Whipple, Edwin Percy
Boston, 1851. Autograph letter signed by Whipple and addressed to Oakes at her Brooklyn address. Fine condition. 9 ¾ x 7 ¾ inches bifolium. Fine. An interesting letter written by critic Edwin Percy Whipple to Elizabeth Oakes Smith, encouraging her to publish in Graham Magazine. He then offers sympathies on a play performed in Philadelphia, and excoriates the American theatre and its inability to do justice to Shakespeare’s work. The letter was written during the period when Oakes... Read More
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Peace Illumination Walk. Washington Sq. Fri. Dec. 23
by [Vietnam War – Anti-War Movement – Counterculture] Workshop in Nonviolence
New York: New York Workshop in Nonviolence, 1966. Broadside poster printed in red on white stock, approximately 14 x 11 inches. Near Fine.. A poster announcing the Peace Illumination Walk, an anti-Vietnam War demonstration held in New York City on Friday, December 23, 1966. Participants were instructed to assemble in Washington Square at 6 p.m. and march through Manhattan carrying candles “in sympathy with suffering in Vietnam.” The walk was to conclude about 8 p.m. with a light... Read More
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Archive of an Amateur Historian’s Writings on Small-Town Ohio History, Including His Family’s Settler Story and His Experience Teaching in Appalachian Ohio, and His Short Fiction Inspired by the Region
by [Northeast Ohio – Appalachia – Settlement of Ohio] Tuttle, Harley Angelo
Palmyra, Ohio, 1930. Eight overall groups separated into two binders: short stories (seven items), personal and family history (six items), Palmyra history (eight items), other Ohio town histories (five items), three miscellaneous family-related items, four loose pages, and an unfinished project on the early residents of Palmyra. The latter contains several handwritten anecdotes and death notices, along with a list of names and seventy-eight pages with photographs, names, and occasionally personal details of the individuals. Totaling approximately 348 pages:... Read More
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Letters to a Williams College Student from His Parents in Ohio, 1846–1850
by [Northeast Ohio – Religion] Bacheldor, Sarah Russell; Bacheldor, John
Newbury, Ohio, 1850. Six letters. Excellent.. John Marvin Bacheldor (1826–deceased) was born in Newbury, Ohio and attended Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts. He would later run the Rural Home Family School for Boys in Pownal, Vermont, and then Bacheldor’s Business College in York, Pennsylvania. His parents, Sarah (1800–1876) and John Bacheldor (1786–1858), were New England farmers who moved to Ohio sometime before 1825. Offered here are six letters from Sarah and John to John Marvin, from the latter’s... Read More
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Collection of Eleven Photographs Relating to Circo Perez, a Travelling Circus in Chihuahua, c. 1898 - 1905
by [Mexican Circus - Nineteenth Century] Circo Perez; Compania Acrobatica de Variedades y Grandes Novedades
Chihuahua, 1905. Albumen photographs most measuring 4 x 6 and smaller. Photographs faded and with wear, some stray marks and scuffs to versos, good condition overall. Good. We find scant information about Circo Perez, a traveling circus in Chihuahua at the turn of the century. The circus was directed by Praxedis Perez and appeared to be largely a family affair. The present collection includes three overtly circus-related cabinet cards: an outdoor scene of the circus tent with a... Read More
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“This Poor Man Was Talked to Death.”
by [Early Photography – Novelty]
N.p., 1870. Carte-de-visite novelty card. Albumen print illustration mounted on standard CDV card, approximately 2.5 x 4 inches. Very good condition with light toning and minor surface wear.. A macabre humorous novelty carte-de-visite showing a coffin containing the caricatured head of a deceased man beneath the caption “THIS POOR MAN WAS TALKED TO DEATH.” The image parodies the visual language of Victorian mourning culture—coffins, memorial imagery, and epitaphs—while transforming it into a comic vignette. The joke plays on... Read More
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Photograph of Oberlin College’s Second Ladies Hall, c. 1865
by [Oberlin College – Women’s Education] Platt, A.C.
Sandusky, Ohio, 1865. 2 ½ x 4 inch CDV. Normal wear; Near Fine.. A photograph by Sandusky, Ohio-based photographer A. C. Platt showing the new Ladies Hall at Oberlin College, around 1865. Oberlin was the first college in the US to admit women, initially offering them a degree from the “Ladies Department” but in 1837 allowing them to enter the regular degree program. The building pictured is the second Ladies Hall, a dormitory with reading and meeting rooms... Read More
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Composite Cabinet Card of Mugshots of Prisoners Executed by Electric Chair at the Ohio Penitentiary, 1897–1905
by [Ohio – Prison History - Capital Punishment] Hazlett, A. T.
Columbus, Ohio, 1907. Composite photograph measuring 3 ¾ x 5 ½ inches on heavy cardstock, with text verso. Some fading and small stains with some damage to corners. Excellent.. A composite cabinet card photograph of inmates executed by electric chair at the Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus between 1897 and 1907, with an image of the electric chair itself. The mugshots are numbered, with corresponding information on the back of the card naming the prisoner, his execution date, and... Read More
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