The Browder Life-Savings Net: A Wonderful Invention - Adopted by the Government at Washington D.C. and Every Truck Carries a Net
Greenfield, OH: The Cory-Patterson MFG. CO, ca. 1910. Cover shifted slightly. Staple rust.. 30pp. Gray-brown paper cover with stapled binding. Cover has a a decorative illustration of a flower arrangement on a small table, with a border around the outside edges. This marketing pamphlet was made by the Cory & Patterson manufacturing company to promote their product 'The Browder Life-Saving Net'. Invented around 1901, the net consists of a large, circular metal frame with tightly... Read More
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Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Club House Dinner menu, Vallejo Yachting and Rowing Club, 1926
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 apple sauce; entrees of enchiladas and Virginia pindar cured ham; vegetables of pomme nouvelles gastronome and petits spinach au Beurre; desserts are biscuits Glace a la Californienne, homemade apple... Read More
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Aunt Louisa's Big Picture Series: Home Games For Little Girls, Exciting to Play, No Trouble to Learn
New York: McLoughin Brothers, 1870. 16 pp, (including covers) Game of croquet, Game of spider and the fly, Game of pearl fisheries, Game of falconry, Game of fishing, and Game of naval engagement. Each game is a board game, with an illustration. A part of Aunt Louisa's Big Picture Series. Measures 10 1/2" x 9" Covers show edge wear, particularly around the corners. Tape repair to binding. Previous owner inscription on the interior front cover.
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Lovely Hair
New York, New York: American Hard Rubber Company, 1920. Very good. Some rubbing, minor dust soiling. Corners bumped.. An illustrated advertising booklet for hard rubber "Ace" brand combs, marketed to fashionable women in the 1920s. Offers advice for proper hair care and how to make finger waves, and illustrates "Combs of Former Ages" from the Roman era, Renaissance era, Stone Age, etc. The next pages illustrate Ace combs and their sleek modern designs. Also of note in the... Read More
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Children's Church, St. Timothy's Parish, Roxborough, A Hymnal Program
Philadelphia, PA: Rectory St. Timothy's Church, 1867. Minor toning and soiling due to age.. Single fold Hymnal Program from St. Timothy's Parish located in the Philadelphia neighborhood of Roxborough. This program was for "Children's Church", and featured several prayers, including one for both entering and exiting the church, as well as several hymns, such as: "Glory to thee, My God, This Night", "Nearer, My God, to Thee", and "Jerusalem The Golden". On the cover of the program is... Read More
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Lovely Woman: A Collection of Fun, Fancy and Fact
Lowell, Massachusetts: C.I. Hood & Co, 1891. Very good. Wrappers chipped, a couple short tears, modern pink coloring to a couple of the images.. Featuring an illustration of a pretty young lady on the front, "Lovely Woman" was published as a marketing tool by the makers of Hood's Sarsaparilla, targeting women and homemakers in search of family medicines and remedies. Promotes Hood products for curing everything from "nervousness" in women to dyspepsia, alongside charming stories, illustrations, and anecdotes.... Read More
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A Set of Two Photographs Depicting Christmas Displays of Butcher Stores
[1894]. General wear. Minor scratches. The second photograph is missing the bottom left corner of the matte board. . The first photograph is a black and white image of a Christmas display of various meat and seafood products. The caption "Jorden & Co. Meat Market, 1894" is on the bottom. The photograph shows the interior of the store with the store counter and walls behind it cover in meat products with a table in the center of the... Read More
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Uncut Advertising Paper Dolls Sheet - Young Boy with 4 Military Costumes
England: Brook's Glace Spool Thread, 1890. A uncut 7 1/2" x 6 5/8" paper doll sheet promoting Brook's Glace Spool Cotton. It includes a 5 1/2" young adolescent male paper doll with a note in his hand "with Brook's Compliments" and spool thread at his feet. It also includes four (4) military costumes from different branches of the service. The reverse of has advertising to correspond with the reverse of the dolls and the costumes. Instructions for cutting and... Read More
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2 Embossed Victorian Scaps - 5" Toddlers at Play
excellent.. Two 5" embossed, die-cut Victorian scraps of toddlers. Each wearing a lacey& dress with blue ribbon. One smiling child is holding a rattle in her left hand and her right hand is to her lips. ;The other is curiously playing with a wooden toy.
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Remnant Circular, Spring Season, 1888
Philadelphia: Hood, Bonbright & Co. A single fold circular with information on lengths, manufacturer and fabric type and price per pound or yard. Special attention is invited to Remnants of Wool Cassimers and Dress Goods, which we sell at a very large concession below list prices. Terms included. The back page is an illustration of the buildings exterior, located at 11th & Market Streets. Measures 9 1/4" x 5 3/4". Letter folds.
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Curious Piece of Anticquity [sic] on the Crucifixtion [sic] of our Saviour and the Two Thieves
United States: Gazette Office, Prin, 1790. Fair to good. Toned with short tears, stains and water staining. Letter folds, dust soiling.. A rather incredible (and incredibly scarce) example of type design, resulting in a religious acrostic that can be read from left to right and from top to bottom, and utilizing type ornaments to create three crosses. "Curious Piece" was popular through the 19th century in the United States through prints and samplers. Printed quarter... Read More
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Two (2) menus for the Canadian Camp Annual Dinners Hotel Astor, New York, 1915 and 1920
The first is for four (4) pages and a cover. The front cover depicts an ornate fall scene with Native American chief interacting with a soldier with a tepee in the background. It is for the Thirteenth Anniversary in 1915. The first page lists the Dinner Committee and the Reception Committee. This is followed by the menu page, whimsically written with references to Gilbert Grosvenor and Buffalo Jones and others in the food titles. The next page is a... Read More
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Harper's Young People
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1887. Edge wear on the cover, very minor toning, but in very good condition.. 844pp. Green cloth board, stamped in red and black with gilt accents. Volume 3 starts at November 2, 1886 with No. 366 and ends with No. 417 on October 25, 1887. Harper's Young People was a weekly magazine: each issue was 16 pages, and contained fiction and nonfiction stories, poems, and puzzles, profusely illustrated. Some stories were published... Read More
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Poesies mises en musique par George Fle
1898. Des Presses de MM. Vanderauwera et De Mme Vve Monnom, Bruxelles. Rebound quarter binding. 47 pp. Deckled page with Art Nouveau influenced decoration. Music and verse for Nuit d'etoiles, Les Papillons, Nuits de Juin, L'Aveu and others. Measures 7 1/4" x 10 1/2
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Tammany Hall Souvenir of the Inauguration of Cleveland and Stevenson
New York, New York: J.W. McDonald & Co, 1893. Good. Toning, minor dust soiling. Short tears, chipping to upper wrapper, upper wrapper partially detached and lower wrapper lacking.. Illustrated souvenir of the second inauguration of Grover Cleveland on March 4th, 1893, published by Tammany Hall. Also known as the Tammany Society, the organization was funded by political patrons in New York City and had infamous control over the New York political scene. The present souvenir offers several short... Read More
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Three (3) Items Related to Education as a profession in the 1960s
United States, 1966. Very good. Some toning, short tears, minor wear.. A group of three (3) items related to education in the 1960s. They are published by vastly different entities (National Association of Manufacturers, American Cancer Society, and U.S. Dept. Of Labor), and have different aims. The first highlights the diversity of opportunities available, ranging from early education to administration. The second offers educators of all kinds tips on how to address cancer education, and the final item... Read More
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The Shipper's Book of Father Goose
United States: Railway Express Agency, 1950. Very good. to near-fine. Light rust staining from staple.. An illustrated booklet of nursery rhymes published to promote "Air Express, a service of Railway Express Agency and the Schedule Airlines of the U.S." (lower wrapper). REA was a shipping service that operated between 1918 and 1975. The present book shows how they marketed their services to American families, and also how they attempted to navigated a crossroads in the late 1940s and... Read More
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Unique 3D Elaborate Silver Lace Paper 8vo Valentine with Real Lace and Embossed Victorian Scrap
London, 1850. Very good. Upper left-hand corner tab damaged. Metal tarnished, with some dust soiling and wear to lace. Some chipping to extremities.. A unique and elaborate 8vo valentine made from several different components. First, there are two tiers of elaborate lace paper, the upper with silver gilding. They are attached together with paper hinges in each corner, resulting in a unique "3D" depth not present in other valentines. Second, there is an embossed and chromolithographed scrap in... Read More
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How WAFs Make the Team
[San Antonio, Texas]: WAF/USAF, 1950. Very good. Toned, creases from mailing envelope.. A c.1950 recruitment pamphlet promoting WAF (Women in the Air Force) training at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas. Offers info on the following subjects: WAF recruit training; medical exams and inoculations; courses offered to recruits (e.g. first aid, sanitation); leisure time and recreation; different jobs (e.g. photographer, supply technician, clerk, or "tabulation machine operator"). Illus. bifolium (11.5" by 8.5"), with image of WAF... Read More
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KVP Household Papers on Parade
Kalamazoo, Michigan: Kalamazoo Vegetable Parchment Company, 1930. Very good. Minor dust soiling.. Illustrated advertising poster for wax paper, parchment paper, and other products sold by the Kalamazoo Vegetable Parchment Company, promising housewives "You will enjoy doing housework Quicker, Better and Easier ... and with more pleasing results". Illustrations of the products march along the bottom of the poster with the directive, "See what these hard-working efficient fellows can do for you. Your army is waiting inside for inspection".... Read More
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Your Job and Your Future: You can't go far if you don't keep fit" -- 1930s Public Health Pamphlet Warning Young Men About Venereal Diseases
Bismark, North Dakota: United States Public Health Service, 1930. Good. Toned with short tears and chipping, including one large short tear to upper right-hand corner. Minor water stains.. A 1930's-era public health pamphlet issued by the United States Public Health Service, warning young American men against the dangers of venereal diseases and quack doctors. Interestingly, the front cover gives little indication of the contents inside (probably for modesty's sake), but it swiftly gets to the point once it... Read More
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We Two, Carriers Greetings for 1910
Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Press, 1910. Minor age toning.. A three page calendar for the year 1910. The calendar is a Courier Calendar that was produced by the newspaper Cleveland Press. Each page features a doll couple from a different country. The first image of dolls from Britain: the girl doll has blond hair and is in a green dress, while the boy is a toy soldier in the uniform of a Buckingham Palace guard. The second couple is... Read More
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Something Good to Drink" -- c.1913 Booklet Advertising Family Medicines
Le Roy, New York: S.C. Wells & Co, 1913. Good to very good. Light toning with the occasional spot, some rust staining from staple with a resulting short tear in spine, gathering loose.. Printed booklet advertising family medicines to the American public by S.C. Wells & Co., focusing in particular on "Dr. Carter's K. & B. Tea", a trademarked "preparation compounded entirely of herbs and seeds and recommended for the relief of constipation and certain stomach, liver and... Read More
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Plough's Black and White Birthday and Dream Book
Memphis, Tennessee: Plough, 1927. Very good. Toned with some nicks, wear.. Dreams of Beauty Do Come True": advertising booklet for Plough brand creams, powders, and other skin care products, marketed to women. Includes sections of dream meanings, birthstones and personality traits for each birth month, and plenty of photos of smiling young ladies, including the early Metro darling Estelle Clark. Note the subtle ageism throughout (e.g. "Smooth away the years!") and reinforcement of gender roles (e.g. use of... Read More
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Kodakery, Manuscript on Photography with Photos and Drawings
c1920. This handmade photography guide, called, Kodakery, contains a series of drawings, photographs, and printed photographs, used to illustrate the art of photography. Made from a photo album, it contains 23 pages of written text, 5 pages of drawings, 26 individual photographs, and 16 printed photographs. Kodakery is a term that was derived from the camera name "Kodak", and according to this guide it meant "the taking of pictures, developing and finally printing to show the picture." The guide... Read More
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