![Field Notes of a Survey Made for the Brazos Manufacturing Company... [manuscript title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/658/958/1721958658.0.l.jpg)
Field Notes of a Survey Made for the Brazos Manufacturing Company... [manuscript title]
by [Confederate Texas]: [Brazos Manufacturing Company]
Brazos, Tx: May 12, 1864. Very good.. [1]p. of manuscript text on a folio sheet of blue lined paper, with small manuscript map at top left. Old folds, a few tiny holes along horizontal fold touching a few letters. Manuscript field notes and a small map detailing a late-Confederate attempt to start a flour and textile factory to manufacture Confederate uniforms and other products for the army in Texas. Most of the text defines the parameters of the... Read More
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![Catalogue Jewish Books and Jewish Publications [cover title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/731/958/1721958731.0.l.jpg)
Catalogue Jewish Books and Jewish Publications [cover title]
by [Judaica]: [Bloch Publishing and Printing Company]
Cincinnati: The Bloch Publishing and Printing Co, 1900. 43,[2] [i.e., 48]pp. Original printed wrappers, stapled, 5.25 x 3 inches. Minor wear and toning, small chip to three corners, larger chip to top corner of front wrapper, costing a couple of letters. Light foxing, otherwise clean internally. Very good. An informative and seemingly unrecorded catalogue of Jewish books and publications issued by the Bloch Publishing and Printing Company of Cincinnati, the oldest Jewish publishing firm in the United States, just... Read More
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![[Substantial Photograph Album Featuring Forty-Four Large-Format Photographs Showing Street Views of Early-20th-Century Kansas City]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/820/411/1731411820.0.l.jpg)
[Substantial Photograph Album Featuring Forty-Four Large-Format Photographs Showing Street Views of Early-20th-Century Kansas City]
by [Kansas City]: [Photography]: Anderson Photo Company
Kansas City: Anderson Photo Company, 1920. [22] leaves, illustrated with forty-four linen-backed black-and-white silver gelatin photographs, each about 7.5 x 9.75 inches, most with Anderson Photo Company credit in the negative, all in mounting corners. Oblong folio. Contemporary black cloth photograph album with blind-embossed floral designs in the corners of each cover, bound with twin black bolts. Light wear to binding. Occasional creasing and minor surface wear to photographs. Very good. A fantastic collection of forty-four large-format photographs showing street... Read More
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![[Manuscript Document Relating to the Transfer of Shares in the Brazos Iron Bridge Company, Accompanied by Thirteen Receipts for Transfer of Shares]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/223/959/1721959223.0.l.jpg)
[Manuscript Document Relating to the Transfer of Shares in the Brazos Iron Bridge Company, Accompanied by Thirteen Receipts for Transfer of Shares]
by [Texas]: [Railroads]: [Brazos Iron Bridge Company]
Galveston, Tx, 1869. Very good.. [2]pp., on a single folded folio sheet of lined paper, with integral blank plus fourteen partially-printed receipts completed in manuscript. Minor dust-soiling, creasing, and edge wear. A post-Civil War manuscript agreement from Texas, with the signatures of twenty-six investors, transferring their stock in the Brazos Iron Bridge Company to John Sealy of the Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railway Company. Additionally the document is noted and signed on the verso by Sealy, transferring... Read More
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![Prospectus of the Woodward Underground Telephone and Telegraph Co. of New England [cover title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/729/958/1721958729.0.l.jpg)
Prospectus of the Woodward Underground Telephone and Telegraph Co. of New England [cover title]
by [Telephone Industry]: [Woodward Underground Telephone and Telegraph Company]
[N.p., probably Boston, 1887. Very good.. [8]pp. Original printed wrappers, stapled. Minor dust-soiling and edge wear, soft vertical crease throughout. Internally clean. An apparently unrecorded prospectus for Woodward Underground Telephone and Telegraph Company, an early New England telephone service provider that proposed underground lines between various cities in Massachusetts and New Hampshire. In his opening letter of the prospectus, General Manager A.T. Woodward announces that the company's books "are now open for the subscriptions to the full-paid, and... Read More
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![Prospectus. The Atlantic and Pacific Oil Company...Miners and Producers of Crude Lubricating and Illuminating Oils [caption title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/628/607/1740607628.0.l.jpg)
Prospectus. The Atlantic and Pacific Oil Company...Miners and Producers of Crude Lubricating and Illuminating Oils [caption title]
by [Texas]: The Atlantic and Pacific Oil Company
New York, 1902. [8]pp. Illustrated. Folio. Original self wrappers, stapled. Moderate staining and soiling, old folds, minor edge wear. Good condition. Illustrated with black & white photos and two maps, one of holdings in Knox County, Kentucky, the other in the East Texas Oil Belt, centered on Beaumont. The company -- miners and producers of crude lubricating and illuminating oils -- was incorporated in April, 1901, under the state laws of Delaware. This prospectus solicited investors and presented its balance... Read More
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![[Bespoke Annotated Photograph Album Documenting the Lackawanna Coal and Lumber Company's Activities in the Early 20th Century]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/678/333/1743333678.0.l.jpg)
[Bespoke Annotated Photograph Album Documenting the Lackawanna Coal and Lumber Company's Activities in the Early 20th Century]
by [West Virginia]: [Lackawanna Coal and Lumber Company]
[Kanawha County, WV, 1915. [52] leaves, with fifty-eight full-page professionally-produced sepia-toned photographs, each with printed marginal captions, and six informational plates, most backed on linen. Oblong octavo, 5 x 8 inches. Contemporary brown cloth. Front cover lacking, spine and rear cover chipped and worn. Internally clean. Good condition. A fascinating annotated photograph album produced by the Lackawanna Coal and Lumber Company, a prominent early-20th-century mining and lumber company, highlighting its officers and the variety of its operations in West Virginia.... Read More
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![[Small Archive of Correspondence by Austrian Consul Edward William De Voss, Including a Manuscript Petition to the Confederate Government Regarding Taxes Owed on Tobacco in Richmond Owned by the Austrian Government]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/796/958/1721958796.0.l.jpg)
[Small Archive of Correspondence by Austrian Consul Edward William De Voss, Including a Manuscript Petition to the Confederate Government Regarding Taxes Owed on Tobacco in Richmond Owned by the Austrian Government]
by [Confederate Diplomacy]: De Voss, Edward William
Richmond, Va: February 2, 1864. Very good.. Autograph document, signed, [1]p., folio, on blue paper. Old folds, minor wear. [with:] Two autograph letters, signed, by De Voss, Richmond, Va., totaling [6]pp. [and with:] Autograph letter, signed, by William Bradley, Assessor, Richmond, Va., [2]pp. Mailing folds, minor wear. A collection of manuscript documents and letters pertaining to an interesting diplomatic moment between the Austrian government and the Confederacy in Richmond during the Civil War. Austrian consul Edward William De... Read More
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![SCLC Paid Staff Members Presently Assigned Outside of Washington [caption title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/661/958/1721958661.0.l.jpg)
SCLC Paid Staff Members Presently Assigned Outside of Washington [caption title]
by [Civil Rights Movement]: [Southern Christian Leadership Conference]
[N.p., probably Atlanta]: June 24, 1968. Very good plus.. 4pp., mimeographed on loose sheets, paper-clipped. Mild wear. A rare document from inside the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, listing the names and locations of seventy-five paid staff members who were currently on assignment outside the nation's capital. The document is dated June 24, 1968, just over two months after the assassination of SCLC founder Martin Luther King, Jr. The names are listed alphabetically beginning with Victoria Gray Adams in... Read More
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![Alabado Sea el Santisimo Sacramento. Patente de la Confradia Santisimo Sacramento de la Santa Iglesia Catedral de Durango, Fundada con Autoridad Real, Pontificia y Ordinaria [caption title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/914/399/1759399914.0.l.jpg)
Alabado Sea el Santisimo Sacramento. Patente de la Confradia Santisimo Sacramento de la Santa Iglesia Catedral de Durango, Fundada con Autoridad Real, Pontificia y Ordinaria [caption title]
by [Mexico]: [Confraternities]
[Durango]: Catedral de Durango, 1801. Broadside, approximately 16.5 x 12.25 inches. Old folds, light dust soiling and wear at edges. Completed in manuscript, with additional manuscript docketing on blank verso. Very good plus. A very rare broadside membership patent for the religious confraternity of the cathedral in Durango, Mexico, filled out for a female member, Toie Dionicio Garcia, on July 1, 1801. The text lists the responsibilities of the member, including assistance in the Mass and other services, and... Read More
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![The First Prayer in Congress [caption title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/572/682/1740682572.0.l.jpg)
The First Prayer in Congress [caption title]
by [Religion]: [Continental Congress]
[N.p., mid-19th century]. Broadside, 13 x 5.5 inches, on light pink silk, with text printed within elaborate ornamental border. Minor foxing and staining, some soft creases, light occasional fading to text. Very good overall. An attractive display piece printing the first prayer recited in the Continental Congress, delivered by Rev. Jacob Duche on September 7, 1774. Reverend Duhe delivered a powerful, extemporaneous opening prayer following reports of a British attack on Boston. The prayer asked for divine protection for the... Read More
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![Colored Americans Who Have Served in the United States Congress [caption title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/556/401/1737401556.0.l.jpg)
Colored Americans Who Have Served in the United States Congress [caption title]
by [African Americana]: [United States Congress]
Indianapolis: Indianapolis Recorder, 1901. Illustrated broadside, 15.75 x 20 inches. Backed on cardboard long ago. Noticeably stained and chipped, but with very little loss to content. Some surface wear and a few closed tears. A prime candidate for conservation, in fair condition, and priced accordingly. A very rare African-American uplift poster issued at the turn of the 20th century by The Indianapolis Recorder, a notable African-American newspaper. The poster is a celebration of African American representation in the United States... Read More
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Report of the Connecticut Inter-Racial Commission to His Excellency Raymond E. Baldwin, Governor of Connecticut
by [Race Relations]: [Connecticut]
[Hartford], 1944. Very good.. 34pp. Original printed wrappers, stapled. Uneven toning to wrappers, with pencil notations on front cover and ink stamp reading "Pamphlet File Copy." Tiny chip to fore edge of front wrapper and title page. Internally clean. A scarce report from the Connecticut Inter-Racial Commission to the governor of the state during World War II. The report contains five sections, including the organization of the commission, "The Problem" that they studied, the proposed solutions to the... Read More
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![Conscription Is Too High a Price to Pay for Prejudice [cover title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/089/959/1721959089.0.l.jpg)
Conscription Is Too High a Price to Pay for Prejudice [cover title]
by [African Americana]: [Military]: [National Council Against Conscription]
Washington DC: National Council Against Conscription, 1948. Very good plus.. [16]pp. Original self wrappers, stapled. Minor wear and soiling to outer leaves. Subtitled, "A Report on Racial Segregation in the Armed Forces," the present pamphlet calls for an end to the practice through reasoned discussion presented in sections such as "Army Evaded Race Clause in War Draft," "Army Refuses to Use Skilled Negroes," "Army Plans to Continue Race Policy," "Army Wants Draft Principle," "Army Prejudice Endangers Foreign Policy,"... Read More
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![[Original Panoramic Photograph Picturing the Members of Civilian Conservation Corps Company 303 at Camp in Pennsylvania]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/667/958/1721958667.0.l.jpg)
[Original Panoramic Photograph Picturing the Members of Civilian Conservation Corps Company 303 at Camp in Pennsylvania]
by [African Americana]: [Civilian Conservation Corps]
Du Bois, Pa, 1933. Very good plus.. Panoramic photograph, 8 x 34.5 inches. Rolled. Minor edge wear, light foxing. Good contrast, minimal fading. A rare photographic record of a segregated African-American CCC company in Benezette, Pennsylvania in September 1933, just a few months after this New Deal program was created. African-American recruits made up only about seven percent of total enrollment in the Civilian Conservation Corps, and their camps were kept strictly segregated, except for the commanding officers,... Read More
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![The Student Protest Movement, Winter 1960 [caption title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/045/959/1721959045.0.l.jpg)
The Student Protest Movement, Winter 1960 [caption title]
by [African Americana]: Southern Regional Council
Atlanta: Southern Regional Council, April 1, 1960. Very good.. [2],6,xxv leaves printed on rectos only, stapled, with "Special Report" wrapper. Minor wear, light soiling. The revised edition of a special report on the student protests and sit-ins that occurred in early 1960 in the American South. The report was issued on April 1, 1960 and covers the background, principal events, legal precedents, public reaction, patterns, spread, and more related to student protests that had just taken place in... Read More
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![El Album de Mi Padrino [Album of My Godfather] [manuscript cover title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/755/057/1734057755.0.l.jpg)
El Album de Mi Padrino [Album of My Godfather] [manuscript cover title]
by [Cuba]: [Engineering]: [Education]: [Pennsylvania]: Guitart, Magdalena Sofia
[Various locations in Cuba and Pennsylvania: contents ca, 1973. [25] leaves, totaling [40]pp., illustrated with thirty black-and-white and sepia-toned photographs, with detailed manuscript captions, plus seven large clippings from school publications, and six additional ephemeral items. Oblong folio. Black cloth, with alligator-patterned cloth on front board, with manuscript title below a drawn representation of a small pennant for Lehigh University. Covers worn, frayed, and chipped, alligator-style cloth curling a bit along fore edge. A few items loose from adhesive and... Read More
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![[Manuscript Journal and Scrapbook Containing Original Poems and Extracts of Printed Works by 19th-Century Cuban-American Poet, Manuel Francisco Barranco y Miranda]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/976/958/1721958976.0.l.jpg)
[Manuscript Journal and Scrapbook Containing Original Poems and Extracts of Printed Works by 19th-Century Cuban-American Poet, Manuel Francisco Barranco y Miranda]
by [Cuba]: Barranco y Miranda, Manuel Francisco
[Havana, Cuba, 1889. Good.. [69]pp. of manuscript text, plus [77]pp. of newspaper extracts. Contemporary quarter calf and marbled paper-covered boards. Moderate scuffing and wear to boards and edges, spine scuffed. Hinges broken, with text block only nominally attached by threads, with many leaves detached. Ownership ink stamp on front free endpaper, "Manuel F. Barranco" with a gilt insignia affixed below reading, "MB." A unique and personal manuscript journal and scrapbook composed and maintained by an important but obscure... Read More
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![[Midcentury Photo Archive Showing the Latin American Festival Association of Tampa, Florida]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/027/959/1721959027.0.l.jpg)
[Midcentury Photo Archive Showing the Latin American Festival Association of Tampa, Florida]
by [Mexico]: [Cuba]
[Various places in Florida, Mexico, Cuba, & Spain, 1961. About very good.. 138 original prints, each 8 x 10 inches; mostly large format images, with twelve contact sheet containing multiple smaller images, and including several duplicates. Light wear at edges; slight curling. Occasional patches of scuffing or soiling. Scattered manuscript annotations and ink stamps on blank versos of photographs. An interesting aggregation of approximately 150 unique, professional images that depict the travels and activities of the Latin American... Read More
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![[Collection of Twelve Manumission Documents Liberating African and Criollo Slaves in Cuba]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/951/958/1721958951.0.l.jpg)
[Collection of Twelve Manumission Documents Liberating African and Criollo Slaves in Cuba]
by [Slavery]: [Cuba]
[Cuba, 1873. Twelve manuscript documents on folio sheets, approximately 8.5 x 12.5 inches, all with official rubber-stamped seal. Small pinholes along left margin, light wear, occasional chipping to edges, some ink bleed and light damp staining. Overall, very good. A collection of documents recording the liberation, or attempted liberation, of numerous men, women, teenagers, and a child from enslavement. The child is but seven years old, while the remaining slaves range from fifteen to fifty-seven years old. The slave... Read More
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![Le Champ d'Asile. Le Laurier sous leurs pas y croitra sans culture [caption title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/518/046/1734046518.0.l.jpg)
Le Champ d'Asile. Le Laurier sous leurs pas y croitra sans culture [caption title]
by [Texas]: [Champ d'Asile]
Paris: Jean fils, Quai des Augustins, 1819. About very good.. Aquatint engraving, 14.5 x 11 inches. Tipped in along top edge, partially splitting along plate mark. Mildly and unevenly trimmed along left edge, moderate foxing and dust-soiling, short tear at right edge repaired on verso. About very good. A very rare engraving relating to early Texas, picturing residents of the short-lived and ill-fated French colony in Texas, known as the Champ d'Asile. This print depicts soldiers, exiles of... Read More
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![[Circular Letter and Promotional Plat Map Advertising Available Land in the Pride of Highland Development in Shawnee, Oklahoma]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/390/170/1741170390.0.l.jpg)
[Circular Letter and Promotional Plat Map Advertising Available Land in the Pride of Highland Development in Shawnee, Oklahoma]
by [Oklahoma]: [Pride of Highland Development]
Shawnee, OK, 1920. Two broadsides, each 12.5 x 8.25 inches. Minor toning, foxing, and edge wear, each with soft horizontal fold near bottom. Very good. An unrecorded pair of promotional documents advertising plots of land in the "Pride of Highland Allotment," a "Beautiful Addition" on the west side of Shawnee, Oklahoma. The land on offer belongs to John Kasmeier, proprietor of the Little Pride of Highland Farm located a mile west of Shawnee. Uncommonly, these plots are being offered... Read More
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![The Battle of Manila. Fought May 1st by Rear Admiral Dewey. Spanish Loss: 11 Ships, 150 Killed, 250 Wounded. American Loss: None [caption title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/799/992/1768992799.0.l.jpg)
The Battle of Manila. Fought May 1st by Rear Admiral Dewey. Spanish Loss: 11 Ships, 150 Killed, 250 Wounded. American Loss: None [caption title]
by [Spanish-American War]: [Philippines]: [Rear Admiral George Dewey]
New York: Muller, Luchsinger & Co, 1898. Color chromolithograph, 16 x 20 inches, printed on thick, glossy paper. Corners a bit chipped, several short closed edge tears, minor surface wear. Image area still vibrant and clean. Very good overall. A striking and very rare lithograph capturing an important moment during the Spanish-American War, specifically the American Navy's assault on Manila Bay in the Philippines in 1898. In the present scene, three U.S. warships from the Asiatic Squadron in the... Read More
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![[Group of Modern African American Business Directories from Various U.S. Cities]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/138/959/1721959138.0.l.jpg)
[Group of Modern African American Business Directories from Various U.S. Cities]
by [African Americana]: [Directories]
[Various locations, 2000. Very good.. Eight volumes. General use wear, some staining. Overall a nice group. A wide-ranging group of modern African American business directories from various cities across the country. Each volume is produced with illustrated wrappers, and contain typical information for business directories, along with a legion of advertisements relevant to the African-American audience in each city. The volumes offered here are as follows, in chronological order: 1) Black Book 1973. Chicago: National Publications... Read More
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![Extra! Extra! Extra! Peace Everybody! Father Divine Is God! Peace to All the World! [caption title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/088/959/1721959088.0.l.jpg)
Extra! Extra! Extra! Peace Everybody! Father Divine Is God! Peace to All the World! [caption title]
by [African Americana]: [California]: Father Divine
[Los Angeles]: California Eagle, 1934. Good.. Broadside, 14.5 x 9 inches. Moderate toning, old folds, very minor loss at two crossfolds, a few short splits along fold lines, some small marginal chipping. A highly ephemeral broadside touting the message of Father Divine and denouncing a recent fraud by "a Set of People from Hollywood" who attempted to use Father Divine's name to purchase the Hotel Dunbar. Father Major Jealous Divine (1882-1965) known earlier in his life as George... Read More
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