Alabama Childhood Vol. I, No. 1
Montgomery, Alabama: Child Welfare Department of Alabama, 1921. Very good. Dust soiling.. Volume I, No. 1 of "Alabama Childhood", the "official bulletin of the State Child Welfare Department of Alabama". The first issue of a new series published in 1921 to highlight the importance of child welfare, and to report on the activities of Alabama's state child welfare... Read More
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Octavo - Elaborate Lace Paper Elegant Woman holding a Hand Fan in a Garden
Light wear to edge of lace paper. A 7" x 4 7/8" single-fold valentine with a delicately die-cut lace paper cover. A page of yellow backing paper is affixed inside the valentine with an applied forget-me-not visiting card. The lace paper depicts an elegant woman with finely die-cut and embossed petticoats and detailing on her dress. The woman... Read More
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Manuscript Love Knot
United States, 1850. Good. Light toning/dust soiling.. A clever love knot, made from interlocking ribbons of text. To read the message, the reader must turn the paper continuously. The message reads: "Make our earthly souls a field which God delights to bless Let us [?] season yield the fruits of righteousness Make us trees of Paradise which more... Read More
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Diet Helps for Doctors
Battle Creek, Michigan: Battle Creek Food Company, 1928. Very good.. An interesting view into nutritional care in the late 1920s: a guide to building a better diet for family doctors and general practitioners, published by the makers of the laxative "Psylla" and the probiotic "Lacto-Dextrin". Includes information on a range of subjects, from ideal infant nutrition to foods... Read More
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Letters of Mary Adeline in Holliston to Lovina Emerson, 1848-1849
1849. Two letters from Mary in Holliston, MA to her friend, Lovina Emerson, in Southboro [sic], MA. The letters detail the life of Mary and her close relationship with Lovina. The letters are almost two years apart and show the changing lifestyles between the two. Mary is teaching while Lovina is starting a family. They have mutual friends that... Read More
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Al-Caroid The Ideal Antacid Advertisement
Toronto, Canada: Carter, Cummings, & Co, 1920. General wear. Crease folds.. An advertisement for Al-Caroid, which was an antacid containing the vegetable digestive ferment caroid. One side of the ad has a color illustration depicting the antacid being mixed into a class of water, with the caption "flavor unusually pleasing, no sickly alkaline taste". The mediation supposedly helped... Read More
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Book of Origins -Genealogy of Isobel Kemp Cox – Complied by Marion Buckley Cox,branching back to a witness of the signing of the Magna Carta
Bailey's (6th Ed) Photo=Ancestral Record with Supplements.. A comprehensive genealogy of the Cox Family dating all the way back to the early 1600s with some branches of the family reaching back even further. The Cox family has a rich history where they were both apart of or witness to some of the major events in American and English History.... Read More
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Jolly Joey" -- Original Artwork by a Child with Rhyme promotes Quaker Oats
United States, 1910. Good. Letter folds with a resulting small tear, light dust soiling, a couple nicks, paper repair to head.. A charming original drawing of a boy with skates, drawn in pencil with water colors, with an accompanying rhyme in pencil: See jolly Joey with his skates! He's eaten two or three large plates Of Quaker Oats,... Read More
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The Three Bears
Racine: Whitman Publishing, 1964. Fine. 16 pages (including covers), uncut, of activities and punch out pieces that together tell the classic story of The Three Bears. Each page has a little bit of the story on it, and at least one activity. Most of the pages are "Self Framing Pictures to push out and put together," some of... Read More
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Miniature Love Token from from "E.J.E." to "A.B.W." -- Lithographed with Hand Coloring
Manchester, New Hampshire, 1849. Very good. A little dust soiled.. A sweet miniature lithographed love token from "E.J.E." to "A.B.W." The initials have been penciled in on scrolls within two hearts, surrounded by roses and other flora. The flowers have been lightly hand colored. On the verso reads in pencil manuscript, "Manchester June 16th, 1849". Measures approx. 2.75"... Read More
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Billhead for 2 Heads, Julien Ledion, Anatomical Preparations, Bleecker St
New York City, 1868. A 5 1/4" x 8" billhead from Julien Ledion, Anatomical Preparations, of every description, in Wa, Papier Mache, &c. Osteology. No. 19 Bleecker Street. Dec 29, 1868. Addressed toC. Hartung & Co, which I found to be an importer of human hair. The bill is for 2 heads at $15.50 each. Before my... Read More
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Advertisement "Ault & Wiborg Company" The Inland Printer, Cincinnati, October 1895
Cincinnati: Ault & Wiborg Company, 1895. Image of a maiden exemplifying the vibrant inks used by The Ault & Wiborg Company. The queen of hearts arrives - artistic printing. Captioned "Makers of Inks for the Lithographic and Letter Press Trade. Color - brilliant Scarlet Lake 365-01 Image on reverse promotes Osborne Green. 12" x 8 3/4
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All the Wrong Types of Food, A Collection of Recipe Books
United States: Various, 1949. General wear, toning and soiling due to age.. A seven (7) piece collection of recipe books relating to weird and unusual food. This strangeness can be do the recipe books almost religious adherence to using an unusual ingredient in every dish or to recipes that are either actually bizarre or just unfamiliar to modern... Read More
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Silver Mounted Show Case
Boston, Massachusetts: Horace Partridge & Co, 1870. Very good. Minor short tears, letter folds, one small water stain to right-hand margin.. Printed handbill distributed to retailers, advertising a silver mounted show case, discounted with the purchase of an assortment of fine soaps by the Florence Soap Co. Includes an illustration of the show case with brief description, as... Read More
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Lowe & Sons Dealers in Antique Plate, Gold & Silversmiths Catalogue of Hall Marks from 1553-1887 - London, Exeter, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne and Chester
Chester, U.K.: Philipson & Oolder, 1887. A 12 pp. heavy stock pocket catalogue produced by Lowe & Sons, dealers in Antique Plate, Gold & Silversmiths, No. 6 Bridge St. Row, Chester. Content consists of illustrations of hall marks for London from 1553 -1835, Exeter from 1701-1876, Newcastle-upon-Tyne from 1702 - 1887 and Chester from 1801-1880. The back inside page... Read More
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Rambles and Gambols- Diecut - Kittens at Play
London, England: Raphael Tuck & Sons, 1890. Very good. Some toning, wear, dust soiling.. A charming book of rhyming children's stories about pets and farm animals, part of the Raphael Tuck & Sons "Happy Hour" series of books. The pages and covers have been die-cut to emphasize the shape of the kittens playing on the covers. Titles of... Read More
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Transatlantic Telegraph Related Sheet Music
1858. Two with trimmed top margin. Appear to have been disbound.. Three ( 3) different pieces of printed music with illustrated covers depicting the enthusiasm surrounding the laying of the cable. Both romanticized and scientifically accurate depiction of the Niagara & Agamemnon laying the cable, the cable itself; both size and composition and the geographic placement. The titles... Read More
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Now I'll Never Be Terrified if Something Catches on FIRE" -- Pamphlet Marketing Handheld Fire Extinguisher Product to Housewives
New York, New York: Merlite Industries, Inc, 1947. Near-fine.. Advertising pamphlet marketing a handheld extinguisher spray to homemakers, featuring an image of a multitasking housewife holding a toddler while calmly extinguishing a kitchen fire. Published c.1947, and highlighting the product's origin as an "Amazing New War-Time Discovery" during WWII. The product contains Bromochloromethane, invented during the war as... Read More
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Take off Your Hat to the Myers
Ashland, Ohio: F.E. Myers & Bro, 1915. Very good. Toned, small closed tear to center where fold has worn. Modern tape repair.. A slick advertising booklet using humor and moveable components to sell farming machinery including pumps, hay unloading tools, and hay rack irons from F.E. Myers & Bro. When folded, the viewer sees a humorous cartoon showing... Read More
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Glimpses of the World's Fair: A Selection of Gems of the White City
Chicago, Illinois: Laird & Lee, Publishers, 1893. Very good. Dust soiling and spotting with a couple small chips to extremities.. Seventh edition of a charming book of photos commemorating the 1893 Columbian Exposition. Published by Laird & Lee of Chicago, it features reproductions of original photographs "taken with a No. 4 Kodak". Includes over 175 photos of the... Read More
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Hair Beauty on a Budget
Chicago, Illinois: The Gillette Company, 1954. Near-fine. Toned with one or two minor stains.. Be a Wizard with the Scissors": a complete guide to styling and cutting hair for women on a budget who may not be able to go to a traditional salon and want to try a new stylish look at home. Advertises Gillette Company products... Read More
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Work Ledger of Charles Gable, Farm Laborer
Lehigh PA: Brower, Hayes & Co. (Philadelphia), 1851-1852. A 10 leaf copy book written front and back. Inscribed inside cover "Charles GAble in Lehigh Township Northampton County state of Pennsylvania in Nrth America in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty, April 21, 1850." What follows is an accounting of his work ledger... Read More
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Letter with Designs for Two Women's Waists
[Hendersonville, North Carolina], 1908. Good to very good. Toned, minor short tears, water stains. Letter folds.. A letter written to "Dearest" from "Your devoted friend", giving the heartbreaking news of the death of an acquaintance, Mrs. Gurley of Hendersonville (tragically, her husband Professor E.W. Gurley would die later that year in November, leaving their daughter Fayetta Gurley orphaned).... Read More
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The First Seven Year of Penny; A Doll Book
Kenosha, WI: Abbott Pub. Co, 1950. Eight (8) punch-out paper dolls—one for the ‘baby' and one each for ages 1-7 years. 4 pp. of age relevant pages and accessories. Minimal cover wear.
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Horse Drawn Parade Float - Harvest Festival - Flora, Ceres, Pomona
Raymond, NH, 1914. Good. Black and white photograph on brown mount. Depicts women standing on a parade float, being pulled by two horses: float consists of a large cart, draped in white fabric, with 16 women and their driver on board. All of the women are wearing white dresses, and there is a sign attached to the back... Read More
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