Wanted Poster for Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, Who Escaped from Prison After Dodging the Draft
by [Philadelphia – World War I – Draft Evasion] United States Government
United States, 1920. Single 9 ¼ x 12 inch sheet. Some marginal damage, else near fine.. Offered here is a wanted poster for the “Flashy and dramatic” Grover Cleveland Bergdoll following his escape from a military prison in 1920. Bergdoll (1893–1966) was a wealthy Philadelphian socialite, amateur racecar driver, and Wright Brothers-trained aviator. In 1917, he failed to... Read More
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A Large, Candid Group of Letters Documenting Marital Infidelity, Love, Divorce and Unemployment in Depression-Era Northern California
by [Great Depression — Northern California - Love Letters] Moffitt, Victor; Rolison, Marie
California, 1935. Approx. 226 letters with 10 empty envelopes: , Mainly Between Leland Victor Moffitt (1904–1994) and Lora Marie Rolison, née Hickman (1897–1984).appx 102 letters to Leland from Lora; 94 letters to Lora from Leland; 30 letters from friends and family. Lora Rolison and Leland Moffitt probably met at Lora’s family’s ranch in Cottonwood, Shasta County, where she lived... Read More
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Winston-Salem Teachers College Presents Remitha M. Spurlock and Curtis James in Recital
by [African-Americana – Dance – HBCUs] [Pearl Primus] Winston-Salem Teachers College Dance Group
Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 1945. Four page program measuring 6 x 9 inches. Folded with normal wear; excellent.. A program for a dance performance at Winston-Salem Teachers College in May of 1945. Now known as Winston-Salem State University, the college is a historically Black public university and part of the University of North Carolina system. This performance, put on... Read More
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Lighte & Bradburys’ Patent Insulated Full Iron Frame New Scale Piano Fortes! Also, Piano Fortes from John B. Dunham. Sheet Music and Music Books Sold at New York Prices. Martin’s Guitars
by [California - Music - Ephemera] Salvator Rosa’s [Martin Guitars]
San Francisco, 1864. Broadside measuring 12 x 8.5. Some wear and archival tape repair to margin, fine contrast, excellent condition overall. Very Good. An interesting broadside advertising the Lighte and Bradbuiry piano as well as Martin Guitars, printed for the Salvator Rosa music store at 615 Montgomery Street in San Francisco. Lighte and Bradbury was in its third... Read More
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The Method of Grace in the Justification of Sinners. Being a Reply to a Book written by Mr. William Eyre of Salisbury
by [Harvard University] Woodbridge, Benjamin
London: Edmund Paxton, 1656. 8vo, contemporary calf, 359 (2) pp. Front board detached, binding split at center, text block complete and otherwise fine, good condition overall, unrestored. Good. An uncommon work by Benjamin Woodbridge, the first graduate of Harvard University, written in response to William Eyre, which “promoted a science of divinity through a new relationship between sight... Read More
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Six Photographs of Sex Workers, Mexico City, 195[0]
by Hermanos Mayo, Los
Mexico City, 1950. First. Gelatin prints, each 17 x 13 cm with studio stamp verso and editorial marks, including one typed caption “Prostitucion”. Date stamped 18 Enero 195[0], possibly 195[3]. Two with red editorial pencil marks recto, some minor wear to surfaces, overall very good. Very Good. Los Hermanos Mayo. The Hermanos Mayo photographic collective adopted their nom... Read More
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1845 Letter from a Psi Upsilon Brother Concerning Fraternity Business and Rivalry with Delta Phi
by [History of Higher Education – Fraternities] Stone, A.M.
Brooklyn, New York, 1845. Single three-page letter measuring 7 ¾ x 9 ¾ inches. Folded with very small tears at folds and tear at seal; near fine.. A letter from A. M. Stone to George Capron and the Sigma chapter of Psi Upsilon at Brown University. Psi Upsilon was founded in 1833 at Union College in Schenectady, New... Read More
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A Letter Written by the Publisher Hezekiah Niles Discussing the Missouri Compromise, Slavery and the Possibility of Civil War, 1820
by [History of Publishing - Missouri Compromise - Northern / Southern Relations] Niles, Hezekiah
Baltimore, 1820. Single page letter measuring 8 x 13 ½ pages. Very good condition with some small chips at margin. Very Good. A candid letter written by Hezekiah Niles discussing the Missouri compromise and a letter and the future of the union, in which he states that “The question of slavery will make the division firm, depend upon... Read More
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Letter from Joseph Carpenter, Future Publisher of the Western Spy, to Philadelphia Publisher Mathew Cary, Asking for Assistance in Opening A Publishing House in Cincinnati, 1797
by [History of Publishing - Northwest Territory] Carpenter, Joseph
Cincinnati, 1797. Cincinnati, 27th June, 1797. Folded stampless letter, 12 ½ x 6 ½ inches. Some tape repairs and tearing at folds, fair to good but legible. With twenty five cent manuscript rate on cover. Good. Joseph Carpenter (1774-1814) was born in Massachusetts, and emigrated to Cincinnati in the Northwest Territory, eventually publishing the first regularly printed journal... Read More
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18th-century American Schoolboy’s Computation Notebook, Kept by Joseph Brewer of Maryland, Using Aspects of Trade and Diplomacy as the Basis for Mathematic Exercises
by [History of Science and Mathematics - Children’s History] Brewer, Joseph
Maryland, 1787. One Volume. “Arithmetic Book.” Brewer, Joseph (Newton). [Maryland]: June 17, 1786 - (April 21,1789, or after). Folio, half calf bdg, contemporary or old boards; scuffed and chipped and bumped, later rebacking. 80 folio sheets (of which 15 blank) with seated Brittania watermarks. 135 pages mss text in brown ink, original manuscript pagination recto-verso, sgd and dated on... Read More
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Twenty-Two Press Photographs of a Women’s Fitness Program in Cleveland during World War Two
by [World War Two][The Homefront]
Cleveland, 1942. Silver prints, most 6 ½ by 9, with various editorial marks and identifiers to versos. A collection of women’s fitness press photographs taken around Cleveland in 1942, from the archives of the Cleveland News. Excellent. A collection of twenty-two photographs documenting women’s fitness programs in Cleveland in 1942. The programs, and corresponding articles in the Cleveland... Read More
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Album of Photographs of the Bushwick Hospital, Brooklyn, New York, c. 1920s
by [Medicine - New York - Bushwick Hospital]
New York, 1910. First Edition. Album containing ten 6 x 8 inch photographs. Photographs near fine with one showing some foxing, some normal wear to album, very good or better. A collection of ten images of the Bushwick Hospital, which was located at 41 Howard Ave. in Brooklyn, taken shortly after the building’s construction in 1912. The photographs show... Read More
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Three Early Posters Relating to the American Youth Hostel Movement, c. 1939
by [Hosteling Movement - Massachusetts] [Bicycle Culture in America] [Poster Design - Women] Smith, Isabel Bacheler
Holyoke and Northfield: Litho Inc. / American Youth Hostels, 1939. First Edition. Includes: Bicycle for Adventure on the Youth Hostel Trail. Holyoke, Massachusetts, c. 1939: Valley Litho Inc. Lithographed poster, 19 x 25 inches; Take to the A.Y.H. Trail. Northfield, 1939: American Youth Hostels . Lithographed poster, 17 x 22 inches; Hostellers Know...Northfield, 1939: American Youth Hostels Inc. Lithographed... Read More
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Portrait of a Young Woman of Color in California, c. 1870s
by [California – Portraiture] Higgins & Hunt
California: Higgins & Hunt, 1870. Carte de visite measuring 2 ½ x 4 inches. Fine.. A portrait of a well-dressed young woman taken by Higgins & Hunt, a Californian photography studio active at least in the 1870s. No date or location information is given, but newspapers from the time indicate that Higgins & Hunt were based in San... Read More
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Story of the Hutchinsons (Tribe of Jesse) [Two Volumes]
by Hutchinson, John Wallace
Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1896. First Edition. 8vo, blue cloth, 495 + 416 pp. Rear hinge split to second volume, slight odor, else near fine, very good minus overall. The uncommon survey of the careers of the Hutchinson Family Singers, who spent decades committed to abolitionism and other social causes while performing throughout New England and beyond. Frederick Douglass... Read More
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![The Shorter Catechism With Proof Texts. Compiled, And Translated By, Rev. A. N. Chamberlin. [Proof Sheets]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/827/902/1692902827.0.m.jpg)
The Shorter Catechism With Proof Texts. Compiled, And Translated By, Rev. A. N. Chamberlin. [Proof Sheets]
by [Indigenous History – Christian Missionaries – Cherokee Language] Chamberlin, Amory Nelson
Indian Territory: N.p., 1892. Folio of eleven unbound sheets (forty-four pages) measuring approximately 6 x 8 inches. Marginal damage and fading to text; excellent.. Amory Nelson Chamberlin (1821–1894) was born on Brainerd Mission in what is now Chattanooga, Tennessee, the son and grandson of missionaries. Fluent in both English and Cherokee, Chamberlin worked as an interpreter and served... Read More
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Portrait of a Mixed-Race Group of Women in Menomonie, Late 1890s
by [Indigenous History – Wisconsin] Swant, Milton F.
Menomonie, Wisconsin, 1898. Cabinet card; photo measuring 3 ¾ x 5 ½ inches on mount measuring 4 ¼ x 6 ½ inches. Near Fine.. A photograph taken by Milton F. Swant of Menomonie, Wisconsin, showing a group of seven young ladies, at least one of whom is likely Indigenous. The photo is undated, but Swant was active in... Read More
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Portrait of Nishkû'ntu or “John Wilson The Revealer of Peyote.”
by [Indigenous History – Caddo – Native American Church – Peyote] Parsons, G.W. (after)
N.p.: N.p., 1900. Solar enlargement measuring approximately 23 x 17 inches in a period gilt edge frame with domed glass. Very good with some marks and discoloration, frame missing one piece.. A large and impressive portrait of Nishkû'ntu, or John Wilson “the Revealer of Peyote,” created circa 1900. The image is a hand-colored enlargement after a photograph by... Read More
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Forty-Nine Photographs of the 2nd Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, Most Identified
by [Spanish-American War] [Massachusetts] Second Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry
Massachusetts, 1898. The 2nd Massachusetts Volunteers mustered into service in May, 1898, and within a month saw significant action in Cuba at the Battle of El Caney. They were one of three volunteer units from Massachusetts to see action on the Santiago Campaign. The regiment was inexperienced - 55% were untrained recruits. The lack of experience, combined with their... Read More
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Wanted By FBI / Emily Montague Harris; Wanted By FBI / Patricia Campbell Hearst
by [California – Symbionese Liberation Army – Patty Hearst] Federal Bureau of Investigation
Washington, D.C.: Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1974. Mailer measuring 8 x 15 ¾ inches, folded in fours. Yellow tape to seal; else Fine.. An FBI mailer soliciting information about Emily Harris and Patricia Hearst of the Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA), a left-wing militant group based in California and responsible for several killings and bank robberies between 1973 and... Read More
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Document Noting the Capture of Patrick Keegan and Patrick O’Brien for the Murder of Colonel Henry F. O’Brien who Was Murdered in the New York Race Riots, and the Payment of a Reward for the Capture, Signed by New York City Mayor George Opdyke and Others
by [Irish-Americana - New York Race Riots] [O’Brien, Colonel Henry] Opdyke, George, et al.
New York, 1863. Document measuring 9 ¾ x 8 inches, folded. Signed by George Opdyke and others. Very Good with some splitting at folds else fine. Very Good. In July 1863, the Civil War draft in New York City led to protests, escalating into widespread riots by July 14th. The Irish-born Colonel Henry O’Brien, who had been put... Read More
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Photograph Album with Forty-Seven Tintype and Carte-de-Visite Photographs of the Mulligans, an Irish-American Family in Philadelphia, 1860s
by [Irish-American Immigration - Pennsylvania] Mulligan, Kate
Philadelphia, 1860. Album measuring 6 ¼ x 5 ¼ inches. Wear and tearing to binding, images excellent, a few empty spaces in albums though no evidence of removal such as annotations, etc., very good condition overall. With thirteen cartes-de-visite and thirty-four tintypes, most of the CDVs with identifications of Philadelphia photographers to verso and one image showing the Gurney... Read More
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Three Photographs of Reverend Red Fox James, One Inscribed
by Reverend Red Fox James
New York, et al., 1915. Silver gelatin prints, roughly 8 x 8, 8 x 10 and 5 x 7 inches, the last on a larger mount. Very Good. In 1914, Francis Red Fox James, now presumed to be related to the Blackfoot tribe, rode a horse across the country seeking states’ approval for an American Indian national holiday.... Read More
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Collection of Captain Kiyoshi Tanaka, US Military Intelligence Officer Stationed in Japan and Korea
by [Japanese-Americana – US Military – California] Tanaka, Kiyoshi; Tanaka, Kameno; Morimoto, Henry; et al.
United States and Japan, 1964. Approximately 143 items: forty-two letters (twenty-five in Japanese and seventeen in English); seventy-six photographs with twelve medium-format negatives; eleven pieces of military ephemera; an inscribed handkerchief; and a lacquered wood storage box (8 x 14 x 7 inches) with family crest. Letters and ephemera Near Fine, photographs curled, else excellent; overall excellent to Near... Read More
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‘Go For Broke’ / 442nd Combat Team Song
by [Japanese-Americana - World War Two - 442nd Infantry Regiment] Hamada, Harry
Hattiesburg: Earl M. Finch, 1944. Sheet music measuring 12 x 9 inches, 4 pp. Signature of a Nabuko Hayashida on front cover. Slight tears at fold, some toning, two small pinholes, very good overall, quite attractive. Very Good. In Hawaii in May 1942, a battalion of Nisei volunteers was assembled for service in World War Two, despite earlier... Read More
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