Four 1920s Press Photographs With Captions of Controversial Seminole “Chief” Tony Tommie
by [Indigenous History – Florida – Seminole Tribe] Unknown Photographer
Ft. Lauderdale, Key West, and Miami, Florida, 1926. Four photographs, three measuring 6 ½ x 8 ½ inches and one measuring 5 x 7 inches. All with typed captions affixed to bottom. “International Newsreel” stamps and date stamps with some manuscript captions verso. Some wear and tear to captions; excellent.. Four press photographs, with lengthy captions, of Tony... Read More
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Collection of Photographs of Women and Their Cars, 1910s–1950s
by [Women – Automobile History – Recreation] Unknown Photographers
United States and Europe, 1950. Eighty-seven photographs, mainly 2 ½ x 3 ½ inches and smaller. Many with manuscript captions and some with studio stamps. Overall excellent to Near Fine.. A collection of photographs of women and their cars, dating between the 1910s and early 1950s, with most photos dating to the 1920s and 1930s. Some photos identify... Read More
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An Unusual Outdoor Sixth Plate Tintype of a Zouave Soldier, Possibly from New York
by [Civil War - Zouave Regiments]][Vernacular Photography]
New York, 1860. An unusual image of a Zouave soldier in an outdoor setting, holding a horse. During the Civil War, roughly 95 Zouave regiments formed, adopting the names, uni-forms and sometimes fighting styles of the North African Zouave brigades. The bulk - about 70 of the regiments - fought for the Union cause. We were unable to determine... Read More
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Douze Lecons de Photographie: Description de procedes simples et faciles, au moyon desquels on objtient, presque infailliblement, des epreuves sur verre et papier
by [Photographic Literature] Fau, Julien
Paris: Charles Chevalier, 1854. First Edition. 12mo, wraps, 88 pp. A near fine copy with some wear to extremities of wraps and fine contents. Near Fine. A scarce early photographic manual by the anatomist Julien Fau, who was best known for his lithographic works on human anatomy. This is an early manual of the collodion process. Quite uncommon,... Read More
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Press Photo of Olive Moorefield’s Mother on the Porch of Moorefield’s Childhood Home, 1952
by [African-Americana – Theater – Opera] International News Photos
Homestead, Pennsylvania, 1952. 7 x 9 inch photograph. International News Photos and Tribune 4th Edition stamps verso, with newspaper clipping. Marked “623” in pencil recto. Fine. Olive Moorefield (b.1932) is an American opera singer and theater and film actress from Homestead, Pennsylvania. As the newspaper clipping on the back of this photograph—from very early in Moorefield’s career—explains, “She... Read More
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1938 Press Photo of San Quentin’s Gas Chamber Following the First Two Executions Using It
by [Northern California – Prison History – Capital Punishment] International News Photos
San Quentin, California, 1938. Single 6 ½ x 8 ½ inch photograph, caption affixed verso and marked verso “CALIF - STATE - PRISON SAN QUENTIN, CALIF”. Folded at middle, marginal wrinkling and small tears; fine contrast, very good to excellent.. A press photograph looking into the gas chamber at San Quentin Prison, taken following the execution of Albert... Read More
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A Manuscript ‘Public Statement of protest’ Recording the Hostile Actions of a French Privateer Against a Portuguese Merchantman, in June 1813
by [Piracy - Atlantic Trade - Peninsular War] Galindo, James (Notary); Hawkins, Isaac (Commander); Ignacio, Don Jose et al.
Plymouth, 1813. Plymouth, Devon, England: 21st July 1813. Folio, 7 pages (13 1/8 x 8 ¼ inches), duty blindstamp, small ink stamp to upper inner margin of the first page, two seals to the last page, signed twice by Galindo. Toned, some small repaired tears (using reversible archival ph-neutral paper-repair tape), very good to near fine. Very Good. ... Read More
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Share Our Wealth / The Slogan of the Hour. [Broadside]
by [Political Movements - Share Our Wealth Movement] Allen, O.K.; Smith, Gerald; Share Our Wealth Society
Baton Rouge: Typographical Union Label, 1936. First Edition. Broadside, 16 ¾ x 9 ¼ inches. Some wear, a few small holes at creases, slight foxing, very good minus overall. A broadside advertising the Share Our Wealth Program, which had been championed by the late Huey Long prior to his death in 1935, printed when the program was under the... Read More
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Archive of Incoming Correspondence of Ellen Gowen Hood of the Democratic Women’s Luncheon Club of Philadelphia, From Colleagues Including Newton Baker, 1920s-1940s
by [Politics - Democratic Party - Pennsylvania] Baker, Newton; Roosevelt, Eleanor; et al.
V.P., 1940. With fifty-eight letters from Newton Baker, 1924-1937. Generally fine condition. Ellen Gowen Hood was active in the Democratic party at both the local and national levels. An obituary from the Philadelphia Daily News in 1970 described her as “one of the earliest local advocates of women in politics.” She was the chairman of the Democratic Women’s Luncheon... Read More
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Outdoor Photograph of an African-American Family, c. 1890s
by [African-Americana - Vernacular Portraiture]
Southern United States, 1890. Albumen photograph on mount, image measuring 4 x 2 ½ inches. Some foxing to mount, image fine with excellent contrast. Very Good. An uncommon image of an African-American family of six in an outdoor setting, likely in the American South in the 1880s-1890s. One of the children sits on what appears to be a... Read More
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Cabinet Card Portrait of Ambrose Clairmonte of Bridgetown, Barbados, 1890s
by [African-Americana - Barbados - Portraiture]
London, 1890. Small cabinet card photograph measuring 3 ½ x 2 ½ on larger mount. Slight fading, excellent condition. Near Fine. A portrait of Ambrose Clairmont of Bridgetown, Barbados, taken in London at the J.L. Huntly studio in Highbury. Clairmonte was a tailor and graduate of Harrison College in Bridgetown, Barbados. His father was also a tailor, and... Read More
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July 9, 1846 Letter from Rev. John Holt Rice to Rev. John Cameron Lowrie, Discussing the Presbyterian Church’s Missionary Board Controversy
by [Presbyterianism – Old School-New School Controversy – Foreign Missions] Rice, Reverend John Holt
New Orleans, Louisiana, 1846. Single letter, three 8 x 10 inch pages. Torn at folds, some tears repaired with archival tape; hole at location of seal; otherwise very good to excellent.. John Holt Rice (1818–1878) was the son of a Presbyterian minister and nephew of Archibald Alexander, founding professor of the Princeton Theological Seminary, from which Rice graduated... Read More
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“Grand Victory of the American National Beverage Over Its Foreign Rivals.”
by [North Carolina – Food History] Unknown Printer
Wilmington, North Carolina, likely mid-19th century. Single 6 x 9 ½ inch sheet. Folded and toned with some stains; excellent.. Advertisement for soda water from S.G. Northrop’s Fruit and Confectionery Store in Wilmington, North Carolina. Northrop’s used “Matthews’ Apparatus,” a mechanism for carbonating water invented by the “Soda Fountain King” John Matthews. The advertisement features an amusing lithograph... Read More
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“Rap Off ‘89” with the Ice-T Family
by [Concert Posters – Hip-Hop – California] West Coast Jams; Solar Productions
San Jose, California, 1989. 17 x 22 inch poster on heavy cardstock. Scuffed, staple holes with tears at corners and in center; very good minus.. Poster for “Rap Off ‘89”, a sizable hip-hop festival and possibly (as the name suggests) rap competition, held at the Santa Clara County Fairgrounds in San Jose, California. The event features acts from... Read More
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A Collection of Twenty Press Photographs of the US Rocket and Space Program, 1945-1959
by [US Rocket and Space Program]
V.P., 1959. Silver prints measuring 8 x 10 and smaller, all with editorial marks on versos. Very Good. A collection of press photographs, some quite visually striking, of the US rocket and space programs from the end of WWII to the late 1950s. Also included is a copy of U.S. Rocket Ordnance: Development and Use in World War... Read More
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Archive of Lifelong Progressive and Democratic Party Organizer Carl Vonder Lancken, with Much on the Campaigns of Henry Wallace and Estes Kefauver
by [Progressive Politics – Organized Labor – Second Red Scare] Vonder Lancken, Carl; Kefauver, Estes; Wallace, Henry; Novikov, Nikolai; Robins, Raymond; MacLeish, Archibald; O’Connell, Jerry; et al.
United States and Brazil, 1970. Two scrapbooks (fourteen and 132 pages); Campaign Handbook of the Progressive Party (1948); ten loose flyers and press releases (not including duplicates); twenty-six loose newspaper clippings; one hand-drawn cartoon; and forty-eight pieces of loose correspondence (twenty-four incoming and the same outgoing) dated between 1955 and 1957. Overall Near Fine.. A large archive of... Read More
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Realphoto Postcard of a Bootlegging Operation, c. 1920s
by [Prohibition]
American, 1920. Gelatin silver photograph, 5 ½ x 3 ½ inches on Cyko stock photo paper. Very Good. A scarce photograph of a bootlegging operation, c. early 1920s. The photograph is printed on Cyko stock, which was used through the early 1920s. Few images of bootleggers have survived. The six men in the picture look quite serious in... Read More
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Letters from Edmund John Senkler Describing Life In 1840s Canada
by [Province of Canada – 19th Century – English Immigration] Senkler, Edmund J.
Quebec City and Brockton, Canada, 1847. Four letters, approximately sixteen total pages: four 8 x 12.5 inches, twelve 8 x 10 inches and smaller. Two letters dated 1846, one 1847 (missing final page(s)), and one without date (missing initial and final page(s)). Very good.. Edmund John Senkler (1802–1872) was born in Norfolk, England, educated at Cambridge, and in... Read More
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1789 Letter from a Philadelphian to a Friend Discussing a Women’s Quaker Meeting
by [Quakers – Women – Philadelphia] Cathrall, H.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1789. Single three-page letter measuring 7 ¾ x 9 ¾ inches. Folded with large tears at folds; excellent.. A letter from H. Cathrall in Philadelphia to her friend Amey Thurston, dated October 20th 1789. The letter discusses her health and the health and lives of their mutual friends. She also describes her experience of hearing ministry... Read More
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An Account of the Life of Susanna Lightfoot, Quaker Minister, Written on the Occasion of Her Death in 1781
by [Quakers – Women – Colonial America] Lightfoot, Susanna
Uwchlan, Pennsylvania, 1781. 7.5 x 12 inches, six pages, one leaf torn at fold, else about fine. Overall very good. Susanna Lightfoot (1720–1781) was born Susanna Hudson in Grange, County Antrim, Ireland, to English Quaker parents. From the start, Quakerism had allowed women to speak at meetings—to minister—and Lightfoot began to do so at 17, while she was... Read More
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The Central Route from Chicago to San Francisco is 500 Miles The Shortest
by [Western Americana - Railroads] Chicago and North-Western Railroad
Chicago: Rand, McNally and Co, 1882. Lithographic broadside illustration printed in color measuring 11 x 5 ¾ inches. Closed tear to margin, paper reinforcement to corners verso, very good condition, quite bright and attractive. Very Good. An attractive advertisement for the Chicago and North-Western’s routes to San Francisco, printed during the tenure of the railroad tycoon Marvin Hughitt... Read More
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Receipt for Special Ticket Issued to Chinese Men for Passage from Carson to Badie, 1871
by [Chinese-Americans - Nevada - 19th Century] Virginia and Truckee Railroad
Carson, 1881. Single sided receipt measuring 7 ¾ x 4 ½ inches. Near fine with a small tear to bottom of page. Near Fine. A receipt issued for passage from Carson to Badie, Nevada, in 1881 aboard the Virginia and Truckee Railroad, issued with a note that reads “Chinamen” in the remarks section. The Virginia and Truckee was... Read More
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Letters and Documents from the Development of Western Railroad Lines, Late 1800s to Early 1900s
by [Railroad History – Iowa] Baldwin, William; Harbert, Albert; et al.
United States, 1936. Forty-two letters with several miscellaneous documents (circulars, stock offerings, etc.). Conditions vary with some items worn and quite fragile; most excellent.. The Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy Railroad (CB&Q) was formed in 1855 by a consolidation of several other western railroad companies. The company and its subsidiaries, known for their sleek diesel Zephyr trains, operated extensively... Read More
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Memorial service in the Presbyterian church, Burlington, N.J. on November 26th, 1900 : commemorative of George Yardley Taylor, Cortlandt van Rensselaer Hodge, Elsie Campbell Hodge, who received the crown of martyrdom at Paotingfu, China, June 30th, 1900
by [American Presbyterians Abroad - China] [Boxer Rebellion]
N.p., 1900. 8vo, wraps, 16 pp. Some light foxing, near fine. Near Fine. A memorial program for three American Presbyterian missionaries who were killed on June 30, 1900, in Paotingfu, at the newly established mission. Close to two hundred missionaries were killed as part of the uprising. This program is for three of them from the New Jersey... Read More
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Document Signed as Collector of Internal Revenue for the Second Alabama District, 1881
by [Reconstruction] Rapier, James
Fine. A single page document, signed by Rapier, showing collection revenue from a retail dealer in malt liquors. James Rapier was an African-American politician during the reconstruction era who served as United States Representative from Alabama from 1873-1875. After losing a re-election bid to Jaramiah Haralson in 1877, Rapier turned his attention to the emigration movement. “Appointed collector... Read More
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