Peoples Ferry Company Circular
Boston, MA: Peoples Ferry Company, 1853. Age toning. Crease marks. Minor stains on bottom left corner.. A circular sent out to the stockholders of the Peoples Ferry Company on October 10, 1853. The company was a city subsidized ferry transportation for Boston Harbor, between East Boston and Boston. This circular was sent out to inform the stockholders of... Read More
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Dance Card - First Annual Exhibition and Prize Drill of the Company E, 3d Regiment N. H. N. G. Cover Printed on Silk
Concord, NH: E.A. Wright, Phila (engraver), 1892. Age toning.. A dance card for Company E, 3d Regiment of the New Hampshire National Guard's (NHNG) exhibition and prize drill which took place at the White's Opera House in Concord, NH in 1892. The Order of Dance lists the fourteen (14) dances performed that night, such as "Lanciers - West... Read More
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Rambling Rhymes For Little Ones
New York: McLoughlin Bros. Cover almost completely separated from the pages, several 1" tears along the spine, foxing and minor discoloration on pages. 8 leaves, one-sided; white paper wrapper with illustrations and decorative elements on the front cover, printed in green, brown and gilt. Includes four stories: The Little Man and His Gun -- The Selfish Old Woman... Read More
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Hand made calendar 1897
The cover and December page are detached - edge chips on both pages.. A 4" x 6 1/2" thirteen (13) leaf calendar including the cover. The cover drawing depicts three (3) bells swinging to and fro. It is captioned "1897 Ring in a Happy New Year. Each page is a complete month calendar with seasonally relevant illustrations. January... Read More
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Uncut Grace Lee
New York, 30 Beekman St: McLoughlin, 1868. The folder is separated at the fold with tape repair and stain. Else fine.. A hand colored two-sided paper doll on 5 3/4" x 3" card. An uncut thread-stitched booklet with six uncut costumes and hats. All with elaborate detail and hand colored embellishments. The inside of the folder includes printed... Read More
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Ella Hall
New York: McLoughlin, 1892. Minor neck bend. Else fine.,. One sided printing. 4 3/4" cut paper doll with with five (5) d dresses and no hats. Also includes a portion of the envelope front. Top section with the name of the doll has been cut away. Note the original doll only had four costumes. The fifth is believed... Read More
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Theater Understudy Notice, M'lle Poinsot is Replaced by M'lle Piccolomini, The Daughter of the Regiment
New Orleans, LA: Theatre d'Orleans, 1858. Age toning. Minor tears along edge.. The item is a notice to the public by the Theatre d'Orleans for the performance of "The Daughter of the Regiment", a opera comique by Gaetano Donizetti. In the notice it states that "M'lle Poinsot is too unwell to appear this evening... [she] is suffering from... Read More
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Bessie Bliss
New York: McLoughlin, 1875. Flap on envelope is lacking. Surface wear, discoloration to face of Bessie front of cover. Else fine.. Two-sided printing. 7" cut paper doll with with four (4) two-sided dresses and hats With original envelope with directions for making the doll on reverse of envelope. From the Series No. 2 - Medium Sized Dolls found... Read More
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The Christmas Boy Paper Doll - Two-sided doll with 7 costumes
Germany: Unknown, 1850. Minimal wear. Light edge wear.. A 4 1/4" two-sided paper boy doll and his seven (7) two-sided costumes that include background scenes. The boys costumes correlate with occupations/activities and include: Arbalist (crossbowman) scholar with a book a masquerade costume a huntsman a professor with a globe an ice skater recreating with a stick and ball... Read More
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A Collection of Materials Relating to Charles G. Sargent, A Textile Machinery Manufacturing Company
Graniteville, MA: Charles G. Sargent, 1870. General wear.. A collection of materials relating to the business firm of Charles Grandsion Sargent (1819-1878), which was a successful textile machinery manufacturing company in Graniteville, MA. It was founded in 1854 by Sargent himself, and after his sons joined him, became known as the C. G. Sargent's Sons Corporation. Collection includes:... Read More
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Die-cut paper decal in the shape of a pumpkin promotes Michigan State
A 1 3/4" x 2 1/4" die-cut paper decal in the shape of a pumpkin promotes the Michigan State Fair, Aug. 29-Sept 7, 1919 and is captioned "Some Pumpkin" Reverse is blank. Presumably to be applied to an automobile windshield.
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Writing Book, An Accounting Book, Ledger for Purchase of Brewster Farm, an apple farm and resulting operation of the farm near Portsmouth NH, 1870-1880
Boston, MA: Cutter Tower & Co.. General wear.. This blank notebook has been partially filled out with an account of the expenditures of an unknown individual, dating form 1870-1880. It lists sold products such as apples and pears and payments for services, taxes, etc. Many of the entries include buyer or seller's name. The first entry is... Read More
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Multipurpose die-cut hand fan - advertising and program & more - The Michigan Delegation with it's 38 Votes - 1940 Democratic National Convention
1940. Unused.. A 7 1/2" x 3 3/4' four blade fold out hand fan with grommet at base give away at the 1940 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. The cover is printed in blue and gold and boasts Michigan's 38 delegates, followed by a blade promoting the state highway commissioner of Michigan & Democratic Candidate for Governor with... Read More
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Illustrated Price List, Chas. Beseler, Manufacturer of Compress Air Atomizer, Air and Gas Pumps, Globe Inhalers, Gas Receives, &c
New York, NY: Chas. Beseler, 1888. General wear, toning and soiling.. A wonderful illustrated scientific trade catalogue of compress air atomizers and gas pumps. There are seventeen (17) engravings throughout the trade catalogue, some of the illustrations are of:a compressed air receiver, novelty air pump, gas compressor, and an inhaling apparatus. This trade catalog was printed by J.... Read More
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The Montgomery Patent Gauge Cock, A Flyer
St. Louis, MO: Ripley & Kimball, Agents, 1887. General wear, crease marks.. A circular for the Montgomery Patent Gauge Cock, which is a mechanism on a boiler that helps to determine and relieve the steam/water pressure in a boiler. This flyer has a fine color illustration of the actual gauge cock on the top of the page, along... Read More
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Prof. Honeycomb's 'Eureka'
United States, 1890. Very good. Letter folds, the occasional spot.. Illustrated advertising handbill for a chemical compound marketed to families, "Eureka", which claims to prevent the "breaking of chimneys, and makes kerosene oil as safe as a candle". Note that the company seeks sales people of either gender ("Agents Wanted, Men or Women") for what appears to be... Read More
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The Young Women's Banner, Vol. 5, No, 2
Elmira, NY: Banner Publishing Company, 1897. General wear.. A magazine that was a Christian, educational and patriotic periodical that was published on a bimonthly basis devoted to the ideals of "Christianity, culture and civism" in women. The magazine provided the reader with articles on a variety of topics, such as charity endeavors, advice for the household, children, and... Read More
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William G. Talman & Co. - Coopers
New York, 1850. Light wear.. A 1 3/4" x 3" lightly coated stock business card for Wm. G. Talman and James F. Shay. Reverse is blank. Cooper - a maker or repairer of casks and barrels.
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Tonic Sol-Fa Catalogues, Teachers' Edition
Great Britain: Tonic Sol-Fa Agency, 1882. Front cover detached. General wear.. A trade catalogue for the Tonic Sol-Fa Agency, who sold a variety of books and sheet music. This specific catalogue was their teacher's edition, and in addition to the books and sheet music it also sold a different supplies a teacher might use, such as charts and... Read More
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Charming Naive Watercolor Napoleon
Reinforced on reverse with remnant document. An unknown artist's naive cut-out rendering of 8 1/2" watercolor Napoleon Bonaparte. Executed in great detail to the individual braids on his epaulets to the spurs on his boots.
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Fan Shaped Souvenir from The Kyoto Fan Makers Association, Golden Gate International Exposition
Printed in Japan, 1939. Light wear.. A single-fold souvenir die-cut in the shape of a full hand-fan when open. Cover illustrations depicts Japanese sights including Mt Fuji on the front and a teahouse scene with women preparing food with men looking-on on the reverse. The narrative discussing hand fans is written in verse. Serene border decorations. The four... Read More
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Victorian Album - Dried Flora on silk Mesh
1860. Fine.. An 8 3/4" x 9 1/4" cut in the shape of a leaf with a silk ribbon tie. The cover has a shield shaped opening backed with silk mesh. Fern fronds and leaves arranged in a decorative display. Heavy stock covers. Six (6) interior blank pages. Sandwiched between the pages are the circular silk mesh discs... Read More
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Though Title ""Arithmetic by Miss G Edmondson eventually becoming a Commonplace Book
Leeds: Bean, Stationer, 1849 -1880. Originally designed as a copy book for manuscript Measures, Applications, Equations, Weights and such that was subsequently repurposed as a commonplace book. A paste down on the inside cover with examples of Autographs of Napoleon from 1785-1814. As the book progresses numerous poems and illustrations from various periodicals have been applied atop the... Read More
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Women And the War
London, England: Parliamentary Recruiting Committee, Dec-14. General wear. Small tears along edge and one internal tear (was caused by by my removing the post it... not sure how to describe it) by the title.. A leaflet produced at the start of WWI by the Britain's Parliamentary Recruiting Committee. When this was printed, Britain was still fighting with an... Read More
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Valentine Greeting from Pretty Young Girl reminiscent of a Paper Doll No.1
New York, NY: [McLoughlin Bros.], 1870. Light surface soiling. Minimal discoloration.. A 5 1/2" x 3 3/4" single fold valentine with color lithograph of a young girl (with the appearance of a McLoughlin paper doll) at top. Embossed floral and filigree border decoration. Verse at base reads Here's a greeting for my little dear, Upon this morning... Read More
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