The Florida State Conference of NAACP Branches Presents The ‘M’ Ensemble Company’s Production of ‘El Hajj Malik’, The Life and Times of Malcom X.
by [African-Americana – Theater – Florida] The Florida State Conference of NAACP Branches
Miami, Florida: Allied Printing, 1980. Single sheet measuring 8 ½ x 11 inches. Worn with some folding at corners; very good plus.. A flyer for a production of Louisiana playwright, professor, and journalist Norbert Davidson Jr.’s “El Hajj Malik”: The Life and Times of Malcom X. This production, sponsored by the Florida State Conference of NAACP Branches, was... Read More
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Carta de Reconcavo de Bahia
by [Brazil - Cartography] [Afro-Brazilian Cartographers] Sampaio, Teodoro
Bahia, 1928. Folded map. Fine condition. Fine. Teodoro Sampaio was an Afro-Brazilian cartographer, engineer, politician and historian who was very active in Brazil, particularly in Bahia, during the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. Offered here is Sampaio’s map of Bahia from 1928, which updates a map he produced in 1899 of the same region, with updates of... Read More
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Greenpoint Ave. Bridge over Newtown Creek… Plan and Elevation
by [New York City] [Greenpoint Avenue Bridge]
New York, 1925. Very Good. A large-scale rendering of the plans for the Greenpoint Avenue bridge over Newtown Creek. The bridge connected Greenpoint to the Blissville neighborhood in Queens. The bridge is the sixth in this location.
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![An act passed by the Great and General Court or Assembly of His Majesty's province of the Massachusetts-Bay in New-England :begun and held at Boston in New-England, upon Wednesday the twenty-fifth day of May anno domini, 1757, and continued by sundry prorogations to Wednesday the twenty-third day of November following, and then met. [Broadside]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/227/147/1470147227.0.m.jpg)
An act passed by the Great and General Court or Assembly of His Majesty's province of the Massachusetts-Bay in New-England :begun and held at Boston in New-England, upon Wednesday the twenty-fifth day of May anno domini, 1757, and continued by sundry prorogations to Wednesday the twenty-third day of November following, and then met. [Broadside]
by [French and Indian War] [Broadsides]
Boston: S. Kneeland, 1757. Broadside, double sided, 13 x 8 inches. Slight creasing, small holes from being previously bound, near fine overall. Near Fine. A broadside printed by S. Kneeland in 1758 concerning the billeting of soldiers and officers during the French and Indian War. Title continues: Billeting Officers and Soldiers. An Act. Passed by the Great General... Read More
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Glass Negative of an Old Prospector and His Donkeys at the Summit of Grays Peak, Colorado
by [Mining History – Colorado] Dalgleish Bros
Georgetown, Colorado: Dalgleish Bros, 1889. Glass negative measuring 5 x 7 inches. Captioned on negative, both sides. (Note: the listing photograph has been inverted from the original.). Excellent to Near Fine.. A glass negative showing a prospector posing with his two donkeys on top of Grays Peak, Colorado. The captions read: “AN OLD PROSPECTOR AND HIS FRIENDS, GRAYS... Read More
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Eight Real Photo Postcards Likely from the James Fenimore Cooper Sesquicentennial Celebration, Cooperstown, New York
by [American Authors – Upstate New York] Brown Brothers
Cooperstown, New York, 1940. Eight postcards: one 3 ½ x 8 inch and seven 3 ½ x 5 ½ inch. All with Brown Brothers stamps and captions verso. Some chipping at edges, some with corners missing; overall very good to excellent.. James Fenimore Cooper (1789–1851) was an American author from Cooperstown, New York - the town was named... Read More
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Collection of Fifty-One Photographs Collected by Drew ‘Bundini’ Brown, Including Photographs of Muhammad Ali, Sugar Ray Robinson and Others
by Brown, Drew 'Bundini' [Ali, Muhammad, et al]
V.P., 1970. Fifty-one photographs, most measuring 3.5 x 5 inches, in hard plastic sleeves, as found. From the estate of Drew Bundini Brown. Generally fine condition with some normal fading to images, with subject identification stickers on sleeves. Drew ‘Bundini’ Brown worked as Muhammad Ali’s cornerman from 1963 onward, after working previously for Sugar Ray Robinson. He also wrote... Read More
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The Brownsville Texas Affair. Presentation of Loving Cup to Hon. Joseph Benson Foraker. The Ceremony and Addresses, March 6th, 1909, at Metropolitan A.M.E. Church, Washington, D.C.
by [Brownsville Affair] Grimke, Archibald; Foraker, Joseph; Cromwell, John Wesley; A Committee of Colored Citizens
Washington: Murray Brothers, 1909. 8vo, wraps, 25 pp. Disbound with wraps present, good condition overall. Good. In 1909, after then-Senator Joseph Foraker had advocated on behalf of the soldiers involved in the Brownsville Affair, a ceremony was held in his honor at the A.M.E. Church in Washington D.C. in Foraker’s honor in which he was presented with a... Read More
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Suite of Twenty Photographs of Male and Female Bullfighters in Plaza Solera, Costa Rica, c. 1940s
by [Bullfighting - Costa Rica] Valverde, Jose
San Jose, 1940. Silver gelatin photographs, 8 x 10 inches. Some with inscriptions to the photographer, Jose Valverde, by the various bullfighers. Near fine with minimal wear. A scarce suite of photographs showing the world of Costa Rican bullfighting in the mid-20th century, all taken by the photographer Jose Valverde. Though Costa Rican bullfighting currently differs from the Spanish... Read More
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![A Memoir of Ralph Waldo Emerson [Advance Copy, Inscribed by Cabot to James Russell Lowell]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/975/286/1275286975.0.m.jpg)
A Memoir of Ralph Waldo Emerson [Advance Copy, Inscribed by Cabot to James Russell Lowell]
by Cabot, James Eliot
Boston and New York, 1887. First Edition, Advance Issue. 8vo, publisher’s blue cloth, 809 pp. One of about 50 copies of the advance issue. Near Fine. This with a great association, from Cabot to James Russell Lowell. Both volumes with identical tipped-in notes from the publisher reading, “This advance copy of Mr. Cabot’s Memoir of Mr. Emerson, is... Read More
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Two 1871 Letters from the Bay Area with Descriptions of Oakland
by [California – Oakland – San Francisco] Lantelle, Alice C.; “Mamie”
Oakland and San Francisco, California, 1871. One four-page letter measuring 5 x 8 inches; one five-page letter measuring 6 ¼ x 8 inches; one photograph measuring 4 ½ x 2 ¾ inches. With envelopes. Near fine.. Two letters, from Alice C. Lantelle in San Francisco and “Mamie” in Oakland, to their cousins Lizzie and Lottie Hubbard in Boston... Read More
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Accounting Ledger for the American Exchequer Gold Mining Company, 1866–1868
by [California – Nevada County – Mining] Witherell, C.A.; et al.
Eureka South, CA, 1868. 7 ½ x 12 inch ledger book, 33pp with many more blank. Front cover near detached and back cover detached, missing spine, some staining of inside pages. Many inside pages torn out. Overall good to very good.. An accounting ledger with some annual meeting notes of the American Exchequer Gold Mining Company, based in... Read More
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A Group of Documents, Printed and Manuscript, Relating to Marysville in the 1850s, Including Several Original Land Claims
by [California - Gold Rush Period - Marysville] Marysville, California
Marysville, 1860. Marysville, 1850s-1860s, the bulk mid-1850s. A collection of documents including eleven receipts, three manuscript legal documents, four manuscript documents relating to land claims; five partially printed documents relating to land claims; two letters from the US Land Office in Marysville, 1858, regarding land claims; six billheads from Marysville firms with receipts for a range of goods, some... Read More
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Notebook Belonging to California Civil Engineer Charles W. Landis, with Notes about the Planning of Orangevale Park
by [California – Orangevale – Sacramento County – City Planning] Landis, Charles W.
Orangevale, California, 1911. 4 ½ x 7 ½ inch notebook, 124 pages. Very good.. A notebook belonging to Charles W. Landis (1877–1943), an Oakland-based civil engineer with Landis Bros. It is unclear with which brother Charles W. was in business, as both of his brothers are listed as ranchers. The notebook contains plans for the construction of a... Read More
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Card No. 16: Wanted for Felony Embezzlement
by [Crime] [California]
California, 1911. Single sheet measuring 8 ½ x 11 inches. Two vertical folds, two holes punched at upper margin, very good condition overall. Very Good. An uncommon survival, possibly published by the Santa Clara County Sherriff’s Office, showing two wanted criminals from 1911, who were travelling together. The first, a C.K. Paullins, was the editor of the Rocky... Read More
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Information for Intending Settlers Regarding Opportunities of the State Land Settlement at Delhi, Merced County, California
by [California – Agricultural Cooperatives] Department of Public Works, Division of Land Settlement [Mead, Elwood]
S.I.: Department of Public Works, Division of Land Settlement, 1921. Large broadsheet; 19 ½ x 16 ¾; pp. [2]; illustrated with photographs, drawings, and a large map; a few penciled-in, manuscript notes (possibly originally belonging to a potential settler); some age-toning along fold lines; edges a bit unevenly trimmed; in about very good condition. Very good.. An uncommon... Read More
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Prohibition-Era Photograph Album of Eddie Jones, a Touring Banjo Player and Lover of Life in 1920s Southern California
by [California - Music - Prohibition Era] Jones, Eddie
Southern California, 1920. Limp leatherette album, oblong 4to measuring 10 x 7 inches, with seventy photographs, most measuring 4 x 2 ½ inches. Wear to binding, photographs with excellent contrast, very good to near fine overall. Near Fine. An energetic album of photographs belonging to one Eddie Jones, a fun-loving banjo player from Santa Ana, mostly composed of... Read More
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Archive of Harry N. Morse, Old West Lawman, with Charles Shinn’s Graphic Description of Pacific Coast Outlaws: Thrilling Exploits of their Arch-Enemy Sheriff Harry N. Morse
by [California – Oregon – Mining History] [Morse, Harry N.] Hawkins, E. B.; Marchant, John; Shinn, Charles Howard; et al.
California and Oregon, 1921. 160 total items. Description of Pacific Coast Outlaws 32pp 8vo in cloth wraps; wraps excellent with some staining; contents very good to excellent with some water damage. Thirteen copies found on OCLC. Two business cards, one with manuscript notes; 106 letters dating 1906 to 1911; twenty-two mailers (circulars, shareholder solicitations, etc.); twenty-eight pieces of miscellaneous... Read More
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Collection of Mining-Related Materials Belonging to California Mining Broker James Ireland
by [California – El Dorado County – Mining] Ireland, James; et al.
El Dorado County, California, 1902. Sixteen items, mainly letters and descriptions of mining claims which total thirty-seven handwritten pages. Of the written pages: one 7 ½ x 7 ½ inch, three 8 x 5 inch, twenty 8 x 10 inch, seven 8 x 12 ½ inch, and six 8 x 14 inch. Items date between 1879 and 1902, with... Read More
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Archive of Correspondence of the Beauman Family and Friends, Concerning Their Daily Lives and Family Affairs in Early 20th-Century Texas, Illinois, and Northern California
by [California – Texas – Illinois – Family Archives] Beauman, Kittie Woodruff; Regan, Edwin J.; Beauman, Carrie; et al.
California, Texas, Illinois, and others, 1935. 369 pieces: fourteen empty envelopes, 108 pieces of unsorted ephemera, and 247 letters. Of the letters, twenty-one are undated; three date from 1851–1909; nineteen from 1910–11; thirty-five from 1912; thirteen from 1913–17; forty-two from 1921; thirteen from 1922–24; sixty-eight from 1934; and thirty-three from 1935. Overall very good to near fine.. The... Read More
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Gold-Rush-era Archive of Surveyor Edward Williams, including Thirteen Letters Written from Monterey in 1850, a Transcribed Copy of a Mexican Land Grant from 1834, and Notes Relating to his Work as a Surveyor
by [California - Gold Rush - Surveying - Personal Archives] Williams, Edward
California, 1850. With thirteen letters, most multi-page, written from Monterey in 1850, a 7 pp facsimile transcription of a 1834 Mexican land grant on cloth measuring 11 x 14 inches, and and eleven page document on paper in Spanish relating to a Monterey land grant, transcribing an 1841 document. Letters heavily worn with some loss at margins but mostly... Read More
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Photo Album of Logging in Humboldt and Eureka Counties, c. 1951-1960
by [Industrial Photography] [Timber] [California]
Humboldt and Eureka Counties, 1960. Oblong quarto, cream colored cloth boards, 10 ¼ x 13 ¼ inches. Contains 160 photographs, measuring from 2 x 3 to 2 x 5 inches. Most photos identified with captions. As engaging a photographic document of mid-century forestry as one is likely to find, following the Rodgers Brothers trucking company in their logging trips... Read More
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Scrapbook of Family Photographs from Santa Cruz and Stanford, California, c. 1901
by [California – Santa Cruz – Stanford – Family Albums] Sharp, Paul
Santa Cruz and Stanford, California, 1901. Approximately forty-nine 7 x 10 inch pages with ninety-four 3 ½ x 3 ½ inch photos; five 1 ½ x 2 inch photos; one 1 ½ x 4 ½ inch photo; and one 5 x 6 ½ inch photo. Binding broken with staining on cover. Photographs generally very good to excellent contrast, with... Read More
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Two Albumen Photographs of Lumbering in Eureka, Calif., c. 1890
by [California] Fassold, Peter
1890. 9 ½ x 7 inch photographs on 11 x 13 mounts. Very Good. The first photograph captures a bearded man atop a stump, peering in the forest, with sunlight pouring through a stand of redwoods. The second shows redwood rounds loaded on a train car, with “Exelsior Redwood Co. Eureka Cal.” etched into the negative. All of... Read More
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![A Prospecting Party [Gold Rush Letter Sheet]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/005/335/1451335005.0.m.jpg)
A Prospecting Party [Gold Rush Letter Sheet]
by [California - Gold Rush] Britton and Rey, Publishers
Britton and Rey, 1850. Single sheet measuring 8 ¼ x 10 ¾ inches on blue wove paper. Small chip to corner not affecting image, some older tape repairs verso at margins, else fine, very good plus overall and quite attractive. Very Good. A series of four illustrations telling the story of a mining party that heads out with... Read More
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