Articulos Filosoficos y Cartas a un Campesino
by [California - Mexican-American Imprints - Los Angeles] Verea, Ramon
Los Angeles: La Aurora Mexicana, 1909. 8vo, wraps, 92 pp. Some chips to front wrap and first two pages, slight brittleness, very good minus overall. Very Good. Ramon Verea was a writer and inventor who was best known for his invention of a mechanical calculator capable of multiplying large numbers with great speed, an invention he never marketed... Read More
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Fifteen Photographs of Late-19th Century Shasta and Siskiyou Counties
by [California – Shasta County – Siskiyou County – Early Photography] Waters, Raper James
Shasta County and Siskiyou County, 1890. Fifteen photographs, approximately 4 ½ x 7 ½ inches. Each mounted on heavy cardboard backing approximately 5 ½ x 8 ½ inches, which is mounted on heavy cardboard of approximately 8 x 10 ½ inches. Unknown if photographs are stamped verso due to mounting. Some with recent captions on the largest mount; some... Read More
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Life History of Ulysses Sordet DeMoulin and History of Demoulin Family
by [California – Business History – Labor] DeMoulin, Ulysses Sordet
Greenville, Illinois, 1954. Two stapled packets of mimeographed typed pages (eighty-seven and twenty-eight pages), with one signed. Excellent to Near Fine.. An autobiography and genealogy written by Ulysses S. DeMoulin (1871–1955), founder of DeMoulin Bros., a uniform manufacturing company which now mainly supplies marching band attire. The genealogy incorrectly traces the family’s history back to French Revolutionary figure... Read More
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1849 Letter Discussing the “California feaver” and State of the Economy in Brooklyn
by [California Gold Rush – Economic History] Berry, William
Brooklyn, New York, 1849. Single four-page letter measuring 7 ¼ x 9 ¾ inches. Folded with a few small holes but entirely legible. Excellent.. A letter from William Berry in Brooklyn to his brother James Berry in Adrian, Michigan, written in May of 1849. He opens with some comments about the California gold rush: “I have recovered... Read More
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1849 Letter Describing Crossing Panama on the Way to California: “They do not understand Americans”
by [California Gold Rush – Panama] Pearson, W. J.
Panama, New Grenada, 1849. Single four-page letter measuring 7 ½ x 10 inches. Folded with some small tears; some text missing at seal. Overall excellent to Near Fine.. A letter from W. J. Pearson to his cousin Jane Eliza Caldwell, written from Panama in 1849 as Pearson traveled to California. Pearson first describes the scenery passing by Mayaguana... Read More
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Three Promotional Photographs and Signed Menu from The Cotton Club
by Calloway, Cab
New York, 1950. Three photographs measuring 8 x 10 inches, menu measuring 10 x 3 3/4. Cab Calloway and his band began performing at the Cotton Club in 1931, enjoying an initial three year stint with many sporadic returns in the subsequent decades. Calloway’s manager, Irving Mills, played a large part in marketing Calloway’s music to a white audience.... Read More
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We Appeal To The Public. [A Broadside Concerning the Doukhobor–Freedomite Conflict.]
by [Canada – Religious History – Communal Societies] Soukoreff, George S.; Verigin, John J.
Trail, British Columbia: Hall Printing Co, 1947. Broadside measuring approximately 19 x 19 inches. Folded with some wrinkling and very small tears at margins; excellent.. The Doukhobors are a Spiritual Christian group that originated in the Russian Empire around the late eighteenth century. Persecuted for their pacifism and rejection of the Orthodox Church, the Doukhobors were first removed... Read More
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The Latest City Map of Los Angeles, Cal. / Earth’s Garden Spot / Population 125,000
by [California – Los Angeles – Cartography] Unknown Cartographer
Los Angeles, California: Bekins Van & Storage, 1910. Map measuring 15 ¼ x 13 ¼ inches. Folded with some wrinkling; Near Fine.. A map of Los Angeles between Aldama Street, South Indiana Street, Slauson Ave, and Arlington Street, published by Bekins Van & Storage. The map is undated, but based on the city’s population listed on the map—a... Read More
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Photograph of the 10th U.S. Cavalry Band, Most Likely Taken at Fort Ethan Allen, c. 1910
by [African-Americana] [Vermont] 10th U.S. Cavalry
Fort Ethan Allen, 1910. Gelatin silver print mounted to board, 16 ¼ x 14 ½ inches. Fair to Good. The 10th Cavalry was one of the original “Buffalo Soldier” regiments of the post-Civil War segregated U.S. Army, first seeing action in the Indian Wars. Their band is shown here most likely during their stint at Fort Ethan Allen... Read More
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A Collection of Twelve Photographs of a Women’s Cycling Club, c. 1890s
by [Cycling Clubs - Women - Nineteenth Century]
Location Unknown, Possibly Britain, 1890. Twelve sepia-toned silver photographs, most ost 3 3/16 x 4 3/16 in. Some light curling and foxing, good to very good overall. Good. Female cycling clubs flourished in the late Victorian age, particularly in England. The clubs offered women a chance to travel in greater safety than would be possible traveling alone. Women... Read More
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Tintype of Two Men Seated, circa 1875-1880
by [Photography - 19th Century][Vernacular]
American, 1860. 3 ½ x 2 ¼ inches, uncased. A striking image, featured on p. 79 of David Deitcher’s Dear Friends: Photographs of Men Together, 1840-1918. Images of men together from the nineteenth century do not necessarily suggest a sexual relationship, as Deitcher explains in his book, but rather a show of intimacy within the very separated realms of... Read More
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Sixth Plate Tintype of a Little Girl Bathing her Toy Dolls
by [Photography - 19th Century][Vernacular]
American, 1860. 2 ⅜ x 3 ⅜ inches, uncased. An arresting and uncommon image of a girl bathing her dolls in a formal studio setting. Some discoloration at margins, image area in excellent condition.
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1860 Letter Likely from Plumas County Describing “sorry Chinese” and Indigenous Populations
by [California – Mining History – Race] “Charly”
Likely Plumas County, California, 1860. Single four-page letter measuring 7 ½ x 9 ½ inches. Folded with some small tears at folds; excellent.. A letter from “Charly” to his wife or fiance, written in January of 1860 from “Ganser [possibly sic] Valley”, likely in Plumas County, California. Located in the Sierra Nevada, Plumas County contained a number of... Read More
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You Can’t Jail the Revolution. Stop the Trial, Free the Conspiracy 8
by [Chicago 8, or Conspiracy 8, later Chicago 7]
Chicago, 1969. Poster. 24 x 20 inches. Minimal wear, fine condition. Fine. An iconic poster protesting the arrest of the Chicago 8 on conspiracy charges relating to the protests at the 1968 Democratic Convention. The group, originally as eight members, consisted of Abbie Hoffman and Jerry Rubin, founders of the Youth International Party (YIPPIES), Tom Hayden, a co-founder... Read More
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Face of the Enemy. Stop the Trial. Stop the War
by [Chicago 8, or Conspiracy 8, later Chicago 7]
Chicago, 1969. 21 1/4 x 29 1/4 inches. Some light toning and edgewear, near fine condition overall. The first example of this poster we have encountered, which shows Judge Julius Hoffman, Chicago Mayor Richard Daley and President Richard Nixon. We find no other records, and can only assume it was produced in the same era as the previous offering... Read More
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Album Containing Forty Seven Albumen Photographs of Central and Southern Chile, Including Photographs of the Newly Constructed Biobio Bridge in Valdivia, c. 1890s
by [Latin Americana - Photography - Chile]
Chile, 1890. Large folio containing forty seven photographs, most measuring 8 x 10 inches, taken in Chile. Some foxing, particularly to mounts, some photographs detached and many repaired previously at hinges with cloth tape, photographs with very good contrast, very good minus condition overall, photographs quite attractive and worthy of preservation. Very Good. A collection of scarce nineteenth... Read More
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View of Iquique Harbor, Chile, c. 1890s
by [Latin Americana - Early Photography - Views - Chile]
Chile, 1890. First Edition. Near Fine. Albumen photographs measuring 6 ½ x 17 inches, hinged in middle, with one photograph mounted to an album page. With a photograph of three men in a skiff mounted to verso, measuring 4 x 7 ¼ inches. Near Fine.
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American-Chinese Calendar For 65 Years 1849–1914
by [Chinese-Americana – Immigration] Gardner, John Endicott
Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1904. Seventy-four page booklet measuring 4 ½ x 5 ¼ inches. Damage to wraps with one detached; inside with manuscript (Chinese) markings. Overall very good plus.. A guide compiled by immigration officer John Endicott Gardner for converting between the Gregorian and traditional Chinese calendars for Gregorian years 1849 to 1914. Per the preface,... Read More
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Five Photographs of Chinese Farmworkers in New York
by [Chinese-Americana – Agriculture – New York City] Johnson, J. R.
Sterling, Pennsylvania: Brown Brothers, 1912. Five photographs; four measuring 8 x 10 inches and one 5 x 8 inches. Most with manuscript captions verso. Significant damage to edges; very good.. Five photographs depicting Chinese farmworkers in New York around 1912. In the late 19th century, many Chinese people, facing increasing anti-Chinese hostility, left the west coast and came... Read More
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Letter from a White Officer Commanding an African-American Regiment in the Civil War to His Sister, Discussing Pay and Her Husband’s Disappearance
by [Civil War – 23rd US Colored Infantry – Desertion] Wood, M. Herbert
Petersburg, Virginia, 1864. Single letter, four 5 x 8 inch pages folded. Toning and some tears at folds, overall excellent condition. M. Herbert Wood (c. 1839–deceased) was an officer of the 23rd Regiment, United States Colored Infantry, during the American Civil War. This regiment, which consisted of African-American enlisted men with white officers, was part of the 4th... Read More
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A Civil War Soldier’s Carved Wooden Folk Art Memorial to his Service in the Union Army, c. 1863
by [Civil War] [Folk Art] Barber, Alexander
N.p., 1863. Dark carved wood, 11 ½ x 11 ½ x 1 inches, with bone border and star inlays in corners, an inlaid tree with carved names of Civil War battles as leaves. During the Civil War, wounded or captured soldiers would often pass their time waiting to return to duty carving relics. The practice was fairly common, with... Read More
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A Letter from Richmond, Virginia, September 1864, Concerning Textile and Flour Shortages
by [Civil War – Confederacy] F.H., Amanda
Richmond, Virginia, 1864. Single letter measuring 8 x 5 inches, one double-sided sheet. Excellent condition. A letter written by “Cousin Amanda” of Richmond, Virginia, detailing the price and quality of cloth, cotton spools, and flour available to her late in the American Civil War. The Confederacy was under a blockade, and Union forces were destroying anything deemed valuable... Read More
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Service of Commemoration: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
by [Civil Rights Movement] King, Dr. Martin Luther; [Interreligious Committee on Race Relations]
Washington, D.C., 1970. [3] pp. stapled mimeograph program for a service commemorating King’s birthday at The Washington Cathedral, January 15, 1970. Stapled together with a [1] pp. letter from Bishop Henry C. Bunton to the Interreligious Committee on Race Relations (ICRR) notifying members of the event, and including a [1] pp. copy of the minutes from the ICRR board... Read More
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Letter from Union Army Soldier Concerning Sherman’s “Forty Acres” Order and His Carolinas Campaign
by [Civil War – Union Army – Carolinas Campaign – Freedmen] Vannada, George H.
South Carolina, 1865. Single letter measuring 7.5 x 10 inches folded, one double-sided sheet, with stampless envelope. Near fine with light normal wear. George Harpole Vannada (1844–1928) was a private, promoted to corporal, in Company I of the 25th Indiana Infantry Regiment during the Civil War. The 25th Infantry was a volunteer regiment, mustered in August 1861 and... Read More
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Copperheads in Council! Declarations of the Leaders. Read and Ponder What They Say! [Anti-Copperhead Broadside, Produced for the 1863 Election]
by [Civil War - New Hampshire] [Copperheads, or Peace Democrats]
New Hampshire: Printer Unknown, 1863. First Edition. Printed broadside, 16 ½ x 11 ½ inches, archivally mounted and matted. A very good copy with some light toning, small closed tear at upper margin, light foxing at upper margin, very tiny spot of loss to illustration at fold. Franklin Pierce remained politically active upon his return to New Hampshire following... Read More
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