Van Housen's, Paper Favors and Accessories Specially Designed for Costuming and Decorating in a Pageant and Club work, Playlets, etc., A Trade Catalogue, No. 81
Chicago, IL: Van Housen, 1920. General wear. Entire catalogue has been folded and has a crease mark on it.. A trade catalogue for the company call Van Housen, based in Chicago, which sold paper, mostly crepe paper, party favors, costumes and accessories. This items were intended for short time use, either as a Halloween costume, theater costume, or... Read More
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Simple Simon; The Nursery Rhymes of Old England
London: Dean & Co., 1840s. Hand colored lithograph on board/heavy stock sheet music with words and music in a central decorative element surrounded by relevant illustrations. Depicts goings on at the fair, and Simple Simon fishing in a bucket and being frightened by a thistle plant. Price marked at base - 2 pence plain, 3 pence colored. Age toning.... Read More
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Faribault and Vicinity ... Illustrated
Faribault, MN: Citizen's Committee, 1884. General wear, with minor stains.. A tourism booklet for the town of Faribault in Minnesota, which is approximately 50 miles south of Minneapolis. It is described as having a "charming combination of hill and dale, lake and river, forest and prairie, showing views of it's educational institutions, churches, business establishments and scenery." The... Read More
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Nursery Primer
Chicago: M. A. Donohue & Co., 1916. Soft Cover. edge wear to cover; with corner bend. 24 pp primer with color illustrations of children at work and play on covers. Woodcut on inside cover depicts older child playing teacher in a classroom setting. Title page depicts a ring of children around the world. Includes 18 different lessons.... Read More
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The Girls' Delight Paper Dolls - Number 4 w 4 costumes, envelope & accessory
New York: Clark, Austin & Smith, 1860. Neck bend; hand reinforcement. Small area of discoloration; one costume.. A 5 5/8" tall paper doll. The arms, head and upper torso are color printed, the remainder is blank by design. She holds a folded fan in her hand. Four (4) elaborate hand finished costumes and one shawl. With original envelope.... Read More
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Bunty
Racine Wis.: Whitman, 1935. Edge wear on covers. 25 pp. litho on board book with three (3) die-cut pops. First text page titled "The Story of Bunty. Pop-ups include "Here I am Bunty", Punch and Judy and Bunty with a policeman. In-text black and white illustrations. Measures 7 1/2" 7 3/4".
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Photograph of Group of Men in Costume, Surrounding the Parade Wagon of E. A. Bloser Wholesale & Retail Jeweler
Newville, PA: Elias Alexander Bloser, 1890. General wear.. A black and white photograph of a large group of mostly men and young boys standing in front of E. A. Bloser Wholesale and Retail Jeweler store. In the center is a wagon with the stores name in front, with men in bizarre costumes standing around and on the wagon.... Read More
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Uncut Engraving – Patriotic Perpetual Calendar, American Flag, George Washington
c1820-30. Calendar. Excellent. An 8 ½” x 11” sheet with engraved patriotic imagery designed to be cut and assembled to create a perpetual calendar. Two (2) tabs to be cut and inserted to provide the days of the week and the months and the days in a month. Excellent. Corner clip on sheet margin..
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Lettersheet with an Engraving of the German Peace Festival
[1871]. General wear. . The German Peace Festival was celebrated all across the US in most major cities (including but not limited to New York, Baltimore, Washington DC and even Honolulu! The festival was to commemorated the end of the Franco-Prussian War. The festival in the cities consisted of large parades with floats, soldiers in uniform, and German... Read More
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Invitation - Grosser Masken der New Yorker Sangerrunde
New York City: Heppenheimer & Mauer, 1883. The card lacks about 3/4" at right end; perhaps a ticket "stub" cut off?. A 4 3/4" x 7 1/2" invitation to a German Social Club masked ball held at Teutonia Assembly Rooms in New York City. Held on February 12, 1883 (Lincoln's Birthday). Fine printing and elaborate scene of elegant... Read More
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Deutscher Metzger Verein (German Butcher Association)Ceremonial Apron
Covington, KY, 1900. Some deterioration to border trim. Red offset.. A 14" x 15 1/2" printed ceremonial apron depicting a butcher's tools - sharpening steel, cleaver, knife and saw. It is captioned Deutscher Metzger Verein (German Butcher Association) Covington, Kenton Co., KY. The association members would march in full butcher uniform, including their ceremonial apron for convention parades... Read More
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The Delineator, Vol. XIX, No. 6, June 1882
New York: The Butterick Publishing Co., 1882. A 63 pp. monthly magazine with paper wraps. 4to Comprehensive text on fashion related subject matter surrounds profusion of fine line illustrations throughout. Views of Ladies' Toilettes, Riding Habits, Shoulder Capes, a dressing sack, panier basque and much more. Includes styles for girls and young misses with... Read More
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Illustrated Broadside for Letters Patent - Conferring the Transfer of The New Becker Washing Machine
New Becker Washing Machine. Letter folds and separations. A 19" x 11 1/2" Letters Patent broadside announcing the transfer of patent with an illustration of a young girl operating the New Becker Washing Machine (So easy a child can do it...) Unused document with decorative border design. Reverse is blank.
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A collection of 37 photographs taken on Coronado Island - Hunting and Birding Excursion
1915. A series of 37 photographs, hand numbered on the reverse, chronicling a visit to Coronado Island off San Diego. The first image is approaching the uninhabited island followed by an image of their boat and then two young men approaching the rocks with a row boat and portaging the boat to land. Various pictures of the men atop... Read More
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Tiered Peach Lace Paper with applied Silk Flower, Elaborate Design; Near Gaudy
1850. Reverse with glue residue. Edge wear/ corner damage.. A 4 1/2" x 7" hinged lace paper on cover only. A somewhat overly decorated lace paper tinted peach colored. There are symmetrical archways on the right and left; each with a gold embellished scrap with a man on bended knee aside a woman. Scrap applied on a purple... Read More
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Octavo - with Tiered Lace Paper and Theorem Style Floral Design
1850. Light wear.. A 7" x 4 3/4" single-fold valentine with a lace paper cover. The lace paper cover has a solid center cartouche with large format leaves and flowering vine surrounding the cartouche. A hand painted lyre shaped vine and two applied hand colored flowers adorn the cartouche (in the style of a theorem stencil) . Printed... Read More
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Notice from Fur Manufacturer regarding receipt of Inferior Skunk Pelts and Pending Price Reduction
New York, NY: Belt, Butler & Co, 1889. A 3 1/4" x 5 5/8" notification card printed on heavy stock, titled "SKUNK". It is a notification to traders regarding the recent heavy receipts and the inferior quality of most of the Skunk sent advising that prices will particularly on all woolly, brownish and bitten skins that will be assorted... Read More
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Sweet Potato Slips!
Nashville, TN: A. J. Green & Bro. & Byers & Fain, 1876. Letter folds.. An 18" x 12" broadside promoting Sweet Potato Slips! and All Other Plants in Season. Provides pricing information for a variety of Sweet Potato Slips, Cabbage, Tomato and Pepper Plants and prices for quantities of 100 and 1000 plants. Plant's include Brazil Yam, Pumpkin... Read More
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Analytic Workbook including Textile Specimens, Philadelphia Textile School, Pennsylvania Museum & School of Industrial Arts by Adolphe Rusch, Jr. Pioneer in Lightweight Aviation Fabrics
c1900. A hard cover analysis book created by a student Adolphe Rusch, Jr. while a student at the Textile School. In depth analysis for each fabric including warp required, filling requires, warp dressing and filling arrangement details. This is followed by the actual finished piece of fabric and detailed hand created grids including design, harness chain and drawing-in draft... Read More
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Program for City Council Celebration, signing of the Constitution of the United States of America. Independence Square. September 1861
1861. Printed in blue and red on white paper. Graphic depicts clasped hands, the Constitution and the American flag with a field of stars in the background. Contents include a Memorial, the resolution to hold the celebration, Order of Exercise, and Music. Single-fold 8 ½’ x 11”. Light surface soiling on cover page; edge wear and letter folds. ... Read More
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Newspaper Cover Handmade Commonplace Book, June 4, 1809
1809. 8 pages of laid paper stitched in place between a portion of a newspaper page from 1809. Includes Bible verses and quotes, bills sent to Bridgeport Bank, Mohawk Bank and several to Manhattan Bank. This is followed by additional devotionals and banking notes. Articles on the covers include petitions of the New York state assembly, buildings to be... Read More
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Fine c1820 PinPrick Art Watercolor Embellishments
1820s. A 10" x 8 1/2" pinprick work depicting a nomad or perhaps a shepherd. The costume is pinprick with watercolor embellishments. Pin-prick pictures were just one of many ways in which paper was used without paint or pencil to create images as a genteel way to pass the time. By the end of the 18th century it... Read More
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Receipt to make Elixer (sic) for the Bilious Cholic - which has also been found very useful in Agues to carry of the Bile
1810. Age toning, letter folds.. A manuscript receipt listing all of the necessary ingredients with an explanation on processing "let them stand in a warm place" and when done mix equal parts of Brandy -- take half a wine glass morning and night. "Receipt to make Elixer(sic) for the Cholic & Ague". Written on laid paper. Measures 8"... Read More
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Pencil Sketches by Sophia Long Deani
1860. A 6 1/2" x 8 1/4" sketchbook with marbled paper wraps. Naive drawings including love birds in a basket, a church yard, a basket of fruit with a bird(in the style of a theorem), an ancient castle, a fortress on a river and more.
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Fall River Line Menu - Steamer Plymouth c1900
1900. A single-fold 8" x 5 1/2" menu with cover illustrations with Art Nouveau influenced decoration and illustration of asailing vessel. The menu is for breakfast on the Steamer Plymouth. Comprehensive menu. Wine List on reverse.
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