![3733869] Two large 19th c. photographic images showing the Battle of Stones River, i.e., the...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3733869.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1707422168)
These large and oblong 19th-century albumen photographs are possibly based on prints originally made by the Cincinnati lithographers Middleton, Strobridge & Co. between 1863 and..... Read More about Two large 19th c. photographic images showing the Battle of Stones River, i.e., the Second Battle...
![3734845] Circa 1890–1910 group portrait of Pacific Islanders and Missionaries. Unk](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3734845.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1743040026)
This image reflects the intersection of Christian missionary activity and Indigenous Pacific communities at the turn of the twentieth century. The composition includes women in..... Read More about Circa 1890–1910 group portrait of Pacific Islanders and Missionaries
![3734352] 1883 Hand-Drawn Illuminated Lord’s Prayer, Likely Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Unk](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3734352.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1741619548)
A hand-drawn illuminated rendition of the Lord’s Prayer, dated 1883, with a likely Lancaster County, Pennsylvania provenance. This unusually large example, though unsigned, may have..... Read More about 1883 Hand-Drawn Illuminated Lord’s Prayer, Likely Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
![3729585] 1913 Veteran Association 1st Battalion, Naval Militia, New York [Constitution of]. Unk](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3729585.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1598300216)
Constitution of the Veteran Association 1st Battalion, Naval Militia, New York (N.M.N.Y.) listing all of its Articles and an extensive list of its members and..... Read More about 1913 Veteran Association 1st Battalion, Naval Militia, New York [Constitution of
![3733871] 1920 Portland, Oregon Rose Festival Parade Archive of 18 original parade float...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3733871.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1707422164)
Born from an 1888 backyard rose show, the Portland Rose Society expanded by 1904 to offer annual shows, parades, and pageants. In 1906, the inaugural..... Read More about 1920 Portland, Oregon Rose Festival Parade Archive of 18 original parade float photographs
![3728752] [Aberdeen, Maryland:] “Ordnance Joe of the USO” [opening lines]. Unk](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3728752.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1557935470)
With bold lettering, this ephemeral and off-the-cuff broadside brings a little levity during the second World War. “Who is the Most Popular Soldier at Aberdeen?”..... Read More about Aberdeen, Maryland:] “Ordnance Joe of the USO” [opening lines
![3726139] An Act to repeal the State Tax on Real and Personal Property, and to continue and extend...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3726139.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1704333127)
In 1836, the State of Pennsylvania charters their United States Bank shortly before the great financial panic of 1837. The entire Act is printed within..... Read More about An Act to repeal the State Tax on Real and Personal Property, and to continue and extend the...
![3729800] [Adirondack Mountains:] Renowned Places in the United States. [cover title]. Unk](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3729800.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1602086725)
Scarce lithographic view book of resort locations and hotels mostly in New York State and the Adirondack Mountains. The view book’s 14 leaves fold out..... Read More about Adirondack Mountains:] Renowned Places in the United States. [cover title
![3730132] [Architecture; John Sartain:] The First American Art Academy. Reprinted from...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3730132.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1706601307)
Separately printed article from Lippincott’s Magazine of Popular Literature and Science on the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, the oldest art museum and art..... Read More about Architecture; John Sartain:] The First American Art Academy. Reprinted from Lippincott’s Magazine
![3735232] The Bride’s Gift Book, Meriden, Connecticut, ca. 1915. Unk](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3735232.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1750973418)
A detailed World War I-era wedding gift ledger, documenting over 230 individual gifts received by a Meriden, Connecticut bride and groom. The couple was married..... Read More about The Bride’s Gift Book, Meriden, Connecticut, ca. 1915
![3731719] Carte-de-visite of Hudson River Ship Captain Augustus “Gus” Herkenham. Unk](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3731719.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1653767429)
A pencil inscription reads: “My great uncle Gus Herkenham Captain on the Hudson R. [River] for over 50 years.” This is Augustus “Gus” Herkenham (1830/31-1905)..... Read More about Carte-de-visite of Hudson River Ship Captain Augustus “Gus” Herkenham
![3733121] Circa 1870s albumen photograph of McNeely’s Normal School, later Hopedale Normal...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3733121.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1675871429)
Educator and abolitionist Cyrus McNeely was the founder of The McNeely Normal School which then became Hopedale Normal College. It was the first co-ed college..... Read More about Circa 1870s albumen photograph of McNeely’s Normal School, later Hopedale Normal College,...
![3729892] Circa 1880s–1890s Tintype Photograph of a Western Woman in Japanese Costume. Unk](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3729892.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1642967363)
Medium-format tintype studio portrait of a Western woman wearing a kimono and holding a large folding Japanese fan behind her head. Studio props in the..... Read More about Circa 1880s–1890s Tintype Photograph of a Western Woman in Japanese Costume
![3728738] [Civil War Michigan:] War Song. Battle of Lavergne. Unk](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3728738.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1706666293)
Subtitled: “Fought January 1st, 1863, between the Michigan, Engineers and Mechanics, under Col. Innes, and a Brigade of Cavalry and two pieces of Artillery under..... Read More about Civil War Michigan:] War Song. Battle of Lavergne
![3730788] Four Original Photographs of a 1938 Shchlaraffia Gathering. Unk](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3730788.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1644114254)
Four photographs from an American gathering of Schlaraffia, a worldwide German-speaking fraternal group. The Schlaraffen, as members were called, were noted for their light-hearted fellowship..... Read More about Four Original Photographs of a 1938 Shchlaraffia Gathering
![3730964] Harpers Ferry West Virginia Military Parade Photograph, c. 1909–1914. Unk](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3730964.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1630529161)
Excellent photograph, with rich tonal contrast, of a military parade formation in front of the Hotel Conner in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. Soldiers gather under..... Read More about Harpers Ferry West Virginia Military Parade Photograph, c. 1909–1914
![3735384] Keep Indiana Democratic Red Feather Campaign Badge. Unk](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3735384.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1755206536)
Mid-20th-century political campaign ephemera consisting of a dyed red feather printed in yellow and red with the slogan “KEEP INDIANA DEMOCRATIC.” Distributed during Democratic state..... Read More about Keep Indiana Democratic Red Feather Campaign Badge
![3735325] List of Hotels and Boarding Houses, Saratoga Springs, N.Y. [caption title]. Unk](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3735325.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1753205045)
This folding brochure lists hotels and boarding houses in Saratoga Springs and dates to the early twentieth century. It provides daily and weekly rates, details..... Read More about List of Hotels and Boarding Houses, Saratoga Springs, N.Y. [caption title
![3733806] The Lord’s Prayer in Arabic [Al-Salah al-Rabbaniyyah]. Unk](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3733806.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1707430934)
This unrecorded nineteenth-century broadside prints, as it states, The Lord’s Prayer in Arabic, within an ornate typographic border, with the prayer itself presented within a...... Read More about The Lord’s Prayer in Arabic [Al-Salah al-Rabbaniyyah
![3736063] Natural Bridge Hotel. Natural Bridge Virginia [cover title of promotional booklet]. Unk](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3736063.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1771541284)
Promotional ephemera booklet issued by the Natural Bridge Company, proprietors of both the hotel and its namesake landmark. The cover bears a printed color vignette..... Read More about Natural Bridge Hotel. Natural Bridge Virginia [cover title of promotional booklet
![3728139] One Hundredth Anniversary Exercises of the Baptist Church, Flemington, N.J. June 17th,...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3728139.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1706667106)
Rare book documenting the centennial history of this baptist church in Flemington, New Jersey. Amply illustrated. Flemington, New Jersey: Published by the Church 1898. Frontis...... Read More about One Hundredth Anniversary Exercises of the Baptist Church, Flemington, N.J. June 17th, 18th and...
![3735441] Outdoor Group Tintype with Photographic Props, Possibly Rockland, Maine. Unk](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3735441.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1756395001)
Circa 1870s–1880s outdoor tintype showing over thirty women and three men, posed before trees and a wooden structure, possibly a school. Notable details include: second..... Read More about Outdoor Group Tintype with Photographic Props, Possibly Rockland, Maine
![3735027] Rebecca Emeline Hallett (Mrs. Robert Hooton Richie), Quaker: Circa 1920s Original Pencil...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3735027.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1749484052)
Two original pencil portraits, believed to be of Rebecca Emeline Hallett (1904–1995), a Quaker born in Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, and educated at the Friends School in..... Read More about Rebecca Emeline Hallett (Mrs. Robert Hooton Richie), Quaker: Circa 1920s Original Pencil Portraits
![3725628] Rules for Operating Room [caption title]. Unk](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3725628.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1704333127)
Antiseptic surgical methods were first popularized after the publication of Dr. Joseph Lister’s paper, Antiseptic Principle of the Practice of Surgery (1867). By the 1930s..... Read More about Rules for Operating Room [caption title
![3734649] [Texas Black History] The Rolling Five. Sponsor – Eight Vitamin – Every Sunday 10:30...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3734649.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1742332686)
Rare and ephemeral advertisement for The Rolling Five, an obcure African-American gospel quintet featured on KSFA, a station operated by the Nacogdoches Broadcasting Company, Inc..... Read More about Texas Black History] The Rolling Five. Sponsor – Eight Vitamin – Every Sunday 10:30 a.m. –...
