Late Victorian-era to Edwardian-era child’s die stamped or rolled brass bracelet. The stamping depicts a panoramic scene of barnyard animals, including chickens, a cat pouncing..... Read More about Antique Brass Child’s Bracelet with Designs of House, Farmyard Animals; the Name “Nancy”...
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An early prototype? Large flag —almost four feet by six feet in dimensions— from the 1939–1940 New York Wold’s Fair, displaying the fair’s iconic modernist..... Read More about 1939–1940 New York World’s Fair Flag
Rare c.1820s “New Edition” of this Southern woman composer’s patriotic composition dedicated to the United States Marine Corps.¹ “Lady of Charleston” Eliza Crawley Murden’s March..... Read More about March Composed & Dedicated to The United States Marine Corps, by A Lady of Charleston
Brief biography by this Mercer University faculty member of David Denton (1833–1925) who was born in Warren County, Georgia to Aaron Denton and Drucilla. He..... Read More about Concerning the Life and Services of David Denton
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Author’s presentation copy in a de luxe binding with his albumen portrait photograph (1¾ x 1½ inches) mounted on the leaf opposite title page. A...... Read More about Presentation copy in deluxe binding with author’s photograph] Jottings of a Year’s Sojourn in...
Unrecorded sheet music composed by Alfred Iversen, Esq., (1798–1873) attorney and Georgia politician, and later ardent secessionist; dedicated to Miss Martha D. Berrien of Georgia..... Read More about When the Birds to the South, Written and Respectfully Dedicated to Miss Martha D. Berrien of...
Abraham Oakey Hall (1826 – 1898) was elected twice as New York City mayor, on the Tammany Hall ticket, and serving 1869 to 1862. The..... Read More about 1871 Salary Check Autographed by A. Oakley Hall, as New York City mayor, Boss Tweed’s Ring member
Italian-American Achille Onofri, was an acrobat and contortionist who had met trapeze artist Millie Cook in Havana, married her, and then moved to Philadelphia with..... Read More about 1886 American Prison Art by an Italian-American Circus Performer Incarcerated for Murder,...
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1929 pre-Crash stock market investing tips from noted financial adviser A. Vere Shaw (1887–1970). Shaw was “...a founding member of the Investment Counsel Association of..... Read More about 10 Rules for Investors [cover title
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This illustrated report contains much on ironclad ships, first used in battle the year before, and on the ironclad monitor U.S.S. Roanoke, the first ship..... Read More about Ironclad Ships:] Report of the National Academy of Sciences for the Year 1863
Report of patriotic meetings of pro-Union, loyalists from New York City held to establish the Loyal League of Union Citizens and pledge their loyalty to..... Read More about Loyal Meeting of the People of New-York, to Support the Government, Prosecute the War, and...
Legal instrument of protest signed by Alexander H. Arthur, Notary Public for the Office of the Planters’ Bank of the State of Mississippi at Vicksburg..... Read More about United States of America: State of Mississippi, to wit: By This Public Instrument of Protest…
Diverse group of mid-Victorian scroll saw-related material including trade literature, marketing materials, and oversized pattern sheets for creating fretwork designs in the Queen Anne Revival..... Read More about C. 1877–1881 Scroll Saw Group: Trade Catalog, Chromolithographic Trade Cards, and Oversized...
The biography of Sammy Morris was published as early as 1896. As a young African boy, Morris was captured by another tribe, but escaped and..... Read More about Sammy Morris
1853 letter concerning the rights of public use of or benefit from a small stretch of Niagara Riverfront land and a wharf by Augustus S...... Read More about 1853 ALS by Augustus S. Porter, former U.S. Senator from Michigan and Mayor of Detroit,...
A clever bit of advertising. A.W. Cushman creates an appealing and eye-catching illustrated envelope to earn more business. The envelope’s design program is reminiscent of..... Read More about A.W. Cushman & Company, Dealers in Furniture, Bedding, Paints and Oils, Ellsworth Maine
Very scarce. Color illustrated history of of the firm A.W. Faber Company, international lead pencil, writing slate, and art supplies manufacturers and merchants. The company..... Read More about The Manufactories & Business Houses of the Firm of A. W. Faber, An Historical Sketch....
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Yonkers, Westchester County, New York grocer’s bond issued to Aaron Vark and William Norman. The bond pertains mostly to the sale of “...strong and spiritous..... Read More about 1833 Yonkers, New York Grocer’s Bond; Partly Printed Document
“Colonists In Bondage tells the paradoxical story of those white men and women who endured servitude as a road to freedom. Voluntarily or involuntarily, they..... Read More about Colonists in Bondage. White Servitude and Convict Labor in America, 1607-1776
Presidential message on attempted seizure of Jean Antoine Joseph Fauchet, envoy of France, by Captain Rodham Home, the commander of British ship-of-war Africa. Fauchet replaced..... Read More about Message of the President of the United States, in Answer to a Resolution of the Senate of the...
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Delightfully humorous program for a concert of antique music performed at the Academy of Music in Philadelphia. Likely getting into the spirit of the nation’s..... Read More about Philadelphia Academy of Music, 1873 Program:] Forasmuch as Dyvers Syngynge People…
Illustrated programme at the New York City Broadway Theatre 1892, an early artifact of the still-extant Actors’ Fund Benefit. The evening’s performance is thoroughly detailed..... Read More about Photographic Souvenir Programme of the Actors’ Fund Benefit at the Broadway Theatre. January...
An exceedingly rare Boston-printed 1756 act of Parliament to significantly enlarge the number of British troops in North America. This act allowed British army recruitment..... Read More about An Act for the better recruiting His Majesty’s Forces on the Continent of America; and for the...
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Biography and letters of this important British geologist, perhaps best known for being a mentor of Charles Darwin. He was dismayed to have received a...... Read More about The Life and Letters of the Reverend Adam Sedgwick. [two volumes
Near miniature American children’s book of prose and poetical fables from Aesop; this copy with 48 hand-colored illustrations. The book was issued by Philadelphia publisher..... Read More about The Little Esop
