![3731701] My Scarlet Shawl: A Wife’s Story. but likely George Etell Sargent Anon](/pictures/thumb/3731701_1.jpg?v=1648176442)
My Scarlet Shawl: A Wife’s Story.
Told in the first-person narrative, Maggie is no Mary Magdalene, and no scarlet woman, but she is the woman with the scarlet shawl. This shawl..... Read More about My Scarlet Shawl: A Wife’s Story
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![372430] [C. Late 1850s Ninth-Plate Tintype Portrait of a Man with Hand-Tinting; mounted within a...](/images/noimage-req.png)
[C. Late 1850s Ninth-Plate Tintype Portrait of a Man with Hand-Tinting; mounted within a Gilt Decorated, Leather Book-Form Case].
Diminutive tintype portrait of a man, with delicately hand-tinted cheeks and lips, mounted in a leather book-form case. The case housing the tintype is decorated..... Read More about C. Late 1850s Ninth-Plate Tintype Portrait of a Man with Hand-Tinting; mounted within a Gilt...
![3730908] The Children in the Wood. An Affecting Tale. Anon](/pictures/thumb/3730908_1.jpg?v=1632596707)
The Children in the Wood. An Affecting Tale.
Popularly known as the story of the Babes in the Wood, is the subject of an old ballad and oft-reprinted as a chapbook for children..... Read More about The Children in the Wood. An Affecting Tale
![3726504] [Christ Church Hospital in Philadelphia:] Brief of Title to all that certain Lot or...](/pictures/thumb/3726504_1.jpg?v=1534362398)
[Christ Church Hospital in Philadelphia:] Brief of Title to all that certain Lot or Square of Ground, situate in the City of Philadelphia: Bounded by Spruce Street and Pine Street and Schuylkill Fourth and Fifth Streets [...] The Property of Christ Church Hospital.
Unlisted in OCLC, an apparently unrecorded pamphlet devoted to the property definitions of Christ Church Hospital in Philadelphia. “Christ Church Hospital, located at Forty-Ninth Street..... Read More about Christ Church Hospital in Philadelphia:] Brief of Title to all that certain Lot or Square of...
![146304] Cut for Cut, the Rubber Rubb’d, Nonsense for Nonsense, or, Dicko-Don-Quacko And his...](/pictures/thumb/146304_1.jpg?v=1654297602)
Cut for Cut, the Rubber Rubb’d, Nonsense for Nonsense, or, Dicko-Don-Quacko And his Methodist Brethren all in an Uproar… [broadside caption title]
Unrecorded eighteenth century polemical broadside in the tradition satirist Ned Ward or the mock poem Hudibras. While the present broadside includes only a few lines..... Read More about Cut for Cut, the Rubber Rubb’d, Nonsense for Nonsense, or, Dicko-Don-Quacko And his Methodist...
![145927] [Diary for 1844 kept by a Young Man in Albany and Troy, New York starting a Business and...](/pictures/thumb/145927_1.jpg?v=1658765139)
[Diary for 1844 kept by a Young Man in Albany and Troy, New York starting a Business and struggling with Alcohol and Mental Health].
I am uneasy in my mind continually: there seems to be in decision, a want of stern unbending integrity of purpose; and yet a desire..... Read More about Diary for 1844 kept by a Young Man in Albany and Troy, New York starting a Business and...
![3730121] History of the Battle of Gettysburg. Presented, with the compliments of the City Hotel,...](/pictures/thumb/3730121_1.jpg?v=1616019037)
History of the Battle of Gettysburg. Presented, with the compliments of the City Hotel, to guests who use its facilities for driving over the Battlefield [cover title].
Scarce guidebook—similar to a like-titled guidebook (OCLC 14103425, [4] cc.)—but this variant published to promote Gettysburg’s City Hotel, owned by John E. Hughes. The inside..... Read More about History of the Battle of Gettysburg. Presented, with the compliments of the City Hotel, to guests...
![3728894] I wish you would tell me Sir what you do mean By drawing this figure that looks like a...](/pictures/thumb/3728894_1.jpg?v=1572888609)
I wish you would tell me Sir what you do mean By drawing this figure that looks like a chain [opening caption of 1844 American Millerite Adventist Folk Art Spiritual Drawing].
Extraordinary, complex American millenarian spiritual folk art drawing embodying the Adventist religious beliefs of William Miller (1782–1849) and his followers and illustrating the claim of..... Read More about I wish you would tell me Sir what you do mean By drawing this figure that looks like a chain...
![145237] [Illuminated, German-Language Manuscript Taufschein Fraktur:] A Christian Baptismal Wish:...](/pictures/thumb/145237_1.jpg?v=1597437264)
[Illuminated, German-Language Manuscript Taufschein Fraktur:] A Christian Baptismal Wish: I’ve been baptized and registered, The Book of Life includes me [now]... [opening lines in translation]
Curious crudely-executed folk art, dated 1818, a German-language taufschein or baptismal certificate illuminated with ink and pencil decorations. Fitting for a baptismal wish, the manuscript..... Read More about Illuminated, German-Language Manuscript Taufschein Fraktur:] A Christian Baptismal Wish: I’ve...
![3730702] The Inter-Borough Press Cook Book. Favorite Recipes of Outstanding Cooks of the Twin...](/pictures/thumb/3730702_1.jpg?v=1632351965)
The Inter-Borough Press Cook Book. Favorite Recipes of Outstanding Cooks of the Twin Boroughs, Spring City and Royersford, PA - and Vicinity.
A community cook book printed in double column format and listing the names and addresses of the contributors, the majority women. Spring City and Royersford..... Read More about The Inter-Borough Press Cook Book. Favorite Recipes of Outstanding Cooks of the Twin Boroughs,...
![3727910] The Mysterious Assassin; Or, Nick Carter’s Slender Clew [within:] Nick Carter Library....](/pictures/thumb/3727910_1.jpg?v=1541452178)
The Mysterious Assassin; Or, Nick Carter’s Slender Clew [within:] Nick Carter Library.
Here is private detective Nick Carter irritating never-do-wells yet again, this time by foiling an assassin. The startling illustration shows Carter in disguise and his..... Read More about The Mysterious Assassin; Or, Nick Carter’s Slender Clew [within:] Nick Carter Library
![3724701] [Nineteenth-Century Watercolor Portrait of Woman holding a Letter]. Anon](/pictures/thumb/3724701_1.jpg?v=1590179125)
[Nineteenth-Century Watercolor Portrait of Woman holding a Letter].
Attractive mid-19th century watercolor portrait of a woman seated at a table or writing desk and holding a letter. Her face, coiffure, and lace-trimmed, black..... Read More about Nineteenth-Century Watercolor Portrait of Woman holding a Letter
![3726619] [Occupations and Trades:] Constitution and By-Laws of Philanthropic Lodge, No. 15,...](/pictures/thumb/3726619_1.jpg?v=1548263354)
[Occupations and Trades:] Constitution and By-Laws of Philanthropic Lodge, No. 15, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of Pennsylvania.
Ephemeral and unrecorded mid-19th century mark publication of the By-Laws and Constitution of a benevolent Pennsylvania fraternal organization. A most interesting section within is between..... Read More about Occupations and Trades:] Constitution and By-Laws of Philanthropic Lodge, No. 15, Independent...
![3729194] Paying the Southern War Claims [caption title]. Anon](/pictures/thumb/3729194.jpg?v=1580949172)
Paying the Southern War Claims [caption title].
This rare, anonymous broadside is an attack in 1876 upon Governor Samuel J. Tilden, the Democratic Party’s presidential candidate, by excerpting from Southern newspapers from..... Read More about Paying the Southern War Claims [caption title
![3728902] War I Say [caption title of Spanish-American War-Era Uncle Sam Painting]. Anon](/pictures/thumb/3728902_1.jpg?v=1572374122)
War I Say [caption title of Spanish-American War-Era Uncle Sam Painting].
Gouache painting ca. 1898 showing Uncle Sam declaring War against Spain, i.e. The Spanish-American War. American war vessels with large gun emplacements, and tall smokestacks..... Read More about War I Say [caption title of Spanish-American War-Era Uncle Sam Painting
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