Scarce to commerce, a questionable history of bison in Pennsylvania; those who hunted and killed them, those who hunted buffalo in the American West. The... Read More
A rare broadside broadcasting a “Mass Meeting” to campaign for presidential candidate Herbert Hoover in the Fall of 1928. The rally took place in Clearfield..... Read More
C. 1950s hotel guest room guide book to Pittsburgh attractions issued by the Hotel William Penn, part of the “Statler” chain of luxury hotels. The..... Read More
Fine, essentially like new copy. Amply illustrated. Kennett Square, PA: KNA Press, (1982). 104pp. First edition. Limited edition of 1,000 copies. Signed by the author... Read More
John Churchman (1733–1805) was a self-taught Quaker surveyor and cartographer. Here, he receives two dollars in full for the balance of his noted Variation Chart... Read More
Valuable Philadelphia Stock Exchange history. An important archive of letters and documents, most concerning railroad investments on the during the years 1866–1873, presents a significant... Read More
A small manuscript receipt in the hand of, and autographed by, John Montgomery (1727-1808). Originally from Ireland, Montgomery settled in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Dickinson College notes... Read More
A study of the origin, history, and accoutrements of the iconic American wagon—the Conestoga wagon. Chapter titles include “Of the Origin of the Conestoga wagon..... Read More
A study of the origin, history, and accoutrements of the iconic American wagon—the Conestoga wagon. Chapter titles include “Of the Origin of the Conestoga wagon..... Read More
Illustrated crop insurance broadside issued by the Lancaster County Mutual Hail Insurance Company of Lititz, Pennsylvania. The broadside is specifically aimed at tobacco farmers whose... Read More
Edited by Waring Cuney, Langston Hughes, and Bruce McM. Wright. Foreword by Dr. Horace Mann Bond. Introduction by J. Saunders Redding. One of a 1000... Read More
First World War home-coming celebration program for the borough of Catasauqua in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. The cover depicts a triumphal arch adorned with American flags... Read More
1895 Class Day program of music and oratory from Lincoln University, an historically black university in Pennsylvania founded in 1854. The day’s activities included morning... Read More
Illustrated 1909 graduation program from Lincoln University, the United States’ first degree-granting historically black university. The program contains the full morning, afternoon, and evening exercises... Read More
“Thanksgiving—1943. Thankful for what? In a world at war / Where bullets whine and cannons roar, / Where the stuttering .50s of diving plane /... Read More
Pair of 1845 autograph letters signed by Judge Morris Longstreth (1800–1855) of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. Longstreth here writes about his re-nomination as associate judge to... Read More
Genealogy of the Swedish-American Holstein and related families descended from Matts Hollsten (1644-1708) who was born in Philadelphia two years after the second immigration of... Read More
Three images, all lettered in the negative: An image of a civic celebration in downtown Lewistown, Pennsylvania. A large Welcome banner can be seen. Lettered..... Read More
The Pennsylvania Railroad is trying to drum up business in 1883 and here make their appeal to the excursion committees of churches and societies. In... Read More
A privately printed history of President James Buchanan by history professor, Philip Gerald Auchampaugh of Duluth, Minnesota. [Lancaster, Pennsylvania]: Privately Printed, 1926. First Edition. 224pp... Read More
With modestly decorative ornamental typography, this business or calling card documents the availability of this singing group who offered a repertoire of sacred and secular... Read More
Wright’s scarce 1911 doctoral thesis. The third Black American to receive a doctorate from the University of Pennsylvania. The present work is a thorough work..... Read More
1. Autograph Letter Signed. Philadelphia, March 5, 1901. [2]pp. Small 8vo. Handwritten letter from S. Weir Mitchell on mourning stationary, with transmittal envelope, addressed to... Read More
In 1827, Samuel D. Ingham (1779–1860) of Pennsylvania was serving in Congress as a U.S. Representative. In less than two years he would become the... Read More
Collection of 44 letters by Sarah Frances “Sallie” Lotta to her boyfriend, later fiancée, James S. “Jim” Crossland, Jr. Sallie lives in New Rochelle, New..... Read More
![Hoover for President. Mass Meeting… [opening lines of Pennsylvania broadside]. Herbert Hoover.](/pictures/thumb/3728048_1.jpg?v=1542668616)
![The Spotlight. Hotel William Penn. [Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]. James W. Trullinger, Pittsburgh Hotels Association.](/pictures/thumb/3727224_1.jpg?v=1538000963)
![[Archive of 53 Letters and Documents from Stock and Exchange Brokers, John E. Fox & Co. of Philadelphia, to one investor, Henry A. Kelker, 1866 –1873; accompanying this archive is a group of 21 additional letters and documents, 1869 –1874, mostly concerning the recovery of a debt owed to Kelker]. Broker John E. Fox.](/pictures/thumb/145413_1.jpg?v=1534362278)
![Farmers, Look to Your Own Interest by Insuring Your Tobacco in the Lancaster County Mutual Hail Insurance Company… [caption title]. Lancaster County Mutual Hail Insurance Company.](/pictures/thumb/3726600_1.jpg?v=1534362421)
![[African-Americana:] Class Day ’95. Lincoln University. Lincoln University.](/pictures/thumb/3726691_1.jpg?v=1534362442)
![[Lincoln University] L.U. Class of 1909 requests your presence at their Class Day Exercises…. Lincoln University.](/pictures/thumb/3727558_1.jpg?v=1542124819)
![[Archive of 1943–1945 of Second World War Letters to and from Naval Lt. James H. Hardy [with:] 1946–1947 Post-War Hardy Family Correspondence]. Lt. James Hazen Hardy Jr., Isabell Hardy, James Hazen Hardy III.](/pictures/thumb/3727374_1.jpg?v=1535578235)
![Swedish Holsteins in America from 1644 to 1892… [Inscribed by the Author]. Mrs. Anna M. Holstein, Anna Moris Holstein.](/pictures/thumb/3727992_1.jpg?v=1545247768)
![[Three Real Photo Postcards of Lewistown, Pennsylvania, ca. 1910s.]. Nolte Photographer.](/pictures/thumb/3726632_1.jpg?v=1534362431)
![James Buchanan and His Cabinet, On The Eve of Secession. [Inscribed and signed by the author]. Philip Gerald Auchampaugh.](/pictures/thumb/3728068_1.jpg?v=1545068129)
