![3736069] The Child’s Picture Book. [William A. Sutton, Bethlehem Presbyterian Church, Broad and...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3736069.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1771615931)
With a typed note stating that this copy was given by William A. Sutton to his daughter Ruth, with mention of his teaching at the..... Read More about The Child’s Picture Book. [William A. Sutton, Bethlehem Presbyterian Church, Broad and Diamond...
![3735825] Wild Oats or, The strolling gentleman. A comedy, in five acts. John O’Keeffe](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/images/noimage-req.png?auto=webp)
Arguably the first American edition, though another was issued in New York in 1793, of one of the most popular late eighteenth-century comedies. Irish playwright..... Read More about Wild Oats or, The strolling gentleman. A comedy, in five acts
![3735779] The Grecian Daughter: A Tragedy as performed with universal applause by the American...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3735779.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1769800659)
First Philadelphia edition of Arthur Murphy’s neoclassical tragedy The Grecian Daughter, originally premiered in London in 1772. This American printing by Henry Taylor in 1791..... Read More about The Grecian Daughter: A Tragedy as performed with universal applause by the American Company....
![3735422] A Collection of Twenty-Two Protestant Episcopal Tracts, New York, ca. 1829–1835....](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3735422.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1756417023)
A representative sammelband reflecting the religious and social themes promoted by the Protestant Episcopal Tract Society in early nineteenth-century New York, including moral narratives, practical..... Read More about A Collection of Twenty-Two Protestant Episcopal Tracts, New York, ca. 1829–1835. Accounts...
![3735380] Whitman’s Party Book. Illustrated with Chocolate Gift Boxes. Whitman's](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3735380.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1755119927)
Richly-illustrated, a circa 1930s–1940s promotional giveaway aimed at Whitman chocolates customers planning home social events, produced by the Philadelphia candy manufacturer. The booklet presents suggestions..... Read More about Whitman’s Party Book. Illustrated with Chocolate Gift Boxes
![3735335] Ten Little Injuns: Comic Song and Chorus. Sung with Immense Applause by Mr. E. F. Dixey....](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3735335.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1755206536)
Dedicated to “To Master Frank Dixey Winner,” this sheet music was performed by Edward F. Dixey, a 19th-century American comic actor associated with blackface minstrelsy..... Read More about Ten Little Injuns: Comic Song and Chorus. Sung with Immense Applause by Mr. E. F. Dixey
![3735334] Captain Jinks of the Horse Marines. Written & Sung By T. Maclagan [cover title]. T....](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3735334.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1753205063)
This postbellum American comic ballad was likely written and performed by Scottish entertainer Tom Maclagan, active since the mid-1860s. The piece gained fame in the..... Read More about Captain Jinks of the Horse Marines. Written & Sung By T. Maclagan [cover title
![3735287] Ächtige Entwürfe zur Geogenphisch, Statistische Politischen Nachrichten die Verenigten...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3735287.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1758747608)
Original and extensive 1817 manuscript, anonymous and apparently unpublished, offering a candid outsider’s view of the early United States, written in Germany by an author..... Read More about Ächtige Entwürfe zur Geogenphisch, Statistische Politischen Nachrichten die Verenigten Staaten...
![3734372] Catalogue of Toilet Preparations, Perfumes, Food Flavors, Food Colors, and Cleaning...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3734372.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1729783888)
Circa 1902 rade catalog of toiletries and household requisites—Fin de Siècle Hints—issued by W.A. Costen Company, chemists and perfumers of Pocomoke City, Maryland. More than..... Read More about Catalogue of Toilet Preparations, Perfumes, Food Flavors, Food Colors, and Cleaning Articles
![3734358] Die Germantauner Zeitung. Dienstags, den 10ten December, 1793. Num. 167. [Philadelphia...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3734358.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1757023098)
This rare issue of Die Germanfauner Zeitung, a bi-weekly publication, is dedicated almost exclusively to covering Philadelphia’s devastating Yellow Fever epidemic in the fall of..... Read More about Die Germantauner Zeitung. Dienstags, den 10ten December, 1793. Num. 167. [Philadelphia Yellow...
![3735024] Address to Parents, From the Committee on Education of the Yearly Meeting of Friends of...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3735024.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1749761465)
Issued by the Yearly Meeting of Friends in Philadelphia, this 1878 tract urges Quaker parents to embrace their responsibility for children’s moral and intellectual education..... Read More about Address to Parents, From the Committee on Education of the Yearly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
![3733415] [Imprisonment of Passmore Williamson:] “The Sun. Philadelphia, Saturday, Sept. 22. The...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3733415.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1696540724)
The imprisonment of Passmore Williamson (1822–1895) under Judge Kane’s order provoked a rare outpouring of support from leading Philadelphians. An important Philadelphia abolitionist, Williamson was..... Read More about Imprisonment of Passmore Williamson:] “The Sun. Philadelphia, Saturday, Sept. 22. The following...
![3734285] Compliments of Sweisfort & Bechtel Manufacturers of Fine Segars, And Wholesale...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3734285.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1725901458)
Unrecorded tobacco and cigar advertising and memorandum book by Philadelphia proprietors, Sweisfort & Bechtel. Numerous branded cigars are described, and a nice variety of typefaces..... Read More about Compliments of Sweisfort & Bechtel Manufacturers of Fine Segars, And Wholesale Dealers in...
![3734301] War Breads Recipes. Dr. D. Jayne, compilers Son](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3734301.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1724793364)
A scarce promotional item and recipe cookbook from this ubiquitous Philadelphia patent medicine company, founded in the nineteenth century, wrapped in the trappings of wartime..... Read More about War Breads Recipes
![3733383] Ambrose and Eleanor or the Adventures of Two Children, Deserted on an Uninhabited Island...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3733383.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1709150918)
With a narrative reminiscent of Robinson Crusoe, the story of Ambrose and Eleanor follows two English children, left to fend for themselves on a remote..... Read More about Ambrose and Eleanor or the Adventures of Two Children, Deserted on an Uninhabited Island [...] To...
![3733669] O’Brien’s Wholesale Business Intelligencer and Southern and Western Merchants’...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3733669.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1707422171)
John G. O’Brien (1807–1858), an Irish-American purveyor of popular medicines in Philadelphia, published a series of business directories between 1839 and 1853, producing about a...... Read More about O’Brien’s Wholesale Business Intelligencer and Southern and Western Merchants’ Pocket...
![3733449] 1889–1892 Philadelphia Normal School for Girls —now Philadelphia High School for...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3733449.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1707932958)
Thirteen items kept by the Cope sisters while attending or affiliated with Philadelphia’s Normal School for Girls in the late 19th century, viz., 1. Seventy-First..... Read More about 1889–1892 Philadelphia Normal School for Girls —now Philadelphia High School for Girls—...
![3733002] An Account of the Life and Character of Christopher Ludwick, late citizen of...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3733002.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1677621926)
[Title continues]: Revised and republished by direction of the Philadelphia Society for the Establishment and Support of Charity Schools. To which is added, an account..... Read More about An Account of the Life and Character of Christopher Ludwick, late citizen of Philadelphia, and...
![3732760] Osage Bugle. Issued Every Moon by Osage Tribe No. 113 Improved Order of Red Men....](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3732760.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1681148237)
Bound run of fraternal society newsletters for Osage Tribe No. 113 of the Improved Order of Red Men. Established in Philadelphia in 1870, Osage Tribe..... Read More about Osage Bugle. Issued Every Moon by Osage Tribe No. 113 Improved Order of Red Men. [Volumes 3–5
![3731787] Three 1870-1875 Pennsylvania National Guard Documents Signed; U.S. Centennial...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3731787.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1655171592)
Three documents pertaining to drilling, inspection, uniforms, band, and general discipline of the 1st Regiment Infantry, National Guard of Pennsylvania, known as the “Gray Reserves.”..... Read More about Three 1870-1875 Pennsylvania National Guard Documents Signed; U.S. Centennial Preparations by 1st...
![3731259] Law Administration and Negro-White Relations in Philadelphia. A Study in Race Relations....](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3731259.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1638661236)
A study of Philadelphia’s African American population, police, and the law, commissioned after a 1944 racial conflict involving a strike of workers of the Philadelphia..... Read More about Law Administration and Negro-White Relations in Philadelphia. A Study in Race Relations
![3730793] [Labor Strikes against Black Americans] Notice to all employees of Philadelphia...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3730793.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1647917165)
Unrecorded World War II military directive issued to employees of the Philadelphia Transportation Company on strike in protest against Black employees taking on non-menial jobs..... Read More about Labor Strikes against Black Americans] Notice to all employees of Philadelphia Transportation...
![3730526] The Christian Minister and his Work. The substance of a discourse delivered on Christmas...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3730526.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1621302761)
Rare Philadelphia-based religious text by this interesting individual. An English émigré, Thomas T. Tasker (1799–1892) was a cattle-breeder, inventor, Methodist Episcopal preacher, and publisher of..... Read More about The Christian Minister and his Work. The substance of a discourse delivered on Christmas Day,...
![3730292] Three Centennial Addresses delivered by Benjamin Harris Brewster, Philadelphia, 1876...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3730292.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1614115459)
Three 1876 Centennial speeches given by Philadelphia attorney Benjamin Harris Brewster (1816–1888); in front of Independence Hall, in Independence Square, and one at the Judges’..... Read More about Three Centennial Addresses delivered by Benjamin Harris Brewster, Philadelphia, 1876 [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
