![3736048] Songs of the Underworld by Clem Yore, 1914. Clem Yore](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/images/noimage-req.png?auto=webp)
First edition of this collection of poems focused on the lives of society’s outcasts and downtrodden in 1914 America, including sex workers and abused women..... Read More about Songs of the Underworld by Clem Yore, 1914
![3735427] Follow the North Star. [Sub-titled:] The story of an American Negro leader who believes...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3735427.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1755554189)
A striking survival of conservative counter–civil rights literature, centered on Reverend Henry Mitchell, a Chicago pastor promoted as a patriotic Black leader by right-wing activist..... Read More about Follow the North Star. [Sub-titled:] The story of an American Negro leader who believes in self...
![3734778] The Libby Prison Minstrel! ... Thursday eve’g, Dec. 24th, 1863. Programme. Adjt. R. C....](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3734778.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1756936637)
A circa 1890s facsimile of a rare 1863 handbill, advertising a Christmas Eve theatrical and musical performance organized by captured Union officers imprisoned at Libby..... Read More about The Libby Prison Minstrel! ... Thursday eve’g, Dec. 24th, 1863. Programme
![3735343] A Contract With the People. Platform of the Progressive Party Adopted at its First...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3735343.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1753218734)
The 1912 inaugural platform of the Progressive or “Bull Moose” Party which nominated Theodore Roosevelt for a third term as president of the United States..... Read More about A Contract With the People. Platform of the Progressive Party Adopted at its First National...
![3735155] W.W. Denslow Poster Art, ca. 1896: Why Travel? Rand, McNally Standard Atlas of the...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3735155.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1749761469)
A handsome example of late 19th-century American poster design by W. W. Denslow, produced as part of his fourteen-poster commission for Rand, McNally to sell..... Read More about W.W. Denslow Poster Art, ca. 1896: Why Travel? Rand, McNally Standard Atlas of the World
![3732993] Goes. Selling Helps. Lithographed, Certificate Borders, Stock Certificates, Bond Bodies....](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3732993.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1747873926)
A scarce Atomic Age printing specimen book from Chicago’s Goes Lithographing Company. In 1871, Indiana-native Charles B. Goes (1855–1910) removed to Chicago and started work..... Read More about Goes. Selling Helps. Lithographed, Certificate Borders, Stock Certificates, Bond Bodies. [Chicago...
![3734642] Rights in Conflict. The violent confrontation of demonstrators and police in the parks...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3734642.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1740003699)
A firsthand investigation into the violent clashes between demonstrators and law enforcement at the 1968 Democratic National Convention protests in Chicago. The study offers a...... Read More about Rights in Conflict. The violent confrontation of demonstrators and police in the parks and...
![3734636] Militancy For and Against Civil Rights and Integration in Chicago: Summer 1967 [cover title](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3734636.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1739312598)
First edition, thus. This report, conducted by an independent committee, delves into the racial tensions and activism that defined Chicago during the summer of 1967..... Read More about Militancy For and Against Civil Rights and Integration in Chicago: Summer 1967 [cover title
![3734626] Pilgrim Baptist Temple Reformer. Vol. IV. Chicago, November 16, 1924. No 26. Pilgrim...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3734626.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1740515646)
Likely printed in small numbers, this periodical reflects Chicago’s Black Baptist community’s spiritual and communal life in the 1920s. The publication blends religious devotion, church..... Read More about Pilgrim Baptist Temple Reformer. Vol. IV. Chicago, November 16, 1924. No 26
![3733978] Austin Machinery. “Moves the Earth - Mixes the Concrete” [opening lines of large...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3733978.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1714766882)
The early 20th century witnessed a revolution in industrial machinery, dramatically transforming the construction landscape. This circa 1920s broadside showcases the Austin Machinery Corporation’s contribution..... Read More about Austin Machinery. “Moves the Earth - Mixes the Concrete” [opening lines of large broadside
![3733360] Twenty-Fourth Annual Circular of Allen Academy…Boarding and Day School…Chicago....](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3733360.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1715196785)
1886–1887 Catalogue of Allen Academy, a co-ed “English, Classical, French and German Boarding and Day School” conducted by Ira Wilder Allen. Includes a list of..... Read More about Twenty-Fourth Annual Circular of Allen Academy…Boarding and Day School…Chicago
![3731812] Once I could Vote, Too! [Willkie War Veterans National Committee, WWII poster]. Willkie...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3731812.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1648150423)
A 1940 presidential campaign poster for Wendell Willkie, the Democrat-turned-Republican activist and lawyer from Indiana. Here, American war veteran supporters of Willkie back his European..... Read More about Once I could Vote, Too! [Willkie War Veterans National Committee, WWII poster
![3730794] The Welcome Guest [1903 Chicago Patent Medicine]. Inc F J. Smith Co](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3730794.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1635542578)
Unrecorded Portland, Maine pulp magazine, perhaps a one-off, i.e., essentially a vehicle for advertising novelties, cheap household goods, and patent medicines—many of the latter from..... Read More about The Welcome Guest [1903 Chicago Patent Medicine
![3728825] Pierwszemu Oddziatowi Robotniczego Towarzystwa Przyjaciół Dzieci w dalekiej Ameryce w...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3728825.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1706601307)
Made by the Workers’ Society of Friends of Children in Warsaw, and given to their Chicago branch, this 1920s photograph album illustrates the strong link..... Read More about Pierwszemu Oddziatowi Robotniczego Towarzystwa Przyjaciół Dzieci w dalekiej Ameryce w mieście...
![3729206] Souvenir of the World’s Columbian Exposition, Chicago, U.S.A. [1893 Chicago Wold’s...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3729206.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1706666342)
Souvenir trade folder or brochure aimed at women from the World’s Columbian Exposition held in Chicago in 1893. Thomas Harper of Redditch, England advertises and..... Read More about Souvenir of the World’s Columbian Exposition, Chicago, U.S.A. [1893 Chicago Wold’s Fair...
![3729118] Chicago 1893. World’s Columbian Exposition Souvenir Compliments of Julius C. Walk,...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3729118.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1706666303)
Rare souvenir advertising booklet for jeweler Julius C. Walk associating his business with Chicago’s 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition. Illustrated with ten full-page, half tone illustrations..... Read More about Chicago 1893. World’s Columbian Exposition Souvenir Compliments of Julius C. Walk, Jeweler,...
![3728714] [Chicago:] Official Program, 21st Annual National Convention, The American Legion,...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3728714.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1706666293)
Official illustrated program of the 1939 annual convention of the patriotic military veterans’ organization, The American Legion. Held in Chicago, the convention brochure by artist..... Read More about Chicago:] Official Program, 21st Annual National Convention, The American Legion, Chicago,...
