![3733223] Ca. 1936 photograph of the “City of New Orleans” aircraft of the Chicago and...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3733223_1.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&v=1679346538)
The 1936 Lockheed “City of New Orleans” (NC16021) was a Chicago and Southern Air Lines (C&S) passenger plane. The photograph shows the 10B Electra-style aircraft..... Read More about Ca. 1936 photograph of the “City of New Orleans” aircraft of the Chicago and Southern Air Lines
![3733185] 1937 Photograph of the Interior of a General Store in Pine Castle, Florida. Unkn](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3733185_1.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&v=1676995596)
A visually-rich image in terms of documenting the material culture found in a small general store in Pine Castle, Florida at the tail-end of the..... Read More about 1937 Photograph of the Interior of a General Store in Pine Castle, Florida
![3733183] 1948 original photograph of the Orlando Consolidated Co. auto parts store in Orlando,...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3733183_1.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&v=1676318869)
Founded in 1924, this auto parts store was located at 920 West Central Avenue in Orlando, Florida. Likely taken for its 25th anniversary of the..... Read More about 1948 original photograph of the Orlando Consolidated Co. auto parts store in Orlando, Florida
![3733181] 1915 Photograph of Eustis, Florida showing a local business car festooned for...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3733181_1.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&v=1676322479)
A promotional photograph for Eustis, Florida business owner R.L. Burr, a company that offered plumbing and heating services. The company also sold Fairbanks Morse oil..... Read More about 1915 Photograph of Eustis, Florida showing a local business car festooned for President’s Day
![3733159] 1902 photograph of the Salasee Works Fernandina Beach, Nassau County, Florida owned by...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3733159_1.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&v=1676322478)
In 1900, Architects’ and Builders Magazine notes that Charles R. Weeks and Brothers of 542 West 14th Street New York were manufacturing a “plastering fibre”..... Read More about 1902 photograph of the Salasee Works Fernandina Beach, Nassau County, Florida owned by C.R. Weeks
![3731860] Technical & Industrial Platinum. J. Bishop & Company Platinum Works. [cover title]....](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3731860_1.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&v=1652922417)
Well-illustrated trade catalog of metallurgical and laboratory apparatus issued by J. Bishop & Company, manufacturers and refiners of platinum, gold, and silver and assayers of..... Read More about Technical & Industrial Platinum. J. Bishop & Company Platinum Works. [cover title
![3730861] Pre-Inventory Semi-Annual Sale…Butler Brothers…New York. [caption title of oversized...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3730861_1.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&v=1635786278)
Just over two feet tall. An illustrated 8-page catalog issued by this New York home goods and clothing wholesaler. Butler Brothers of 495-497 Broadway in..... Read More about Pre-Inventory Semi-Annual Sale…Butler Brothers…New York. [caption title of oversized circular
![3730620] [Two 1860 Letters by New England Machinist Origen C. Crane discussing Machined Parts and...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3730620_1.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&v=1625789120)
Two letters by machinist Origen C. Crane to his brother Frank discussing the fabrication of such parts as wheels, steerers, and shafts. Based in New..... Read More about Two 1860 Letters by New England Machinist Origen C. Crane discussing Machined Parts and the...
![3730534] The House of Gladding’s, A Short Review of its History During a Century and a Half…....](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3730534_1.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&v=1621789985)
Illustrated advertorial from Providence, Rhode Island for the “oldest dry goods store in America” —Gladding Dry Goods Company— located “At the Sign of the Grapes.” ..... Read More about The House of Gladding’s, A Short Review of its History During a Century and a Half…
![3730129] Mortgage. The Montour Iron and Steel Company to the Fidelity Trust and Safe Deposit...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3730129_1.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&v=1613589034)
Published in pamphlet form, an unrecorded printed mortgage indenture between the Montour Iron and Steel Company of Danville, Montour County, Pennsylvania and the Fidelity Trust..... Read More about Mortgage. The Montour Iron and Steel Company to the Fidelity Trust and Safe Deposit Company. ......
![371978] [William Franklin Sands 1915–1926 Investment and Banking Correspondence.]. William...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/371978_1.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&v=1611166204)
Morristown, New Jersey-resident William Franklin Sands (1874–1946) was a veteran American diplomat-turned-private international trade executive. This modest collection reveals his involvement in foreign trade and..... Read More about William Franklin Sands 1915–1926 Investment and Banking Correspondence
![3729887] Silversmith William A. Churchill et al. of Churchill, Stanley & Co., Jewelry...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3729887_1.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&v=1608588577)
Business correspondence and receipts for Connecticut silversmith William A. Churchill (1810–1874) and his jewelry manufacturing firm Churchill, Stanley & Co. The business was in direct..... Read More about Silversmith William A. Churchill et al. of Churchill, Stanley & Co., Jewelry Manufacturers of...
![3727497] Stavert, Zigomala, & Co.‘s Trade Circular .... [1857 Textile Trade Report with Prices;...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3727497_1.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&v=1607544264)
A useful and richly-informative circular providing a snapshot view of the textile trade in 1857 from a firm based in the industry hub, the city..... Read More about Stavert, Zigomala, & Co.‘s Trade Circular .... [1857 Textile Trade Report with Prices; with...
![3729433] [Late 18th century Draft of Legal Agreement between Zebulon Spaulding; Abel Spaulding;...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3729433_1.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&v=1607364599)
Legal draft, not completed in full at the time it was written, concerning three Spaulding men of Massachusetts and their plans to erect a sawmill..... Read More about Late 18th century Draft of Legal Agreement between Zebulon Spaulding; Abel Spaulding; Joseph...
![3729267] [1925–1931 Bookbinding Sales Manager’s Memorandum Book for the National Library...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3729267_1.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&v=1590525144)
Bookbinding salesman’s memorandum book kept by Oscar Schnabel, Manager and later President of the National Library Bindery Co. of Indianapolis, a conglomerate with six binderies..... Read More about 1925–1931 Bookbinding Sales Manager’s Memorandum Book for the National Library Bindery Co....
![3729214] [1879–1910, Directors’ and Shareholders’ Minute Book for The Consolidated Safety...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3729214_1.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&v=1590179130)
Nearly 30-year handwritten note book kept by the Directors of The Consolidated Safety Valve Company, a Hartford, Connecticut based manufacturer of safety valves for steam..... Read More about 1879–1910, Directors’ and Shareholders’ Minute Book for The Consolidated Safety Valve...
![3728524] [C. 1877–1881 Scroll Saw Group: Trade Catalog, Chromolithographic Trade Cards, and...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3728524_1.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&v=1624381421)
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...
![3727687] The City of Tacoma Washington. [c.1904 illustrated broadsheet]. Tacoma Chamber of...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3727687_1.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&v=1579733572)
Illustrated broadsheet promoting the business, transportation, energy, public infrastructure, lumber, and manufacturing advantages of the City of Tacoma, Washington. Two half tone illustrations show “The..... Read More about The City of Tacoma Washington. [c.1904 illustrated broadsheet
![3727496] [Six New York 1872 Wool Brokers’ Circulars issued by Kitching Brothers; Statistical...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3727496_1.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&v=1579733570)
New York City wool broker’s circulars issued by Kitching Brothers reporting on ship arrivals in New York and Boston; the import and export of clothing..... Read More about Six New York 1872 Wool Brokers’ Circulars issued by Kitching Brothers; Statistical Data for...
![3729118] Chicago 1893. World’s Columbian Exposition Souvenir Compliments of Julius C. Walk,...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3729118_1.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&v=1578529838)
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,...
![3727757] 1920 Thomas Alva Edison Signed Manuscript Laboratory Note. “Edison”,...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3727757_1.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&v=1645146439)
1920 Typed laboratory note by Thomas Edison, phonograph inventor, concerning moulds for his company’s proprietary “Edison Disc Phonograph” records. Edison gives detailed instructions on maintaining..... Read More about 1920 Thomas Alva Edison Signed Manuscript Laboratory Note
![3726492] The Consumers’ Mutual Coal Company. Capital Stock: 50,000 shares, at $10 per Share,...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3726492_1.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&v=1534362395)
Scarce, immediate post-Civil War-era coal mining prospectus, with only four institutional holdings, for The Consumers’ Mutual Coal Company. It is accompanied by two contemporary circulars..... Read More about The Consumers’ Mutual Coal Company. Capital Stock: 50,000 shares, at $10 per Share, $500,000....
![3726455] [1888–1910 Archive of Arkansas-based United States Antimony Company]. Secretary...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3726455_1.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&v=1623963898)
Early letters and documents of the United States Antimony Company, founded in 1887 during the Great Arkansas Gold and Mineral Rush. The archive includes an..... Read More about 1888–1910 Archive of Arkansas-based United States Antimony Company
![3725513] Rock Island Plow Co., Rock Island, Ill. [cover title of trade catalog]. Rock Island Plow...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3725513_1.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&v=1547665488)
A humorous and quirky trade catalog with chromolithographic covers for agricultural plows manufactured by the Rock Island Plow Co. of Rock Island, Illinois: This memorandum..... Read More about Rock Island Plow Co., Rock Island, Ill. [cover title of trade catalog
![3725424] Paper Box Manufacturers’ Machines for Oval Cutting, Circular Cutting… Patented ......](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3725424_1.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&v=1646712319)
It always seems amazing how one’s surname is often so closely aligned to one’s occupation (Dr. Foot, the podiatrist, etc.). Here we have Charles W...... Read More about Paper Box Manufacturers’ Machines for Oval Cutting, Circular Cutting… Patented ... 1864...
