Just over two feet tall —an illustrated 8-page, oversized, catalog issued by this New York home goods and clothing wholesaler. Butler Brothers of 495-497 Broadway..... Read More about Pre-Inventory Semi-Annual Sale…Butler Brothers…New York. [caption title of oversized circular
Manuscript daybook of U. Cashman & Co., general merchant and agent for the Lackawanna Lumber Mill. The mill was located on a tributary of the..... Read More about 1830–1831 Manuscript Daybook kept by U. Cashman & Co., Merchant and Agent for the...
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...
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…
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. ......
This Illinois railroad was incorporated on August 9, 1904. Its immediate purpose was to operate a short-line railroad carrying passengers and freight from Springfield to..... Read More about 1904 Springfield and Eastern Railroad of Illinois and New Jersey Articles and Certificate of...
![William Franklin Sands 1915–1926 Investment and Banking Correspondence.]. William Franklin...](/pictures/thumb/371978_1.jpg?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
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...
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From the Cherokees to the Bostonians… Two hundred shares issued in 1869, a few months after the railroad opened its tracks from Kansas City to..... Read More about Stock Certificate:] Missouri River Fort Scott & Gulf Railroad Company, Incorporated under the...
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Two hundred shares issued in 1869, a few months after the railroad opened its tracks from Kansas City to Olathe. The Missouri River, Fort Scott..... Read More about Stock Certificate:] Missouri River Fort Scott & Gulf Railroad Company, Incorporated under the...
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Fifty shares issued in 1871, the year of this railroad line’s completion. “The Leavenworth, Lawrence and Galveston Railroad Company (LL&G RR Co.), headquartered just southwest..... Read More about Stock Certificate:] Leavenworth, Lawrence & Galveston Railroad Company, Incorporated by The...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
![The City of Tacoma Washington. [c.1904 illustrated broadsheet]. Tacoma Chamber of Commerce,...](/pictures/thumb/3727687_1.jpg?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
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...
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,...
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Large and rather glamorous self-promotional item for the Radio and Television Institute of Chicago, here pitching to men looking to enter into the repair field..... Read More about Radio’s Future and Yours [cover title
![Important Thomas Alva Edison Manuscript Laboratory Note]. “Edison”, 1847–1931,...](/pictures/thumb/3727757_1.jpg?v=1621904702)
1920 Typed laboratory note by Thomas Edison, inventor of the phonograph, concerning moulds for his company’s proprietary “Edison Disc Phonograph” records. Edison gives detailed instructions..... Read More about Important Thomas Alva Edison Manuscript Laboratory Note
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....
![1888–1910 Archive of Arkansas-based United States Antimony Company]. Secretary William F....](/pictures/thumb/3726455_1.jpg?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
![Rock Island Plow Co., Rock Island, Ill. [cover title of trade catalog]. Rock Island Plow Co.,...](/pictures/thumb/3725513_1.jpg?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
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...
