Olof Peter Ahlgren (1823-1906) is listed as a carpenter at the rear of 90 Front Street in Chicago in the 1876 Lakeside Annual Directory of..... Read More about 1855–1881 Manuscript Account Book owned by Swedish-American, carpenter and cabinetmaker, Olof...
Hannah Smith received a letter written on November 26, 1871 from her cousin who survived the Great Chicago Fire—“…never again do I want to behold..... Read More about 1871 Autograph Letter Signed; Anna M. Bartlett’s Eyewitness account of the Great Chicago Fire...
Strong layout, C.1920s Burgess “Wireless” Batteries sales brochure and mail order sales list of batteries made specifically for home broadcasting/receiving radios. The batteries were manufactured..... Read More about Bulletin No. 7. Burgess Batteries
Electrical supply trade catalog from the Central Electric Company whose offices and showrooms were located in Chicago. Extremely well illustrated with their inventory of electrical..... Read More about General Catalogue Number 39. Electrical Supplies. Central Electric Company
C.1911 Leather manufacturer’s trade catalog offering belting, lacing, straps, packings, frictions, and gears for industrial use. The Chicago-based company specialized in mechanical leather goods such..... Read More about The Chicago Rawhide Manufacturing Co. Tanners and Manufacturers of Mechanical Leathers and...
Pair of World War II U. S. Army Air Forces Technical Training Command class books from the Chicago School of Aircraft Instruments Training Detachment. These..... Read More about U. S. Army Air Forces. Technical Training Command. Chicago School of Aircraft Instruments....
Autobiography from this Iowa native African-American writing of her early life in North Dakota, her college degree achievement, and then her removal to Chicago during..... Read More about American Daughter
Original editorial cartoon drawing depicting the Tammany Tiger of New York City’s Democratic Party political machine. The political cartoon is signed at the lower left..... Read More about Original 1897 Tammany Tiger Political Cartoon by F.K. Houston
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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Signed and inscribed book of poems by Langston Hughes, the “Poet Laureate of Harlem.” Includes his poems “In a Troubled Key,” “Death in Harlem,” “Black..... Read More about Shakespeare in Harlem. [Signed Presentation Copy
Salesman’s sample book or canvassing book for a popular, illustrated topical history of the United States, Footprints of Four Centuries, The Story of the American..... Read More about Salesman’s Sample Book:] Footprints of Four Centuries, The Story of the American People
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Invitation to the January 30, 1934 sculpture exhibition “The Races of Man” by Malvina Hoffman held at the Grand Central Art Galleries in New York..... Read More about Women Sculptors & Race] Malvina Hoffman
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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
Twenty-fifth anniversary catalog of the Storkline Furniture Corporation of Chicago selling baby cribs, high chairs, chifforobes, bathing and changing tables, “play yards” (playpens), potty chairs..... Read More about Storkline. Infant and Juvenile Furniture. Baby Carriages. Catalog No 32. 1940
C. 1920s Second Polish Republic photograph album prepared by the Workers’ Society of Friends of Children in Warsaw. It is presented to the Workers’ Society..... Read More about Pierwszemu Oddziatowi Robotniczego Towarzystwa Przyjaciół Dzieci w dalekiej Ameryce w mieście...
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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,...
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Tourist’s handy, pocket-sized guide book to the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition held in Chicago. A “key” to the text assists fairgoers by rating individual exhibits..... Read More about Chicago Columbian Exposition] The Time-Saver. A Book which Names and Locates 5,000 Things 5,000...
