![3731940] French Baby Fund Festival Exhibition. Liberty Cottage. Boston Common. [opening lines]. Anon](/pictures/thumb/3731940_1.jpg?v=1664409554)
“Our Fathers are Fighting in France.” A rare and unrecorded first World War photo-illustrated broadside documenting a little-known display of Franco-American friendship. Across America, various..... Read More about French Baby Fund Festival Exhibition. Liberty Cottage. Boston Common. [opening lines
![3732009] [The Fairy Sisters. Midget Performers Cassie and Victoria Foster, ca. 1872–1873...](/pictures/thumb/3732009_1.jpg?v=1659034749)
An ephemeral record of the brief, exploited lives of the Fairy Sisters, two diminutive performers often touted as the smallest persons in the world. The..... Read More about The Fairy Sisters. Midget Performers Cassie and Victoria Foster, ca. 1872–1873 Promotional...
![3731868] The Regulations Lately Made concerning the Colonies, and the Taxes Imposed upon Them,...](/pictures/thumb/3731868_1.jpg?v=1652926216)
First edition. Boston stamp tax collector Andrew Oliver’s copy; signed on title-page. Ghostwritten by Thomas Whately, this pro-government pamphlet promoted Lord Grenville’s positions on colonial..... Read More about The Regulations Lately Made concerning the Colonies, and the Taxes Imposed upon Them, considered
![3731859] [Trade Catalogs:] Reproductions of Antique Fittings [and] Reproductions of Antique...](/pictures/thumb/3731859_1.jpg?v=1654369617)
American antiques dealer Israel Sack, Inc. was founded in Boston in 1903 as a furniture repair business. As their antiques business thrived, they started to..... Read More about Trade Catalogs:] Reproductions of Antique Fittings [and] Reproductions of Antique Fittings....
![3731497] Boston Floating Hospital ... Season of 1902. [cover title](/pictures/thumb/3731497_1.jpg?v=1645196907)
Well-illustrated from original photographs. This season’s report is devoted to the numerous sick infants brought on board Boston’s floating hospital, many in need of immediate..... Read More about Boston Floating Hospital ... Season of 1902. [cover title
![3730577] More Blunders than One. A Farce.—-In one Act [Series title: “Spencer’s Boston...](/pictures/thumb/3730577_1.jpg?v=1624502590)
Playscript for a farce first produced at the Adelphi Theatre, London in 1825. Also known as More Blunders Than One, Or, the Irish Valet, the..... Read More about More Blunders than One. A Farce.—-In one Act [Series title: “Spencer’s Boston Theatre.”
![3730317] Description of the Grand Historical Picture of Belshazzar’s Feast Painted by...](/pictures/thumb/3730317_1.jpg?v=1619699169)
Description of American painter Washington Allston’s masterpiece, Belshazzar’s Feast, a monumental 12 x 16-foot historical painting begun in 1817 and left unfinished at his death..... Read More about Description of the Grand Historical Picture of Belshazzar’s Feast Painted by Washington...
![3728524] [C. 1877–1881 Scroll Saw Group: Trade Catalog, Chromolithographic Trade Cards, and...](/pictures/thumb/3728524_1.jpg?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...
![3726653] Boston Saxophone Orchestra. Abdon Laus, Director using Buescher True Tone Saxophones....](/pictures/thumb/3726653_1.jpg?v=1534362434)
Excellent circa 1920s photograph of the Boston Symphony Orchestra advertising Buescher True Tone Saxophones: In late 1924, the first bassoonist of the Boston Symphony Orchestra..... Read More about Boston Saxophone Orchestra. Abdon Laus, Director using Buescher True Tone Saxophones
![3724871] 1838 Letter of Boston lawyer Charles G. Loring to Connecticut shipowner Charles P....](/pictures/thumb/3724871_1.jpg?v=1642543470)
1838 letter from Boston lawyer Charles G. Loring (1794–1867) to his client, Stonington, Connecticut shipowner and businessman Charles P. Williams concerning the legal matter of..... Read More about 1838 Letter of Boston lawyer Charles G. Loring to Connecticut shipowner Charles P. Williams...
![3726200] Died Jan. 17th, 1837 — Mrs. Elizabeth Coolidge, Aged 60 Years. [Elizabeth Bulfinch...](/pictures/thumb/3726200_1.jpg?v=1534362341)
An apparently unrecorded funeral memorial to Elizabeth Bulfinch Coolidge (1777–1837), sister to American architect, Charles Bulfinch. Elizabeth Coolidge was the daughter of Thomas Bulfinch and..... Read More about Died Jan. 17th, 1837 — Mrs. Elizabeth Coolidge, Aged 60 Years. [Elizabeth Bulfinch Coolidge,...
![3725062] 1832 Autograph Letter Signed from Perez Morton, Revolutionary War patriot and Boston...](/pictures/thumb/3725062_1.jpg?v=1534362299)
About 75 words, an autograph letter signed from Revolutionary War patriot and Boston lawyer Perez Morton (1751–1837) written to Colonel James T.[recothick] Austin (1784–1870). Austin..... Read More about 1832 Autograph Letter Signed from Perez Morton, Revolutionary War patriot and Boston Lawyer, to...
![145957] The Song of Moses. Deut. XXXI. XXXII. XXXIII. Charles Taber, Co](/pictures/thumb/145957_1.jpg?v=1643058328)
Charles Taber on his own—and also in partnership with his brother—clearly served the whaling community of New Bedford, Massachusetts as booksellers, stationers, and dealers in..... Read More about The Song of Moses. Deut. XXXI. XXXII. XXXIII
