College Shopper and Smacker. Spring–1926.
Curious, rare, unrecorded. A cook book/shopping directory hybrid aimed at college women in the Boston–New York corridor. The cooking recipes, mostly for candies and desserts... Read More
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Beacon Hill and the Carol Singers.
Christmas in Boston. This small press book presents approximately six full-page or vignette-styled wood engravings. All support the Christmas theme of the text. Once, Christmas... Read More
Boston Saxophone Orchestra. Abdon Laus, Director using Buescher True Tone Saxophones.
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
![[With Artifactual Wish Bone:] We Wish You a Merry Christmas. Cha. Lawrence & Co.](/pictures/thumb/3726543_1.jpg?v=1534362408)
[With Artifactual Wish Bone:] We Wish You a Merry Christmas.
Cigars, Christmas, Turkeys, Cherubic Angels, and Wish Bones. Of these are great moments in American advertising clearly seen. Chas. Lawrence Co. is a Boston cigar... Read More
![[1838 Letter of Boston Lawyer Charles G. Loring to Connecticut Shipowner Charles P. Williams concerning a Legal Case to be argued before Circuit Justice and U.S. Supreme Court Justice Joseph Story]. C. G. Loring, Charles Greely Loring, 1794–1867, Charles P. Williams, 1804–1879, U. S. Associate Justice Joseph Story.](/images/noimage-req.png)
[1838 Letter of Boston Lawyer Charles G. Loring to Connecticut Shipowner Charles P. Williams concerning a Legal Case to be argued before Circuit Justice and U.S. Supreme Court Justice Joseph Story].
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
![Died Jan. 17th, 1837 — Mrs. Elizabeth Coolidge, Aged 60 Years. [Elizabeth Bulfinch Coolidge, sister of American Architect Charles Bulfinch]. Elizabeth Bulfinch Coolidge; 1777–1837.](/pictures/thumb/3726200_1.jpg?v=1534362341)
Died Jan. 17th, 1837 — Mrs. Elizabeth Coolidge, Aged 60 Years. [Elizabeth Bulfinch Coolidge, sister of American Architect Charles Bulfinch]
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
[1867 Autograph Letter Signed of Polar Explorer Isaac Israel Hayes (1832–1881) discussing his book “The Open Polar Sea”].
19th-Century Polar Exploration, The Open Polar Sea Polar exploration was interrupted by the American Civil War, 1861 to 1865. Here, in February 1867, Arctic explorer... Read More
The Future Palaces of America.
Native of Toledo, Ohio, F.J. Scott was the son of wealthy Jesup W. Scott who donated funds to establish in Toledo, Ohio the Toledo Manual... Read More
1832 Autograph Letter Signed from Perez Morton, Revolutionary War patriot and Boston Lawyer, to Colonel James T. Austin.
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
[The Fairy Sisters. Midget Performers Cassie and Victoria Foster, ca. 1872–1873 Promotional Ephemera].
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
[From The 1769 Boston Chronicle Vol. II. No. 31. From Monday July 31, to Thursday August 3, 1769:] London. To the King’s most excellent Majesty, The humble Petition of the Freeholders of the County of Middlesex…
Single complete issue that, notably, prints the entire Middlesex Petition to King George III. First issued in Middlesex county, England, the petition warmly supports the... Read More
The Song of Moses. Deut. XXXI. XXXII. XXXIII.
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
1927 Roland Hayes Inscribed and Autographed Portrait Photograph: Celebrated African-American Lyric Tenor to his Manager, William H. Brennan.
Signed one month after his fortieth birthday, this attractive portrait photograph of the pioneering African-American lyric tenor, Roland Hayes, is boldly inscribed to Hayes’ first... Read More
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