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Great White Fleet] Imperial Japanese Government Railways Special Ticket Issued in Honor of the...

[Great White Fleet] Imperial Japanese Government Railways Special Ticket Issued in Honor of the American Fleet. Oct., 1908.

Chromolithographic “Special Ticket” for a rail excursion issued to American sailors of the Great White Fleet during their visit to Japan in 1908. The colorful..... Read More about Great White Fleet] Imperial Japanese Government Railways Special Ticket Issued in Honor of the...

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Sixteen 1910 to 1914 Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania Postcards showing Masonic Homes]. Publisher S G....

[Sixteen 1910 to 1914 Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania Postcards showing Masonic Homes].

Set of 16 postcards, reproduced from photographs, showing exterior and interior views of the Masonic Homes complex in Elizabethtown, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The retirement and..... Read More about Sixteen 1910 to 1914 Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania Postcards showing Masonic Homes

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Wait for the Osborne Man. [1914 Publisher’s Sample for New Jersey Calendar Company]. The...

Wait for the Osborne Man. [1914 Publisher’s Sample for New Jersey Calendar Company]

Publisher’s sample / advertising prospectus for art calendars published by The Osborne Company of Newark, New Jersey.  As a selling point to those who would..... Read More about Wait for the Osborne Man. [1914 Publisher’s Sample for New Jersey Calendar Company

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Dine and Dance at the Most Beautiful Garden in Cuba. ¡Welcome! Chateau Madrid. Habana Cuba....

Dine and Dance at the Most Beautiful Garden in Cuba. ¡Welcome! Chateau Madrid. Habana Cuba. [caption title of real photo postcard]

Commercially produced c.1920s real photo postcard advertising Chateau Madrid, a Havana, Cuba restaurant and nightclub managed by F. Campuzano. The card contains five photographic inset..... Read More about Dine and Dance at the Most Beautiful Garden in Cuba. ¡Welcome! Chateau Madrid. Habana Cuba....

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Collection of Charles L. Blockson Black History Publishing Ephemera]. Inc Portfolio Associates,...

[Collection of Charles L. Blockson Black History Publishing Ephemera].

Small group of advertising ephemera for noted African-Americana book collector and author Charles L. Blockson’s book Pennsylvania’s Black History (1975) and a copy of an..... Read More about Collection of Charles L. Blockson Black History Publishing Ephemera

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L.G. Grund Co. Botanic Medicine Group]. L G. Grund Co

[L.G. Grund Co. Botanic Medicine Group].

Three items issued by L.G. Grund Co. of Philadelphia, wholesale buyers of medicinal roots, barks, herbs, leaves, seeds, &c. Here the company solicits the public..... Read More about L.G. Grund Co. Botanic Medicine Group

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M.I.T., Cross-Dressing:] Tech Show 1927 “West is East.”. Philip K. Bates, G. Elbern Hopkins

[M.I.T., Cross-Dressing:] Tech Show 1927 “West is East.”

Theater program for West is East, a two-act musical comedy produced in 1927 at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and featuring an all-male cast including..... Read More about M.I.T., Cross-Dressing:] Tech Show 1927 “West is East.”

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The Negro Poets by Truda Weil. Thursday Afternoon ... 1932 ... The Literature Division of the...

The Negro Poets by Truda Weil. Thursday Afternoon ... 1932 ... The Literature Division of the Woman’s Club.

Advertising card for a public reading of African American poetry, given by Truda T. Weil at the Woman’s Club of Reading, Pennsylvania. The program consisted..... Read More about The Negro Poets by Truda Weil. Thursday Afternoon ... 1932 ... The Literature Division of the...

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The Reel Smith College. Smith College

The Reel Smith College.

From “Freshman” to “Sophomore”—a prospectus for Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts, cleverly designed to imitate a strip of movie film with each “cell” depicting a...... Read More about The Reel Smith College

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Envelope with Inset Miniature Tintype Portrait of Isabella Jane Hawthorn]. Isabella Jane Hawthorn

[Envelope with Inset Miniature Tintype Portrait of Isabella Jane Hawthorn].

Here, a “gem” tintype portrait of young Isabella Jane Hawthorn, with her hand-tinted rosy cheeks, is conjoined with another Victorian custom of calling cards and..... Read More about Envelope with Inset Miniature Tintype Portrait of Isabella Jane Hawthorn

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Victorian Calling Card for Mrs. John Mowle with Inset Miniature Tintype or “Gem” Portrait]....

[Victorian Calling Card for Mrs. John Mowle with Inset Miniature Tintype or “Gem” Portrait].

Miniature tintype photographs, also called “gem” photos for their diminutive size, were a popular and inexpensive photographic format in the Victorian era. Here a portrait..... Read More about Victorian Calling Card for Mrs. John Mowle with Inset Miniature Tintype or “Gem” Portrait

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World Expositions: Pocket Watches, Watchmakers:] Enrique Grandjean y Ca. Henri Grandjean, Cie,...

[World Expositions: Pocket Watches, Watchmakers:] Enrique Grandjean y Ca.

Colorful and beautifully printed ephemera from Swiss luxury watchmakers Henri Grandjean & Cie.—here Enrique Grandjean y Ca.—of Le Locle in the Canton of Neuchâtel. The..... Read More about World Expositions: Pocket Watches, Watchmakers:] Enrique Grandjean y Ca

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African-Americana:]  Class Day ’95. Lincoln University. Lincoln University

[African-Americana:]  Class Day ’95. Lincoln University.

1895 Class Day program of music and oratory from Lincoln University, an historically black university in Pennsylvania founded in 1854. The day’s activities included morning..... Read More about African-Americana:]  Class Day ’95. Lincoln University

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C.1880 Uncle Sam Satirical “Greenback” Political Bank Note]. Benjamin F. Butler

[C.1880 Uncle Sam Satirical “Greenback” Political Bank Note].

Political memorabilia satirizing the “Greenback” Party likely issued during the U.S. Presidential election of 1880. The small, printed leaf imitates the shape and design of..... Read More about C.1880 Uncle Sam Satirical “Greenback” Political Bank Note

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1885–1910 YMCA Manuscript Minute Books from Auburn, New York with Related Letters, Manuscripts...

[1885–1910 YMCA Manuscript Minute Books from Auburn, New York with Related Letters, Manuscripts and Ephemera].

Two large ledger books containing handwritten minutes and reports from the Young Men’s Christian Association or YMCA of Auburn, New York, 1885–1910. These two separate..... Read More about 1885–1910 YMCA Manuscript Minute Books from Auburn, New York with Related Letters, Manuscripts...

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Revolutionary Calendar Dedicated to the Sons and Daughters of the American Revolution… [caption...

Revolutionary Calendar Dedicated to the Sons and Daughters of the American Revolution… [caption title].

Chromolithographic calendar commemorating the American Revolution printed by Boston lithographers, L. Prang & Co. The calendar was designed at the New York School of Applied..... Read More about Revolutionary Calendar Dedicated to the Sons and Daughters of the American Revolution… [caption...

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The Texas Terrors:] American Football ... Souvenir Programme. Merchant Navy Day Appeal Committee

[The Texas Terrors:] American Football ... Souvenir Programme.

Colorful, illustrated World War II program for a U. S. Army demonstration game of American-rules football, played “Somewhere in Australia.” The game was played between..... Read More about The Texas Terrors:] American Football ... Souvenir Programme

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The Fairy Sisters. Midget Performers Cassie and Victoria Foster, ca. 1872–1873 Promotional...

[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 about The Fairy Sisters. Midget Performers Cassie and Victoria Foster, ca. 1872–1873 Promotional...

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1897–1901 German and Austrian Belle Époque Musical Concert Programs; with related Ephemera; 72...

1897–1901 German and Austrian Belle Époque Musical Concert Programs; with related Ephemera; 72 items.

Classical music and opera concerts and popular musical and singing performances were favorite leisure pursuits in Belle Époque Germany and Austria. These 61 almost all..... Read More about 1897–1901 German and Austrian Belle Époque Musical Concert Programs; with related Ephemera; 72...

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International Exhibition of 1876. Opening Ceremonies. Order of Exercises, Fairmount Park,...

International Exhibition of 1876. Opening Ceremonies. Order of Exercises, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, May 10th, 1876 [with:] United States Centennial Commission Invitation [with ticket:] Admit to the Opening Ceremonies of the International Exhibition 1876. [with two tickets:] United States International Exhibition…Package Ticket.

Almost like being there —not souvenirs or recollections— but five primary and immediate artifacts from the United States’ first world’s fair and its celebration of..... Read More about International Exhibition of 1876. Opening Ceremonies. Order of Exercises, Fairmount Park,...

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