Late Victorian-era to Edwardian-era child’s die stamped or rolled brass bracelet. The stamping depicts a panoramic scene of barnyard animals, including chickens, a cat pouncing..... Read More about Antique Brass Child’s Bracelet with Designs of House, Farmyard Animals; the Name “Nancy”...
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An early prototype? Large flag —almost four feet by six feet in dimensions— from the 1939–1940 New York Wold’s Fair, displaying the fair’s iconic modernist..... Read More about 1939–1940 New York World’s Fair Flag
Rare c.1820s “New Edition” of this Southern woman composer’s patriotic composition dedicated to the United States Marine Corps.¹ “Lady of Charleston” Eliza Crawley Murden’s March..... Read More about March Composed & Dedicated to The United States Marine Corps, by A Lady of Charleston
Brief biography by this Mercer University faculty member of David Denton (1833–1925) who was born in Warren County, Georgia to Aaron Denton and Drucilla. He..... Read More about Concerning the Life and Services of David Denton
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Author’s presentation copy in a de luxe binding with his albumen portrait photograph (1¾ x 1½ inches) mounted on the leaf opposite title page. A...... Read More about Presentation copy in deluxe binding with author’s photograph] Jottings of a Year’s Sojourn in...
Unrecorded sheet music composed by Alfred Iversen, Esq., (1798–1873) attorney and Georgia politician, and later ardent secessionist; dedicated to Miss Martha D. Berrien of Georgia..... Read More about When the Birds to the South, Written and Respectfully Dedicated to Miss Martha D. Berrien of...
Abraham Oakey Hall (1826 – 1898) was elected twice as New York City mayor, on the Tammany Hall ticket, and serving 1869 to 1862. The..... Read More about 1871 Salary Check Autographed by A. Oakley Hall, as New York City mayor, Boss Tweed’s Ring member
Italian-American Achille Onofri, was an acrobat and contortionist who had met trapeze artist Millie Cook in Havana, married her, and then moved to Philadelphia with..... Read More about 1886 American Prison Art by an Italian-American Circus Performer Incarcerated for Murder,...
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1929 pre-Crash stock market investing tips from noted financial adviser A. Vere Shaw (1887–1970). Shaw was “...a founding member of the Investment Counsel Association of..... Read More about 10 Rules for Investors [cover title
![Ironclad Ships:] Report of the National Academy of Sciences for the Year 1863. President National...](/pictures/thumb/3728150_1.jpg?v=1544476289)
This illustrated report contains much on ironclad ships, first used in battle the year before, and on the ironclad monitor U.S.S. Roanoke, the first ship..... Read More about Ironclad Ships:] Report of the National Academy of Sciences for the Year 1863
Report of patriotic meetings of pro-Union, loyalists from New York City held to establish the Loyal League of Union Citizens and pledge their loyalty to..... Read More about Loyal Meeting of the People of New-York, to Support the Government, Prosecute the War, and...
Legal instrument of protest signed by Alexander H. Arthur, Notary Public for the Office of the Planters’ Bank of the State of Mississippi at Vicksburg..... Read More about United States of America: State of Mississippi, to wit: By This Public Instrument of Protest…
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 biography of Sammy Morris was published as early as 1896. As a young African boy, Morris was captured by another tribe, but escaped and..... Read More about Sammy Morris
1853 letter concerning the rights of public use of or benefit from a small stretch of Niagara Riverfront land and a wharf by Augustus S...... Read More about 1853 ALS by Augustus S. Porter, former U.S. Senator from Michigan and Mayor of Detroit,...
A clever bit of advertising. A.W. Cushman creates an appealing and eye-catching illustrated envelope to earn more business. The envelope’s design program is reminiscent of..... Read More about A.W. Cushman & Company, Dealers in Furniture, Bedding, Paints and Oils, Ellsworth Maine
Very scarce. Color illustrated history of of the firm A.W. Faber Company, international lead pencil, writing slate, and art supplies manufacturers and merchants. The company..... Read More about The Manufactories & Business Houses of the Firm of A. W. Faber, An Historical Sketch....
![1833 Yonkers, New York Grocer’s Bond; Partly Printed Document]. Aaron Vark, O C. Denstone,...](/pictures/thumb/3729793_1.jpg?v=1608257644)
Yonkers, Westchester County, New York grocer’s bond issued to Aaron Vark and William Norman. The bond pertains mostly to the sale of “...strong and spiritous..... Read More about 1833 Yonkers, New York Grocer’s Bond; Partly Printed Document
“Colonists In Bondage tells the paradoxical story of those white men and women who endured servitude as a road to freedom. Voluntarily or involuntarily, they..... Read More about Colonists in Bondage. White Servitude and Convict Labor in America, 1607-1776
Presidential message on attempted seizure of Jean Antoine Joseph Fauchet, envoy of France, by Captain Rodham Home, the commander of British ship-of-war Africa. Fauchet replaced..... Read More about Message of the President of the United States, in Answer to a Resolution of the Senate of the...
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Delightfully humorous program for a concert of antique music performed at the Academy of Music in Philadelphia. Likely getting into the spirit of the nation’s..... Read More about Philadelphia Academy of Music, 1873 Program:] Forasmuch as Dyvers Syngynge People…
Illustrated programme at the New York City Broadway Theatre 1892, an early artifact of the still-extant Actors’ Fund Benefit. The evening’s performance is thoroughly detailed..... Read More about Photographic Souvenir Programme of the Actors’ Fund Benefit at the Broadway Theatre. January...
An exceedingly rare Boston-printed 1756 act of Parliament to significantly enlarge the number of British troops in North America. This act allowed British army recruitment..... Read More about An Act for the better recruiting His Majesty’s Forces on the Continent of America; and for the...
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Biography and letters of this important British geologist, perhaps best known for being a mentor of Charles Darwin. He was dismayed to have received a...... Read More about The Life and Letters of the Reverend Adam Sedgwick. [two volumes
Near miniature American children’s book of prose and poetical fables from Aesop; this copy with 48 hand-colored illustrations. The book was issued by Philadelphia publisher..... Read More about The Little Esop
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A poetical re-telling of “Cinderella,” illustrated with eight hand-colored wood engravings. This edition was published by prolific 19th-century children’s book publisher, John McLoughlin as part..... Read More about Cinderella or The Glass Slipper [cover title
Just before April 12, 1884, Joseph Agate, a slightly built elderly man, bought an eighteen dollar Smith and Wesson revolver. Using an assumed name, Agate..... Read More about J. Agate, Formerly of Parsells & Agate, Gentlemen’s Outfitting Establishment and...
This densely written account book spans twenty five years of one immigrants life as he moves from Sweden to Chicago in the mid to later..... Read More about 1855–1881 Manuscript Account Book owned by Swedish-American, carpenter and cabinetmaker, Olof...
Paton’s “absorbing book presents more effectively than any other the long, strained relations with the government of South Africa and its black citizens. His subject..... Read More about Cry, the Beloved Country. (Signed by the Author
From the publisher: “For nine decades a steady stream of vehicles flowed out the doors of a small factory on the north edge of St..... Read More about From Horsecars to Steamliners. An Illustrated History of the St. Louis Car Company
A psychological and sociological study of African Americans living in St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands. The text discusses slavery, the “psychological environment” of..... Read More about St. Thomas Negroes — A Study of Personality and Culture. [Psychological Monographs, Vol. 55, No. 5
Study of military conscription in the Confederate army during the American Civil War, based upon examinations of the Official Records of the War and contemporary..... Read More about Conscription and Conflict in the Confederacy
Religious diary 1877–1880, kept by Albert Young, a young man living near Liverpool, England, recording his pious thoughts, his teaching and singing lessons, his preaching..... Read More about 1877–1880 Manuscript Diary of Pious Englander Albert Young with ties to British Temperance...
Circa the 1900s, seven large format Albertype postcards—printed by a proprietary photomechanical process by the Albertype Co. of Brooklyn—depicting exterior scenes in Harpers Ferry West..... Read More about Harpers Ferry, West Virginia: Seven Oversized Sepia Albertype Postcard Views with Publisher’s...
Rare late 19th-century promotional work providing the then-current economic climes of Paraguay’s capital, Asunción. As the title informs, the work serves as a city directory..... Read More about Guía Comercial de la Ciudad de la Asunción, conteniendo la dirección de todas las casas...
A scarce and early Hawaii surfing novel with sharks and a surfing contest. The protagonist, Kelea, was a descendant of Kelea, the Surf-Rider of Maui..... Read More about Kelea: The Surf-Rider. A Romance of Pagan Hawaii
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Penultimate volume of a rare women’s periodical which began in 1817 and ended in 1823. The volume comprises a half year, 26 numbers, issued weekly..... Read More about “Zango; or The Slave.” [within:] The Weekly Visitor, and Ladies’ Museum. New Series Vol. VI
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Poetical 1908 keepsake commemorating the 50th anniversary of the laying of the first transatlantic telegraph cable in 1858. First composed in 1858, this biblically-themed poem..... Read More about First Transatlantic Telegraph Cable] The Ocean Cable. [caption title
Christmas greeting to Phyllis Carr signed by her family and friends in England, many with connections to American expatriate painter John Singer Sargent (1856–1925) and..... Read More about Christmas Greeting Autographed by Members of the Circle of John Singer Sargent
An extravagantly-styled American trade binding marketed to readers unable to afford one extravagantly-made. New York: E. & J.B. Young & Co., c.1890. Frontis., viii, 482..... Read More about The Complete Works of Alfred Tennyson, Poet Laureate
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Excellent example of this Victorian-era shape book printed with embossed covers and chromolithographic illustrations. The Prices wrote and illustrated a number of similar-themed titles. The..... Read More about Shape Book:] Easter Hymns
Dedicatee’s Copy of Italian professor Antonio Aliotta’s (1881–1964) important philosophical study of intellectualism and theories of knowledge with particular regard to science and mathematics. Professor..... Read More about Dedicatee’s Copy:] The Idealistic Reaction Against Science
Author’s Copy. Thirty-six page scholarly paper on Quakers and slavery by Haverford College history professor and later librarian, Allen Clapp Thomas (1846–1920), read in abstract..... Read More about The Attitude of the Society of Friends Toward Slavery in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth...
Inscribed and signed by John Hope Franklin and Benjamin Quarles, both Black Americans and distinguished authors and historians of African American history. Both Franklin and..... Read More about The Segregation Era 1863-1954. A Modern Reader. [inscribed by John Hope Franklin and Benjamin...
Textbook anthology of poems and essays by Black authors, expressing the attitudes of the Black community. The book is illustrated in black and white with..... Read More about Black Perspectives
A rare survival, and rare Alpha Phi Alpha ephemeron; an invitation for the 21st Annual Relay prom. “In addition to just the frivolities, these latter..... Read More about 1941 Invitation Card from Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity to attend the Twenty-First Anniversary Relay...
Inscribed an signed by the author, a professor at Morehouse College in Atlanta, to a Black bibliophile at the 68th meeting of the ASALH in..... Read More about In the Cage. Eyewitness Accounts of the Freed Negro in Southern Society, 1877-1929. [inscribed copy
Autograph letter signed by Alvan S. Southworth, travel writer, journalist, and former secretary of the American Geographical Society, to Philadelphia printers and publishers Sherman &..... Read More about 1884 Autograph Letter Signed by Alvan S. Southworth, former Secretary to the American...
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This pamphlet on nursing and charity work by German philanthropist and social reformer Amalie Sieveking (1794–1859) reports on the activities of the Weiblichen Vereins für..... Read More about Women’s Association for the Poor and the Sick] Siebenter Bericht über die Leistungen des...
Amariah Brigham (1798–1849) was a physician who trained at the School of Medicine in Sorbonne. In America, he was founder and the first editor, American..... Read More about Remarks on the Influence of Mental Cultivation and Mental Excitement upon Health
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Substantial gathering of the printed output of the American Academy of Medicine from its first 15 years: from its founding 1876 to 1891. The wide..... Read More about 1876 to 1891 American Academy of Medicine Sammelband
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Unrecorded. The Articles of Constitution for the American Bankers’ Association and a listing of all member banks across the Union and their capital and surplus..... Read More about Constitution of the American Bankers’ Association. [caption title
Founded in 1816, the American Colonization Society promoted the migration of free Black Americans to Africa. The society’s Thirty-Fifth Annual Report publishes remarks by its..... Read More about Thirty-Fifth Annual Report of the American Colonization Society…January 20th, 1852. To which is...
![Kaleidoscopic Québec. [Signed by Author and Illustrator]. Amy Oakley, Thornton Oakley](/pictures/thumb/3727226_1.jpg?v=1534362505)
Lovely copy. Autographed on the dedication page by both author, Amy Oakley, and illustrator, Thornton Oakley. New York: Appleton-Century, (1947). 278p., map endpapers. First Edition..... Read More about Kaleidoscopic Québec. [Signed by Author and Illustrator
Rare. Free Soil Party campaigning for Benjamin Franklin Newhall, abolitionist, politician, self-made businessman, stationmaster on the Underground Rail Road (UGGR) who helped formerly-enslaved African American..... Read More about For Representative to Congress. Second District. Benjamin F. Newhall, of Saugus. To the Voters of...
Angelina W. Grimké (1880–1958) was an African-American female poet and reclusive celibate lesbian who was born into the noted biracial Grimké family, with its strong..... Read More about Rachel. A Play in Three Acts
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Exceedingly rare and unrecorded. The first institution in Malta to actually call itself a bank was the Anglo-Maltese Bank, established on 23 June 1809, nine..... Read More about Printed 1809 Circular Establishing the Anglo-Maltese Bank in Malta
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...
The Tappan Papers; correspondence between noted New York abolitionist Lewis Tappan and other important figures from the 19th-century anti-slavery movement. The present work is described..... Read More about A Side-Light on Anglo-American Relations, 1839-1858: Furnished by the Correspondence of Lewis...
Eight items, some identified as the output of The Hebrew Christian Mission: 1. Who is a Jew? 2. Is the Jew the Cause of Trouble..... Read More about Eight Ca. 1940s American Judaica Tracts: Who Is a Jew? Is the Jew the Cause of Trouble in the...
Diminutive tintype portrait of a man, with delicately hand-tinted cheeks and lips, mounted in a leather book-form case. The case housing the tintype is decorated..... Read More about C. Late 1850s Ninth-Plate Tintype Portrait of a Man with Hand-Tinting; mounted within a Gilt...
Popularly known as the story of the Babes in the Wood, is the subject of an old ballad and oft-reprinted as a chapbook for children..... Read More about The Children in the Wood. An Affecting Tale
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Unlisted in OCLC, an apparently unrecorded pamphlet devoted to the property definitions of Christ Church Hospital in Philadelphia. “Christ Church Hospital, located at Forty-Ninth Street..... Read More about Christ Church Hospital in Philadelphia:] Brief of Title to all that certain Lot or Square of...
Mendicant pamphlet sold during the Great Depression by unemployed or disabled ex-military or naval servicemen. The text consists of humorous military and civilian anecdotes and..... Read More about Comics of War. Hello Buddy. Facts of Service. Remember the Unemployed War Veterans… [caption title
Unrecorded eighteenth century polemical broadside in the tradition satirist Ned Ward or the mock poem Hudibras. While the present broadside includes only a few lines..... Read More about Cut for Cut, the Rubber Rubb’d, Nonsense for Nonsense, or, Dicko-Don-Quacko And his Methodist...
I am uneasy in my mind continually: there seems to be in decision, a want of stern unbending integrity of purpose; and yet a desire..... Read More about Diary for 1844 kept by a Young Man in Albany and Troy, New York starting a Business and...
Scarce guidebook—similar to a like-titled guidebook (OCLC 14103425, [4] cc.)—but this variant published to promote Gettysburg’s City Hotel, owned by John E. Hughes. The inside..... Read More about History of the Battle of Gettysburg. Presented, with the compliments of the City Hotel, to guests...
Extraordinary, complex American millenarian spiritual folk art drawing embodying the Adventist religious beliefs of William Miller (1782–1849) and his followers and illustrating the claim of..... Read More about I wish you would tell me Sir what you do mean By drawing this figure that looks like a chain...
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Curious crudely-executed folk art, dated 1818, a German-language taufschein or baptismal certificate illuminated with ink and pencil decorations. Fitting for a baptismal wish, the manuscript..... Read More about Illuminated, German-Language Manuscript Taufschein Fraktur:] A Christian Baptismal Wish: I’ve...
A community cook book printed in double column format and listing the names and addresses of the contributors, the majority women. Spring City and Royersford..... Read More about The Inter-Borough Press Cook Book. Favorite Recipes of Outstanding Cooks of the Twin Boroughs,...
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Here is private detective Nick Carter irritating never-do-wells yet again, this time by foiling an assassin. The startling illustration shows Carter in disguise and his..... Read More about The Mysterious Assassin; Or, Nick Carter’s Slender Clew [within:] Nick Carter Library
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Attractive mid-19th century watercolor portrait of a woman seated at a table or writing desk and holding a letter. Her face, coiffure, and lace-trimmed, black..... Read More about Nineteenth-Century Watercolor Portrait of Woman holding a Letter
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Ephemeral and unrecorded mid-19th century mark publication of the By-Laws and Constitution of a benevolent Pennsylvania fraternal organization. A most interesting section within is between..... Read More about Occupations and Trades:] Constitution and By-Laws of Philanthropic Lodge, No. 15, Independent...
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This rare, anonymous broadside is an attack in 1876 upon Governor Samuel J. Tilden, the Democratic Party’s presidential candidate, by excerpting from Southern newspapers from..... Read More about Paying the Southern War Claims [caption title
![War I Say [caption title of Spanish-American War-Era Uncle Sam Painting]. Anon](/pictures/thumb/3728902_1.jpg?v=1572374122)
Gouache painting ca. 1898 showing Uncle Sam declaring War against Spain, i.e. The Spanish-American War. American war vessels with large gun emplacements, and tall smokestacks..... Read More about War I Say [caption title of Spanish-American War-Era Uncle Sam Painting
During the 1765 Stamp Act taxation crisis, Captain Archibald Kennedy (bef. 1736–1794), commander of the frigate HMS Coventry, was stationed in New York Harbor; his..... Read More about 1764 Autograph Document Signed for Surgeon’s Necessaries by Captain Archibald Kennedy, Royal...
Biography of this famed Massachusetts abolitionist written by Archibald Grimké, civil rights leader, high-level officer in the NAACP, and a noted lawyer. The son of..... Read More about William Lloyd Garrison: The Abolitionist
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A follow-up to the 1836 Report concerning “Committee on the Public Lands, to which was referred the Memorial of the Legislature of the Territory of..... Read More about Arkansas — Losses by Choctaw Treaty. [To Accompany Bill H. R. No. 116.] December 22, 1837
The authors document how Black soldiers in World War I were the victims of discriminatory draft, training, assignment, and leadership policies and were recruited despite..... Read More about The Unknown Soldiers, Black American Troops in World War I
Facsimile of the 1929 first edition of this massive work, for its time, providing a thorough reviews of all aspects (admissions, faculty, degrees granted, historical..... Read More about Survey of Negro Colleges and Universities
First Edition of this massive work, for its time, providing a thorough reviews of all aspects (admissions, faculty, degrees granted, historical and/or general overview etc.)..... Read More about Survey of Negro Colleges and Universities
Program of the 1971 annual meeting of The Association for the Study of Negro Life and History (ASNLH), held that year at the Shoreham Hotel..... Read More about Program of the Fifty-Sixth Annual Meeting of The Association for the Study of Negro Life and...
Associated Publishers, Inc. of Washington, D.C., were a Black publishing concern founded by the “Father of Black History,” Carter G. Woodson. Beginning by at least..... Read More about 21 Portraits Prominent African Americans to Display at Home or School, possibly from the “One...
(Note: this copy laminated, likely for a classroom setting.) An almost life-size portrait of Booker T. Washington (1856–1915), author, orator, and founder of the Tuskegee..... Read More about Large Portrait Print of Booker T. Washington issued by the Associated Publishers, a Black...
Almost life-size portrait of Brigadier General Benjamin O. Davis, Sr., U.S.A. (1877–1970) who became the first Black army officer to attain a general’s rank in..... Read More about Large Portrait Print of Brig. Gen. Benjamin O. Davis, Sr., the U.S. Army’s First Black General,...
Large, almost life-size portrait of Frederick Douglass (1818–1895), abolitionist, reformer, orator, and author, taken from a photograph showing Douglass as an elder statesman. Associated Publishers..... Read More about Large Portrait Print of Frederick Douglass, issued by the Associated Publishers, a Black...
Almost life-size portrait of Ralph Bunche (1904–1971), political scientist, scholar, and diplomat. Bunche was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1950 for his successful diplomatic..... Read More about Large Portrait Print of Nobel Prize-Winner Ralph Bunche issued by Associated Publishers, a Black...
An almost life-size portrait of Phillis Wheatley (1753–1784), eighteenth-century Black American poet. Associated Publishers, Inc. of Washington, D.C. were established in 1921 by Carter G...... Read More about Large Portrait Print of Phillis Wheatley, issued by the Associated Publishers, a Black Publishing...
An almost life-size portrait of George Washington Carver (1864–1943), agricultural scientist, educator, and inventor, wearing a cravat and with his trademark flower in his lapel..... Read More about Large Portrait Print of Scientist and Inventor George Washington Carver, issued by the Associated...
An almost life-size portrait of Carter Godwin Woodson (1875–1950), the “Father of Black History” and founder of what is today the Association for the Study..... Read More about Large Portrait Print of the “Father of Black History,” Carter G. Woodson, issued by...
Program for the annual meeting of the Association for the Study of Afro-American Life and History, formerly the Association for the Study of Negro Life..... Read More about 69th Annual Meeting of the Association for the Study of Afro-American Life and History Inc.,...
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English painter John Wilson Ewbank, R.S.A. (1779-1847) was working at his zenith in Edinburgh in 1823 but fell into impoverishment due to alcoholism. ODNB: “His..... Read More about Two gouaches attributed to John Wilson Ewbank:] Fishing Coast [and:] Large Buoy
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One-page autograph letter and a small, partly-printed note card, each signed by German journalist, writer, and playwright Benno Rauchenegger (1843–1910). After serving in the military..... Read More about 1901 Autograph Letter Signed and 1903 ANS by Benno Rauchenegger, German Writer and Playwright
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1870s broadside issued by the Ohio Colonization Society promoting colonization of African Americans in Liberia. The society was formed in 1827 to encourage Black Ohioans..... Read More about A Two Thousand Fold Agency. [Liberia, Africa Colonization Schemes
Letter written by Burgess Sidney Gaither (1807–1892), North Carolina Whig Politician and later Confederate Congressman. Gaither was the “only North Carolinian there in favor of..... Read More about 1840 Autograph Letter Signed by Burgess Sidney Gaither, North Carolina Whig Politician and later...
Snapshot photograph of Native American Bacon Rind (c.1860–1932), Osage tribal leader and keeper of traditional customs and costume. The photo depicts Bacon Rind in native..... Read More about Photograph of Native American and Osage Chief Bacon Rind, i.e, Wah-she-hah or...
C.1910s–1920s counter top display advertisement piece for Baker’s Pure Extract Vanilla and Baker’s Color Paste for baking. The products were made and sold by the..... Read More about For Better Results Always Use Baker’s Flavors and Colors
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Limited Edition. Excellent copy of this sequel volume, an authoritative study of the vibrant postcards of Chester County, Pennsylvania. Well-illustrated. Havertown Printing Co., West Chester..... Read More about Chester County Post Card Album II: 1900-1930 [Signed, Limited Edition
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Limited Edition. Further warmly inscribed and signed by Paul A. Rodebaugh, the dean of Chester County history. Excellent copy of this sequel volume, an authoritative..... Read More about Chester County Post Card Album: 1900-1930. [Signed, Limited Edition
One engraver to another—a letter with interesting content from French engraver J. Balechose to French Royal Engraver Jean-Georges Wille (1715–1808), discussing prints, copper plates, and..... Read More about 1760 Autograph Letter Signed by Engraver J. Balechose to French Royal Engraver Jean-Georges Wille...
