Wells, VT: 1871-1873. Leather bound. 72 pages written, 62 blank. 15.5 x 10 cm. Leather notebook with flap and pocket, property of R.M.(W?) Lewis, Wells, VT. Handwritten notebook with 16 additional daily accounts using "Lake Austin Woolen Mill" letterhead for this cheese factories daily tally. Ledger describes what seems to..... More

London: The Hansard Publishing Union, 1890. Wraps. 20 numbered pages. 18 x 12 cm. Travel Guide - plus 24 pages, profusely illustrated advertisements for health pill, sanitariums, temperance hotels, etc. Fold out map attached. Paper wrappers printed in black and blue. Wrappers fragile and worn, 1 x 3 cm piece..... More

1839. Loose_leaf. 27 X 22 cm. Register of costs for the ship Flora, commanded by Captain Daniel Fitch, sailing out of New London, Connecticut, while docked at a whale-fishery in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Disbursements are recorded by ship agents to inform the ship owners of all the charges the..... More

Cards. 35 x 7.5 cm. Charming tri-fold menu. Sunday, June 25, 1882. The city of Moorhead, located next to the Red River, served as a transfer point for goods and passengers between the Twin Cities and Winnipeg. Originally a destination for the riverboat crowd, The Northern Pacific Railroad brought travelers..... More

Milwaukee, WI: c. 1880. Cards. 13.5 x 8 cm. Small illustrated black and white cardstock, with lavish menu on rear. Built in 1867 by John Plankinton, a prosperous meat packer, one time partner with Philip Armour. Back of menu has some residue, front is clean. More

1907. Paper. 24 x 12 cm. Two-sided illustrated program consisting of Cast, Chorus, Orchestra, and two acts. Minstrel shows in the United States were productions typically including music, skits, and jokes. These performances were predominantly staged by white actors in black face, chock-full of racist and stereotype depictions of African..... More

1913. Cards. 14 x 9 cm. Festive color illustrated and embossed vintage postcard. Pilgrim couple with pie, turkey and gun. Postmarked Auburn, ME Nov. 26, 1913, one cent stamp, "With love From A-", to Corinna, Maine. More

Family & personal letters, photos, playbills, screen shots, and press releases. 17 items plus 4 large head shot photos & 3 smaller head shot photos. Gina Malo 1909 - 1963 (Janet Flynn) American-born actress and former Ziegfeld girl, Malo acted in films on both sides of the Atlantic, but was more..... More

Taunton, MA: White, Warner & Co., c. 1890s. Cards. 13.5 x 10.5 cm. Illustrated stove trade card. "New Cyclone Ranges are THE BEST Medium priced ranges in the Market. Fitted with WHITE'S reliable Patent Grate, Alaska Knobs, &c. Thousands in use and Giving Satisfaction." Black and white stove illustration one one side, with..... More

New York: The Fleischmann Company, 1920. Staplebound wraps. 6 1/2 x 4 1/2 in. 22 pages. Yeast was one of the early foods that was misrepresented and sold as a cure all - "Compressed Yeast completes the diet, assures proper nourishment, stimulates growth in the young, invigorates those advanced in..... More

Oshkosh, Wis. Castle-Pierce Press, c. 1930's. Staplebound. 24 pages. 28 x 24 cm. Illustrated sales catalog featuring detailed descriptions of the ironing machines offered by the American Ironing Machine Co., Algonquin, Illinois. A distinctive feature of this catalog is the visual portrayal of women operating the machines throughout the history..... More

Chicago: David C. Cook Publishing Company, ND c. 1898. Hardcover. 96 pages. 21 x 17 cm. Fictional tale demonizing alcohol and its hold on American society. Timothy Shay Arthur was an American temperance crusader, editor and author of fiction and non-fiction works, with Ten Nights In a Bar-Room his biggest..... More

Providence, RI: H.H. Brown, 1830. Wraps. 27 pages. 22 x 13.5 cm. Historical narration of the Second Baptist Church, by Reverend John O. Choules, in Newport, at the Second Baptist Church beginning with the secession from Dr. Clark's church in Providence 1656 to 1829. In December 1829, the church Deacons..... More