![KKK] [WOMEN] [PENNSYLVANIA] PHOTO of Auxiliary WKKK](/pictures/thumb/1614.jpg?v=1551388084)
Scranton, PA: Hornbaker Photography, c. 1924-26. Cards. 113 x 11 inch frame (approx. 10 x 8 inch photo). Sepia photo - WKKK group photo. Mostly women (hard to tell with the cloaks, but shoes give it away), taken in what seems to be either a school room or municipal building..... More
![MENU] [WASHINGTON DC] English Speaking Union - Washington Branch- Annual Dinner at The Willard;...](/pictures/thumb/2095.jpg?v=1582831845)
Washington DC: 1929. Loose_leaf. 20 x 14 cm. Folded paper menu. Monday, April 22, 1929. Sir Esme Howard served as British Ambassador to the United States from 1924-30. Presiding over the dinner was General Henry T. Allen, President of the Washington Branch of the English-Speaking Union - known for his..... More
![WOMEN] [WWII] Love letters; Vic & Billy](/pictures/thumb/2149.jpg?v=1587072966)
Oakland, CA. Loose_leaf. Four letters - (1 page 18 x 14.5 cm.) (2 pages 20 x 13 cm.) (2 pages 21 x 17.5 cm.) (2 pages 21 x 17.5) Dating from 1943 to 1944 - Sentimentally themed stationary: "Keep Smilin', I'm on De-Fense till you return, To a soldier in..... More
Portland, ME: The Bond Wheelwright Company, 1955. Carter, Margot. First Edition. Hardcover. 212 pages. 17 x 12 cm. From the restaurant editor of Esquire - here is a gem from NYC mid-century dining scene. An A-Z restaurant guide accompanied by timely illustrations by Margot Carter. Scarce dust jacket rubbed at..... More
![TRADE CATALOG] [CANDY] Masterbuilt Candy Boxes; Catalog Number 13. F. J. Schleicher Paper Box Co](/pictures/thumb/2104.jpg?v=1583271963)
St. Louis, MO: F. J. Schleicher Paper Box Co. Staplebound. 12 pages. No date, circa late 1920's. Profusely illustrated candy box trade catalog. Two page spread of color illustrations. Frank J. Schleicher (1859-1951) established his Paper Box Company in 1904. Prices in pencil, marked throughout. Cover colored and embossed. More
![PROGRAM] [MENU] Program of the Seventy-Three Club Banquet; In Honor of Mrs. Franklin Delano...](/pictures/thumb/2198.jpg?v=1595962142)
Washington DC: 1936. Staplebound. Unpaginated (8 pages). 23 x 16 cm. A charming Program celebrating Eleanor Roosevelt by the Seventy Three Club on March 25, 1936 at the Mayflower Hotel; the wives of the members of the Seventy-third Congress. The 73rd Congress (1933-1935) passed an extraordinary burst of legislation to..... More
![POLITICS] [PROHIBITION] [CALIFORNIA] Frederick Head Nominee for Congress 5th District; Make Me...](/pictures/thumb/2082.jpg?v=1581356885)
Original Wraps. One page folded pamphlet. 15 x 8 cm. Head, who ran for Congress in 1914 & 1916 on the Prohibition Party ticket, unfortunately did so in the heart of the wine district. Head always ended his stump speeches with "Remember the Kiddies". Frederick Head received less than 6%..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. 184 pages. 26 x 20 cm. Signed by the author - "To Mother" on the half title page. Although George and Martha Washington never lived in the White House, they did start the tradition of choosing porcelain to be used on..... More
Pittsburgh: J. G. Lauer, 1900. Staplebound. 27 pages. 14 x 8 cm. Pittsburgh Importer and Wholesaler Fire Works Catalog. Includes prices for all items. Other items: paper caps, lanterns, toy pistols, and flags. Crisp, clean copy. More
![HISTORIC FOODWAYS] Hog & Hominy; Soul Food From Africa to America. Frederic Douglass Opie](/pictures/thumb/2200.jpg?v=1591994714)
New York: Columbia University Press, 2008. Hardcover. 238 pages. 23.5 x 16. Beginning with the Atlantic slave trade and concluding with the Black Power movement of the 1960's and 1970's, Frederick Douglass Opie composes a global history of African American foodways and the concept of soul itself, revealing soul food..... More
![CHOCOLATE] [VERMONT] [ADVERTISING] Demand Dartmouth Chocolates; "Like Them? Sure You Will -...](/pictures/thumb/1655.jpg?v=1554922129)
White River Junction, VT: c. 1920's. 46 x 16 inches. This colorful and animated canvas emulates the dreamlike quality of Maxfield Parrish. The sleepy town of White River Junction became a railroad boon town with the help of the transportation revolution that brought the junction of rail lines at the..... More