![MENU] [JAPAN] Farewell Banquet; Panama-Pacific International Exposition](/pictures/thumb/2077.jpg?v=1580768195)
Tokyo: Shimbi Shoin, 1915. Loose_leaf. 17.5 x 12 cm. Color illustrated folded paper menu. Farewell Banquet Given by His Imperial Japanese Majesty's Commissioner-General Haruki Yamawaki in the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, December 2, 1915, California Building - Exposition Grounds. Menu: Manhattan Cocktail, Caviar Canapés, Toke Point Oysters on Deep Shell, Consommé..... More
![POSTCARD] Best Wishes for a happy Thanksgiving; Ripe fruits/as well as/leaves and/flowers be/your...](/pictures/thumb/1273.jpg?v=1576089106)
c. 1910. Cards. 13.5 x 9 cm. Festive color illustrated and embossed vintage postcard, Harvest theme with grapes and wheat. Postmarked Boston, MA, date obscured, one cent stamp. Ink Stamp: "A Remembrance, Sincerely yours, Harold D. Perry, 299 Washington St., Boston, Mass." More
![THEODORE GEISEL] [PHARMACEUTICAL] Dais Drugs and Toiletries; Volume I Number I](/pictures/thumb/2084.jpg?v=1582831821)
New York: Weil, McGinniss & Sloman, 1933. First Edition. Wraps. 97 pages. 35 x 28 cm. Quarterly magazine specifically produced for the drug and toiletry market. Large format and profusely illustrated. Compelling articles include Ephedra, Congo Medicine, and The Medicine Man; with an early article about "Dr. Seuss" and his..... More
![TRADE CATALOG] [CLEVELAND] Quick Meal Oil Stoves and Oil Ranges](/pictures/thumb/1473.jpg?v=1561402096)
Cleveland: American Stove Company, 1929. Staplebound. 31 pages. 28 x 21.5 cm. Glossy trade catalog, fully color illustrated with dimensions. Featuring LORAIN Oil Burners. Covers lightly soiled, interior pristine. Owners signature on front cover. Price list laid in. More
![Our Thanksgiving Dinner; [MANUSCRIPT]. Helen Bigelow](/pictures/thumb/1266.jpg?v=1550704718)
c.1920's. Cardboard covers. 25.5 x 20.5 cm. Eight handmade pages narrating the process of making thanksgiving dinner: shopping, baking & cooking, guests arriving, saying grace, and the feast, all accompanied by pasted in illustrations. Cardboard covers with blue silk ribbon as an attachment. Handwritten in ink. More
![BROOKLYN] [THEATER] Pantomimes; Presented By The Brooklyn Heights Seminary Club. Brooklyn Heights...](/pictures/thumb/1598.jpg?v=1579559056)
Brooklyn: 1911. Sewn binding. Unpaginated (8 pages). Program for the Brooklyn Heights Seminary Club performed at The Brooklyn Academy of Music, April 28, 1911. Featured in the program are the daughters of the social elite including: Eunice Beecher (granddaughter of Henry Ward Beecher), and members of the Van Brunt, Cropsey..... 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
![CHINA] [WOMEN] New Women in New China. Foreign Language Press](/pictures/thumb/2117.jpg?v=1585769763)
Peking: Foreign Language Press, 1972. Paperback. [12] 78 pages. 18 x 7 cm. Profusely photo illustrated with black and white photos. Essays assembled during the Cultural Revolution highlighting the support for the "great leader" Mao Tse-Tung. Purportedly written by women in the hopes of promoting the idea of the "New..... More
![HOME ECONOMICS] Safe Washing; The New American Beauty Porcelain Washer. Getz Power Washer Co](/pictures/thumb/1595.jpg?v=1579552712)
Morton, Illinois: Getz Power Washer Co., c.1920. Paper. Color illustrated advertisement for washer/ringer. Before the enclosed electric washing machines, homemakers battled the dangerous washing tub/wringer device. This particular porcelain model claims to be "Silent as a kitten's purr" with "quick action...churning up millions of soap bubbles that are forced through..... More
![SHEET MUSIC] In The Garden of Peaches and Cream. Joe Cooper Goodwin, Joe, Words, Music](/pictures/thumb/1460.jpg?v=1585339083)
New York: Kendis & Paley, 1911. Sheet_music. 5 pages. 33 x 27 cm. Closed tears to cover. Partially disbound. More
![AGRICULTURE] [HAWAII] By Nature Crowned - The King of Fruits; Hawaiian Pineapple Company Ltd. -...](/pictures/thumb/2051.jpg?v=1576620866)
Bonine, 1922. Staplebound. This oversized pamphlet documents the current state in 1922 of The Hawaiian Pineapple Co. Ltd., founded in 1901 by it's original architect, James D. Dole. This tri-fold brochure contains photo illustrations along with descriptions of the history and development of the pineapple industry in Hawaii. Photos captions..... 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
![SHEET MUSIC] Watermelon Club; Characteristic March and Two-step. J. Bodewalt Lampe](/pictures/thumb/1462.jpg?v=1580849292)
Chicago: Lyon & Healy, 1907. Sheet_music. 6 pages. 33 x 27 cm. Cover lightly rubbed, interior crisp and clean. More
![AUSTRALIA] [SUGAR] Queensland Sugar Industry; New Edition 1913. P. J. Nally](/pictures/thumb/1291.jpg?v=1579731967)
Brisbane: The Government Intelligence & Tourist Bureau, 1913. Wraps. 172 pages. 18 x 12 cm. Signed by compiler - "with the compliments of P.J. Nally, Compiler 5/8/13". An extensive look at the sugar industry at the turn of the century in Australia. Filled with black and white photographic illustrations plus..... More
n.p. (New York): n.d. (1905). Staplebound. 12 pages. 19.5 x 23.5 cm. Featuring harvesting, the history of seed oyster farming, and H.C. Rowe & Co. associations' history in New Haven. Four halftone photos (oyster process operations & oyster boats) and one page black and white scientific illustration. Covers rubbed. More
Warsaw and Cracow, Poland: Meat Packers Union of Poland, 1938. Staplebound wraps. 22.5 x 32 cm. 6 pages. Photogravure: Drukatnia Narodowa. An interesting demonstration of European business confidence and world trade that was soon to be crushed by the Blitzkrieg. A promotional booklet promoting Polish ham, describing the export trade's..... 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
![BAKING] [MANUFACTURING] The World's Finest Bakery Comes to New England; Wonder Bread Hostess...](/pictures/thumb/1031.jpg?v=1580762765)
The Continental Baking Company, 1964. Wraps. 19 pages. 10 x 21 cm. A booklet from The Continental Baking Company, showcasing a new factory in Natick, Massachusetts. The "bakery of the future" produces Wonder Bread and Hostess Cakes and provided fresh baked goods for the Boston area. Black and white photos..... More
![SCREENPLAY] My Kingdom For a Cook [Without Notice]; Original Screenplay for the 1943 film....](/pictures/thumb/1417.jpg?v=1561585123)
Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1943. Wraps. [title], [1] -117 pages. Copy belonging to Marguerite Chapman, who played Pamela, with her character's name on the front wrapper in holograph pencil. One of a number of comedies made during World War II that built around the "servant shortage" in the US..... More
![COMMUNITY COOKBOOK] Choice Recipes. Woman's Association of the Eliot Union Church](/pictures/thumb/1500.jpg?v=1561585339)
Lowell, MA: c. 1920. Hardcover. 68 pages. 23 x 15 cm. Prefaced by the poem - A Recipe For a Day. Boards rubbed and bumped. [BROWN 1433]. More