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CIVIL WAR ERA & WASHINGTON TERRITORY WOMEN'S MS

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64385 [COMMONPLACE AUTOGRAPH BOOK -- WASHINGTON TERRITORY WOMAN].[JONES HAWTHORNE [HATHORNE], Mary].
The gem album: [a charming Civil War Era and later Washington Territorial autograph souvenir album compiled by a young New England woman from Maine, and later Seattle pioneer, as well as wife to, Willard Campbell Hawthorne, early Seattle builder, and City Councilor to the nascent frontier settlement].
$650

WORLD WAR II IN THE PACIFIC MEMOIR

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64787 [WORLD WAR II]. EICHELBERGER, Robert L.
Our jungle road to Tokyo in collaboration with Milton MacKaye.
$250

BEFORE THE BRIDGE BURNED

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Smith-Eastman Covered Bridge, East Conway, New Hampshire [Two Original Photographs — 1937]
$35 $100 or less

WHEN THE NURSERY WAS JUST TOO SMALL

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[Perry Crib Company]
Perry's Patent Crib [Advertising Broadside / Trade Circular] [c1910], BROOKLYN INVENTIVENESS FOR THE URBAN HOME: An Ingenious Folding Bedside Crib for Apartment Living
$35 $100 or less

THE ENGINEERED KITCHEN — c1917

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Sill Stove Works
Sterling Range [Illustrated Promotional Booklet], SELLING THE KITCHEN RANGE AS A PIECE OF MODERN ENGINEERING.
SOLD

1832 history of the American theatre

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Dunlap, William
A History of the American Theatre
$175

Two ca 1890s Cabinet Photos of Swampscott, MA

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Jeffers and Wardwell, "Amateur Photographers"
Two Jeffers and Wardwell circa 1890s Outdoor Cabinet Photographs of Shoreline Buildings In & Around Swampscott, Massachusetts, Both Views Appear to be of Swampscott, Including Fisherman's Beach Looking Towards the Shoreline and the Other Showing Buildings Above the Sea Wall
$50 $100 or less

Memories of an Arizona Judge 1932 with Scarce DJ

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Richard Sloan
Memories of an Arizona Judge, Stanford Press 1932 Rare w/Original DJ
$150
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WWII Tuskegee Airmen Black Bomber Pilots Snapshot Photos (6)
RESERVED
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c.1931 Wooden Money Tenino Washington Chamber Commerce Pamphlet
$300
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1890s Victorian Bear Hunting Party Men Women w/ Rifles Photo
$450

The Killing Man by Mickey Spillane Signed Copy

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Mickey Spillane
The Killing Man by Mickey Spillane, Signed First Edition 1989 Full Leather
$90 $100 or less

1872 N H Republican Ticket Handbill Straw for Gov

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Matted c1872 New Hampshire Republican Ticket Handbill or Broadside – Ezekiel A Straw for Governor + Other Candidates
$90 $100 or less

1856 Bank Note - Commercial Bank of New Jersey

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Commercial Bank of New Jersey
1856 $2.00 Commercial Bank of New Jersey Bank Note
$80 $100 or less

1861 East Haddam Bank Note $1.00

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East Haddam Bank
1861 $1.00 Bank Note - East Haddam, CT
$100 $100 or less

The Bank of Watenshaw Bank Note

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Bank of Washtenaw - $1.00 Note)
Bank of Watenshaw 1834 $1,00 Bank Note
$60 $100 or less

Printing Machine Stock Certificates

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Various Companies
1864-1906 – Collection of four scarce stock certificates relating to the U.S. printing industry
$600

The Bounding Billow

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L. S. Young, editor
1898 – Shipboard magazine, published on the U. S. Flagship Olympia, devoted to the Battle of Manila Bay, published in Manila shortly after the battle
$700

1814 Land Deed Pennsylvania

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Bethel Township Pennsylvania 1814 Deed
$65 $100 or less

Washington DC Plate Printers Union Book

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Plate Printers & Engravers Union 1955 Convention Book
$135

VICTORIAN ADVERTISING — 1887

[Wells, Richardson & Co.]
The Diamond Dye Almanac, 1887. Household Guide., Victorian Advertising Almanac — Chromolithographed Niagara Falls Cover — Patent Medicines, Infant Foods, and Household Products
$35 $100 or less

AUTOMOBILE TRAVEL TO ALASKA

64802 [ALASKA -- AUTOMOBILE TRAVEL]. GREENWOOD, Amy.
Rolling North: [an American family pioneers up the Alcan highway]. Illustrations by Lombard Jones.
SOLD

INDIGENOUS PEOPLES COOKERY

63445 [FOOD & DRINK -- NATIVE AMERICANS]. [SOCKPICK EVANS, L Muktoya (Sec). & BINGHAM, I. B. (Eds.)]
Eskimo cook book. Prepared by students of Shishmaref Day School. . . .
SOLD

AUTOMOBILE TRAVEL

64648 [AUTOMOBILE TRAVEL -- WESTERN AMERICANA & MEXICO]. SCOTT, J.[ohn] H.[utchison] MacCallum.
Beaten tracks.
$75 $100 or less

GLORIOUS 1959 CHEVROLET SHOWROOM ALBUM

64495 [AUTOMOBILES -- CHEVROLET].
‘59 Chevrolet -- definitely new. . . decidedly different. . . [Dealer’s showroom sample catalogue].
$1,100

TEXAS & MEXICO TRAVEL SOUVENIR BOOK

64702 [TEXAS -- TRAVEL]. KLINE, Arthur A.[aron].
El Paso and Ciudad Juarez.
SOLD

A Nice Collection Scarce Robinson Jeffers

[Ward Ritchie] Jeffers, Robinson, Lincoln Steffens
[Robinson Jeffers][Carmel, California] Collection of the Carmel Cymbal and The Carmelite Newspapers, 1926-1932, with letter from Ward Ritchie
$850

Brain Teaser with 75 Different Solutions

Braden, A.C.
Baffel--World's Greatest Puzzle & Advertisement for Dina-Mite Wheat Bran Flax
$50 $100 or less

Assignment of Points Earned for Various Animals

Allen, Earl H.
[Hunting][South Dakota] Brush Center Gun Club Minutes, Spink County, South Dakota circa 1905-1915
$95 $100 or less

LAVISH ODD FELLOWS REGALIA & SUPPLIES CATALOGUE

64707 [FASHION -- ODD FELLOWS COSTUMES]. [WARD, Clyde E. & STILSON, Ed].
I.O.O.F. Catalogue of regalia, costumes, paraphernalia, books, blanks and miscellaneous supplies. Number forty-six.
$250

NATIVE AMERICANS PICTORIAL MAP BY JO MORA

64543 [CALIFORNIA -- NATIVE AMERICANS]. MORA, Jo [Joseph Jacinto].
Indians of North America; Buy the following publications by Jo Mora. . . [brochure].
$850

CONSTRUCTION OF THE PORT OF ASTORIA ALBUM

64620 [WESTERN AMERICANA -- ASTORIA, OREGON PHOTO ALBUM]. CLARK, William Warren [Contractor].
[An historic souvenir photo album featuring 124 original silver gelatin photographs meticulously documenting the transformation of the Port of Astoria into a major deepwater shipping terminal,, featuring expanded piers and waterfront pilings, construction of the massive municipal seawall, dockside warehouses, and the tremendous 1.2 million-bushel bulk grain elevator just prior to WW I].
$2,250

WORLD WAR II IN THE PHILIPPINES ALBUM

64628 [PHILIPPINES & SOUTH PACIFIC -- WORLD WAR II].
40th Infantry Division [Overseas]: official photographs.
$1,250

Alfred Hart Stereoview

Afred A. Hart
Central Pacific Railroad stereoview of Summit Valley, Altitude 6,900 feet Emigrant Mt. and R.R. pass in dist.
$125

1755 New York Sheriffs writ

Clear Everitt High Sheriff
a legal document from 1755
$200

Freedmen’s association letter

Freedman’s association agent letter black troops and camps mentioned
$425

Goldrush diaries Americans 1897 Venezuela Guyana

20000 Word description of adventures in pursuit of gold in the wilds of South America
$2,250

Rocky Mountains chromolithograph

The Rocky Mountains Albert Bierstadt
$9,500

Legendary First Director of the FBI

Hoover, J. Edgar
J. Edgar Hoover Typed Letter Signed--May 22, 1958
$85 $100 or less

Intriguing Set of Americana Items

Titus, John Henry
[Poetry] Face on the Bar Room Floor--Signed with Signed Postcard of The Old Pine Tavern, Jefferson, Ohio
$75 $100 or less

Illus Schenectady, NY Interurban Brochure w/Map

Schenectady Railway Company
Trolley Trips / Hudson-Mohawk Valleys / Schenectady Railway Company, circa 1909, With Illustrations from Photos and a Colored 2-Page Map of the Schenectady Railway and Connections
$50 $100 or less

Mormon Controversy

Brigham Young; Emeline A. Young; George Q. Cannon
Brigham Young's Will [with] Fraud on the Will
$1,000

Guinness Book Autograph

Robert Wadlow
Signed Real Photo Postcard, Ca. 1937
$450

Scarce anti-suffrage pamphlet

PHELPS, Mrs. Lincoln [Almira Hart Lincoln Phelps].
1876 Woman's Duties and Rights. The Woman's Congress. An Address to the Women of America; also, Women in Charitable and Religious Societies
$95 $100 or less

"J. G. Whittier to the 'Rustic Bard'" at 19 Years

Dinsmoor, Robert
[John Greenleaf Whittier] Incidental Poems, Accompanied with Letters, And A Few Select Pieces, Mostly Original, For Their Illustration, Together with a Preface, And A Sketch of the Author's Life
$350

Includes Florida, Gulf of Mexico & Central America

Russell, J.
Accurate Map of the West Indies, with the Adjacent Coast of America
$300

18th Century Map of North America

Russell, J.
A General Map of North America Drawn from the Best Surveys
$425

Artist of Portrait of Eleanor & Franklin Roosevelt

Moran, H. Marcus
Portfolio/Scrapbook for Artist Henry Marcus Moran
SOLD

RELIGIOUS VISIONS OF THE GENESEE VALLEY

Boerner, Steve
Grass Roots. Number 19, March 1984 [New York Religious History — 400 copies printed], RELIGIOUS REVIVALISM, PROPHETS, MILLERITES, AND UTOPIAN COMMUNITIES IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY UPSTATE NEW YORK. A LIMITED SMALL-PRESS PUBLICATION.
$24 $100 or less

WASHINGTON DC ZINE • 1980 • SATIRE • URBAN CULTURE

DIRT Magazine: Various contributors (editorial staff credited)
Washington, D.C. Underground Zine • Fall 1980 (Vol. 3 No. 2), A striking early underground 'caustic art' zine from Washington, D.C., capturing the tone and texture of DIY publishing culture at the start of the 1980s.
$35 $100 or less

11 Midwest Photographs by Sinsabaugh - Limited Ed

Art Sinsabaugh & Sherwood Anderson
Mid-American Chants & Midwest Photographs, Using a 12x20-inch 'banquet' camera, Sinsabaugh captured the American Midwest in a panoramic format that necessitated this massive, oblong publication.
$450
1850s Counterfeit Bank Note Currency Detector Numismatic Mailers
$1,000
1921 Indian Boarding School Sports Teams Studio Photos PR
$1,600
1890s Native & Asian American Integrated Western Couple Photo
$1,600

6th Plate Ambrotype Pretty Woman in Green Dress

Cased Sixth Plate Ambrotype of Pretty Young Woman Posed Seated in a Green Dress c1860-70s
$175
WWI Era African American Buffalo Soldier Studio RPPC Photo
$375
1900s Tonawanda New York Ivory Piano Key Factory Press Photo
$750
Civil War Abolitionist Fundraiser Learning is Wealth CDV Photo
$600
c.1921 Chinese Student Alliance Athlete RPPC Photo
$600
c.1864 Andersonville Prison Sensationalized Civil War Lithograph Print
$900
c.1900 Patent Medicine Advertising Pamphlet Afro American Almanac
$2,000
WWI Army Horse Farm Goshen New York Italian Remount Photo Archive (42)
$2,000
1890s Limerick Co. Irish American Immigration Family Photo Album
$800

YACHTS, CANALS AND THE FLORIDA TOURISM BOOM

Fort Lauderdale: Building the Waterfront City [Seven Original Press and Publicity Photographs, c. 1960–1962]
$325
N/A
True Story of the Hatfield and McCoy Feud, Souvenir of West Virginia
$75 $100 or less

Quakers

Bernhard Knollenberg
Pioneer Sketches of the Upper Whitewater Valley, Quaker Stronghold of the West
$100 $100 or less

The Ayar-Incas 2 Volume Set by Poindexter 1930

Miles Poindexter
The Ayar-Incas 2 Volume Set 1. Monuments, Culture, and American Relationship; 2. Asiatic Origins
$150

THE PINE TREE STATE IN THE AGE OF RAILROADS.

Colton, G.W. & C.B. (Publishers)
'Maine' [1887 G.W. & C.B. Colton Map - Railroad & Canal Infrastructure], A CARTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT OF VICTORIAN MAINE.
$165

BEHAVIORAL MARKETING

Anheuser-Busch, Inc.
Budweiser Brand Advertising Division 1963 Anheuser-Busch ‘Pick a Pair’ Original Photographic Archive, Internal Corporate Promotional Stills — Busch Family Provenance
$180

SAMPLE COPY / PROMOTIONAL ISSUE WITH SALES LETTER

Clason, George S.
The Richest Man in Babylon Tells His System, AN EARLY FINANCIAL EDUCATION BOOKLET MARKED SAMPLE COPY, WITH ORIGINAL PROMOTIONAL SALES LETTER DOCUMENTING THE MARKETING OF CLASON'S FAMOUS BABYLONIAN PARABLE.
$75 $100 or less

Woman's 1891 Diary, Montgomery County, PA

Woman from Either the Isett or Cassel Extended Families, Possibly Mennonite, Montgomery Co., PA
Woman's Daily Diary Recording Her Everyday Life in Montgomery County, PA in 1891, Records Household Chores, Farm Activities, Religious Services, Mennonites, Deaths & Births, Visiting Family & Friends, and Community News
SOLD

Rare Civil War Letter from a Black Veteran

Parnell Miles
Letter to Col. Hiram Scofield from a Private in his 47th United States Colored Infantry Regiment
$2,000

NINETEENTH-CENTURY GET-RICH SCHEME

Young, M.
The Paul Brothers Violet Ink: The Most Valuable Household Secret Known [Advertising Broadside], FOR FIVE DOLLARS, M. YOUNG PROMISED NOT JUST AN INK RECIPE — BUT A BUSINESS.
$65 $100 or less

THE BLUES, THE DEVIL & THE CROSSROADS - PRESS KIT

Hill, Walter, director; John Fusco, screenwriter.
Crossroads [Original Columbia Pictures Press Kit — 10 Publicity Stills, Production Information & Original Folder], A COLUMBIA PICTURES PRESS KIT FOR WALTER HILL'S DELTA BLUES ROAD MOVIE.
SOLD

NEW DEAL POLITICS

[Anonymous Political Pamphlet]
Boondoggle: The Story of the '$25,000' Memphis Dog House and Other Stories [WPA & New Deal Politics] [1936 Democratic Campaign Literature]
$80 $100 or less

OSCEOLA & THE SEMINOLES — 1841

[Welch, Andrew G.] — ‘Written by His Guardian’
A Narrative of the Early Days and Remembrances of Oceola Nikkanochee, Prince of Econchatti ..., OSCEOLA, SEMINOLE HISTORY & THE SECOND SEMINOLE WAR • THREE LITHOGRAPHS • WYMAN ASSOCIATION COPY
$850

Bradley & Company Catalog of Road Carts 1880s

Bradley & Company Catalog of Road Carts – Two Wheel Horse Drawn Carts 1880s
SOLD

National Cash Register New Models c1940

New Different Models of National Cash Registers for Every Line of Business c1940
$85 $100 or less

Maynard Dixon: Images of the Native American 1981

Maynard Dixon: Images of the Native American 1981 – w/ Slipcase & Exhibition Catalog
$100 $100 or less

Baha'i Foundational Text

(BAHA'I)
Hidden Words: Words of Wisdom and Communes from “The Supreme Pen” of Baha’u’llah.
$300

Bell Ranch as I Knew It - New Mexico Signed Copy

George F Ellis
(New Mexico) Bell Ranch as I Knew It, 1972 Signed by Artist Robert Lougheed
SOLD

Southern Express Co

Southern Express Co Money Envelope
$75 $100 or less

kodak corporation

Kodak Corporation
kodak stock certificate, kodak booklet
SOLD

Pan-American Exposition

Pan-American Exposition
$95 $100 or less

Complete with 24 Large Original Photographs

(THOMAS EDISON)
With Edison at Schenectady.
$1,950

A Sonorous Friend of Muir and Roosevelt

(LECTURE ANNOUNCEMENT) KELLOGG, [Charles]
Kellogg, the Bird Man, Will Lecture in Nevins Memorial Hall. Mon., Dec. 9, 1907. Wonderful Bird-tone Reproductions. Moving Pictures.
$125

Life Magazine Volume 1 # 1

Life Magazine First Issue 1936
$40 $100 or less
Henry David THOREAU
Journal 1: 1837-1844 and Journal 2: 1842-1848 (Princeton edition, 1984), plus: Thoreau: Early Essays and Miscellanies (Princeton, 1975)
$99 $100 or less

U.S. Postal Service Scrapbook, circa 1936-1942

Lawrence H. Hering, USPS Employee
Scrapbook of Cartoons, Clippings and Articles Relating to the Activities & History of the U.S. Postal Service, Compiled circa 1936-1942, Over 200 Pieces, Plus a Signed Presentation Photograph of James A. Farley, U.S. Postmaster General (1933-1940)
SOLD

B&O RR Illus Guide to Wash., D.C. & Environs, 1892

Charles O. Scull, holder of copyright
Guide to Washington Presented with the Compliments of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Co., 1892, 52-page Illustrated Guide to What to See and Where to Go When Visiting the Nation's Capital and Environs
$40 $100 or less

Anglican - Presbyterian Theology Discourse 1798

[William] Smith (1754-1821)
Doctor Smith's Answer to Mr. Blatchford's Letter, 1798, Expressing Dr. Smith's Theological Reasoning About the Issues of Church Governance, the Validity of Presbyterian Ordination, and the Authority of Bishops and Presbyters
$40 $100 or less

Four Different Vintage SVs of Boston, circa 1880s

Unidentified Photographer
Four Vintage Stereoviews of Boston, MA, circa 1880, Including Two Different Panorama Views Taken from the Bunker Hill Monument, the Old South Church, and the Crawford House
$35 $100 or less

1797 printing of Washington's "Farewell Address."

Legislative Council of the State of New Jersey (1796)
Journal of the Proceedings of the Legislative Council of the State of New-Jersey, in General Assembly Convened, at Trenton...the twenty-fifth day of October, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-six., Last recorded at auction in 1917.
$2,900

Cushings Manual

Cushing's Manual
$25 $100 or less

Opening of the Indian Reservations Minn 1904 w/Map

Opening of the Indian Reservations on the Line of the Great Northern Railway Brochure w/ Map c1904
SOLD

Pair of 6th Plate Cased Daguerreotypes 1850-60s

Great Pair of Sixth Plate Daguerreotypes – Father and Three Children in Floral Leather Cases
$350

1869 Hatford CT Street Map

Baker and Tilden
1869 Street Map of Hartford, Ct.
$100 $100 or less

1869 Map - Hartford, CT

Baker and Tilden
Atlas of Hartford City and County
$100 $100 or less

1930 Atlas - Easthampton, MA

Sanborn Map Company
Easthampton MA Atlas Including Glendale
$490

The Books of Colorado River & the Grand Canyon

Francis P Farquar
The Books of the Colorado River & the Grand Canyon: A Selective Bibliography 1953
$100 $100 or less

Alaskan Aviation History 1878-1930

Robert W Stevens
Alaskan Aviation History - 2 Volume Set 1990, Volume One 1878-1928, Volume Two 1929-1930
$125

Exposition Ticket

US International Exposition 1876
$30 $100 or less

10 Disney Snow White Color Movie Stills 1952

Disney Studios
Wonderful Lot of 10 Color-Glo Movie Stills from Snow White & Seven Dwarfs 1952 Movie Re-Release
$300

St. Louis World's Fair

St. Louis World's Fair Hold to Light Postcard
$35 $100 or less

Expedition to the River Jordan & the Dead Sea 1849

W F Lynch
Narrative of the United States Expedition to the River Jordan and the Dead Sea 1849
$300

Memoirs of the Life of the Late Charles Lee - 1792

Edward Landworthy
Memoirs of the Life of the Late Charles Lee, Esq. 1792, Lieutenant-General of the Forty-Fourth Regiment; Colonel in the Portuguese Service; Major-General and Aid de Camp to the King of Poland, & 2nd in Command in the Service during the Revolution
$750

Autograph, PMG Arthur E. Summerfield

Autograph PMG
$15 $100 or less

Carte-de-Visites

Carte-de-Visites (6)
$50 $100 or less

World's Columbian Exposition Admission Ticket

Columbian Exposition Admission Ticket
$95 $100 or less

Dummy Stamps Testing Booklet

Dummy Stamps Testing Booklet
$275

Prohibition

Prohibition - Prescription for Alcohol as Medicine
$30 $100 or less

Cigar Box Label

Spirit of St. Louis Cigar Box Label
$20 $100 or less

Express Mail Stamp FD

$9.35 Special Stamp First Day on USPS Souvenir Page
$50 $100 or less

Manufacturer Woman's Medical Remedy Products

Dr. J. B.Lynas & Sons , Assorted Papers
$18 $100 or less

Prince Valiant Newspaper Comic Page

Harold R. Foster
Prince Valiant Comics
$30 $100 or less

Revenue

Distillery Warehouse IRS Certificates
$30 $100 or less

Poster

Army Day Poster
SOLD

Chauffer License Metal Pin

Chauffeur Licensed Pin
$25 $100 or less

Masonic Vintage Initiation Documents

F & A M , Vintage Masonic Application Forms
$20 $100 or less

I.R.S. 1873 Tax Form

I.R.S. 1873 Tobacco Tax Form
$18 $100 or less

I.R.S. 1884 Tax Form

I.R.S. 1884 Retail Liquor Dealer Tax Form
$18 $100 or less

Vintage Coffee Advertisement Postcard

Admiral Coffee Advertising Postcard
$25 $100 or less

1800's Georgetown Promissory Notes

Promissory Notes, Georgetown (Wahington DC )
$50 $100 or less

FDR

FDR 1935 Appointment Notary of Peace Washington DC
$175

Evcavations at Mareen Duvall's Middle Plantation

Willliam P. Doepkens
Mareen Duvall's Middle Plantation of South River Hundred
$200

Inauguration Address of John Fitzgerald Kennedy

JFK Inauguration Address
$15 $100 or less

Life Magazine - Kent State Isue

Life Magazine, Kent State Issue
$45 $100 or less

Fireworks Price List

New York & Pennsylvania Fireworks Company
1936 - Fireworks company advertising price list
$100 $100 or less

Twenty-Mule Teams and Borax Wagons

Pacific Coast Borax Company
1910 & 1912 - Two lettersheets featuring illustrations of Death Valley's famous Borax-Hauling Twenty-Mule Teams
$100 $100 or less

Selling Bibles to the Odd Fellows

F. H. Butler & Company
1852 - Promotional broadsheet advertising the sale of Bibles for displaly upon International Order of Odd Fellows altars
$100 $100 or less

"The Mother of Fraternities"

Union College
1849 - Invitation to the Union College's graduation exercises and ceremony honoring its earliest "Greek" literary societies
$100 $100 or less

The Lilliputians "Sixth American Tour"

Carl and Theodor Rosenfeid
1896-1897 - Theater program for the popular German comedic trio of "midgets" known as the Liliputians who toured throughout the United States for at least six seasons at the end of the 19th century
$100 $100 or less

An Imperial Russian Stud Master Visits America

Samuel Walter Taylor, Jr.
1893 - An upper-crust equestrian journal retracts a negative report on the Russian Imperial Stud Master
$100 $100 or less

1883 - Texas Land Transfer on Surveyor Letterhead

Will. H. Bonnell
1883 - Land Transfer certification on the illustrated letterhead used by the "District and County Surveyor for Bexar County" in San Antonio, Texas
$100 $100 or less

Fanny and William get Married

The Blanford Family
1798 – Two documents related to the marriage of a Kentucky couple: a parental consent certificate and a marriage bond
$100 $100 or less

Pro-Republican and Pro-Suffrage Campaign Flyer

The Republican Party
1880 – Pro-Garfield presidential campaign flyer that demands married men consult with their “equally interested” wives before casting their vote
$250

No, not that Southern Pacific Railroad

Southern Pacific Railroad Company
1857 - Notice from the Southern Pacific Railroad (aka Texas Western Railroad, aka Vicksburg and El Paso Railroad, and aka the Texas and Pacific Railway) announcing an upcoming installment payment
$300

Hats, Caps, and Furs in New York City

Swift, Hurlbut, & Company
1851 – An impressive multicolor two-page broadsheet for one of the preeminent hat companies in New York
$400

An Eccentric Navy Chaplain Sells his Books

Edward C. Bittinger
1849 – Documents related to the sale of books to an important Philadelphia book firm by a prominent, but odd, Navy Chaplain at Sing Sing, New York
$150

Certification of a Rural Illinois School

Hiram Roy
1849 – Certification of a rural Illinois common school in Kane County by its School Directors
$250

The Virginia Militia Defends Richmond

Edmund Taylor and George Turner
1814 – Two pages from the 2nd Virginia Regiment’s orderly book kept while stationed at Camp Holly Springs in defense of Richmond
$1,500

Santa Fe Railroad Tower Worker Photographs

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
1940s – Two photographs showing a dispatcher and lettermen at work from inside a railroad tower and central traffic control office
$200

Pan-American Airlines Clipper and Crew Photographs

Pan American Airlines
1930s-1940s – Six photographs of Pan American Airlines Clippers and Crews
$125

A Fatal Panama Steamship Wreck

Nathaniel Fisher and Company
1908 – Mailing envelope recovered from a fatal shipwreck between a Panama Railroad Company steamer and a heavy White Line freighter
$250

A Tribute to Missionary Nurses

Unlisted
1900 - “The Nurse in the Foreign Field”
$150

Rent-to-Buy Railroad Cars

Purchased by Thomas M. Drysdale
1870 – A $1,000 share stock certificate issued by The Railroad Car Trust of Philadelphia
$200

Cousins Worry about the Union's Future

Emiline to Mary
1862 – A letter from one cousin to another expressing concern for the Union, hoping the rebellion is crushed, and worrying about soldiers who had been captured
SOLD

The "Know-Nothings" Declare their Platform

The American Party
1854 – A broadsheet promoting the American Party (the Know Nothings) that includes its American Principles and the American Party Platform
$1,000

The Diocese of Charleston is Bankrupt

Ignatius A. Reynolds
1844 – A letter from the newly consecrated Cathoiic Bishop of Charleston to his superiors in France requesting funds to help pay off the massive debt left by his predecessor
$250

A Fatal Duel between Congressmen

Lyman Fulton
1838 – A letter breathlessly reporting breaking news that a Congressional Committee had voted in favor of expelling one Congressman for the killing of another in a duel
$400