Hsi Chi Men, China: 1925-1926. Unbound. Small archive of correspondence, photos, and ephemera kept by an anti-imperialist American YWCA missionary in China as the country lurched through The May Thirtieth Movement towards the Second Chinese Revolution and eventually full civil war. The archive consists of 11 captioned photos, a...... More
[Reading, Pennsylvania]: 1922-1929. Faux leather. This 5” x 7.5” notebook contains 120 pages chock full of manuscript production tables, sizing information, test results, assorted notes, clothing labels, elastic samples, receipts, correspondence, certifications and more. A six-page pamphlet extract with information about an automatic sewing machine is laid in. All of..... More
[1929]. Each of the four broadsides measures 6.25” x 9.75”. All are in nice shape. They are titled “Has Prohibition Brought Temperance?”, “Four Your Children’s Sake”, “Do You Want to Put the Criminal Out of Business? Help the Unemployed?”, and “Tax Payers! Do You Know”. Four different broadsides published by..... More
Petersburg, Virginia to Brickland Plantation, Lunenburg County, Virginia: 1864. Envelope or Cover. This four-page folded letter measures 15½” x 10” unfolded. It is datelined “Petersburg Oct 17th 1864” and franked with a Confederate 20-cent green Washington Stamp (Scott # 13) tied to the cover by a faint red Petersburg postmark..... More
Boston, Massachusetts to Coventry Connecticut: February 6, 1799. Envelope or Cover. This one-page stampless folded letter measures approximately 12” x 7.5”. It is datelined “Boston Feby March 6. 1799.” It bears a straight-line “Boston” handstamp, circled “7 / MR” Boston postmark, and a manuscript “10” rate mark. Small sealing wax..... More
