Cranston, Rhode Island: Narragansett Brewing Company, circa 1940. Unbound. This 12” diameter multi-color Narragansett Lager & Ale features the company’s iconic cigar store Indian, Chief Gansett, mounted on wheels and racing to deliver a draft beer. Text includes two company slogans, “Gangway for Gansett!” and “Too Good to Miss!” Images..... More about Beer serving tray designed by Dr. Seuss for Narragansett Lager & Ale featuring the colorful,...

Forsyth County, Georgia: 1848. Unbound. In this one-page document, bondsmen pledge $100 as a guarantee that: “Adam Campbell shall personally appear before the Superior Court when held for said County on the fourth Monday in August next then and there to answer . . . for and concerning the offence... More about A bond requiring a white man to appear in court on the charge that he furnished “spirituous...

Boston, [Massachusetts] to Hartford, [ Connecticut]: May 22, 1795. Unbound. This manuscript, folded-letter invoice, dated May 22 1795, measures approximately 7.5” x 11” unfolded. It is addressed to Mr. Selden Chapman, Merchant, Hartford and bears a straight-line Boston postmark dated 22/May. (See page 167, vol 1, ASCC.) It bears a.... More about Mailed invoice for shipping five hogsheads of rum delivered by the New England slave ship, Sloop...