Jacksonville, Florida: 1913. Unbound. A colorful handdrawn comic illustration on a red 1-cent U.S. postal card featuring Commodore Perry in a bathtub, named The Niagara, writing his memoirs which begin “We have met the enemy and he is ours, Perry”. More
Jacksonville, Florida. Unbound. A colorful hand drawn comic illustration on a 1-cent red U.S. postal card (Scott UX24) featuring a banjo-playing alligator serenading Mary, “Oh, sing a song to Mary / ‘Way up in Erie town. . .”. More
Chautauqua, New York. Unbound. Hand drawn comic illustration done in black ink on a red 1-cent U.S. postal card (Scott UX24), presumably a self-portrait, featuring Mary’s unnamed beau seated at his desk having already written “17 dozen” postcards to her that evening. More
Saint-Armand-Centre, Quebecand Colchester, Vermont from: 1814-1840. Cardboard covers. This 6” x 8” booklet was compiled by the Sager Family whose online genealogical records show immigrated from Saint-Armand-Center in Quebec to Colchester, Vermont in the 1830s. 15 leaves, most with text on only one side. The leaves are string-bound in a...... More
Album. This book measures 3.5” X 4.5”. Although unpaginated, it contains approximately 130 pages filled with poems, notes, drawings, and illustrations. The handwriting is tiny and fine. There is an old neatly done paper repair to the front hinge that reattaches the front board of its black faux caoutchouc-gutta-percha cover..... More
