New York City: 1863. Unbound. These checks measure approximately 8” x 3.75”. Both are printed in blue and have official red overprints reading, “Riot Damages.” Both were drawn on the County Treasury account at the Broadway Bank, one for $25 and one for $914. Both were signed by Opdyke with..... More
St. Louis, Mo. St. Louis Post-Dispatch, May 1, 1904. Newspaper. Three complete sections of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch covering opening day activities of the 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair, the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. In exceptionally nice shape. Clean and supple with light toning and a single horizontal storage fold; otherwise..... More
London: Printed for D. Henry, 1776. Disbound. Complete with front cover and pages [291]-336. The “pastoral scene” is present. Very light wear. Disbound from a larger volume. In very nice shape. This very important edition of The Gentleman’ Magazine was being read in London at the same time the American..... More
Vladivostock, Russia, Honolulu, Hawaii, and Vallejo, California: Mostly 1904-1905. Various. The vernacular photographs in this archive, most of which were taken by Teresa M. Browne, a high school sophomore who would not graduate from Vallejo High until 1907, document the Russian Cruiser Lena’s stay in San Francisco. Its two letters..... More
Letters to his parents from various locations: 1945-1949. Ring-bound. This archive consists of approximately 100 letters plus postcards, telegrams, short notes, and holiday cards sent from Burnett to his parents. Most were sent from either the Cadet Basic School at San Mateo or the Academy at Kings Point. Some were..... More
Mississippi River, Yazoo River, and Red River: Frigate Sabine, Gunboat Eastport and Flagship Black Hawk, 1862-1865. Unbound. Ten letters (31 page of text) and two printed poems document a gunboat sailor’s Civil War service in the U.S. Mississippi Squadron. One letter is on squadron letterhead, and one of the poems..... More
Greenpoint (Brooklyn), New York: 1861. This 3-page letter and endorsement measure approximately 8” x 9”. It was apparently carried by courier between Rowland’s Continental Iron Works and the Providence Tool and Armory Company, which employed both Borden and Andrews, as there are no postal markings. The letter has two horizontal..... More
U.S.S. Pittsburgh at Hawaii, Guam, Philippines, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Borneo, Siam, Singapore, Java, Ceylon, etc: 1929-1931. Album. This archive consists of an 8” x 14” 300-page scrapbook, filled with articles, clippings, photographs, cartoons, newsletters, assorted ephemera. Hood used 86 pages in the rear of the album to keep a...... More
New York: Francis P. Harper, 1901. First Edition, Limited. Hard Cover. 12mo. 10 volume first printing set limited to 250 copies. Each volume is in red cloth with gilt lettering and uncut pages. Tight bindings with sound hinges. Clean pages with occasional finger smudges or pencil annotations. Some minor wear..... More
Canon City, Colorado: 1916. Letter. The letter is written on United States Post Office stationery from a man named Allen, probably a post worker, and addressed to a friend named Lewis. Although no envelope accompanies the letter, its first page is postmarked, Canon City Colo. / M.O.B (Money Order Business)..... More
Siberia: Circa 1919. Album. Photograph album documenting the U.S. 31st Infantry Regiment's participation in the Allied Intervention in Siberia following World War I and the Russian Revolution. This album contains 127 photographs and 28 mostly real photo postcards (RPPC) created using various photographic and photomechanical processes including silver gelatin..... More
Various New England Locations: 1920s. Photograph Album. The album contains 58 vernacular b/w photographs, most measuring approximately 2.5" x 4.5". Most photographs are in nice shape and held to the page with corner mounts; a few have light corner creases. Album and pages have some minor wear. The highlight of..... More
New York, Pennsylvania, and Ohio: 1923 (from a vehicle license plate). Album. This 8” x 6” album contains 37 b/w photographs, each measuring approximately 4.75” x 3”. The crisp, well-composed snapshots are chronologically arranged and neatly glued to the album pages. Most have been captioned in white, but much of..... More
Charleston, South Carolina: A. C. Tuxbury Lumber Company, circa 1905. Unbound. This lot has 18 card-mounted albumin photographs detailing operations of the Tuxbury Lumber Company in Charleston, South Carolina. Ten images, measuring approximately 4.5” x 3.5” are mounted on dark grey cards measuring about 6.5” x 5.5”. Eight images, measuring..... More
Arlington, Vermont: 1905. Photograph Album. This album contains of 175 photos of a young woman, her family, and her friends at various locations in Vermont and the northeast. The album is approximately 7" x 10". Most of the photographs are 2.5" x 3.5". A larger photo (3.5" x...... More
Fort Barry (San Francisco), California: 1908-1910. Album. This leather album, measuring 8” x 10”, contains 35 photographs and real photo postcards, most measuring 5.5” x 3.5”, as well as one color-tinted panoramic photograph measuring 6.5” x 2.5”, a Christmas Dinner Menu for 1910, and two-color postcards. The menu and three..... More
Rochester, MN: 1947. Photograph Album. Album with 25 mounted (glued) 5" x 7" photographs and ten additional 3.5" x 3.5" laid in. Seven of the smaller snapshots duplicate the larger photographs. Includes several ephemera pieces (booster tags, a large newspaper article, and basketball playoff programs). The tags are mounted, the..... More
Richmond: 1890s. Card. The photograph measures 9.5” x 75” and the mounting card, 11.75” x 10” The photo is in nice shape. The card has minor wear at the bottom corners. The photograph shows about thirty members of Richmond Local #10 of the United Association of Journeymen Plumbers. Gas &..... More
Richmond, Virginia: 26 July 1861. Envelope or Cover. This 5.5" x 3.25" 'opened' envelope has two Richmond, Virginia postal markings: a circular city postmark dated "Jul 26 1861" and a circular "Paid 10" handstamp indicating Confederate postage was paid at the time of mailing. There is also a bold strike..... More
Boston & Charlestown, MA: Free Democratic State Committee & Republican Club, 1854. Leaf. Two early contribution receipts; one from the Boston Republican Club in 1856 and the other from the Free Democratic State Committee of Massachusetts in 1854. The Free Democratic Party was one of several splinter political parties (e.g...... More
Unlisted Publisher, 1861. Map. Map size - 7.75"x9". Leaf size - 9"x10.5". Clean with some folds; probably from a book. Very short closed tear at right margin; small piece of tape on reverse. Uncommon Civil War map showing the Battle of Port Royal. Publisher unknown, but probably contemporary. The Battle..... More
Near Rio de Janiero to Omak, Washington: December 1943. Envelope or Cover. This two-page airmail letter sent by an American missionary, is written on “Motorship Gripsholm” stationery and datelined “Nearing Rio de Janiero S. A. / Nov. 12, 1943.” The envelope is franked with an orange 6-cent Presidential Series stamp..... More
Various locations: 1847-1848. Card. There are six stampless folded letters in this archive. Three letters from Butler’s wife (one from 1847 and two from 1848) regarding family matters and the management of their Louisiana sugar plantation, an 1848 letter-order from the War Department Adjutant General appointing Butler to investigate General..... More
Various locations: mostly 1865. Nine letters written to Stephen H. Gregory, a member of D Company, 39th New York Volunteer Infantry. Eight were written during April and May of 1865 while Gregory was recovering from wounds at the Homewood Hospital in Washington D. C. The ninth letter is pre-war. Two..... More
Primarily Ft Belvoir, Virginia: 1941-1942. Album. This 10” x 7” album is filled with over 90 b/w photographs, most measuring 5” x 4”.. The photographs are attached with corner mounts; almost all are captioned. Some of the ephemera is laid in. Mounts for three of the photos have been lost..... More
