Lowell, Massachusetts: U.S. Cartridge Company, 1910. Card. Set of two advertising scorecards for the U.S. Cartridge Company issued circa 1910. Both cards measure 3.5" x 6" and have illustrations of shooters, shells, and cartridges on the front; scorecards are on the reverse. Three shell types are listed on the front... More
Transcontinental United States: 1928-1929. This 11” x 7.5” album contains 88 pages packed with over 80 photographs (2.75” x 2”) plus postcards, Baker's original bill-of-sale, driver’s permits, tickets, original art, souvenir stickers, telegrams, and other ephemera. The album and contents are in very nice shape. Baker, the grandson... More
Primarily Washington, DC: mostly circa 1949. Loose-leaf binder. The archive is contained in an 11”x11.75”x3” Kempco file box. Its principal component is a two-volume, unpublished manuscript in two binders, each measuring 9”x11”. Together they contain approximately 100 pages of manuscript text, eight pages of hand-colored charts, one card..... More
Reading, England: Huntley & Palmers, 1901 and 1930. Unbound. Two wonderful examples of Huntley & Palmers famous figural biscuit tins (i.e., cookie tins in Americanese). Multi-book tins are titled Literature in Huntley & Palmer references. This multi-book tin measures approximately 6.5” x 6.25” x 4.75” and is in the shape... More
Cards. 16 different holiday cards, most approximately 5.25" x 3.5", each with a different scene created from cut pieces of postage stamps. Most of the stamps used in the art work came from the 1938 Presidential series, although a small number of other definitive, commemorative, back-of-the-book, and foreign stamps were... More
Washington, D.C. 1944. Unbound. A small collection of J. Edgar Hoover autographed typed letters and other documents relating to the employment of a clerk-typist at the FBI in 1944-1945. The collection includes: Two typewritten letters to the applicant, both signed by Hoover in ink, A file copy of a memorandum... More
1865. Advertisement. Advertisement for John Taylor's Sons' Albany Cream Ale brewed in Albany, New York. The ad is from an 1865 New England business directory and measures approximately 5.5" x 9". It features a wood engraving of the John Taylor Brewery complex in Albany. The text notes that the brewery... More
Maryland and Pennsylvania: 1959, 1960, 1968. Spiral bound wraps. Three 8” x 11” standard-size spiral notebooks containing approximately 425 pages, almost all filled with detailed pencil sketches of construction sites. Photographs and clippings from magazines and newspapers are both laid in and attached to about ten pages. Among the many... 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
Boston: L. Prang and Company, [1868]. Unbound. This is a complete set of 12 album cards. Each measures 2.5” x 4”. All are in nice shape with light soiling at the corners. In the company’s product list published in the April, 1869 issue of Prang’s Chromo, the set is titled..... More
United States, Italy, Korea, Vietnam: 1942-1973. Archive. This archive consists of official paperwork, certificates, letters, and a photograph album that belonged to Lieutenant Colonel Carl L. Palmer. The photograph album contains over 50 corner-mounted photographs ranging in size from 3.5” x 5” to 8” x 10”. About 25 additional photographs... More
Various locations: 1900s. Unbound. This large group of over 230 images, letters, reviews, etc. was likely compiled by Leona and her mother between the early 1909 and the eary 1950s. It includes: • Three portrait photographs, • Ten letters between Leona and her mother. In one Leona emotionally notifies her... More
Rome, New York: Office of the New York State Map and Atlas Survey, 1861. Unbound. This envelope features a map of New York along with surveying and drafting tools and instruments. It is franked with a 3-cent stamp (Scott #65) and bears a double-circle Rome, NY postmark dated December 16... More
Providence, RI: Livermore and Knight (possibly), 1903. Postcard. A very scarce fold-over novelty postcard, possibly published by Livermore and Knight. (If not, then it is certainly in the Livermore and Knight style.) Light wear including the bull's tail and farmer's hand. Franked with Scott #300 with a 1905 Buffalo, NY... More
Various locations: Various publishers, 1940s and 1950s. Wraps. All complete. Each approximately 2.5” x 4”. From an Arnold, Missouri estate. Titles include: V. Fuzzynuts Presents Barney Google in Horse Flesh, Count Screwloose in Decoyed, Rub Matocas Presents Etta Kett in Endorsed, Peter B. Everhard Presents Moon Mullins in Help, Phelta... More
West Point, New York: 1929-1930. Unbound. Each of these 34 partially printed demerit slips measures 5.5” x 4.25”. Most are completed in pencil; two are typed and a red colored pencil was used for one. One has a “Late Slip” attached. All were issued to first classmen, (the equivalent of..... More
