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Allentown, PA: Bonney Forge and Tool Works, 1940. Collection of nine vintage photographs of Bonney Tools sales vans, bound with a plastic comb binding, circa late 1940s. Pencil annotation on the front wrapper of "Master Set / Bonney Forge and Tool Photos / M-9 - M-11." The nine photographs in the collection feature four views of the full… Read more about this item

Paris: Assouline, 2021. First Edition. Hardcover in slipcase. First Edition. New in publisher's shrinkwrap. Publisher's description: Written and directed by Academy Award winner and Palme d'Or recipient Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog is a haunting western set in 1920s Montana, adapted from Thomas Savage's 1967 novel of the same name. With a star-studded cast featuring Benedict… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1973. Collection of 86 QSL cards from 45 countries, housed in a 32 page generic scrapbook binding, from dedicated radio enthusiast Mark Murphy, 1954-1973, the majority of which dates from the late 1950s. The majority of the QSL cards are addressed to Murphy, at various addresses in New York, Pennsylvania, and Ohio. QSL cards were sent… Read more about this item

Detroit, MI: General Motors, 1980. Substantial archive of over 750 General Motors (GM) design, assembly, and advertising photographs, 23 contact sheets of vehicles and parts photographs, and 100 print advertising proofs and mockups from the Chevrolet Motor Division of General Motors, dating from 1973 through 1980. Nearly all the materials in the archive are overlaid with Campbell Ewald Advertising… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1934. Vintage Improved Benevolent Protective Order of Elks of the World (IBPOEW) sign, with the traditional Benevolent Protective Order of Elks (BPOE) elk's head and "Eleven O'clock Toast" depicted, and with "Copyright by Geo. E. Jessup 1934 A.D." printed in small text above the decorative border on the lower left. The IBPOEW., an African American fraternal… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1980. Draft script for an unproduced television film. The sheriff of the town of Slayton is tasked with closing the old Barton family mine after a series of disasters and accidents-not realizing the Bartons would rather blow up the mine than surrender it to outsiders. Set in the fictional town of Slayton, Nevada. … Read more about this item

Manchester, VA: Manchester High School, 1904. Vintage program for Manchester (colored) High School's commencement ceremony, held on June 14, 1904, at the First Baptist Church. One of the earliest schools for Black students in southern Virginia, Manchester High School was founded in 1888, with noted African American educator James H. Blackwell at its helm. The city of… Read more about this item

Baltimore: Morgan State University, 1953. Vintage program for a Morgan State vs. West Virginia football game, held at the Hughes Stadium in Baltimore on October 24, 1953. Program includes player and reserve lineups, photographs of each team and the respective coaches, and notes on the upcoming homecoming festivities. Near Fine in pictorial side-stapled wrappers.

Philadelphia: N.p., 1920. Archive of twelve touched-up photographs of Philadelphia business storefronts, likely for use in real estate advertising, circa 1920. Each with annotations on the versos, noting a catalog number and address. Seven of the photographs depict storefronts in the Old City neighborhood of Philadelphia, three in West Philadelphia, one in North Philadelphia, and one in… Read more about this item

Stuttgart: N.p., 1991. Vintage program for the 1991 Hegel Prize award ceremony, held at the Hotel am Schlossgarten in Stuttgart, Germany, on October 29, 1991. American philosopher Donald Davidson received the prize that year, becoming the first non-European philosopher to receive the award. The Hegel Prize was first awarded in 1970, on the occasion of Georg… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1970. Substantial archive of material belonging to Austrian-American stage hypnotist and magician John Kolisch, including two three-ring card binders with typescript and manuscript notes for Kolisch's live shows, and 271 vintage photographs of Kolisch in performance. Archive appears to date from the 1950s through the 1970s, the heyday of Kolisch's career. One binder holds notes… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1930. Bold, angularly-lettered stencil, presumably used to brand WPA material and equipment (trucks, bulldozers, etc...) during the program's narrow but historic era of operation during the Great Depression. Acquired from the remnants of a Southern Indiana print shop active in the 1930's. 24" x 9.5" x .25 inches, masonite panel with "W P A" cut precisely… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1981. Seventh Revised Version Draft script for a circa mid-1970s production of the 1967 musical, with a "Peter John Bailey Productions ... New York" stamp and an annotation of copy number 18 on the front wrapper. Two pages, 100 and 101, with intentional text deletion, indicated with affixed blank labels, and five duplicated pages of dialog bound… Read more about this item

New York: The Hickory House, 1940. Vintage three-color dinner menu from the renowned 52nd Street jazz club, circa 1940s, with a "Chef's Special" card stapled to the top outer corner of the second leaf. One of the longest running and premiere jazz clubs of "Swing Street," as 52nd Street between Fifth and Seventh Avenues was known in the… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1940. Vintage felt pennant for the New York Yankees, circa 1940s. 24.5 x 8 inches. Very Good plus, lightly worn.

N.p.: N.p., 1940. Vintage felt pennant for the New York Yankees, circa 1940s. 28 x 11.5 inches. Very Good plus, lightly worn.

Saint Louis: M. Peterson Hair Company, 1919. Vintage catalog of human hair and cosmetic products advertised by St. Louis-based beauty supplier M. Peterson Hair Company. Catalog includes one laid-in leaf noting price changes for Fall 1919, and two pages are stamped "Owing to the advance in the cost of Raw Material, prices are subject to change without notice." … Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1920. Vintage borderless photograph of Trixie the Wonder Dog, a performing canine billed as "The Dog with the Mind of a Child." Annotations in manuscript pencil regarding cropping on the verso. The photograph shows Trixie posed on a carved wooden seat, surrounded by props ostensibly used in her performances, including a hoop, several balls, and… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1936. Collection of six vintage photographs of Hollywood studios, circa 1936. Includes three double-weight and three single-weight photographs. Two photographs with the stamp of Holly Photo Service on the verso. One photograph shows an aerial view of Warner Brothers, First National, and Cosmopolitan studios in Burbank. One photograph shows Columbia Studios, with an annotation in… Read more about this item

New York: United States Rubber Company, 1950. Archive of fifteen vintage photographs of automobile tire testing by the US Rubber Company at the Lancaster, California proving grounds, circa 1950s. All with United States Rubber Company credit stamps and identification number stamps on the versos, and fourteen with printed mimeo snipes affixed to the versos. The tires presented in… Read more about this item