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Sixteen images, including: Lambeth Palace London No. 1747 (with the sidewheel steamer Prince Arthur at dockside, loading passengers), West Front Westminster Abbey No. 3586 both 5 1/4" x 8" and by G.W.W. - George Washington Wilson (1823-1893) One of the early royal photographers and the photographer whose images were first sold in Cabinet size. By the 1880s his was one of the largest photographic publishers in the world. (Robert Leggat, 1999); London Bridge No. B10, Westminster Abbey No. 11, both by L. S. & P. Co., 5 1/4" x 7 3/4", the London Stereographic and Photographic Co.; No. 3512 West Abbey Jerusalem Chamber, No. 3252 Houses of Parliament, No. 725 Royal Academy, No. 3264 Albert Hall, all F.G.O.S., 5 1/2" x 8 1/2"; No. 89 Westminster Abbey Chapel & Shrine of Edward the Confessor and No. 96 Westminster Abbey Tomb of Henry 7th, both with Frith's Series blindstamp, 5 3/4" x 8 1/4"; and St. Paul's Cathedral, the Chapel in the Tower of London, Crown Jewels of England, and two others, unidentified and also with no studio indicated, similar sizes to the preceding; not dated, circa 1880; some wear and wrinkling to photographic paper, not mounted and do not ever appear to have been; in good plus condition overall and an interesting photographic group.
C. 1880 Group of 16 Photographic Architectural and City Views of London and Its Monuments By Frith, G.W.W. & L.S. & P. Co.
(19th Century Photography)
Great Britain: Frith, 1880.
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Depicting the ossuary beneath this Rome church; the bones of the monks artfully arranged and displayed, skull decorations, standing, robed forms; an interesting, if macabre display; no photographer or studio indicated however our research indicates Alinari, c. 1880 period; image approx. 8" x 10", tipped-on to cardstock mount approx. 11" x 14" overall; some fading to image; little chip to bottom margin of photo, no loss to photographic image; mount with wear, dustiness and darkening, rippling to card; in good overall condition.
C. 1880 Albumen Photograph of the Ossuario (Ossuary) at the Santa Maria Della Concezione Dei Cappuccini Rome
(19th Century Photography)
Italy: Fratelli Alinari, 1880.
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Depicting the interior & exterior of this archaeological site; Alinari photographer studio indicated below image (No. 6451); the other (exterior) without the studio name; c. 1880; images approx. 7 1/2" x 10", tipped-on to cardstock mount approx. 11" x 14" overall; some fading to images; mount with wear, dustiness and darkening, rippling to card, one with corner chipped, one with closed tear in image; in good overall condition.
(2) C. 1880 Albumen Photographs of the Anfiteatro Flavio o Colosseo Coi Nuovi Scavi By Alinari
(19th Century Photography)
Italy: Fratelli Alinari, 1880.
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19th Century Scrapbook Compiled in Southold Lond Island
(19th Century Scrapbook)
New York:
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19th Century Scrapbook from Southold Long Island New York with Local Articles
(19th Century Scrapbook)
New York: 1859.
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The collection includes over 150 dated and signed letters written to (and a few items from) Dr. Lucinda DeLeftwich Templin (1888-1969) author, historian & collector, "...one of El Paso's best-loved and most distinguished educators - in 1916 she took her undergraduate and Master's at U. of Missouri and became Dean of Lindenwood College in St. Charles, MO., did doctoral work at Harvard and Columbia and took over as principal at the Radford School in 1927 (at the time, called El Paso School for Girls); Dr. Templin interested Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Radford of Webster Grove, Mo., in the school and the Radfords paid off the mortgage, provided an endowment fund that insured the institution's stability and the name of the school was changed in honor of these benefactors. During Dr. Templin's administration, Radford School grew to a nationally accredited school for girls in the Southwest and when she retired in 1967, the 22-acre campus had more than $1,000,000 in physical improvements and was debt-free. Dr. Templin had also completed plans for construction of a $400,000 library and museum on property owned by the school; she was a member of the nation's leading educational organizations and honorary societies, named consistently to Who's Who in America and Who's Who in American Education; author of numerous publications, most of which were concerned with the field of education. (The above material from her obituary); This wide-ranging, diverse collection has three intertwining themes - letters concerning Dr. Templin's ongoing interest in education and educational materials for her school, letters which relate to the business and academic part of Radford and letters of reference for applicants and correspondence which relates to the creation of her War Museum, where she collected military autographs, uniforms, photographs, paraphernalia, weapons from around the world. A sampling of what is found here, chronological order: 1921 Dr. James G. Kiernan, writing about some autographs he was sending to Templin - he was famous for the earliest-known use of the word heterosexual in the United States; 1921 Ellen Shaw Barlow writing in relation to the national Committee on Prisons and Prison Labor, requesting Templin's presence for a meeting of the Committee on the Care and Training of Delinquent Women and Girls; 1926 Roy Franklin Nichols (1896-1973) American historian and a Pulitzer Prize winner, writing regarding one of Templins' publications; 1928 Breckinridge Long (1881 - 1958) diplomat and politician served in the administrations of Woodrow Wilson and Franklin Delano Roosevelt, on Democratic National Committee letterhead - regarding a portrait of Rev. John Breckinridge (his great-grandfather) Templin was sending in appreciation of his "…defense of Religious Freedom…"; Federico de Onis Sánchez (1885 - 1966 ) Spanish writer and literary critic, taught Spanish literature at Columbia University in New York concerning a recommendation of one of his students for a position at Radford ; educator John L. Bergstresser; Jessie H. Humphries Associate Dean Texas Womens University; Butler Ames (1871-1954) American politician, engineer, soldier and businessman; Richard Fenner Burges (1873-1945) Texas legislator and conservationist; Alice Mildred Burgess; William Blair Roberts (1881-1964) Episcopal Suffragan Bishop South Dakota; Katharine Denworth, president of Bradford Academy, regarding an article on sororities in colleges; N. Floyd Templin of the Ohio House of Representatives writing on Templin family genealogical matters; John G. Barry, consulting mining geologist and engineer of El Paso, regarding an educational alliance between the Radford School and the Texas College of Mines; Arthur L Burroughs, publisher, writing about the subject of grammar in education; Harriet M. Chase of the National Education Assoc.; Jack Braveheart, regarding a talk on the American Indian; Ivan Lee Holt, Methodist bishop of St. Louis; Cornelia McKinne Stanwood of the Sarah Dix Hamlin School San Francisco; Joseph Dorfman, economic historian at Columbia Univ., asking Templin about her studies with Thorstein Veblen; an interesting 2-page letter from Dr. J. Travis Bennett of El Paso, regarding the setting-out of a chart for the physical examination and reportage on condition of applicants to Radford, with suggestions; Bertha Baur (1858-1940) directed the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music; A.F. Kuhlman, Assoc. Dir., University of Chicago, regarding research work on childrens' reading habits, information; Dr. William S. Gray (1885-1960) American educator and literacy advocate, also of U. of Chicago on the same subject; Sallie Caldwell, Teachers College Columbia University, regarding early learning & English curriculum materials; Mrs. Florence F. Osgood of the Neshobe camp for girls in Vermont requesting an alliance with Radford School; U.S. Army major (later colonel) Livingston Watrous; Colonel D.C. Pearson, New Mexico Military Institute; Ruth Elliott of Wellesley College; Chris P. Fox sheriff El Paso, regarding falling down on the job for police protection near the school; Brent N. Rickard American Smelting & Refining Works; Louise Traxell Greeley, Dean of Women at U. of Wisconsin Madison; Lieutenant Colonel Joseph P. Aleshire Fort Bliss Texas; Mrs. L.J. Calvocoressi, Chairman of the Women's Auxiliary of the Greek War Relief Assoc.; Lt. Col. (later major-general) Ray. T. Maddocks; , Robert E. McKee, Sr. (1889-1964), major U.S. contractor, engineer, builder; Columbia Broadcasting System program press information director George Crandall; Colonel (later Brig. General) Charles G. Sage; Elmer Davis (1890 1958) news reporter, author, the Director of the United States Office of War Information during World War II and a Peabody Award recipient; William McChesney Martin, Jr. (1906-1998) ninth and longest-serving Chairman of the United States Federal Reserve, serving from April 2, 1951 to January 31, 1970 under five Presidents; Bernard Hoffman (1913 - 1979) American LIFE magazine photographer and documentary photographer, first American photographer on the ground at Hiroshima and Nagasaki after the atomic bomb was dropped in 1945; Alfred E. Stearns, Chairman Overseas Schools Committee; Colonel Hugh J. Deeney, Chief of the Adjutant General Division; Col Harold R. Turner, first commander of White Sands Missile Proving Ground; Guy Sylvestre (Jean-Guy Sylvestre), OC, FRSC (1918 -2010) Canadian literary critic, librarian and civil servant; Rear Admiral Barry Kennedy Atkins (1911 -2005) officer of the United States Navy best known for his achievements as a destroyer captain in World War II; R. Burdell Bixby, prominent Republican of NY State; Robert W. Hamilton, justice of the Texas Supreme Court, regarding a Radford school girl reference; Colombian world federalist Santiago Gutiérrez; M.S. Sundaram Head of Education, Indian embassy; Raymond L. Telles, Jr. (b. 1915) was the first Mexican-American Mayor of a major American city, El Paso, Texas (3 letters); Ángela Acuña de Chacón, Chilean who served as commissioner 1960-1972 on the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights; William G. Stark, Consul General of Canada; Rene Mascarenas Miranda, Municipal President (mayor) of Juarez; Gordon Llewellyn Allott (1907-1989) Republican politician; Mrs. William Barclay Parsons, president of the National Council of Women of the United States; John Koehler Gerhart (1907 - 1981) United States Air Force four star general; J. T. Rutherford (1921 - 2006) United States Representative from Texas; R. G. Follis, Chairman of Board. Standard Oil Company of California; Robert John Morris (1914-1996) President of the University of Dallas, American anti-Communist activist (2 notes); Karl Robin Bendetsen (1907 -1989 remembered primarily for his role as architect of the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II; Elmer Ellis (1901 - 1989) American educator and fourteenth president of the University of Missouri; historian C.L. Sonnichsen; Marshall S. Carter, Deputy Director of Central Intelligence (CIA); Millicent C. McIntosh 1898-2001, fourth dean of Barnard College (1947-1952) and the College's first president - this is the last letter, dated 1962 and in it, Dr. Templin is asking for McIntosh to help with providing a successor to the headship at Radford - Templin was soon to retire and died relatively soon afterwards. Some of the letters and notes are very short, with limited content; others more voluminous.Additional materials include: letters to another Templin family member from Scott Wike Lucas (1892 - 1968) two-term Democratic United States Senator (1939-1951) from Illinois and Joel Bennett Clark (1890 -1954), better known as Bennett Champ Clark, Democratic United States Senator from Missouri from 1933 until 1945, later a United States federal judge; and a few other letters; an undated letter to Templin from pianist Ola Gulledge; a two -page undated letter on The American School Foundation Mexico letterhead; a few letters from Frank S. Ross, Major Gen. U.S. Army regarding the Templin War Museum project; a clipped signature of Alvan Tufts Fuller (1878 -1958) and one of John Kieran; and a unidentified sepia-tone matte-finish photograph circa 1920s that may be Dr. Templin or perhaps a friend; a few of the items with the original mailing envelopes; many letters with old adhesive residue from being mounted at some time, some with old tape marks in the corners, some of the items trimmed as if to accommodate in a smaller frame or album (not here); old fold lines, ageing; some with corner-attrition due to being removed; in overall good to very good condition and an interesting group of material encompassing the rich educational, business and personal life of this well-known Texas woman educator, whose contacts spanned the United States and the world.
1921 - 1962 Collection of Correspondence of El Paso Texas Educator & Author Dr. Lucinda De Leftwich Templin, Including Material Concerning Her War Museum and the Establishment of Radford School for Girls
(20th Century Womens Education History)
El Paso Texas: Not Published, 1921.
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34 pages; advice for the parents - especially concerning the importance of training and 'education' of the child before they ever reach the formal schooling systems; original printed paper wrap covers; 3 1/2" x 5 1/2"; back cover with a list of other titles available from Houlston & Son; with some edgewear and much darkening, stained; contents in good condition, clean; interesting early 19th century educational and parenting ephemeral item.
Address to parents, on the Education of Their Children. By A Friend.
(A Friend)
Wellington, Salop England: Houlston and Son, 1827.
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Well-taken photograph of ships in the harbor in Genoa; a full broadside look at the Stromboli; albumen process; of German photographer Alfred Noack (Dresden 1833 - Genoa 1895); our research indicates that Stromboli was a protected cruiser, laid-down in 1886 and sold in 1907 and was of the Etna class; crew visible on deck, small boats in harbor approach; about 8" x 10" size; laid down onto new matte board; no date but circa 1890; photograph & studio identifiers at bottom of image, with number 6979; couple of old creases, do not detract from fairly sharp and detailed image; very good condition and interesting Italian nautical & photographic history.
Photograph of R. Marina Italiana. Stromboli. By A. Noack, Genova Image of Italian Naval Cruiser.
(A. Noack)
Genoa Italy: A. Noack,
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white portrait of Clarence M. Dunbar, approx. 6" x 9" size, and including the program details (with a couple of routines by Betty Chown and Girls & other acts) and with the engraved ticket-card for the event, as well as the engraved ticket-card for the reception ball to be held after the banquet at the Cinderella Ball Room; with a larger banquet menu-program (2 copies) for the Incoming Potentate, Thursday May 3rd, approx. 8 1/2" x 11" also including the program details and ticket-card & envelope; and the Program for Ladies' Entertainment May 1-2-3, a 7-page stapled purse-size booklet with daily activities planned, including tours and teas, luncheons, motorcades, open houses; and an illustrated folding menu and program for the Luncheon honoring Miss Margaret Dunbar - Mrs. Frank C. Jones Spanish Dance Gardens Coral Gables Country Club May 3; the A.A.O.N.M.S stands for Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, now Shriners International, attached to Freemasonry and in existence since 1870; some light wear, little corner-creasing to the larger menu and aging to the items; in very good condition and interesting to have material from all of the weeks' functions, including the activities for the wives of the visiting Shriners.
Group of Printed Materials for the Fifty-fourth Imperial Council Session A.A.O.N.M.S. - Miami, Florida Hotel Urmey May 1928: Including Banquet Programs, Menus, Engraved Ticket Cards
(A.A.O.N.M.S. [Shriners])
Miami Florida: Hotel Urmey for the A.A.O.N.M.S., 1928.
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A charmingly-printed souvenir for the occasion, with dancing gilt figures in an Art Deco style adorning the cover and program details within; approx. 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" given for the women companions of this fraternal group at the famous Minneapolis Woman's Club; the A.A.O.N.M.S stands for Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, now Shriners International, attached to Freemasonry and in existence since 1870; the program was under the direction of Janet C. Atkins MacPhail School of Music, with acts & performers listed and noting the Mrs. Harry W. Nelson presiding and several guests' named; cover with some light wear and soiling; in very good condition; interesting to read of the programming provided for the women of the Masonic group.
Zuhrah Temple Golden Jubilee Banquet for the Ladies Woman's Club October 18, 1935 Program Souvenir
(A.A.O.N.M.S. [Shriners])
Minneapolis Minnesota: The Woman's Club for the A.A.O.N.M.S., 1935.
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A souvenir for the occasion; approx. 5 1/4" x 7 1/2"; with a portrait of Mr. Olendorf, program for the entertainment; the A.A.O.N.M.S stands for Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, now Shriners International, attached to Freemasonry and in existence since 1870; the menu including Bon Ton salad, fried chicken Indiana Style, ice cream Imperial; cover with some light wear and soiling; in very good condition.
Sixty-Seventh Annual Session of the Imperial Council, A.A.O.N.M.S. Banquet and Ball in Honor of Imperial Potentate George F. Olendorf Tuesday, June 10, 1941 Murat Temple, Indianapolis Souvenir Menu
(A.A.O.N.M.S. [Shriners])
Indianapolis, Indiana: Murat Temple A.A.O.N.M.S., 1935.
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A souvenir for the occasion held at this famous San Francisco hotel; approx. 6" x 8 1/2"; with a tipped-in black and white portrait of Mr. Woodfield, program for the entertainment which included Hon. Earl Warren Governor State of California; the A.A.O.N.M.S stands for Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, now Shriners International, attached to Freemasonry and in existence since 1870; the menu including Crab Rosita, mock turtle Amantillado, chicken Souvarov, orange surprise; cover with some light wear; in very good condition.
Seventy-Second Annual Session of the Imperial Council, A.A.O.N.M.S. Banquet on Honor of the Imperial Potentate Wm. H. Woodfield, Jr. By Islam Temple Palm Court, Palace Hotel San Francisco Tuesday July 23rd, 1946 Menu Souvenir
(A.A.O.N.M.S. [Shriners])
San Francisco California: Islam Temple A.A.O.N.M.S., 1946.
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Two souvenirs for the occasion held in New Jersey; the banquet announcement and menu, very large and nicely engraved & printed, with gilt masonic ornament on cover, approx. 8" x 11"; with a list of council members; the menu including supreme of melon fraisette, lobster and crabmeat thermidor, broiled filet mignon with mushrooms, Crescent Temple pie with rhum and melba sauce; the Shrine Recorders' Assoc. 27th annual meeting souvenir menu held during the same period on May 26, 1947 also at Haddon Hall and (8) pages with portrait of President George M. Saunders, committee members, program, menu including chilled honey-dew, roast sirloin of beef, frozen strawberry pie; approx. 5 3/4" x 8 1/2", bright red flocked cover, and yellow string binding, gilt cover titles; A.A.O.N.M.S stands for Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, now Shriners International, attached to Freemasonry and in existence since 1870; the covers with some light wear & soiling; in very good condition.
Banquet in Honor of Illustrious Imperial Potentate George H. Rowe Ismailia Temple 73rd Annual Session of the Imperial Council A.A.O.N.M.S. Haddon Hall Atlantic City, New Jersey Tuesday May 27th 1947 (with) Shrine Recorder's Assoc. Meeting Souvenir & Menu
(A.A.O.N.M.S. [Shriners])
Atlantic City New Jersey: Haddon Hall A.A.O.N.M.S., 1947.
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The original flyer-invitation for the occasion held in Calgary with the ; the banquet menu-program for the event; the flyer approx. 6" x 9"; with portraits of the immediate past and present potentates; programming and ticket prices, back cover lists a couple of hundred or so "Veteran Members Twenty-five years or more members of Al Azhar Temple" - giving card number, name and year, a useful tool for membership and genealogical research; menu 5 1/2" x 8 1/2"; giving program, which included various musical and vocal entertainments; the menu including roast Alberta young turkey, potatoes au gratin, pumpkin pie; A.A.O.N.M.S stands for Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, now Shriners International, attached to Freemasonry and in existence since 1870; the covers with some light wear & soiling; in very good condition.
Al Azhar Temple 1907-1947 A.A.O.N.M.S. 40th Anniversary Honoring Our Veterans Friday, November 21, 1947 Calgary, Alberta Menu & Original Invitation Flyer.
(A.A.O.N.M.S. [Shriners])
Calgary, Alberta Canada: Al Azhar Temple A.A.O.N.M.S., 1947.
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3 Masonic group items from this week of meetings in Miami Beach; the Imperial Family Party menu approx. 7" x 10", with offerings including seafood cocktail, hot consomme Madrilene aux paillettes rose imperial, savarin mold of lemon sole with Long Island scallops, breast of Philadelphia capon, exquisite with mushrooms on sliced Kentucky ham sauce perigueu; (with) the (4) page Banquet in honor of Illustrious Imperial Potentate Robert Gardiner Wilson, Jr. approx. 6 1/2" x 8", illustrated with and cut in the shape of the Egyptian sphinx monument and having the potentate's face inset at the sphinx', with a black and white illustrated table place-setting card with his bust portrait as well, also die-cut (having the diner's name); including the officers of the group & national, their menu including shrimp remoulade en coquille, charcoal broiled filet mignon, coconut ice cream with strawberries; with the (6) page Royal Order of Jesters souvenir menu, approx. 6" x 9", with the funny "Mirth Is King" jester's court of the group color cover illustration, portraits of directors, menu including martini cocktail, tomato stuffed with lobster and crab supreme, prime rib of beef au jus, surprise royal; A.A.O.N.M.S stands for Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, now Shriners International, attached to Freemasonry and in existence since 1870, the Red Cross of Constantine (another allied group) and the Royal Order of Jesters is a fraternal organization affiliated with Freemasonry and the Shriners the Jesters acknowledge the importance of humor; the covers with some light wear & soiling; in very good condition, a nice group of souvenirs from the week's activities.
Imperial Family Party Casablanca Hotel Miami Beach Sunday, June 15, 1952 A.A.O.N.M.S. (with Die-Cut 'Sphinx' Imperial Banquet Menu Souvenir (and) 35th Annual Banquet National Court Royal Order of Jesters at Saxony Hotel June 17th .
(A.A.O.N.M.S. [Shriners])
Miami Beach Florida: Casablanca Hotel for A.A.O.N.M.S., 1952.
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A large approx. 8" x 11" nicely engraved and printed menu for the council Banquet, with offerings including stewed snapper a la Mc Callister, filet mignon, egg nog sherbert, fancy cakes; (with) the Order of Jesters booklet approx. 4 1/4" x 7 1/4", illustrated with the Mirth is King billiken symbol on cover and inside, with a black and white group illustration of the Singing Men of Murat; including the program offerings, entertainment, officers of the group & national, their menu including coupe de fresh fruits rafraichis, soupe de tete de veau madere, cote de boeuf grilled maitre d'hotel, glace napolitaine, mignardises parisienne; A.A.O.N.M.S stands for Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, now Shriners International, attached to Freemasonry and in existence since 1870 and the Royal Order of Jesters is a fraternal organization affiliated with Freemasonry and the Shriners, which acknowledges the importance of humor; the covers with some light wear & soiling; in very good condition.
Banquet in Honor of Illustrious Imperial Potentate Karl Rex Hammers Syria Temple 74th Annual Session...A.A.O.N.M.S. Atlantic City Tuesday, June 8th 1948 (with) 31st Annual Meeting Royal Order of Jesters Hotel Ambassador June 7, 1948 Souvenir Menus
(A.A.O.N.M.S. [Shriners])
Atlantic City New Jersey: Hotel Ambassador for A.A.O.N.M.S., 1948.
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3 Masonic group items from this week of meetings in Chicago; the Jubilee menu approx. 6 1/2" x 10" nicely printed menu and with portrait of Charles Galloway Calhoun Imperial Potentate, with offerings including tropical melon bonbon, supreme of blue feathers capon Imperial, petit fours, mignardises; (with) the (8) page Order of Jesters booklet approx. 4 1/4" x 7 1/4", illustrated with the Mirth is King billiken symbol on cover and inside, with a black and white group illustration of the Highland Pipe & Drum Band of Karnak Temple, Montreal Canada and another of the Moolah Chanters El Koran; including the program offerings, entertainment, officers of the group & national, their menu including coupe de fruits maraskin, tournedos de boeuf, salade Manhattan, gateau glace Sherman; with the Red Cross of Constantine souvenir of their breakfast held at the Union League Club, listing members and officers, approx. 6 1/2" x 8", nicely printed in red and embossed gold with the group's symbology; A.A.O.N.M.S stands for Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, now Shriners International, attached to Freemasonry and in existence since 1870, the Red Cross of Constantine (another allied group) and the Royal Order of Jesters is a fraternal organization affiliated with Freemasonry and the Shriners the Jesters acknowledge the importance of humor; the covers with some light wear & soiling; in very good condition.
Diamond Jubilee A.A.O.N.M.S. July 18th to 22nd 1949 Chicago, Illinois The Stevens Hotel (with) Royal Oder of Jesters Hotel Sherman July 18 (and) Red Cross of Constantine July 16 Union League Club Menu Souvenir
(A.A.O.N.M.S. [Shriners])
Atlantic City New Jersey: The Stevens Hotel for A.A.O.N.M.S., 1949.
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2 Masonic group items from this week of meetings in Los Angeles; the Imperial Banquet menu approx. 7 1/2" x 10" nicely printed on very heavy textured paper stock, with embossed gilt masonic symbology on cover; with tipped-on black and white portrait of Harold Lloyd (Imperial Potentate), with list of officers, menu offerings including seafood Californian, chicken saute chasen, coupe Alexander al'Anisette; (with) the (5) page Shrine Recorders' Assoc. booklet approx. 7 1/4" x 10", illustrated with black and white group of portraits of officers, the banquet program at the Biltmore Hotel, with presenters and entertainment, officers, menu with fruit supreme, consomme Viennoise, breast of chicken with ham, strawberry parfait; Montreal Canada and another of the Moolah Chanters El Koran; including the program offerings, entertainment, officers of the group & national, their menu including coupe de fruits maraskin, tournedos de boeuf, salade Manhattan, gateau glace Sherman; with the Red Cross of Constantine souvenir of their breakfast held at the Union League Club, listing members and officers, approx. 6 1/2" x 8", nicely printed in red and embossed gold with the group's symbology; A.A.O.N.M.S stands for Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, now Shriners International, attached to Freemasonry and in existence since 1870; the covers with some light wear & soiling; in very good condition.
Imperial Banquet in Honor of Illustrious Imperial Potentate Harold Lloyd 76th Annual Session of the Imperial Council A.A.O.N.M.S. June 20th, 1950 The Hollywood Palladium Los Angeles California (with) Shrine Recorders Assoc. Biltmore Hotel Souvenir Menu.
(A.A.O.N.M.S. [Shriners])
Los Angeles, California: The Palladium for A.A.O.N.M.S., 1950.
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Albumen photograph, standard cdv format; with the Abel Lewis Photographer Douglas Isle of Man studio imprint on front and back; known Manx photographer; no date but circa 1870; light mount wear; in very good condition.
C. 1870 Carte-de-Visite Photograph Abel Lewis Photographer Douglas Isle of Man Portrait of a Seated Man
(Abel Lewis Photographer)
Douglas, Isle of Man: Abel Lewis Photographer,
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Volume I only of this two volume compilation; ii + (1) errata + 418 pages; the Translator's Preface notes "...The French monarch, in the publication now before us, has set an example to all Europe, well worthy to be followed. The advantages which are likely to accrue to the learned world..."; with contents with "An Historical Essay..." by M. de Guignes, "On the Origin of the Oriental Characters in the Royal Printing-House, on the Works which have been printed at Paris, in Arabic, in Syriac, in Armenian, &c. and on the Greek Characters of Francis I. commonly called the King's Greek" and other contributions on printing and much on travel literature and the history of science by the same author; "An account of an autographical chronicle of Bernard Iterius, librarian of the abbey of St. Martial de Limoges in the thirteenth century." & other pieces by M. de Breguigny, "An Account of a Greek Lexicon" by M. de Rochefort; "An Account of a manuscript of Eschylus in the king's library, No. 2789, compared with the edition of Paw" by M. Vauvilliers; "The book of councils, by Sheik Feriddin-Mahommed-ben Ibrahaim-al-Attar-al-Nischabouri." by M. Silvestre de Sacy; bound in later dark green textured cloth, brown leather spine, gilt spine titles; some edge, tips wear & scarring to leather of binding; title page foxed a bit; otherwise contents very clean and in fairly fresh condition; interesting French library history from the 18th century.
Accounts and Extracts of the Manuscripts in the Library of the King of France. Published Under the Inspection of a Committee of the Royal Academy of Sciences at Paris. Translated from the French. Volume I
(Académie Royale Des Sciences)
London: R. Faulder et al, 1789.
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