Boston, Grand Staircase, Public Library Postcard
Boston: Metropolitan News Co., 1906. Undivided back postcard; used; 1906 cancellation; some edge, tips wear, rubbing on the back & short closed tear at bottom edge; good condition.
Ephemera
South Union Station, Dewey Square, Boston, Mass. Postcard
New York & Chicago: A.C. Bosselman, 1908. Undivided back postcard; used; 1908 cancellation; to the prominent D.P. Corey Family Malden Massachusetts; some edge, tips wear; very good condition.
The Art of Sparring and Boxing
Baltimore, Md: I & M Ottenheimer, 1915. 58 pages; No. 41 of the publisher's series of small booklets relating to sports an humor; black and white illustrated; 5" x 4" approximate size; no date but circa 1900; some edgewear and soiling, chipping to back and front of illustrated paper wrap.....
Vieilles Coiffes Bretonnes
France: LL DD, 1910. F. 19 (of 24 as according to the printed list) photographs, matte finish on heavy photo paper stock, of women of Bretonne with various ancient hat styles, many of the lace or lace-trimmed variety, in various shapes and styles; the women's costume also visible, depending on.....
Beardsly Park, Showing Shrubbery, Bridgeport, Conn. Postcard
1906. Undivided back postcard; used; 1906 cancellation; on extra-heavy cardstock; some edge, tips wear; very good condition.
Fairfield County Court House, Bridgeport, Conn. Postcard
New York & Chicago: Illustrated Postal Card Co., 1907. Undivided back postcard; used; 1907 cancellation; some edge, tips wear. edge-darkening; very good condition.
The Howe Monument, Bridgeport Conn. Postcard
Bridgeport, Conn. H.H. Jackson, 1905. Undivided back postcard; used; 1905 cancellation; some edge, tips wear; very good condition.
1960 Photographs and Ephemera for the Broadway Show Lloyd Nolan - Alfred Ryder - in "One More River" By Beverley Cross with Harry Guardino Directed By Windsor Lewis
New York - London: Ambassador Theatre, 1960. Group of material includes: a black and white 7 1/2" x 10 1/4" approx. size photographic 'show card' for the production, mounted to an old card matte; (with) 14 (including one double) 8" x 10" bw photographic stills from the production, depicting the.....
1947 Photograph of Twin Coach Bus Number 1474 37 Navy Yard Brooklyn New York
Brooklyn New York: 1947. Identified on front, ink smeared a bit; bus with identifier "Navy Yard" on side & "3rd Ave" on front panel; approx. 2 1/2" x 3 1/4" snapshot format; light wear; very good condition, interesting Brooklyn photographic & transportation ephemera.
1993 Photograph of Tower Ladder # 149 Fire Truck 86th Street & 3rd Avenue Bay Ridge Brooklyn New York
Brooklyn New York: 1993. Identified on back; also shows 3rd Avenue Pub & Elegant Restaurant; approx. 3 1/2" x 5" format; light wear; very good condition, interesting Brooklyn photographic & firefighting ephemera.
1994 Photograph of Seagrave Tower Ladder Fire Truck 86th Street & 5th Avenue Brooklyn New York
Brooklyn New York: 1994. Identified on back; also shows Pizza Wagon & cigarette store; approx. 3 1/2" x 5" format; light wear; very good condition, interesting Brooklyn photographic & firefighting ephemera.
2 Photographs of McKey Liquor Store and Also Star Deli 86th Street Bay Ridge Brooklyn New York Taken 1992
Brooklyn New York: 1992. Identified on back; also shows Regal market, haircutting salon on corner in background; no date but circa 1970s; approx. 4" x 5 1/2" format; light wear; very good condition, interesting Bay Ridge Brooklyn photographic & business history ephemera.
C. 1960s Photograph of Packard Convertible 1956 at 65th Streeet Near 7th Avenue Brooklyn New York
Brooklyn New York. Identified on back; also shows Shell & Citgo stations in background; approx. 3 1/2" x 5" format; light wear; very good condition, interesting Brooklyn photographic & antique auto ephemera.
Photograph of Model T Ford Coupe 1926 at Corner of 90th Street and 3rd Avenue Brooklyn New York
Brooklyn New York. Identified on back; also shows Regal market, haircutting salon on corner in background; no date but circa 1970s; approx. 3 1/2" x 3 3/4" format; light wear, old crease (not severe); trimmed unevenly; very good condition, interesting Brooklyn photographic & antique auto ephemera.
A Message to Conductor Members of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
United States: Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, 1920. A small pamphlet which is publicizing an effort to unify the Order of Railroad Conductors with the larger Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen; ostensibly to keep dues low and create a larger power bloc for bargaining and union solidarity; the verbiage says that conductor.....
Koch - Emusha The Shadow Mayor
New York: Life in Wartime Productions, 1982. F. (26) pages; a black and white comic book spoofing Mayor Koch's political and social life, attitude, New Yorkers and the city in general during the time of his mayoralty; Edward Irving "Ed" Koch (b. 1924) U.S. Congressman from 1969 to 1977 and.....
1982 Typed Letter Signed By Italian Architectural Author Bruno Zevi
Rome Italy: 1982. With content noting that some poetry had been sent, comment on a friend's recent art opening - and the most interesting paragraph concerning a "...permesso business to be decided, but have marshalled support in case of trouble. The appeal has been lodged and will be heard some.....
Hand-Colored Lithograph of a Female of the Bushman Race
New York: H. Bailliere, 1855. Original hand-colored plate from Prichard and Norris' Natural History of Man; approx. 5 1/2" x 9" size; slight toning, old discoloration at bottom right corner, unobtrusive; very good condition.
Hand-Colored Lithograph of Woman & Child of the Bushman Race
New York: H. Bailliere, 1855. Original hand-colored plate from Prichard and Norris' Natural History of Man; approx. 5 1/2" x 9" size; slight toning; very good condition.
Four Broadside Poems Signed By Fred Byrnes
New York. 4 broadsides include: 'Marilyn Again on Display', 1992 Backstreet Editions, artwork J. Hogan, inscribed and signed by Fred Byrnes; 'Morgan' 1990, signed; 'On A Sunday Afternoon' 1990, signed; and 'Lasagne' (for Corinne) 1992, signed by Long Island poet Fred Byrnes; all printed on good color paper stock; approx.....
Longfellow's Home, Cambridge, Mass. Postcard
Boston: P.R. Co. Divided back postcard; used; no cancellation; no date, circa 1910; some light edge, tips wear; very good condition.
1984 Autograph Letter Signed By Sicilian Author Carmelo Samona
Rome Italy: 1984. Carmelo Samona (1926 -1990) Sicilian-born writer and educator, winner of the Strega prize for his 1978 novel Brothers (Fratelli); dated Roma 15 Feb. 1984; written on one side of plain paper and concerning his book "Il Custode"; text in Italian, the gist of the letter asking about.....
February 10, 1893 Autograph Letter Signed on Cattaraugus Union Newspaper Letterhead By R.H. Shankland, the Proprietor
Cattaraugus, New York: Cattaraugus Union, 1893. F. Letter handwritten and signed, one side; R. H. Shankland was the owner of this newspaper, as well as U.S. Agent of Indian Affairs for the Seneca peoples; here he is writing to an undecipherable 'Friend..." in relation to a bill of sale and.....
1912 Signed handwritten note by Noted American Graphic Artist Charles Dana Gibson
A handwritten note, interestingly written from Carnegie Hall and dated May 2 1912 and with a artists' palette-style "Dana" in the signature; evidently the addressee had asked Gibson about using an image he'd drawn; to a Mr. Abbott, and describing the process for using the art, fees & copyright notice;.....
Carte-de-Visite Portrait of Charles Dickens By E. Linde & Co. Berlin
Berlin: E. Linde & Co., 1865. CDV photograph of an older Charles John Huffam Dickens (1812-1870) English novelist of the Victorian period; with the E. Linde & Co. Berlin studio stamp on back of card mount; no date, circa 1865 albumen; approx. 4" x 2 1/2" overall size; light wear;.....