Very nice program which includes the winners from the various matches. The event is held by the National Muzzle Loading Rifle Association located in tiny Friendship, Indiana. These matches drew in a lot of people, both bystanders and competitors. The booklet measures 8-1/2" x 11" and has 39 pages. It's very clean and somehow managed not to get folded in half. If you were there and lost yours here's a chance to get a replacement. I've never seen these out in the wild before this one! View More...
I found these disbound articles in a box of Architectual Review Magazines which I bought at auction. I almost tossed them out until I realized how worthy they are. Each of the 24 focuses on a particular area within a state located anywhere in the country. They all derived from American Preservation magazine, so the color photographs are stunning. Each article is pretty long with many images. I wish I had more room to show them. Areas are these: New Orleans Lower Garden District; Providence, Rhode Island; Salem Massachusetts; Eutaw, Alabama's Greek Revival Architecture; Galveston, Texas; Mizner... View More...
Very handsome postcard, a vertical color view of the main building and tower of Tri State College Angola,Indiana. The card is clearly postmarked Angola,Indiana Jan 11, 1908. It was sent to Miss Georgie Sumner of Bayard, Ohio in Columbiana County. I can't read the sender's last name -- the first is Lewis and he was from Angola. There is no message to speak of except the word Exchange. Card shows a small wear at spots along bottom edge, but is overall quite nice. It will arrive in a plastic sleeve. View More...
This is a remarkably sharp photo with great contrast. The only reason I know that it was a warm day in 1909 Taylorsville,Indiana is the pencilled date and place on the back. There is much here to tell you such things as the homeowner's appreciation of decorative pots of flowers and their liking of rocking chairs. Even the little boy is rocking on a rocking horse. But the thing I noticed first was the young man off to the left of the porch. If you look at the young lady in the white dress ON the porch you can see she is not pleased with him. He's not even looking at her, nor is he engaging wit... View More...
What a colorful and interesting scene this is. Not only does it show a handsome fire station, but also vehicles, fire fighters, and the horse power that fueled the machinery. The card shows a tiny bit of corner wear and writing on divided back. It was never sent, but it has been written on across the dividing line with no attempt at an address. The writing is a little hard to read, but the gist of it is the writer was busy with company and likes the recipient's choice of cards. Nothing too exciting there, but the picture at the front is great. Card will arrive in a brand new plastic sleeve. View More...
This attractive hotel has been converted to apartments for people 55 and over. The card appears to be from the 40's -- there's no writing and no postmark to date it. Card is linen and has a divided back.Very clean and nice and will arrive in a plastic sleeve. View More...
Crisp, clean linen card with no writing and no postmark. The hotel was located in Irwin, Pennsylvania on the Lincoln Highway, Rt. 30, at the turnpike terminal. The only info on the back is the slogan "100 years of fame for food." Only fault is one band of light toning down the side back by stamp box. Will arrive on plastic sleeve. View More...
The graphic cover of this program catches the eye! Very handsome and in nice condition too. There's only a few small faults, being a tiny loss of paper to tail of spine. a small chip to top front corner next to spine and a minor bit of soiling to very edge at bottom of title and frontis pages. Measures 8"x10-1/2" and is illustrated throughout with photographs and maps. Much history, as well as the program of events and the script of the pageant staged in honor of the festivities. Unpaginated, but it's pretty hefty for a program. View More...
There is a tremendous amount of material in the 36 pages of this booklet, including charts, timetables, maps and drawings, but also lots of black and white photographs too. The text covers a history of Gary; background of the Gary railways; The family tree; physical characteristics of the trains; finances; operations and equipment; fare structure; the decline of rail service; car equipment; roster; trackage map; and typical timetables. Very clean and nice with no defect of note.I have many railroad booklets, many of which are not on here yet. but if you're looking for a specific one let me kn... View More...
Very nice clean booklet extolling the interesting photographs of Otto Ping, a Brown County citizen who was no photographer, nor artist, nor technician -- he just liked to take pictures. Critics think he had numerous problems with his pohotography and yet in the 1960's when Ping was no longer a shutterbug he worked with Professor Hartley who encouraged him to hang on to his enire life's work, which Ping did.The essay in front tells more about him and is followed by a colelction of his best sepia photographs enchanced with descriptions. Book measures 8-1/2" x 10" with 94 pages plus a bibliograph... View More...
This a handsome program for the 1997 Indianapolis 500. The program looks like a magazine with great ads, lots of stars, and diverse articles, including a Q & A with Parnelli Jones. The program measures 8-1/2" x 11-1/4" and has 208 full colored pages. Inside there are extra goodies that will remain inside. I never take them out as long as they are on the same subject as the main item. We have the Indianapolis Motor Speedway booklet, a 1997 Indianapolis 500 Official Program, a leaflet showing Indy apparel, and an Indy bag. [SPORTS EPHEMERA] View More...
Crisp, clean, bright art catalog which has no defects of note, including no names or writing. The catalog was created to accompany two exhibits, one at Cleveland State University Art Gallery and the second to Center Galleries in Detroit, Michigan. The catalog measures 8-1/2" x 11" and has 48 beautiful pages. The artists were from Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan, and Indiana. View More...
This booklet is not often seen. It measures 5-3/4" x 8-3/4" and has 26 pages. The beauty of it is the blue illustrations throughout, all of which are large photos, 12 in all. The booklet shows creasing to lower corner of cover and for a few pages inside. There's also a small tear at the bottom of each page. The first page has a small square of paper over the tear, but it doesn't show on the back -- just archival tape. I think the previous owner tried glue first which may have required the patch. The rest of the pages have archival tape on both sides (see photo). There are great pictures of ... View More...
Beautiful art catalog printed in black and white only which is perfect for the huge sculptures.The catalog was printed to accompany an important exhibition December 8, 1991 through January 26, 1992 at Notre Dame. In addition to the sculptures, there are studies which lead to the actual work. the catalog measures 8-1/2" x 10" and has 27, plus a full spread at back. View More...
