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By: N/A
Price: $8.95
Publisher: Sturbridge, Mass., Old Sturbridge Village: 1963
Seller ID: 0314
Condition: Good
Very nice clean booklet published by Old Sturbridge Village focusing on New England crewelwork. Forty-seven pages, replete with black and white photographs, discuss the history and uses of crewel embroidery and also explain the stitches with instructional drawings. At the back of the book are patterns which could be enlarged for use. Booklet measures 5-1/2"x9" with isolated spots of edge wear, a small rubbed spot at front spine, and along edges at back. View more info
By: N/A
Price: $10.00
Publisher: University of Massachusetts: 1951
Seller ID: 0548
Condition: Good
Nice program marking the 81st commencement of the University of Massachusetts Class of 1951 which included a four star Air Force General, Andrew Iosue, who received a bachelor of science degree. The program is printed on soft paper with a handsome deckled edge. It measures 6"x9-1/4" and is vey clean with the exception of a few light small stains to back cover. Very nice family genealogical item. I would be happy to check for a family name for you -- just click on the contact button View more info
By: N/A
Price: $12.00
Publisher: Boston, Massachusetts, Hollis St. Theatre: 1915
Seller ID: 9677
Condition: Very good
Crisp, clean program with wonderful ads including two in full color -- one for Pickwick Ale and the other on the back cover for Burrill's Toothpowder and Toothpaste. The show playing was The Chief, a comedy in three act, starring the dashing Irish-American actor John Drew who sadly died at the age of 34 after falling and hitting his head at a party for his young daughter. The next play in the wings was Shakespeare's Macbeth starring James K. Hackett and Viola Allen. Program measures 5-1/2"x8" and has 34 pages. View more info
By: N/A
Price: $25.00
Publisher: Boston, Massachusets, Corona Kid Company: circa 1920's
Seller ID: 0769
Condition: Very Good
Very quirky advertising brochure for the Corona Kid Company of Boston, strangely not dated. The oldest reference of the company I found was the July 3, 1901 issue of Book & Shoe Recorder which lists them as an advertiser for leather. The next reference was 1903 when Shoe Worker's Journal mentioned that the company baseball team was the best in the area. Then in 1914 there was a notice that they had moved up South Street. The last notice was in 1921 which indicated that the company was big in patent leather -- which brings us to this advertising piece. Its big sell was that Corona Colt leather ... View more info
By: N/A
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Boston & Maine Railroad: 1893
Seller ID: 0773
Condition: Very good
Three railroad tickets issued by the Boston & Maine Railroad good only for a single day. Of the three only the top one was used for a Harbor Excursion on Agusust 17, 1893 from Springfiels, Massachusetts to Boston and return. The middle ticket was good for a trip from Nantasket or Bass Point to Boston and the third from Boston to Nantasket or Bass Point. As you can see, the bottom two are stamped in red. This reads "These two coupons will be accepted for one admission to the Boston Baseball Grounds." All three are stamped on the back. The three tickets are still attached and together measure 3"... View more info
By: N/A
Price: $30.00
Publisher: Provincetown, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, The Wharf Players Theatre: 1926
Seller ID: 1121
Condition: Very good
This innocuous program belies its importance. The theatre on the wharf pictured on the cover is where it all began in 1915 when many shining lights turned up in Provincetown, one of whom, was playwright Eugene O'Neil who came bearing a trunkful of plays. The would-be actors picked one, staged it, and began what would become a string of hits that even went to Broadway. One of the those plays, The Children of the Moon, which is the one playing here in this program, debuted on Broadway in 1923 starring Beatrice Terry, an actress descended from the famous theatrical Terry family. The biggest star ... View more info
By: N/A
Price: $11.95
Publisher: Provincetown, Cape Cod, The Mayflower Sales Company: circa 1950's
Seller ID: 1134
Condition: Fine
The colors are pure and bright and the paper crisp which adds to the beauty of this waterfall of Cape Cod pictures. Open the cover and eight images cascade out. Then turn it over and you get eight more! Views include a harbor view, sand dunes, the U.S. Coast Guard station, Pilgrim Memorial Monument, Race Point Light, Wood End Light House, the Harbor, the Memorial Monument, Sir Christopher Wren Tower, picturesque homes, Cap'n Jack's wharf, fishing boats, oldest home in Provincetown, street scene "Way Up Along", fishing fleet in the harbor, Long Point Light, monument to the Pilgrim's first landi... View more info
By: N/A
Price: $25.00
Publisher: Hebron, Maine, Hebron Academy: 1928
Seller ID: 1556
Condition: Good
As you can see, the cover shows dampstain, but fortunately it appears much less on the blue endpapers inside the catalog. I might have passed it by if I didn't know how hard it can be to find these old school catalogs which are interesting and also helpful with family genealogy. There is also some foxing on the photo fold-out at the front and at the back of the book -- anywhere that the paper is coated. The bulk of the catalog is NOT on coated paper though, so it is showing no foxing. This school is still in operation and traces its beginnings to the 19th century. The catalog provides the na... View more info
By: N/A
Price: $40.00
Publisher: Washington D.C., 1962
Seller ID: 1673
Condition: Very good condition
All items in this three piece lot concern the same topic which required the ministrations of the Republican senator from Maine in 1962, Margaret Chase Smith. It began with a request for a pass to the Senate Gallery by a man from Maine who had the endorsement of their mutual friend. Ralph Lovell. Smith responded affirmatively in a typed letter which was also signed and included this brochure which reads Sen, Margaret Chase Smith Welcomes You to your Nation's Capitol. The last item is the gallery pass requested for August 13, 1962 for the inquirer and his wife. It too is SIGNED by Margaret Chase... View more info
By: N/A
Price: $18.00
Publisher: Charlestown, Massachusetts, Charlestown Preservation Society Inc.: 1968
Edition: Very Good
Seller ID: 1677
Condition: Good-plus
I very much like old urban planning/historical preservation items, so of course had to have this one. It was likely printed for the exclusive use of the Charlestown Preservation Society, so there aren't too many kicking around. The booklet is clean and oversized at 9"x11" and spiral bound to lie flat. The plastic comb is completely intact. It's illustrated throughout with maps and black and white photographs. A very interesting retrospective of the town. View more info
By: N/A
Price: $6.95
Publisher: Boston, Stinehour Press: 1964
Seller ID: 1727
Condition: Near fine
The Jacob Wirth German Restaurant opened its doors in Boston in 1949. This booklet was published in 1964 as a tribute. A seidel is a lidded tankard of beer, so this is a toast to good food and good times raised by a list of people who loved it. In addition to the restaurant the Jacob Wirth Company was also a wholesaler of Rhine wine and domestic and imported beers. The booklet measures 6"x9" and has 45 pages of history and stories as well as black and white photographs and a menu at the back. View more info
By: N/A
Price: $9.95
Publisher: Portland, Maine, Hugh C. Leighton: No Date
Seller ID: 1821
Condition: Very Good
I think this is the prettiest card showing Deering Park in Portland, Maine I've ever seen. The white caption at the bottom left corner adds to the attractiveness. The card has not been used and is very crisp and clean with just a tiny wear spot at tip of both right corners and a small discoloration at back above stamp box. The stamp box at back is the clue that it's an older card, as it states, "One cent for United States and Island Possessions, Cuba, Canada and Mexico. Two Cents for Foreign." Card will arrive in brand new plastic sleeve. View more info
By: N/A
Price: $20.00
Publisher: Wethersfield, Connecticut, The Wethersfield Women's Association: 1927
Edition: Limited edition
Seller ID: 2062
Condition: Very Good condition
This hard over booklet is very clean and tightly bound with just a few small spots of isolated wear to spine edge with no loss of color. Gilt is bright at face and book retains errata slip laid-in, plus a 1955 guide to Old Wethersfield also laid-in. The guide was originally published in 1934 and repinted here in 1955 by the Welles Family Association of America. Book itself contains handsome black and white photographs of distinctive homes and detailed photos of their various styles of front entries. This copy is #213 of of only 500 printed. View more info
By: N/A
Price: $18.00
Publisher: Litchfield, Connecticut, My Country Society Inc.: 1978, 1980
Edition: Vol. 10, No. 1, 1978; Volume 12, No. 3, 1978; Vol. 14, No.2, 1980
Seller ID: 2181
Condition: Very good condition
I have never seen these little magazines until recently, but they began being published in 1975. Though they are no longer running new issues, history buffs will enjoy them. A full look at the topics from all three mags are: Yale University in 1815, Theodore Roosevelt; slavery during the American Revolution; The Firelands of Ohio; a reminiscence from 1849 by a woman from Lodi, Ohio; the history of Elo and Utica Wisconsin, Pancho Villa; James Buchanan; Jacksonville, Florida; Oliver Wolcott of Connecticut; Audubon the naturalist; the state of Virginia; the Mennonites and Amish; and free enterpr... View more info
By: N/A
Price: $18.00
Publisher: Lynn, Massachusetts, Kennebec Supply Company: 1929
Seller ID: 2186
Condition: Good condition
Clean, tightly bound trade catalog from a company which specialized in guns for target, sporting, and home protection. It measures 6" x 9-1/4" and offers 28 pages, plus items for sale inside back cover. Manufacturers include Iver-Johnson, Harrington-Richardson, Colt, Stevens, Smith & Wesson, Hartford, Haenel Works of Europe,and Winchester. The company also sold holsters, cartridge belts and a complete ammunition list. Only faults are toning around edges, former owner's name written on lower front cover and at top of first pages, and a small abrasion at both front and back covers. Overall good. View more info
By: N/A
Price: $6.95
Publisher: Boston, Mass., New England Historical Genealogical Society: 2002
Edition: Volume 156
Seller ID: 2187
Condition: Fine Condition
Very clean, attractive journal with no defects of note. No spine crease, no names or writing and pristine inside and out. I have taken a photo of the contents page, but here are the topics again: the Middlebrook Sisters, the mother and mother-in-law of Michael Wigglesworth; More on the Reynors; English Origin of Edward Garfield of Watertown, Mass.; Martha Ellsworth, second wife of John Osborn of Windsor, Ct.; John Culver, Revolutionary War Soldier of Wallingford, Ct., and Descendants of "King" David Chesebrough of Newport, Rhode Island, with clues to the identity of his son-in-law, Hon. Alexan... View more info
By: N/A
Price: $8.95
Publisher: Akron,Ohio, Firestone Rubber Company: 1916
Edition: December, 1916
Seller ID: 2278
Condition: Fine condition
This is NOT the entire issue of the magazine, but it's pretty spectacular if you're interested in Thomas Edison, the author, James Burroughs, and Harvey Firestone, president of Firestone Rubber Company. The three men took a two week camping vacation through New Jersey, New York and Vermont. They met up at Edison Laboratories in Orange, New Jersey in late August where they climbed into Edison's "motor truck" which carried all three passengers, plus camping gear. The story of the trip is told in captioned pictures over two oversized pages which measure 11" x 15". The previous owner collected al... View more info
By: N/A
Price: $7.95
Publisher: Boston, Tichnor Brtohers: 1955
Seller ID: 2386
Condition: Fine Used Condition
Colorful umbrellas and chairs dot the grass in front of the Vineyard's oldest and largest hotel, The Ocean View. The card has been sent and the postmark dates it in the summer of 1955. The card is clean with sharp corners. It was sent to Mrs. C.R. Stone of Ashland, Ohio from G.E. S. who wrote: "Dear Folks, Missed ferry over here due to train being late so didn't get here till about 9:30 p.m. Monday. This is where we are staying, took a tour of the island today. Interesting place and good eats, had lobster salad." Card will arrive in brand new plastic sleeve/ View more info
By: N/A
Price: $7.95
Publisher: Portland, Maine, David F. Drew: circa 1940's
Seller ID: 2387
Condition: Fine condition
This is an attractive card -- the color is rich and and saturated and the image welcoming. It has not been used, so there's no postmark to provide a date. Fortunately,the cars evoke the 1940's. Card has a divided back, a stamp box, and sharp corners. It will arrive in a brand new plastic sleeve. View more info
By: N/A
Price: $9.95
Publisher: Boston, Tichnor Quality Views: Unknown
Seller ID: 2389
Condition: Fine condition
Beautiful linen postcard in saturated color. Has not been used, so no postal stamp to provide a date. Card is clean with sharp corners and no writing and will arrive in brand new plastic sleeve. View more info
