Ephemera -3 from Eclectibles

[1880s]. Edge chip upper left margin. Glue residue on reverse. . A Victorian chromolithographed interpretation of the nursery verse "Monday's Child... Includes seven (7) vignettes with a young girl depicting each day of the verse concluding with Sunday's child at center "But the child that is born on the Sabba'day is wise & bonny & good… Read more about this item

New York: Anglo-French Drug Co., [1930]. wraps. 8 pp. (unnumbered) In the Jan. 1929 issue of JAMA Dr. Leila Charlton Knox summarized her experience to the effect" that colloidal lead may have a decidedly beneficial effect on patients suffering from malignant tumors, and that occasionally ulcerated surfaces will heal without other treatment and with moderate doses". The pamphlet summarizes… Read more about this item

Illinois: Research Foundation of Armour Institute of Technology, [1939]. General wear due to age. One fold detached with tape repair. Some separation at other folds. . An advertising brochure which tells "The Story of the Snow Cruiser", which was a vehicle designed by Dr. Thomas C. Poulter (1897-1978) who was second in command of the Second Byrd Antarctic… Read more about this item

[Michigan], c.1863. Fine; some light browning.. A Civil War-era song sheet composed from the point of view of an amputee by V. W. Bruce, Co. A., 17th Michigan Infantry. Sung to tune of "By cool Siloam's shady rill", the lyrics lament the loss of a foot "which proudly tread / The soil of Tennessee" and served its owner… Read more about this item

18751882. Overall fine. . A group of nine (9) different approximately 4 1/2" x 3" advertising designs promoting Crump's Label Press. A striking array of geometric shapes, color and type faces exemplifying the creative and elaborate design process. One die-cut the remainders rectangular. The reverse is blank on all but one card. That narrative… Read more about this item

“Greetings from California” Cards, each with tipped-in illustrations.; The larger, measuring 6” X 7 ˝” has a print of “Lupins and Sand,” Monterey Coast, California, from the oil painting by Bertha Stringer Lee. It was printed by Sunset Publishing House, San Francisco. The smaller card, measuring 5” X 6 Ľ” has “A California Vista,” from the oil painting by… Read more about this item

Toledo, Oh: Electro-Chemical Ring Company, [1897-1900]. General wear. Minor penciling and small stain on front cover. . An 8 page fold-out brochure for Electro-Chemical Ring, which was a device that help against "rheumatism in all its forms". The Electro-Chemical Ring was an actual ring that one wore which supposedly "acts directly on the acid in the blood, [by]… Read more about this item

Burlington Woolen Co., 1870s. An 11" x 8 3/4" sheet with an illustration of four uniformed men upper left. It is an announcement for Regulation Police and Uniform Full Indigo Cloths. Recommended for Policeman, officer, conductor, telegraph messenger, soldier, fireman and brakeman --every man who needs a uniform. Also includes a 1 1/4" fabric swatch. Presented… Read more about this item

Philadelphia, PA: Women's Home Missionary Society of the Philadelphia Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, [1912]. General wear. Crease folds. . The Deaconess Home on Vine Street in Philadelphia was a part of the Women's Home Missionary Society of the Philadelphia Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The Home served a variety of needs within the community, but… Read more about this item

Optical Illusion, Food & Beverage, Design A 7" x 5" heavy dark brown card stock frame with a fine mesh backing with an applied die-cut Manhattan Cocktail "floating" at the center of the frame. String tie hanger at top. Label on reverse reads "Mid-Air" Sign" Made by Livermore & Knight Co. Providence R.I. Patented July 13, 1909.... Starting… Read more about this item

Lyon County, KS: Bank of Warsaw, [1885]. General wear. Minor tear at top edge and along letter folds.. A circular advertising the sale of bonds for farmland in Lyon County in Kansas. The circular promoted the desirability of the land by emphasizing how close it was to several important railroads, such as Missouri Pacific R. R. and… Read more about this item

Wilkes-Barre, PA, June 17, 1849. General wear. Letter folds. . A single-fold letter sheet detailing their departure from Philadelphia on the Steamer Trenton, before switching to a stage coach and traveling along the Delaware River. They continued traveling north at at this point, using various stage coaches over several days, and passed through Tacony, Easton, Bethlehem, Allentown, Stroudsburg,… Read more about this item

St. Louis, MO: Commercial Printing Co., 1884-85. Front cover detached. . 20 pp. Illustrated wraps. Image of exterior of St. John's Hospital, Clinical Amphitheater and Main College Building. It begins with Announcements including Hospitals connected with the Missouri Medical College, Hospital Appointments, Clinics and summaries of each of the hospital specialties. Also includes information… Read more about this item

Milwaukee, WI: Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light Co., Cooperating with the Milwaukee Safety Commission, [1923]. General wear. . A 32pp (unnumbered) comprehensive booklet on safety for children, and what parents should look for both inside and outside of the home to protect their children. It begins by telling the reader that there were 65 accidental deaths of… Read more about this item

Frederick, MD: Examiner, [1900]. General wear. Damage to corners. . Each advertisement printed on heavy card stock has a chromolithograph illustration on the front and the menu of syrup flavors on the reverse. Both illustrate a woman wearing a Greek style dresses, and one is holding a branch of grapes while the other is holding flowers in… Read more about this item

West Tisbury, Martha's Vineyard, MA, [1900]. General wear. Crease folds. Single fold pamphlet advertising a newly built sanitarium called Glencroe, in the small town of West Tisbury located on Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts. The proprietor, Dr. D. A. Cleaveland, of the sanitarium starts by praising the weather, which apparently in winter is only "five degrees colder than Old… Read more about this item

[1871]. General wear. . The German Peace Festival was celebrated all across the US in most major cities (including but not limited to New York, Baltimore, Washington DC and even Honolulu! The festival was to commemorated the end of the Franco-Prussian War. The festival in the cities consisted of large parades with floats, soldiers in uniform, and German… Read more about this item

Cincinnati, OH: E. G. Wright & Co., 1872 (patent). An 11 3/8" x 6 1/4" broadside promotion for the Lightning Calculator. It describes the functionality as so simple a child could understand it. It provides invaluable secrets of bookkeeping and arithmetic for every merchant among other things. Concludes with testimonials from the New York Evening Post, Scientific… Read more about this item

New York , [1875]. A 5 3/4" x 3 1/4" engraved illustrated business card for Brewster & Co. (of Broome St.) Carriage Builders. Fifth Avenue & 14th St. and Broadway & 47th St. New York. The finally detailed engraving depicts five gentlemen and a woman, lap blankets in place trotting along in a fine carriage pulled by four… Read more about this item

Tiffany & Co. , 1882. 1/2" intact tear on margin at base. 1 1/2" separation at fold.. A single-fold 7 1/4" x 4" invitation printed on the cover only. It is Compliments of the Growlers' for a Twelfth Night Celebration. Printed by Tiffany & Co. Interior blank. This was the first and only ball held… Read more about this item