10 Ca. 1900s Real Photo Postcards RPPCs of Men in Couples or Groups
All very good, some with light stains or wear, showing guys in a variety of places and activities. All with lots of character.
Postcards & Ephemera
10 early 1900s-1920s Real Photo Postcards of Wisconsin: Grotto at Dickeyville, Patriotism in Stone at Dickeyville, Virgin Timber at Hayward, "Deer" Lake Woods Resort at Lake Namakagon - Hayward, Wisconsin River from Petenwell Rock near Necedah, Snap Shots of Spooner, Northwestern Depot at Spooner, Hayward Main St., Destruction of Milwaukee building (2)
All very good, 3 with postmarks from the late 1920s, the rest unused, minor occasional blemishes.
12 Ca. 1900s Real Photo Postcards RPPCs of Women Alone
Mainly American, a few from other countries, all with great character or evocativeness, some with inscriptions or messages on the back.
12 ca. 1910s postcards of Warwick, Warwick Castle, Guy's Cliffe, UK
All unused, very good or better, one is of Kenilworth Castle, a few miles away, most are of Warwick Castle and the town.
13 Ca. 1900s Real Photo Postcards RPPCs of Women and Girls in couples and groups
French, Canadian, American, Scottish, mainly very good, only a few have messages or dates or some kind of identification. Some with soil or stains to versos.
14 World War II postcards from Army Reception Center, New Cumberland, PA
Richmond: W. R. Thompson, Ca. 192. A series of cards numbered 1-10; we're missing no. 7 but have five duplicates: nos. 2, 3, 5, 8 and 10. Very good, minor occasional soil; unused. In original envelope. Scenes of life in the barracks-like center. New Cumberland is in the Harrisburg metropolitan.....
1617 indenture agreement for land in Widford, Hertfordshire, England
On parchment, 24.5 x 16 inches, very good, usual folds, minor wear. Large old indenture of land transfer for property in Widford, but we are having a hard time reading the names of the participating parties.
18 1910s postcards of CATSKILLS, NEW YORK and Hudson Valley
All very good, not written on or postmarked, occasional light wear, tanning, soil. We have: "The Old Man in the Mountain;" The Old Dutch Church near Sleepy Hollow; Gov. Clinton's House, Poughkeepsie; "The Old Beverly House" Below West Point; "The Verplank House" Fishkill on Hudson; General Knox's Headquarters, New Windsor.....
18 ca. 1910s postcards of WEST POINT, NY and the Hudson River, some RPPCs
All very good, occasional light wear and soil, all are blank and not postmarked. We have: Grant Hall and Mess Hall; Looking up the Hudson from Trophy Point; Battle Monument; The Chapel; Looking up the Hudson from West Point Battery; Skirmish Drill; Battery Drill; Cullum Memorial Hall; Artillery on the.....
1860s English imitation pith painting cards of Japanese performers & tradespeople
With embossed gilt borders very similar to Thomas Nelson penny cards of the 1850s-60s, the 8 smaller cards measure 3.75 x 2 inches, the three larger cards measure 6 x 4 inches. All are good with some abrasions to versos from having been in an album. On glossy paper, or.....
1866 broadside advertising Lechner & Stump's patent pie rimmer, crimper and pastry cutter: "Dealers in Patent Rights, Look to your Interests!"
Sheridan, PA: Lechner & Stump, (1866). 13.75 x 7 inches, single sheet, unprinted on verso, very good, with two engraved illustrations.
1880s album of die-cuts and trade cards
Hardcover. Probably assembled in Tamaqua PA. Quarto, about 70 pages filled in with various die-cuts, floral, cats, paletts, animals, sometimes kind of fun. A few trade cards, not many, and some of the die-cuts are full page. Very good overall. Probably over 250 individual images, some rubbing and wear to.....
1881 receipt from North German Lloyd steamers for Caroline Bruckner in Reuth, Germany to Austin Texas in steerage
Receipt measures 9 x 6.25 inches, with the final destination Austin Texas in 1881 for the passage in steerage of Caroline Bruckner of Reuth in Saxony, including passage in one of the North German Lloyd steamers to NY and train fare from NY to Austin. Very good.
1886 5 Gulden / Florin Budapest Hungary Austro-Hungarian bond note
14 x 7.5 inches, very good, light wear and tanning, some minor pencil notes.
1890s 9 die-cuts illustrating characters from Charles Dickens novels
Each measures approx. 6 x 5 inches and are mounted either singly or in pairs on tan or black old craft paper. Probably German. In some cases, the caption strips are gone or half there.
1890s die-cut 9.5 x 6 inches, lady with a dandy giving her side-eye
Mounted to old sheet of black paper. Charming image.
1890s die-cut 9.5 x 6 inches, lady with tambourine and man with guitar
Mounted to old sheet of black paper. Charming image.
1890s die-cut of a kitten in a basket
Measures approx. 5.5 x 4.5 inches, mounted on embossed bordered sheet that itself is mounted on a black sheet. Probably Austrian or German.
1890s die-cut of girl in handsome plum hat 9.5 x 7 inches
Very good, signs of removal from an album on verso, a couple tiny flecks to front side.
1890s die-cut of woman in fetching hat and lots of bling, 9.5 x 7 inches
Very good, mounted to a sheet of now yellowed paper.
1890s large complex die-cut of two girls administering medicine to a sick cat
Roughly 12.5 x 10 inches, light wear, mounted on old black craft paper. The cat looks a little like Trump getting a dose of hydroxychloroquine.
1890s large die-cut of a tea-party with dog and girl
12 x 10 inches (roughly), on a clipped out album page, thus there are some die-cuts on the other side, too. Light wear.
1890s large die-cut of an easel holding a painting of a winter scene
Measures approximately 13 x 8.5 inches, mounted to an old sheet of black paper, some light rubbing and wear.
1890s large die-cut of Cinderella in a wistful reverie
Approx. 12.5 x 6 inches, mounted on turquoise old paper, with acetate covering, very good with light wear, including top quarter inch of the broomstick detached from the rest (but still there).
1890s large die-cut of girl holding a caged bird away from a cat
Approx. 14.5 x 6 inches, very good, light wear and rubbing, mounted on sheet of old black paper.