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South Mountain, Pennsylvania, 1945. Unbound. Very good. These five cards show the the South Mountain Sanitorium's doctors' residence, nurses, residence, women's dormitory, men's dormitory Unit 8, and men's dormitory Unit 15. . The sanitorium movement began in Europe, and the first was established in the United States at Asheville, North Carolina in 1875. The movement exploded in the 1880s when Dr. Edward Livingstone Trudeau of the Adirondack Cottage Sanatorium at Saranac Lake realized that patients symptoms improved (or at least did not worsen) with exposure to fresh air, and the number of sanitation beds in the United states grew from 4,500 in 1900 to over 675,00 in 1925. Treatment consisted of bed rest, exposure to fresh air, walking exercises, and occupational therapy like weaving, basketry, and leather work. The movement ended in the 1950s when streptomycin, isoniazid, and pyrazinamide became readily available to treat the disease. The words sanatorium and sanitarium and be used… Leer más

Unbound. Very good. These three unused postcards show quarantine stations that protected transit through the Panama Canal. In nice shape. "Quarantine Station, Culebra Island, Panama." Leipzig, Berline, & New York: Americhrome, no date. Message on reverse; some soiling "Quarantine station La Boca, Panama." No publication data. "Quarantine Station, Naos Island, Panama." No publication data. Message on reverse. . Ships transiting the canal were required to undergo a health inspection. Although by the mid-1920s, most concerns had been eliminated, the major concern with regard to ships transiting the canal came from Bucaramanga and the interior of Columbia (Yellow Fever) and Plague from the west coast of South America. When necessary, ships were fumigated with cyanogen chloride gas. (For more information, see the Report of the Health Department of the Panama Canal for the Calendar Year 1923, available online.) .

Lyon, France: Jacob Sacon for Anton Koberger, 1520. Disbound. Very good. Anton Koberger, the godfather of Albrecht Dürer, was a German goldsmith, printer, publisher most famous for his printing of the Nuremberg Chronicle, a landmark early universal history. He also printed a series of Bibles between 1512 and 1520. This leaf (9½" x 13½") is from an edition that was published in Lyon, France by Jacob Sacon for Anton Koberger circa 1520. It contains the text of Genesis 37 to 41 and features a wood cut depicting Pharoah's Dream of the 14 Cow from Chapter 14 verse 1.

"3rd man is Cousin Clarence who lived with these Indians for a long time."
Unknown location, circa 1930.
Homemade stereoview by Joseph Clarence Grimm, an early 20th-century collector of Native American artifacts and a National Councilor for the Indian Confederation of America and the Indian Association of America.
This card was passed through relatives to its last owner, Robert Panchison
In the photograph, Grimm has inserted an image of his face and headdress into a group photograph of American Indian chiefs. The pair of photos have been mounted on a Keystone stereoview card, and the reverse annotated, "3rd man is Cousin Clarence who lived with these Indians for a long time."

Venice, Italy: Bernardo Bindoni, 1535. Disbound. Very good. Giacomo Filippo Foresti first published his Supplement at Venice in 1483. It was a popular universal chronicle of its time and reprinted several times. It mixes mythological, historical, and Christian figures and treating all on an equal footing. It contains chapters on the Sibyls, the Trojan War and other similar topics. It is noteworthy for its illustrations of many cities of the world. This leaf (8" x 11½") is from the 1535 edition printed in Vence by Bernardino Bindoni and features a woodcut depicting "Alessandria (Alexandria) Citta grandissima in Egytto (Egypt)" .

New York City: Various, 1900. Unbound. Very good. These three unposted postcards show quarantine and immigration facilities at New York City. In nice shape. All are unposted; one contains a message. "Staten Island . . . Quarantine Station." New York: American Souvenir-Card Co.: 1897 "Extreme Point of Manhattan, showing Emigrant Landing and Whitehall Building, New York." New York: McGown-Silsbee Litho. Co.: no date "Ellis Island Immigration Depo. New York." New York: Photo & Art Postal Card Co.: no date .

Wychwood, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, 1935. Envelope or Cover. Very good. This postal cover was sent by airmail from Wychwood, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin to the S.S. Manhattan at New York's Staten Island quarantine station. It is franked with two stamps, a 1-cent green Franklin stamp (Scott Type A155) and a 5-cent Beacon airmail stamp (Scott #C11) both tied to the envelope by a Lake Geneva postmark dated 17 March 1935. A "Sent To Ship / At Quarantine" handstamp dated 21 March 1935 is on the reverse. There are several "Airmail" hand stamps on the front along with an erroneous typed annotation "First Flight from SS Manhattan." No airmail flights were ever conducted from the ship; this "First Flight" annotation was probably added later by a philatelist either in ignorance or a misguided attempt to increase the cover's value. Quarantine practices continued in the 1930s as a general safety precaution, although there were no epidemic diseases posing an immediate threat to the United States. That said,… Leer más

San Francisco, Californi, 1900. Unbound. Very good. These three unused postcards show quarantine and immigration facilities at Angel Island near San Francisco. In nice shape. All are unused. "Quarantine Station, Angel Island, Calif." San Francisco: Stanley A Piltz Company, undated "Quarantine Station - Angel Island, Cal." San Francisco: Souvenir Publishing Company, undated "U.S. Quarantine Station. Angel Island. Cal." San Francisco: Pacific Novelty Co. undated .

Washinington, DC, 1937. Unbound. Very good. One-page handbill (approximately 9" x 11.5") formatted to appear like a page from the Congressional Record. Storage folds, some beginning to split at the margin. Clean with some light toning. This handbill provides the text of Jenckes's speech in the House of Representatives on 6 December 1937 advocating for a Union Shop to be imposed upon the Woodward & Lothrop Department Store in Washington, DC in lieu of the long-established Company Union that represented its workers. In the speech, she additionally complained that Painter's Union No. 368, who wished to represent the workers, was unable to get newspaper coverage because Woodies was one of the largest advertising buyers in the District. Jenckes was the first female from Indiana to serve in the U.S. House of Representative. She was elected to the position in 1933 and held the position until she was defeated for re-election in 1938. The National Women's History Museum notes that "A Democrat, her… Leer más

Unlisted Publisher, 1861. Map. Very Good. Map size - 7.75"x9". Leaf size - 9"x10.5". Clean with some folds; probably from a book. Very short closed tear at right margin; small piece of tape on reverse. Uncommon Civil War map showing the Battle of Port Royal. Publisher unknown, but probably contemporary. The Battle of Port Royal was one of the earliest amphibious operations of the American Civil War, in which a United States Navy fleet and United States Army expeditionary force captured Port Royal Sound, South Carolina, between Savannah, Georgia and Charleston, South Carolina, on November 7, 1861. The sound was guarded by two forts on opposite sides of the entrance, Fort Walker on Hilton Head Island to the south and Fort Beauregard on Phillip's Island to the north.

Mainz, Germany: Johann Schoeffer, 1533. Disbound. Very good. The History of Rome, originally titled Annales, and often referred to as Ab Urbe Condita (From the Founding of the City) is a monumental history of ancient Rome, written in Latin between 27 and 9 BC by the Roman historian Titus Livius (Livy). The work covers the period from the legends concerning the arrival of Aeneas and the refugees from the fall of Troy, to the city's founding in 753 BC, the expulsion of the Kings in 509 BC, and down to Livy's own time, during the reign of the emperor Augustus. This leaf (8" x 11½") discusses the conflicts between Rome, Carthage, and Macedon during the Punic and Macedonian Wars of the Third Century BC. It is from a version published in Mainz by Johann Schoeffer in 1533. It features a large illustration titled,"Wie die statt Abydos von dem konig Philippo gewunnen und jamerlich zerstort ward ("How the city of Abydos was won by King Philippo and miserably destroyed") which showings Macedonian… Leer más

Death Valley, California, 1950. Very good. This lot consists of a one-page letter from the National Park Service at Death Valley National Monument, dated 17 February 1950, and two photographs of graffiti that read, "J W ADE". The letter is signed L. F. Kellar, "Death Valley National Monument Park Naturalist" L. F. Keller. The photographs were mounted on a piece of bond paper with cello tape that has discolored over time. The letter reads in part: "On February 16, 1950, Mr. C. E. Choucher . . . directed us to the site in Greenwater Canyon where he located last week an inscription which he reported as 'C Wade'. "The inscription was 'J Wade' located 1.4 mile northeast of the petroglyphs and 6.9 miles southwest of the Lila C. Mine on a great vertical volcanic breccia 50 feet west of the road. . .. "The inscription seems to be old and could antedate 100 years. The letters are chiseled ¼ to ½ inches deep in the volcanic breccia, 6 inches height, and the entire name is 24 inches long. . .. "Since… Leer más

Lake Charles, Louisiana, 1907. Unbound. Very good.
This two-page letter from Hig to Jim is datelined "Lake Charles La 4-28,07". In nice shape. A transcript will be provided.
In the letter, Hig (possibly a traveling salesman) advises his old friend Jim to hold on to stock he owns controlling some property in Louisiana's "Orange Land".
"When I first came here I made a drive over pt. of the 'Orange Lands.' The most of it is good rice land, and rice land is on a boom. The Beaumont Oil boom is extended into this country: possibly there is oil under the orange land, if so and it is found the land will be worth a good deal. From what I know . . . I do not think it has any present value. The land is encumbered for all it is worth. I do not think you can sell the stock for 1.00 a share. If it was mine I would keep it for 'futures', for two reasons: one is because you will have to, and another is by a turn of a card it may be worth 100 - Aya! 1000. etc. on the dollar. . .. Now Jim don't misunderstand me. I do… Leer más

Venice, Italy: Luca-Antonia Giunta, 1532. Disbound. Very good. This leaf from a Book of Hours was printed in 1523 by the famous Florentine printer, Luca-Antonia Giunta. Its pages are adorned with vignettes, borders, decorations, lines, majescules, etc. in an effort to make appear much like a manuscript document. He constructed his borders from smaller sections which were set into the printing forme along with the type. This allowed them to be mixed and matched economically throughout the book to vary the decorations and make them appear unique. This leaf, which measures 4" x 6" was printed in red and black. It is titled "Septe psalmi penititetutes (Seven Penitential Psalms or Seven Psalms of Confession)" and features a large majuscule "D" illustrated with the image of King David. It begins with the first of the Penitential Psalms, Psalms 6, which is traditionally attributed to King David, and is part of the Jewish, Catholic, Anglican, Lutheran, and other Protestant liturgies. "Domine ne in… Leer más

London. Envelope or Cover. Very good. This two-page printed circular, dated May 19th 1855, from the Anglo-California Gold Mining Company in London, offers to convert "Unissued Shares" of company stock into "Preference Shares. It is enclosed in its original envelope and addressed to a shareholder in the Borough of Burnley in Lancashire, England. It is franked with a 1-penny red-brown British stamp cancelled by a #20 obliterator used at London's Greenwich post office. The circular is in nice condition with some storage edgewear. The envelope has some minor postal soiling and wear, however a piece is missing from the envelope's back flap. The first page of the circular reads in part: "You will observe from the enclosed Report [not present] of the adjourned General Meeting, that circumstances have arisen in California rendering it Imperative that the Director should immediately have at command a further sum of £6,6000. You will also observe that the Board have power to convert the Unissued Shares… Leer más

Paris: Chez G Boun, 1585. Unbound. Very good. This leaf (M.CLXXVI-M.CLXXVII) measures approximately 8.25" x 12.5" and came from the 1585 printing of Les Oeuvres d'Ambroise . . . Des Distillations. The images are strong. The leaf has some minor soiling and edge-wear. The image on this leaf shows (roughly translated from Paré's French) a group of men stripping and transporting the inner bark of cinnamon trees. Paré, the French royal surgeon for many years, was the preeminent surgeon of his time and is considered one of the fathers of surgery and modern forensic pathology as well as a pioneer of surgical techniques, battlefield medicine, and prosthetic design. He additionally had a scholarly interest in natural history, especially reports of "miraculous" or "monstrous" creatures and malformed births.

St. Louis, 1936. Unbound. Very good. The advertising proof shows a portrait photograph of Mr. August Siever and announces that he has left his position as the manager of the Geo. D. Fisher Optical Co. and is now associated with the Optical Serice Company located on the 2nd Floor of the Missouri Theater Building. Siever has confirmed approval of the advertisement with his signature. The 7" x 5" photograph of the Optical Service Company shows its interior with Siever and another white-coated optician fitting one patient for eyeglasses while another looks on. The advertising proof is tipped onto the reverse of the photograph. Both are in nice shape.

Eau Claire, Wisconsin, 1910. Unbound. Very good. This four-panel illustrated advertising folder for wooden boats was printed in orange and black. It was sent by the Dunphy Boat Manufacturing Company in Eau Claire, Wisconsin to potential customer within the same city. It is franked with a one-cent green Franklin stamp (Scott #331) that is tied to the front panel with an Eau Claire flag cancelation dated March 22, 1910. In nice shape with a little postal soiling. The address panel features a large corner card stylized illustrations of the bows of five wooden Dunphy Boats. The two inside panels provide a photo-mechanical image and two line drawings of a Dunphy Boat. The text includes specifications and pricing for six models ranging from 18 to 28 feet. The three smaller models are priced between $200 and $225. There are additional short descriptions on the Frame, Planking, Decks, Cockpit, Painting, and Fittings. The rear panel, titled "Concerning Boat Value," touts the boats quality and value. .

Gloversville, New York, 1896. Envelope or Cover. Very good. This advertising packet consists of three items: a form letter inviting Miss Emma Weatherbee to reserve her booking of the 1897 excursion, a four-page brochure providing information about the excursion, and the advertising envelope that was used to mail the items to Miss Weatherbee. All in nice shape with mailing folds as expected. A one-cent, blue U.S. stamped envelope (Scott Type U69) was used to mail these items. It features an image of the S. S. "City of Rome", the Anchor Line Steamer to be used for the "Excursion to Europe, 1897" with the return address for Helen M. Tarr, the 'signer' of the form invitation. The envelope is canceled with an undated, double-oval postmark from Gloversville, New York. The form letter suggesting that Helen Tarr was personally inviting Miss Weatherbee to join her "Select Private Party" on the excursion. The four-page brochure is illustrated with an image of the S.S. City of Rome and provides the… Leer más

Troy, New York, 1840. Envelope or Cover. Very good. This two-page stampless letter measures 8¾" x 12½". It was sent by C.W. Thompson in Troy on 12 February 1840 to business associates, the Nye Brothers, in Champlain, New York. It bears a circular red Troy postmark and a manuscript "18¾", the cost to mail a letter between 150 and 400 miles. In nice shape. A transcript will be provided. In this letter, Thompson keeps his promise to write the Nye Brothers to inform them of changes to the Hudson River. It reads in part: "The Ice in the river here broke up yesterday, it was about 18 inches thick & it was feared much damage would be done but there was verry little. I believe there was no Lumber carried off any of the docks on either side of the river. Although the water was verry high we now think the danger is over the water is Falling & will probably be off the docks tomorrow or the day after. . .." He goes on to report that he is making progress getting payment from creditors for several… Leer más