miscellany: hair from history, mother’s helpers...

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Booth 11 Miscellany: Hair from History, Mother’s Helpers, Emblematic Alphabet, 1880s Paper Lunch Box & Of Course the Children It’s all about the Children…

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Sheryl Jaeger & Ralph Gallo

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Hair – Friendship & Genealogy

1. [Hair Album][ Love and Friendship][ Genealogy][ Social History][ Historical Memorabilia] Hair

Album - Capron Family with 64 Identified and Adorned Hair Plaits Early New York State Settler

Family, Saratoga and Montgomery Counties NY. . . 1842 . 8vo. silk fabric covered book with hand

stitched lining. Penned title page reads “Cynthia F.Caprons, Hair book to be filled with Locks of hair

as tokens of friendship long to be remembered. Halfmoon, Saratoga Co. NY, May 15, 1842.” Applied

die-cut with skep at center on first page. This is followed by 64 plaited works each with ribbon

adornment, mostly identified and dated. From simple ringlets to elaborate designs. One piece

includes a small woven paper heart and hand, another with two pair of woven paper hearts.

To view images, click: https://goo.gl/photos/9JVc8CpR16NKGJ9e8

(#2300031455) $4,250.00

The family in New England descended from Banfield Capron who immigrated from England to Attleboro, MA

in the 17th century. Another branch of the Banfield Capron family, Erastus Capron, participated in the

Mexican War. He was a hero of that war, settled in FL and participated in the Seminole Indian wars, and Fort

Capron at Indian River county, was named for him. There is also a town of Capron, Illinois, named for General

Horace Capron who led the Illinois Regiment in the Civil War. The descendants of Banfield Capron through the

1800s is published in a book on the Capron family. There are end footnotes to this paragraph in the Banfield

Capron reference noting John C Capron, Effingham Capron and John Willard Capron as descendants of

Banfield Capron, the first American Capron immigrant.


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2. [Hair Album][ Love and Friendship][ Geneology][ Social History][Methodist Episcopal Church][

Historical Memorabilia] The Hair Album of Lydia J. Ensign,with 159 Identified and Adorned Hair

Plaits, New York State. . . . 1840-1850. 8vo. silk fabric covered book with hand stitched lining. The

penned title page reads "Some lasting mementos my friends, That shall tell me of days gone by, Of

friendships commenced, or as may be, grown strong. And respect, or affection, imply. Though small

the gift it speaks esteem, which years I hope will not impair, A lock of hair, though a trifle you deem

Is not without Our Father's Care. Lydia J. Ensign. A fine album with 159 different identified adorned

plaits of hair. All varieties of plaiting and looping adorned with ribbons, wafers, seals, woven hearts,

woven hearts and hands, die-cut gilt scrap elements and more. Includes a number of families

including the Ensign, Winegar, Burrows, Witherell, Phillips and many more individual and small

family units. Locations seems to be scattered about New York State and include Springport Cayuga,

Mechanicsville, North East Dutchess, Dobbs Ferry and many others. Also includes the hair of several

Reverends, all affiliated with the Methodist Episcopal Church. A fine piece of Americana. This is

perhaps a companion piece to the Capron hair album, with similar design and works.

To view images, click: https://goo.gl/photos/hdU4nnParePZ53iu8 (#2300031465) $9,250.00

3. [Folk Art][ Made by Hand][ Hearts & Hair] Fine Made by Hand Geometric Designed Paper Hearts with Woven Hair with Flower at Center with Surrounding verse titled Star of Memory. . . April 14, 1861. An 8" x 10" piece with geometrically positioned saw-tooth cut hearts in various colors with a plaited eternal ring of hair at center with a cut-out embossed flower at center. A verse in faint ink in background is titled Star of Memory. Dedicated to Mrs. Jennett L. Johnson by Mrs. H. C. Barney Includes transcription of the verse. (#26013375) $500.00


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Women’s History

4. [Women’s History][Household Innovations][Social History][Mother’s Helpers] A Glimpse at 19th and

early 20th Century Mother’s Helpers through Advertising Ephemera - Prior to 1906 when the Truth In Advertising Act was first passed advertisers were inclined to make outrageous claims as to the efficacy of their products, this was particularly true in patent medicines. For those promoting household goods to improve the life of the woman of the house, the leanings where towards everyone becoming a happy and proper lady should they use the product. The collection includes materials from the 1870s through the 1950s and includes all types of materials needed to run a household. The collection includes 165 pieces of advertising ephemera. The categories include Clothes Dye, Enterprise Innovations and Conveniences, Feminine Hygiene, Patent Medicines and American Express, Hat Bleaching, Iron Ware, Laundry Soap, Laundry Starch, Mrs. Potts Sad Irons, Paper Cuffs, Collars and Dry Cleaners, Prepared or Convenience Food, Refrigerators, Sewing Machines and Spool Thread, Stoves and Stove Polish, Sweepers & Vacuums, Toilet Soap, Washers, Wringers and Clothespins and Window Shades. The materials are predominantly trade cards and flyers with a few catalogues, booklets and a photograph.

• Clothes Dye – Two (2) advertising trade cards, the first for Diamond Dyes depicts a scene

where a teacher is advising young women to use the product to refresh a garment. The reverse

provides information on uses and a list of the 31 available colors. The second is a metamorphic

card of The Modern Cinderella who has no fairy godmother but mas Maypole Soap that dyes

clothes. The reverse provides information on fabrics that can be dyed including feathers and

19 available colors.

• Enterprise Innovations and Conveniences – Eighteen (18) cards produced by Enterprise

Manufacturing Co. of PA. Five (5) promote Mrs. Potts Sad Iron, being sold by Enterprise

from the 1880s onward. The remaining 13 cards promote various Mother’s Helpers created

by Enterprise including a Meat Chopper (so easy a woman can use it), a Suction and Force

Measuring Faucet, a Food Chopper, a Coffee Grinder, a Raisin and Grape Seeder, a Bone



Shell and Corn Mill, a Meat Juice Extractor, a Sausage Stuffer and Lard Press, a Smoked Beef

Shaver, a Fruit, Wine & Jelly Press, a Tinned Measuring Faucet and a Lawn Sprinkler. Finally,

a 90 pp The Enterprising Housekeeper with 200 Tested Recipes by Helen Louise Johnson and

information including illustrations and pricing information on various Enterprise products.

A sort of combination Cookbook and Catalogue.

• Feminine Hygiene, Patent Medicines and American Express – Five (5) advertising trade and

post cards for miscellaneous Mother’s Helpers. La Pratique is a c1910s advertising postcard

printed in French and translates “Healthy Woman Uses Wonderful Belts & Supplies”, a card

from 1908 explains the ease of use for women of American Express money orders. The

remaining three

• cards are for various patent medicines directed at women and include Glenn’s Sulphur Soap to

cure all skin diseases, Ayer’s Sarsaparilla to purify the blood and Parker’s Tonic to bring the

bloom of health to the cheek and delight to the heart.

• Hat Bleaching – A small format illustrated business card for Hodges’ Hat & Bonnet Bleachery,

Boston, with imagery depicting cherubs depositing crumbled and grimy hats into a machine

with finely cleaned hats with crisp ribbons exiting from the other end.

• Iron Ware - Granite cookware and cast-iron pans where the preferred items of the day. Two (2) cards one with ladies admiring their Granite Iron Ware and the other women (wearing aprons) dancing hand-in-hand around a giant Agate Iron Ware with one climbing to the top “The Crowning Triumph”.

• Laundry Alternatives – Celluloid (& Paper) Cuffs, Collars and Dry Cleaners – Four (4)

examples of paper cuffs and collars, worn to reduce the need to launder garments. Two of the

cards are metamorphic; one with a stereotypical Chinese launderer who is disappointed when

client begins using celluloid cuffs and collars. Another for Standard Laundry Wax—cuts

ironing time in half. The final for a better fitting collar. A wife presenting her husband with

pre-made celebrated shirts and finally two cards (one die-cut) promoting steam laundries.

• Laundry Soap - More often than not soap advertising depicted ‘pretty people’ vs. people

scouring and cleaning, somewhat implying a more gentile life if you used their product. The

few Soaps that did show washing somewhat glamorized the process. Fifteen (15) flyers,

booklets and advertising trade cards including a flyer for Eureka Labor-Saving Soap with

imagery depicting a lady of leisure vs. a lady scrubbing laundry at 4pm extensive narrative

captioned No more Blue Mondays and no more Backaches. A 20pp illustrated booklet titled

The Magic Crystal featuring the Borax Girl and how Borax makes every household

responsibility easier (1914). Additionally, trade cards for James Pyes Pearline, Sapolio, Soapine

– depicting a happy and unhappy maid, Lavine, Shirrell’s Kulliyn Washing Crystal, Soapine w

Lady Liberty overseeing men from all nations preparing the wash, Davids’ Prize Soap and

Wool Soap. A silhouette of excited children captioned on reverse “Throw away your wash

boilers Heflin & Harlow’s Carte Blanche Soap”. Finally, two mechanical cards – one for

Sapolio, the other for Oakley’s Queen Soap. Both with stereotypical African American themes.

• Laundry Starch – Two (2) different examples of laundry starch including Niagara starch

“the purest, the sweetest, the best” and Electric Lustre Starch that requires no cooking and

based on the image is so shiny you can see your reflection in the shirt.

• Mrs. Potts Sad Irons - Always a scary proposition as it always entailed heavy hot objects. Mrs.

Potts lead the way to improving the process first with cold wood handles for sad irons (irons

heated by placing them on stoves), as not to burn one’s hands while ironing followed by the

addition of polishing and girls’ irons. Sixteen (16) different advertising trade cards from the

1870s. One depicts a portrait of Florence Potts and a printed signature, another with the iron



at center and rays off the iron promoting its benefits and features. One stock card with Mrs.

Potts overprint. The remaining cards depict people in everyday life with Mrs. Potts Sad Irons

interjected into the conversations. Includes an image of Uncle Sam introducing the iron to

immigrants, Uncle Sam’s Expedition to the North Pole, object teaching, a darling child with a

Sad Iron head and much more.

• Prepared or Convenience Food– Processed foods were being introduced as a convenience to

reduce preparation time, bringing new tastes and products to those who previously hadn’t

experienced the and to prevent spoilage. Includes 21 pamphlets and advertising trade cards

promoting Thurbers’ Flavoring Extract, Amour’s Extract, Jell-O, Libby McNeill & Libby’s

Cooked Corned Beef, AMC Perfect Cereals, Anglo-Swiss Milk Food, Garner & Seymour

Brands Best Flour including Ajax, Gold-Medal, Batavia and Rainbow, Royal Brand Mackerel

and Sardines, Huyler’s Cocoa, Gordon & Dilworth’s American Fruit James and “JellyJams”,

Warner’s Safe Yeast and Superior Vegetable National Dry Hop Yeast and Niagara and

Kingsford Oswego Corn Starch depicting Ceres as Lady Liberty holding a box of starch and a

mother holding a freshly baked product overhead as Lady Liberty holds the torch.

Additionally, includes two (2) metamorphic cards; one for Noix de Cocoa and the other for

Lily Corn Starch. Finally, a hold-to- light of a woman holding a mirror. When illuminated it

reads” Use Silas Pierce High Grade Spices”.

• Refrigerators – Two (2) examples – the first a hardwood refrigerator from the 1880s boasting

such features as walls filled with charcoal and wool felt to preserve the ice and traps that will

not fall out of the waste pipe contrasted with a large format two-page magazine

advertisement titled Alice’s Adventures in Philcoland. “Oh Mother!”Cried Alice, “Here’s the

New Philco…a most WONDERful Refrigerator”. Alice, Tweedle-dee and Tweedle-dum, the

Mad Hatter and others…promote balanced humidity, conservador, giant freezer locker and

complete shelf adjustability. It concludes with “Even Humpty Dumpty says he fell for

it…”and how!”

• Sewing Machines and Spool Thread – Sewing machine advertising was often presented as

before and after images with living a life drudgery or chaos before the new sewing machine.

Another method was to show the new machine as a status symbol, shown in elegant or exotic

parlors. The final common method was showing the new sewing machine as a means to

making the family happy. Eighteen (18) trade cards, metamorphic cards, a magazine and a

brochure. The magazine Is The Domestic Christmas Gift – A Light Runner, December 25th,

1872. It includes a poem, a story and promotional information on the sewing machine. The

back page is an illustration with five (5) vignettes, those on the perimeter are frustrated sewers

who don’t have a Domestic Light Running Silent Sewing Machine, the serene women at center

does. Also included is a full-page promotion for the New Royal with images from

photographs and narrative promoting the product on one side and a full color illustration of

the machine in a cabinet on the reverse and a fold-out brochure for the Hotpoint Portable

Electric Sewing Machine. Trade cards include New Home Sewing Machine, The “White” the

king of all sewing machines, Household Sewing

• Machine Co., Domestic Sewing Machine, “no Tension machine by Willcox & Gibbs S.M. Co.

and The Light Running New Home Sewing Machine and before and after cards for different

vendors promoting New Home. Also includes an Illuminated sample of darning done with the

Wilson Mending Attachment. A metamorphic card for White Sewing machine –so easy a child

can do it.

• Thread cards include a die-cut card in the shape of a spoon of thread with an image of a



mother supporting a toddling child with spool thread and a metamorphic card. Both for

Clark’s O.N.T. Spool Cotton.

• Stoves and Stove Polish – Stoves were also promoted as luxury items designed to take all of

the effort out of cooking. Twenty-two (22) pamphlets, trade cards, bags and novelty cards

promoting stoves and polish. Trade cards include Mrs. Grover Cleveland promoting Garland

Stoves, a young girl with a Monitor Oak Stove for Wood or Coal, the new Hub Range with

Wonderful Wire Gauze Oven Door, Shaker Range with an image of their Taunton Iron Works

Co., Magee’s Mystic Portable Range with children chefs and bakers, Adams & Westlake Wire

Gauze Non- Explosive Oil Stove and Sun Dial Gas Stove with imagery of before mess with

coal stove. A two- fold brochure for Universal Stoves and Ranges promoting the Patent

Duplex Grate, Abram Cox Stove Co. Novelty Stoves, single-fold brochure for Round Oak

Stoves, another for The Magee Standard Unequalled for Economy, Durability & Convenience

Stoves, Ranges and Furnaces and a two-fold 1920s brochure captioned” Don’t be a Slave to

your Kitchen Stove” depicting a woman chained to her coal bucket, presenting your Imperial

G and B Stove Burner. Also, two metamorphic cards for the Acorn Stove and the Garland and

a Hold-to-Light with a woman removing a pie from the over and when held to the light

exposing an elegant dinner party, all brought to you be Richardson & Boynton Co. “Perfect”

Range.

• Stove polish promotions include three (3) single-fold before and after cards for Rising Sun

Stove Polish, an image of a goat butting its reflection in the stove for Rising Sun, a card with

cherubs flying about the mistress of the house promoting why one should use Ziegler’s Stove

Polish and finally a paper bag that held the “Stovene” Stove Polishing Mitten. It is captioned

“Women! Save your Hands”.

• Sweepers & Vacuums - Five (5) trade cards and pamphlets, the first being a single-fold

brochure titled The Queen of Christmas Presents with Santa presenting a Bissell Carpet

Sweeper to a woman previously using a straw broom accompanied by a c 1910 leaflet for

Bissell Carpet Sweeper with promotion information on the reverse including insets of the Dust

Proof Axle Tube and “Cyco” Bearings. The trade cards include The Ladies Friend

manufactured by the Goshen Sweeper Co, the Feeny Vacuum Cleaner “Unquestionably the

Best” and the Mystic.

• Toilet Soap – Nine (9) trade cards or pamphlets presented by Buchan’s Carbolic Toilet Soap,

Thurbers’ Pride of the Kitchen, A. Hoefner & Sons Sunshine Soap, Snow Boy Washing

Powder, John Reardon & Sons Anchor, Oval, Antique and Extra Family Soaps and Eastman

Brothers Toilet Soap. Additionally, a pamphlet for Hammel & Bonnell Proprietary Co

Powdered Toilet Soap and painter’s palette featuring Miss Langtry, the Jersey Lily

promoting David S. Brown & Co. Soap Makers and Perfumers.

• Washers, Wringers and Clothespins – Eighteen (18) items including brochures and pamphlets,

an advertising cover, a billhead, trade cards, leaflets, metamorphic and mechanical cards. The

Washing machine booklets include “One Minute” Washer depicting a woman with a hand

cranked washing machine –so easy a child can do it (c1910), A New and Improved Dexter

Double Tub Washer – “Cuts Washing Time in Two” ((1920s), Freedom from all Washday

Bondage – the Wringerless Savage Washer & Dryer subtitled The Pocket Demonstrator,

including images from photographs of the machine and a mother and daughter showing the

ease of use (1920s) Every Woman Should Read My Story on How a Woman decided to

purchase an Thor electric washer (1920s), The Coffield Electric Washer “makes the prettiest,

whitest clothes that ever came out of suds (1920s)and the Speed Queen with a parade of



smartly attired women following the yellow brick road to the Speed Queen folding out to

display various models and features (1940s). Additionally, a single-fold pamphlet on the

perfect vacuum clothes washer, allowing a women leisure time while the clothes wash

themselves, a flyer for a 1959 Maytag Highlander Automatic Washer that worked for 9,853

hours (14,920 loads) …and finally a mechanical trade card depicting the action of Easy

Washer’s Vacuum Cups and a business card for the Michigan Galvanized Iron Washer with

Reversible Washboard

• The Washing Machine Wringer promotions an illustrated cover (envelope) for Horse-Hoe

Brand Clothes Wringers “Wring Dry, Wear Well and Save the Clothes”, a trade card of a gent

wooing a woman through her open window as she is wringing her clothes captioned “I hope I

don’t intrude - Oh! No with this new Empire Wringer I can work and talk at the same time”, a

magazine advertisement captioned “Cut Out the Blue Mondays with Automatic Washer

(Electric or Belt Power) and a leaflet for The Universal Clothes-Wringer featuring Rowell’s

Double Cog- Wheels with a before and after on reverse. Finally, two metamorphic cards for

Universal and Conqueror Clothes Wringers. Of note, The Jones are in a melancholy state with

dinner always late on wash-days and now behold with the Conqueror Wringer Mrs. Jones has

time to prepare dinner on time making Mr. Jones a happy man.

The last item in this grouping is a billhead for The United States Clothes Pin Co. (1899)

depicting a spring-loaded clothespin on a line.

• Window Shades – a single trade card for Victors Self Acting Shade Roller depicting

immigrant women speaking in stereotypical German vernacular on the merits of the shade

and how it gives your window respect.

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(#26024327) $4,300.00

5. [Women’s Work][Gender Roles]A 44 piece collection of which 40 Victorian advertising pieces the display the role of advertising in defining gender roles and 4 pieces on how those roles were

expanded a bit in the early 20th C. Dates from approximately 1870s-1960s. Note that many of the examples include little girls at work in adult situations.

• Cooking – Four (4) examples of women at work in the kitchen. First, a deeply embossed card printed in gold and silver depicting a woman in the kitchen cooking while raising the (French) flag, it advertises a Bordeaux and is captioned “Amerique”. The second an elaborate Victorian


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calendar top with a wispy woman at top surrounded by forget-me-nots, yet the center image shows a woman at work in the kitchen and promotes a range. The third for Amour mincemeat and canned meats depicts an older woman instructing younger women on the basics of cooking. Finally, children at play with one seated behind a table preparing food for the others.

• Dusting – Two (2) Victorian trade cards; one depicts a young girl with a brush and pan, the other a maid with a feather duster.

• Laundry– Seventeen (17) A prime example is an 1880s-illustrated letterhead for Litchfield Steam Laundry depicting women only performing every element of completing the process). Additionally, women using wash tubs, scrub boards, hanging laundry to dry; one little girl is preparing her doll’s dress to go through the Conqueror Wringer. Another card depicts a grandmother “laundering” behind a young boy’s ears. A hold-to-light depicts a young girl wringing clothes; when held to the light it reveals her kissing a boy while mother is about to chase him away with a broom. Finally, a die-cut card for Lenox Soap with the happy laundress standing adjacent a tub of soap suds.

• Mopping – A business card for White Mop Wringer Co., Fultonville, NY with an

image from a photograph of a women wringing her mop and preparing to clean.

Reverse depicts Hotel and Family sizes of the pail and wringer.

• Scouring – Seven (7) trade cards, five (5) from a Sapolio series depicting women hard

at work scouring everything from kitchen pots to bath tubs. Another discusses Bon

Ami claiming not to scratch and lacks grit. All in this group are of course clad in

aprons.

• Sweeping – Two (2) novelty trade cards; the first a die-cut card of a group of women

“look well on the fence” then suggesting to turn the card over for a better view

revealing their Sweeperettes. The second is a before and after hold-to-light; part A a

disgruntled and disheveled couple, while part B couple is happy and neatly clad.

When held to the light P\part A holds a broom and part B a carpet sweeper.

• Work & Play- Seven (7) paper dolls/costumes. The first is an anthropomorphic sheep

with a feather duster promoting Enameline polish. The others are from a series of

Clark’s O.N.T. paper dolls known as “Work and Play” Double Dolls; each side of the

costume or separate head depicts the doll either working or playing. Costume

examples include sweeping, laundry, cooking, dusting, baking and knitting clothing.

The reverse also strong gender based play including jumping rope, tending to a plant,

playing with a large ball, holding a doll, holding a bow with arrows and roller skating.

Note the heads to not match the outfits; only used as example.

• 20th C – Four (4) pieces from the teens to the sixties depicting how some roles expand while others remain unchanged. .A booklet describing the Edison Friendly Service Kitchen, here women - and their escorts – will find the typical, modern kitchen, equipped with all the latest labor-saving electrical appliances. It provides special courses on Electric Cookery at the Needham Electrical Housekeeping School. The third is a fold-out (1940s) featuring women as Housewife, Worker, Nurse or Chief. The second piece is a fold-out pamphlet titled “The National Federation of Bureaus of Occupations for Trained Women Works, Organized April 1917. It includes Standards, Membership requirements and information and a list of women’s occupations including



Accountants

Advertising

Women

Arts and Crafts

Bookkeepers

Cafeteria Managers

Chemists Clerical

Workers

Department Store

Workers

Dental Assistants

Dietitians Editorial

Workers Executive

Secretaries

File Experts

Financial

Secretaries

General Office

WorkersHome

Demonstrators

House Directors

Industrial Nurses

Institutional

Managers

Interior

Decorators

Journalists

Kindergarteners

Laboratory

Technicians

Librarians

Nutrition Workers

Occupational

Therapists

Organizers

Personnel Workers

Physical Directors

Proof Readers

PsychologistsPsychi

atrists Public Health

Nurses

Publicity Workers

Research Workers

Saleswomen

Secretaries

Social Workers

Statisticians

Stenographers

Teachers

Tea Room

Managers

Tutors

Typists

Finally, “There’s Freedom for every American Woman in the Bendix Automatic Home Laundry.

Presumably during or shortly after WWII. Note the women sitting on her husband’s lap

discussing the merits of the Bendix. Finally, a 1961 20pp booklet titled “how to Wash and Iron a

Man’s Shirt…Perfectly.

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(#26024328) $1,100.00

6. [Mother’s Helper] [cook][recipes][household][appliances][Betty Crocker][stoves][kitchen] A

Collection of "Mother's Helpers", Instruction Manuals and How-To Guides. A collection of


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nineteen (19) "mother's helpers", published mostly from the early to mid-1900s. Most of these booklets were either instruction manuals provided with household appliances, or short advertising pamphlets given out at stores. However along with the instructions or appliance information were printed recipes or how-to tips for mothers and wives. The items in the collection range from a rather simplistic printing in black and white, to complex color lithography. The collection has been divided up into four categories with the titles of each item included below:

• Instruction Manuals for Household Appliances, 6 items:

• Richmond Recipes and Richmond Ranges, 1899

• Coleman Cookers Make Their Own Gas, 1930s

• The Wilcolator Cookbook, 1930s

• Controlled Cooking for Speedier, Tastier Dishes, 1936

• Dexter Washers, 1940s

• Blackstone's Home Laundry Appliances, 1950s

• Instruction Manuals for Cooking Appliances and Utensils, 6 items:

• Frozen Dainties as made by The White Mountain Freezer, 1898

• A Lesson Plan on Deep Fat Frying, 1924

• Electric Waffle Iron Recipes, 1925

• The "American" Oven Candy Fat Frying Refrigerator Thermometer, 1926

• What's New in Cookery from the Mirro Test Kitchen, 1928

• Sunbeam Controlled Heat Automatic Frypan, 1953

• Instruction Manuals for Baking Appliances, 4 items:

• Universal Bread Maker, 1905

• The "Universal Cake Maker, 1905

• Betty Crocker's Fancy Cookies, Appetizers, and Desserts, 1950s

• How to Get the Most Out of Your Sunbeam Mixmaster, 1950

• Miscellaneous, 3 items:

o How to Dye: Amateur Dyer's Guide, 1899

o Cleansing Helps, Washing Soda, 1935

o Egg Buyer's Guide, 1914 To view this collection, please click on the following link: https://goo.gl/photos/h7js7ehHWatyfag49 (#27003150) $275.00


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7. [women’s work][gender roles][women’ history][sewing][cooking][hosting] A Collection of seven

(7) ‘Women’s Work’ Instructional Booklets, 1920s-40s. A collection of materials dealing with

"woman's work". These information pamphlets gave advice and recipes, or served as how-to guides

for woman in their traditional, and stereotypical, roles as a homemaker or hostess. They were

produced by companies selling various different products, such as baking supplies or silverware,

and while they were intended to simply advertise their products, they also served as a way of

enforcing the stereotypical gender roles of the times. There is a total of 7 items within this

collection, dating from 1920-1946. Below is a brief description of each of the items:

• A Selection of Choice Recipes, 1920, Rumford Chemical Works. This pamphlet was published to advertise the product 'The Wholesome Rumford Baking Powder.' The cover shows an older woman with a younger one, and the caption, "How's that, Grandma?" The implication is that cooking is a shared experience to be taught through the different generations, and that Rumford's Baking Powder, is a part of that shared experience. The inside of the pamphlet has six recipes for various biscuits or desserts. Measures 6 1/4" x 3 1/2" (folded), 7" x 6 1/4" (unfolded)

• Bridal Silver and Wedding Customs, 1920, Towle Silversmiths. This short book was written by

Emily Post for the Towle Silversmiths, who since 1690 have been creating various items in

sterling silver, such as flatware or serve-ware. Emily Post, herself was an American writer and

socialite who became the foremost authority on how to behave graciously in society and

business. She produced several etiquette books and even founded the Emily Post Institute, which

five generations later, is still a family owned business that maintains and evolves the standards of

etiquette that Emily Post first established. This book straddles the line between advice and

product endorsement. Starting with short sections that give instructions on every wedding

subject imaginable, such as invitations, decorations, the wedding procession, ushers preferred

style of dress, and even advice for the bride's dress! Eventually the booklet continues on to give

advice about wedding gifts, such as how to acknowledge and/or display them. It goes even

further by suggesting which style of sterling silver flatware the bride should request from her

guest, all of which are sold by the Towle Silversmiths. The book ends with a chart that the bride

can use to keep track of which of her guests purchased each pieces of silver. 27 pages, soft pink

cover. Measures 7 1/2" x 5"

• Easy Ways to Pretty Frocks, 1920, The Spool Cotton Company. Published to endorse the

product Clark's ONT Boilfast Mercerized Thread, this booklet provides the reader with guidance

on all sorts of sewing techniques needed to make oneself affordable, but fashionable, clothes in

the 1920s. There are directions and tips on cutting, how to draft patterns, simple embroidery

designs for lingerie, seams and seam finishing, and finishing touches such as hemming a skirt,

making a narrow belt and stitching a binding inconspicuously. Additionally, the booklet has

over 60 illustrations that help you to visualize the directions and the finished product. 34 pages,

soft cover. Measures 9" x 6"

• Once Master Recipe for Ten Delicacies by the Lady with an Apron, 1920s, The Hills Brothers

Company. Produced to sell Dromedary Cocoanuts (an historical spelling variation of coconut),

this small recipe book started with one 'master' recipe for macaroons, and then provided ten

different ways to slightly alter the recipe to create, for example, chocolate macaroons or caramel

macaroons. Additionally, the book gives advice on how to best serve the dessert to your guests.

The author of this pamphlet is

• not named, but rather simply given the title of ‘The Lady with an Apron'. 12 pp.

Measures 6" x 3 1/2".

• The Housewife's Almanac: A Book for Homemakers, 1938, Kellogg Company. Profusely

illustrated, this almanac is a compilation of information meant to provide women with

everyday advice for how to make their home better. It contains a calendar for 1938 with

important historical events noted, horoscopes and astronomical data such as the time of day in



which the sun and/or moon rises and sets. Also, there is advice on 'keeping fit', recipes, time

tables for baking, lists of interesting facts or words that are often mispronounced, and even

pointers for safe driving. As it was produced by the Kellogg Company there are several

advertisements for its products, like the cereal All- Bran, along several recipes with color

illustrations. 36 pages, soft cover. Measures 8" x 5 1/4".

• Simplicity Sewing Book for Beginners and Experts, 1945, The Spool Cotton Company. A fully

illustrated sewing guide with over 400 pictures that illustrate the techniques for sewing and

dressmaking described in the book. It covers everything from choosing the correct fabric and

adjusting patterns to different body types, to hand sewing and how to make pleats, tucks and

darts. The center interior page is printed in color, and comes with a short tutorial on how to wear

makeup based on your hair color and face shape. The rest of the images in the book are black and

white with orange accents. The book heavily promotes the product Clark's ONT Boilfast

Mercerized Thread, which was produced by the company. 66 pages, soft cover. Measures 11" x 6

3/4"

• The Perfect Hostess by Nancy Prentiss, 1946, Westmorland Sterling. This short book features a

description of the duties of a 'good hostess' in order to provide the perfect care and comfort of

her guests. It contains suggestions for any party one might have, such as company meals,

luncheons, afternoon teas, buffet suppers, and even how to throw proper engagement party,

wedding showers and wedding receptions. Additionally, there are suggestions on games to play

for entertainment. However at least half the book is covers everything anyone would ever want

to know about silverware, such as a buying guide, how to clean the silver and when and how to

use each piece. 78 pages, soft cover. Measures 9 1/4" x 6 1/4"

To view the collection, please click https://goo.gl/photos/aViv1ZgBbhSqxQwt8 (#27003151) $125.00

Made by Hand

8. [Watercolor][ Family Life] 3 Small Watercolors Attributed to A.C. Beaman,

1852. . . . Three (3) different scenes of family life at home with loving scenes of

parents, grandparents and children. Well executed with fine detail Vivid Color.

(#25025347) $700.00


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6. [Cutwork][ Watercolor][ Miniature][ scherenschnitte] Fine Miniature 18th C Delicate German

Watercolor Cutwork. 1780s. A delicate 2" x 3 1/2" with a variety of cut decorative devices surrounding an inner border with lilies and a rose. Imagery at center depicts a pair of flaming hearts amidst environmental elements. Caption at base in German. Naive yet delicate hand painted. (#24000347) $1,800.00

7. [Fashion][ Overlay][ Original Art][ Watercolor][ Paper Doll][ transformation] Fine Watercolor -

Napoleonic Era Woman with 14 Watercolor Overlays Depicting Fashions from 1599-1815. 1818. A 9" x 7 1/4" card with a watercolor profile view of a bust of a woman. Penciled inscription at base reads "Painted by Mad-elle Angelique. (Unintelligible) 1815 (unintelligible). Also includes fourteen (14) original striking watercolor overlays with a cut-out for the face to show through and change the costume of the original doll. The costumes are numbered and captioned and include an English Dresss by Vandyke in 1599, an English Headdress at Court 1814, a Quaker, Welsh peasant, the Time of Lewis 14th, Toque a la triumphant worn in France about 30 years ago 1785, The French dress in 1814,



Joysanne de Normandie, Swiss, Polish, this head Dress is meant for jewels - it is "Russian(?)", Turkish, a Grecian costume and a Vestal Virgin. (#26011142) $4,800.00

Scattered foxing and marginal discoloration, not affecting images.

8. [Pin Saver][ Miniature Sampler][ ABC][ 123] Miniature Alphabet ABC Sampler on Pin Saver . . .

1836. A 2" x 2" octagonal pin saver topped with a miniature ABC - 123 sampler stitched on silk mesh

with silk thread. Backed in satin. Fine work. Some toning. Dated 1836. (#27004521) $600.00

9. [Love Token][ Puzzle Purse][ Made By Hand][ Woven Ribbons][ Handwork] Modified Puzzle Purse

with Hand Made Love Token Watch Paper within John Clarke 1798 . . . . A two-piece 3" in diameter

purse with a modified puzzle purse type paper closure within. The heavy paper covers are covered in

woven ribbon satin with a satin band trim. When opened it reveals a sort of pleated puzzle purse

constructed of a satin base with laid paper top. Within the purse is a 2" satin backed lace love token

'watch paper' from John Clarke - MVC- 1798. Housed in a watered silk hand stitched pouch.

(#27004563) $1300.00



10. [Hand penned book][ made by hand][English Translation] A. Von Winterfeld Hand Penned

Translation and Illustrated Book 'The Wrong Overcoat' - Translated by L.M. Fitch, 1885. Barlow Bros. Grand Rapids. 1885. Tucked in the front page of the book is a letter dated Dec. 3, 1926 to Mrs. Farrier a relative of Abbie McC Brown the original owner of the book, explaining that the book was being gifted as it was a special treasure of the previous owner and had been translated transcribed and illustrated by Mrs. Fitch. Cloth cover with watercolor floral illustration captioned "German Translation by Louie M. Fitch marbled endpapers w exlibris Abbie McC Brown. A well-executed manuscript book translated from German to English Embellished with illustrations created by Mrs. Fitch. The illustrations are appropriately place relevant articles and include a notebook and cigar case, wheat, a dozen oysters, wine glass and bottle, the Widow's hand, a forcible argument, implements for Turkish bath, 'Like a bomb" revolver, beet, nightcap, waiting for the Parson and many others. A delightful work. Measures 5 1/2" x 7 1/2". (#27007213) $700.00

Light cover wear; partial separation base of free end paper; otherwise fine.

11. [Transformation][ Overlay paper doll][ handmade paper doll][ folk art] C1830s Watercolor Overlay

Transformation Set - Lovely Woman with Six (6) Overlay Personae in Handcrafted Box. . . . A 4 ½"

x 4 ½” sheet with profile view of lovely lady accompanied by six (6) different watercolor costumes

that overlay the woman creating a different persona with each overlay. Some as men, others as

woman of different age and class, or travelers from different lands. Found in a handcrafted box with

a marbled paper silhouette of the woman on the cover. (#43008) $650.00



12. [Rebus][ Parlor Game][ Social Game] Handmade Game of Hidden Book Titles in Cloth Carrying

Case. c1905. A homemade set of Hidden Book Titles. Each with. Includes 46 different 7 1/4" x 7"

cards with multiple cut from black and white magazines combined (rebus) to create book titles. On

the reverse of each card is the hand penned name of the book title and the author. They are also

numbered. A few numbers are lacking, but likewise a few have duplicate numbers with different

results. All written in the same hand. Housed in a hand sewn flip top lined back with a satin ribbon

tie created to snuggly and neatly the cards. (#27011125) $375.00

13. [Love Token][ Woven Paper][ Folk Art] Love Token with 4 woven hearts for Mercy Land Brown

c1850s. A dear 3" x 3 5/8" slip of paper with four woven hearts at the corners created from a piece of

paper that was printed ornately but for another purpose ("make-do"). Pencil decoration creates 'saw-

tooth' border around the hearts plus two naive intertwined hearts and a flower. with the name

"Mercy Land Brown" below. Reverse is blank.

(#26019101) $275.00

Advertising



14. [Show Cards][Advertising][ Carter's Ink][ Caligraphy][ Engrossing] Harry Lawrence Gage ]Mark-A-

Line Show Cards, A Handbook of Lettering with Special Suggestions on the Use of Mark-a-Line.

The Carter's Ink Company. Boston. 1909. A 24 pp booklet with full page color illustrations front and

back of Carter's Mark-A-Line inks and numerous black and white lettering and multicolor show card

sample pages. Provides instructions on how to make a show card including the materials needs and

their handling, the ink, preliminary practice, the first alphabet, the wide-pen alphabet, roman

capitals, lower case alphabets, the italic letter, principals of variation, color, laying out cards and the

fitness of things. Measures 8" x 5 1/8". (#27003576) $175.00

15. [Catalogue][Fashion][Novelty] 2 Die-cut Hat Cataloguse - Ladies and Children's Hats H. O'Neill &

Co., New York. E. Wells Sachett & Ranson. New York. c1880s. A pair of souvenir catalogues

especially designed to illustrate some of their numerous styles of trimmed and untrimmed bonnets

and hats. The first is an 8 1/2" x 3" die-cut book in the shape of child with an illustration of a girl on

the front cover and a boy on the back. The cover is lightly embossed Fall and Winter. The

department store also features a full line of clothing accessories and household products not

included in this catalog. Each page has an illustration of an individual wearing a trimmed hat and a

second unadorned hat. Each with a model number. c1880s. Printed by E. Wells Sachett & Ranson,

NY.

The second is 7 1/8" x 4 1/2" with a die-cut circle at base with embossed images of different little

girls on the front and back covers. This catalog is in the same format but limited to hats for adult

women. The center pages list the various departments and includes such things as imported

costumes, dolmans, wraps &c. Printed by Sackett, Wilhelms. Betzig, NY.

(#25026125) $275.00



16. [Advertising][ Travel & Tourism][ Ephemera][ Paper Carton] Folding paper luncheon box or picnic

carton promotes Brook House, Enterprise, Fla with image of exterior of the hotel. Robert Gair. New York. 1890. A 4 1/4" x 6 1/2" x 2 1/2" folding paper lunch box or picnic carton presented by and promoting the Brock House in Enterprise, Fla. Illustration on exterior of the hotel on the front of the box and the word "Lunch" printed on reverse. Cotton ribbon handle at top. (#27003522) $225.00

Robert Gair invented the folding carton in 1890. Brooklynite Robert Gair/Gayer was a printer and paper bag maker in the 1870s. He invented the paperboard folding carton by accident: a metal ruler normally used to crease bags shifted in position and cut the bag. Gair found that by cutting and creasing paperboard in one operation, he could make prefabricated cartons. He ultimately got into the corrugated fiberboard shipping container business in the 1900s. Gair founded a paper empire and occupied several buildings in the area, many of which still bear his name.

17. [Menu][ Travel & Tourism][ Advertising][ Transportation] Chicago & Grand Trunk Railway, The

Great Niagara Falls Air Line Menu. Rand McNally & Co. 1886. Single-fold 6 1/8" x 4 1/4" menu with a color illustrated cover depicting scenes from nature . The front cover promotes Chicago & Grand Trunk Ry, The Great Niagara Falls Air Line Menu "take one as a souvenir" The back depicts an image of Mt Washington Railway. Includes Supper Bill of Fare at 75 cents and Wine List including prices for Champagnes, Claet, Sautern, Ales, Poerts, etc. Penciled additions and strike throughs to fare. (#27000702) $95.00

Social History 18. [Valentine Writer][ Social history] The Lady’s Own Fashionable Valentine Writer. T.W. Strong.

New York. c1849. 34 pp. Pictorial paper wrapper. Verbiage for valentines for veritably anyone

including the conceited man. Also includes acrostics for women’s and men’s names and words of

sentiment and affection. Measures 4 ¼” x 2 ¾”. No OCLC.

(#240115845) $350.00



19. [Tissue Paper Festoon][ Politics] Celebratory box with Symbolic festoon - made for the Japanese

market. Boxer Protocol? Pentagon shaped litho on pressed board box with tissue paper festoon

attached to the box top and bottom, within 12 different symbols depicting China, Japan, Great

Britain, the United States, Austria Hungary, Spain and other countries. The characters in Japanese on

the top spell "everything(?)". Presumably a celebratory trinket. Given the symbols for Japan and

China believed to be c 1901 and perhaps commemorative of the Boxer Protocol. (#27004301)

$650.00

The Boxer Protocol was signed on September 7, 1901, between the Qing Empire of China and the Eight-

Nation Alliance that had provided military forces (Austria-Hungary, France, Germany, Italy, Japan,

Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States) plus Belgium, Spain and the Netherlands after

China's defeat in the intervention to put down the Boxer Rebellion at the hands of the Eight-Power

Expeditionary Force. It is often regarded as one of the Unequal Treaties.

20. [Thames tunnel][ peep show][ transformation] Thames Tunnel Peep Show Sold in the Tunnel. . .

c1851 . A four chamber hand colored peep show housed in a folio with Thames Tunnel applied to

the marbled cover. An applied cut-

out of Man of War is on the front of the tunnel with a hole

at center for viewing the promenaders within.

This little peep show is the one that was actually sold in the

tunnel itself. The inside of the folio cover has a printed Brief

Account of the Thames Tunnel. The Tunnel opened in 1843.

According to this document by July 1851 over 9,943,790

people had passed through the Tunnel. Measures 5 1/2" x 4".

Heavy cover wear.

(#26008749) $1,000.00



21. [Parlor Game][ Social Game][ Made by Hand][ Social History] Handmade Victorian paper finger

fortune tellers game with 36 Fortunes. c1870s. Hand painted flowers and a butterfly on fan shaped

exterior cover panels.. When opened there are 36 different hand written "fortunes" that range from

'You will be married on the 1st April' and 'You will marry someone much older than you' to 'You are

idle and You are very selfish'. A parlor game that young ladies would have created and played.

Measures 2 3/4" x 3 1/2" when closed. Top string ties lacking; minimal detraction. (#27003684)

$325.00

22. [Fortune-telling cards][ Parlor Game][ Social History] The Gipsey's Last Legacy, or New Pack of

Fortune Telling Cards. Edward Wallis. London. 1806. Applied label on marbled slipcover. Image of

courting couple and fortune-teller. Comprises 24 fortune-telling cards, 12 marked for ladies, and 12

for gentlemen, each of the two sets with an accompanying card containing five questions to ask the

fortune-teller. Question cards lacking replaced with facsimiles of the originals. Women's questions

include “What your husband is to be. Where you will see your intended the first time. What the gentleman will



be doing the first time you see him. What you like best. What you will do after you are married.” Each card

measures 5 1/4" x 3 1/4". (#27008512) $950.00

Language of Flowers

23. [Language of Flowers][ Flavoring Extracts][ Patent Medicine][ Floral Handbook][ Ladies Calendar][

Social History][ Popular Culture] A collection of 16 plus Burnett's Floral Handbooks. Joseph

Burnett & Co. Boston, MA. 1861-1881. A collection of 16 Burnett's Floral Handbooks and a single-

fold card spanning 20 years. The first is from 1861 and is a two in one booklet. The Burnett's section

features information on Burnett's Cocaine for the Hair in Cocoa-nut Oil, Jonas Whitcomb's Remedy

for Asthma, Standard Flavoring Extracts including Lemon, Vanilla, Rose, Almond, Nectarine,

Celery, Orange, Peach, Nutmeg, Cinnamon, Cloves and Ginger followed by numerous testimonials.

This fills the first 12 pp of the book. The second half is reverse and is titled "Cupid's Advice for

Packer's Tar Soap. There is no reference to the Language of Flowers. The next booklet from 1866 has

the changed sustaining format of the Ladies Calendar, including a yearly calendar, Language of

Flowers & Illustrations of flowers with interpretations of their language. Eventually they also

included Language of Precious Stones. Format changed to 32 pp. 4 5/8" x 3". An insert page reads

"It is hoped the accompanying Floral Hand-book (revised and improved) will prove an acceptable

visitor. The "Language of Flowers" is the most complete and reliable ever published, and together

with the Provers, Aphorism, Poetical Gems &c, will afford instruction and pastime for dull hours.

Our object, as will be seen, is to bring to you notice our several Standard Preparations for the Toilet,

&c., which are now favorably known throughout the country. Joseph

Burnett & Co. Each subsequent addition was updated with additional products and current

testimonials. The cover illustrations depict the romanticism of the Victorian era through the mid-

1870s when they begin reflecting the influences of popular culture. 1878 cover features the

Japonesque influence. In 1879 a single fold card features Egyptian Revival while subsequent

handbooks feature travel to exotic lands. Finally, a Spanish language edition that appears to be from

the late 1870s-early 1880s covers influenced by the Aesthetic Art Movement. Years include

1861,1866, 1869, 1870, 1872, 1875, 1876, 1876(2), 1877,1878, 1878(2), 1878(3) 1879, 1880,1881, 1881(2)

and two undated. (#27005532) $550.00



24. [Language of Flowers][ Flavoring Extracts][ Floral Handbook][ Ladies Calendar][ Social History][

Popular Culture] Rimmels Almanac - National Flowers. E. Rimmel. London & Paris. 1876. 16pp

including 6 full page illustrations. The first and last 2 pages are the Daily Almanac for the year. The

interior pages feature information on Philadelphia Exhibition, Perfume for Handkerchief, Toilet

Waters, Complexion, Toilet Soap, Hair Products, For the Teeth and Sundrie. The elaborate fanciful

illustrations feature the flower women of Russia, France, England, Germany, Spain and Turkey.

Measures 3 1/2" x 2 5/8".

(#27005531) $65.00

25. [Patent Medicine][ Quackery][ Language of flowers][ Dream Interpretation] Songs, Jokes,

Definitions of Dreams, Language of Flowers, Etc. Etc, Grafton Medicine Co. St. Louis Mo. A 32 pp

booklet printed by the maker of Dr. Henry's World's Tonic and Blood Purifer and Dr Henry's Root



and Plant Pills. Available for two three-cent postage stamps. An array of popular interests of the day

including wood-cut engravings with children's verses, songs with music and verse, Language of

Flowers, Marriage Guidance, Facts about the Bible, Language of the Handkerchief, Definition of

Dreams and of course many testimonials for the products. Back cover is a wood cut of a stylized bird

with a talk bubble that reads "Quack" creating a potent while chanting a verse about quackery and

why you should use Dr. Henry's instead. Measures 4 3/4" x 3 1/4". (#25007231) $55.00

26. [Gordon's Miniature Library - No. 3][ Private Press][ Wallpaper] John Gordon Hungry Bill

Skipper of the "Whipporwill," or 4 in 1, A Horrible Romance of Old

Vinalhaven. The Gordon Press. Vinalhaven, ME. 1938. 100 Edition --

Copy No. 14. . 13 pp with cover illustration of devil printed on floral

wallpaper. A story written in rhyming verse. The last page of the book

promotes a complete list of the Gordon Press publications. (#27002132)

$220.00

Front cover partially separated at fold. We have located a comprehensive history on the author and his works, included with the purchase.

It’s all about the Children

Materials in this section will always be about the children…



27. [Early Learning][ Multiplication][ Card Game][ Childhood Ephemera] Boxed Set - The

Multiplication Table in Rhyme, Part 2 Being the 2nd half of the Table; consisting of 96 cards,

forming 48 illustrations. John Betts. 115 Strand, London. c1850. Housed in 6 1/2" x 4" wooden box

with sliding removable lid. Litho on box top depicting a pair of illustrated multiplication cards

Includes 95 of 96 cards. The cards measure 3" x 1 3/8", each depicting half of an illustration, either

the first or second part of the equation and half of a sentence relevant to the imagery. e.g. Image of

brick layers at work - the first card reads "10 times 6 and Which you see" - the second card reads

"are 30 tiles, and put up in piles". Divided box for the multiplication cards and the results cards.

Applied paper advertisement on reverse of lid for Bett's Very Superior Dissected Maps.

(#27011453) $625.00

1 card lacking. Cover wear.

28. [Fairy Tale][ Paper Doll][ Pretend Play][ Childhood Ephemera] Uncut Cinderella Paper Doll

Sheet No. 0106. McLoughlin. New York. 1911-1913. A 10 1/2" x 10

1/2" uncut sheet with a 6" Cinderella paper doll 4 outfits and of

course the pumpkin coach adorned with lizards and driven by

mice. Reverse is blank. (#27012123) $95.00

Edge wear and staining; corner bends.

29. [Fairy Tale][ Paper Doll][ Pretend Play][ Childhood Ephemera] Uncut Sleeping Beauty Paper Doll

Sheet No. 0106. McLoughlin. New York. 1911-1913. A 10 1/2" x 10 1/2" uncut sheet with a 5 3/4" Sleeping Beauty paper doll seated at a chair with a spinning wheel attached. 4 outfits and a tiara. Reverse is blank. (#27012124) $125.00

30. [Paper Doll][ Pretend Play][ Childhood Ephemera][ Women's History] Uncut Bride Paper Doll Sheet

No. 0102. McLoughlin. New York. 1911-1913. A 10 1/2" x 10 1/2" uncut sheet with a 7" paper doll with 4 costumes including a day dress, a walking toilette, a wedding gown and negligee. 2 hats. Reverse is blank. (#27012125) $125.00

Reinforcements on reverse



31. [Paper Doll][ Pretend Play][ Childhood Ephemera][ Women's History] Uncut Sporting

Women Paper Doll Set D Sheet No. 0104. McLoughlin. New York. 1911-1913. A 10 1/2" x 10 1/2" uncut sheet with a 6 1/2" paper doll with 5 sporting outfits for the emerging woman. They include a swimming costume, a golf outfit, a riding outfit, an outfit for tennis and another for rowing. Each with a hat. (#27012126) $125.00

Toning right margin.

McLoughlin Uncut Paper Dolls

32. [Harriet Beecher Stowe][ Uncle Tom's Cabin][ Paper Doll][ Pretend Play][ Childhood Ephemera][

Women's History][ Social History] Uncut Penny Paper Doll - Topsey(sic) and Eva St. Clair, Tom

Thumb Series. McLoughlin. New York. 1870s. A four-fold booklet that two 2 1/2" paper dolls and

three costumes and hats for each doll. This set is Topsey and Eva St. Clair, characters from Uncle

Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe. Topsey appears as an extreme stereotypical of the African

American of the time. The cover image shows mutual respect between the two girls. Measures 4

1/2" x 13" when open flat. (#27012127) $450.00



33. [Paper Doll][ Pretend Play][ Childhood Ephemera][ Women's History][ Social History] Uncut Penny

Paper Doll - Florence and Alecia Tom Thumb Series. McLoughlin. New York. 1870s. A four-fold

booklet that two2" paper dolls and three costumes and hats for each doll. This set is Florence and

Alecia. The cover image depicts the two at play; one visiting and wearing a muff and hat, the other

holding a doll.. Measures 4 1/2" x 13" when open flat. (#27012128) $250.00

34. [Paper Doll][ Pretend Play][ Childhood Ephemera][ Women's History][ Social History] Uncut Penny

Paper Doll - Fanny and Pink, Tom Thumb Series. McLoughlin. New York. 1870s. A four-fold

booklet that two 3" paper dolls and three costumes and hats for each doll. This set is Fanny and Pink.

Cover depicts the hovering in what appears to be a secret conversation among girl friends. Each with

fine fashions of the day. Measures 4 1/2" x 13" when open flat. (#27012129) $225.00

Small area of missing surface litho bottom center cover; minimal detraction



35. [Paper Doll][ Nursery Rhyme][ Fantasy][ Pretend Play][ Childhood Ephemera][ Women's History][

Social History] Uncut Penny Paper Doll - Humpty Dumpty, Humpty Dumpty

Series. McLoughlin. New York. 1870s. A four-fold booklet with a 4 1/2" Humpty

Dumpty clown paper doll and three costumes; the fragile egg shell, a clown suit

and a police uniform. Cover depicts the clown as Humpty Dumpty wearing the

egg. Measures 5" x 13 1/2" when open flat. (#27012130) $325.00

36. [Paper Doll][ Nursery Rhyme][ Fantasy][ Pretend Play][ Childhood

Ephemera][ Women's History][ Social History][ Fashion] Uncut Penny

Paper Doll - Grecian Bend, Topsey Series.. McLoughlin. New York.

1870s. A five-fold booklet with a 2 1/2" paper doll posed with her

posterior exaggerated to replicate the Grecian bend fashion of the late

1860s and early 1870s. The 3 elaborate and fanciful costumes follow the

same profile. The only paper doll I'm aware of created to portray a

specifically fashion. Cover depicts a silhouette of the doll with a

prominent Grecian Bend. Back cover promotes other Penny Books and

Dolls. Measures 3 1/4" x 11 3/4" when open flat.

(#27012131) $325.00



Children’s Books

37. [North Pole][ Concertina] Willy Pogany, Lionel Fabel The Children at the Pole. Henry Holt & Co.

New York. 1914. Litho on board concertina or accordion book. The front side has sixteen illustrations

with a story caption at the base. The reverse includes a two page pictorial map of the Polar Region

followed by 14 pp of text. Letterpress by Lionel Fable. Measures 6" x 5 1/4". Cover wear.

(#26008523) $425.00

38. [Panorama][ Concertina][ transformation][ Lord Mayor] Panorama of the Lord Mayor's Show.

W. S. Fortey. Seven Dials, W. C. When closed measures 4 1/2" x 6". Paper wraps. Opens out to an

80" hand colored procession with the Lord Mayor concluding the procession. Created in four

sections and glued together. (#26002123) $400.00

39. [ABC][ Hand Colored][ Childhood Ephemera] Emblematic Alphabet. c1850s . A 14 pp. wraps. Blind

stamp or embossing Borden & Tew, Booksellers, Taunton. Alphabet book with two letters per page

and relevant imagery. Hand colored lithograph. J is a Jug, to hold water or milk, Q is for Quill, from



the goose or the swan, X is a letter like this X, you will find and Z comes the last, and here it all ends

(with an image of a zebra). A rhyming verse on last page about My Father, My Mother, My Brother,

My Sister and My Bible. Covers printed in black and white. Front cover depicts three reverent

children. Back cover lists various books from the Young American's Library artistically arrayed in

decorative elements. "The Good Child's Present". F & B. Measures 11" x 7 3/4". OCLC - 2 (6/5/17)

(#27011532) $225.00

Moderate wear; sewing repair on spine.

40. [Picture book][ cats][ anthropomorphism][ fairy tales] Bruton, W., illustrator. Puss In Boots.

McLoughlin. New York. 1882. 6 pg. 6 leaves of plates. Color cover with insets of a boy and his cat

and the Puss in Boots character. Fine chromolithograph illustrations. Measures 10 3/4" x 9 1/4".

OCLC: 1 on 6/5/17. (#27011652) $175.00

4" cover separation at base.



41. [Fairy Tales][ Anthropomorphism][ Social Situations] The Cats Party, Dame Dingle's Series.

McLoughlin. New York. 1869. 8 pgs. Wraps. An illustration and rhyming verse on each page. The

story of anthropomorphic cats planning and executing a party with all it's trials and tribulations.

Concludes with a Moral. The reverse of the pages are blank and a child has created (traced) an

outline of the image on the reverse page--a charming touch. Front cover depicts dancing cats while

the back cover promotes Indestructible Toy Books by McLoughlin. Measures 9" x 5 3/4". OCLC -5

on 6/5/17 (#27011656) $150.00

Cover wear with two corner chips on cover.

42. [Zoo][ picture book][ adventure] Momberger, William Visit to the Menagerie, Aunt Louisa's Big

Picture Series.. McLoughlin. . . 6] leaves, [6] leaves of plates. 18 chromolithograph illustrations.

Cover illustration of running lion. Rhyming story is titled Visit to the Zoological Gardens. The first

illustration depicts children on sedan chair riding an elephant. Numerous animals depicted.

Measures 10 3/4" x 9". Back cover promotes New Picture Books for Little Children. 71 & 73 Duane St.,

NY. (#27011563) $100.00

Light to moderate cover wear.

Collections – Large & Small The collections are in no particular order. Additional information is available on all collections.



1. Jane Goodrich Hotel Luggage Label Collection

One Woman’s View - The Art of the Label

The Collection A graphically appealing collection of 3,550 labels collected over a 25 year period by a sophisticated eye. The majority of the collection is 3,449 hotel luggage label dating from the late 19th century to WWII. A well-rounded collection with labels from 44 different states and 142 countries and provinces. It includes labels from famed printers Richter, Trub and Brügger as well as the known artists of the genre – Dan Sweeney, Jan Lavies, Erik Nitsche, Mario Borgoni, and J. Paschal. The collection includes over 150 labels signed Richter, 50 by Trub and 100 by Brügger. Lesser known firms and artists such as FIAR Milano, Filippo Romoli, Adolf Rick, Alexis David, Saarbach's News Exchange, Boutillier, Imbert &Ce, and Franz Lenhart are also represented. Specifically, it includes a collection of 32 of Stalin’s Russian Intourist labels and several rare north African labels from the Italian colonial period. The collection includes a much-sought after Italian Colonial "Gimma”. Collateral material includes a printer’s progressive proof book for one of the Puerto Rican labels and a salesmen sample book of ‘mock’ luggage labels meant to appeal to servicemen returning from WWII produced by Baron’s Novelties in Muncie Indiana. Additionally, there are 101 related transportation luggage labels. Condition: near mint. The collection is organized by country, alphabetically by hotel within. All items of known artists and printers are marked as such. An additional book of salesman's samples of "mock" luggage labels meant to appeal to servicemen returning from WWII- Baron's Novelties- Muncie, Indiana. (#27000500) $55,000 .

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2. [Social History] [Popular Culture] Offering of a Business Archive of McLoughlin

Bros Comic Valentines purchased by George M Fox & Co. in the 1920s.

We are pleased to present the business archive of George M. Fox & Co., acquirers of the comic

valentine division of McLoughlin Bros. in the early 1920s. The materials in the archive represent an

exceptional study in social history in the early 20th Century. The over 5500 comic valentines, also

known as Penny Dreadfuls or Vinegar Valentines exemplifying social mores of the day.

An additional item of note is an exceptional broadside for comic valentines advertising the works

of Peter Thomson, a sometimes McLoughlin competitor. This archive is a rare find, given its

completeness and comprehensiveness, condition and provenance. It demonstrates both marketing

and packaging of a product for the retail market. It includes, among other items, forty (40) different

complete series of comic valentine from 1908 to the early 1920s. The valentine content is the basis

for a study of social history for the early 20th century. $25,000.00

To view the collection, click: http://eclectibles.com/v/vspfiles/documents/FoxArchive.pdf To view the images, click: https://goo.gl/photos/PfpMg9wv1x139mWCA

3. The William Woys Weaver Collection of Culinary Ephemera.

“William Woys Weaver has the discerning eye of a true collector. His seemingly random gatherings add up to


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a comprehensive portrait of an elusive, spellbinding era in the kitchen and on the table. Thanks to Weaver, ephemera are ephemeral no longer. Anne Willan “William Woys Weaver’s personal collection of food and drink ephemera is a marvel of culinary Americana.” Laura Shapiro, author of Perfection Salad Dated 1790-2015, inclusive. Six thousand thirty-six pieces of ephemera, including almanacs & calendars; billheads; recipe booklets; broadsides, handbills & posters; brochures & advertising literature; business cards; handbills; labels; matchbook covers; menus; periodicals; photographs; place cards; postcards; programs; sheet music; trade cards; trade or sales catalogues; valentines; and wrappers & packaging. An extraordinarily broad and deep collection of American culinary ephemera, which also includes material from forty-four additional nations. The collection includes a wide array of types of ephemera, general ones like trade cards, broadsides, and trade catalogues, as well as types specific to the culinary world, such as menus, coasters, napkins and more. Individual items in the collection address themes of food in American culture; the changing nature of

American society across more than two centuries; the acceptance and resistance to immigrant communities arriving in the US; the industrialization of food production and marketing; the role of women in the household; the nature of service in food establishments; and the development of the restaurant at all levels – from haute cuisine in the cities to the diner alongside the expanding system of motorways. The collection also provides a physical record of the material culture of American and international food, and exemplify advances in advertising culture, printing technology, and illustration.

Finally, we are very proud to announce that we've joined forces with Don Lindgren of Rabelais, fine books on food and wine to offer food historian and author William Woys Weaver's exceptional collection of culinary ephemera, more than six thousand pieces in all. The description is below at the link. Please contact us, or come to our adjacent booths at the showcase, for more information about this marvelous

collection.

For more information, click here. $240,000.


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4. [Engravings] [Etching] [Printing] A collection of approximately 80 engravings by

Charles William Sherborn depicting his work in various stages of production,

collected by his son. 1875-1903.

Approximately 80 different examples of Sherborn's work many in their final form, others at various

stages of completion. Each item is affixed to a single-fold paper mat with a information on the work

at the base of the mat including year created, title, brief description type of engraving (or art), size

and process notes on the particular item. Each page is numbered1-80 with a few engravings with

multiple page (a,b,c etc). Few lacking. Among the smallest is an intricate watch back engraving of

woman with a basket of fruit on her head 1 3/4" x 1 3/8". (#26000103) $3,750.00

Charles William Sherborn (1831-1912) was an English engraver, who chiefly made bookplates. He has been hailed as having led the revival in copper-engraved bookplates, and came to be called the "Victorian little master". Wikipedia See The Life and Work of Charles William Sherborn by his Son, Charles Davies Sherborn. 1912. https://archive.org/details/sketchoflifework00sher


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5. A complete tarot trump suit set of 15” x 10” cards created on art board with a black

bound border. The images are executed in crayon and were created by a somewhat naïve hand

with personal interpretation of the characters. Overall excellent condition. (#24014-123) $1,000.00

Occultists call the trump cards and the Fool "the major arcana. The cards are traced by some occult writers to ancient

Egypt or the Kabbalah but there is no documented evidence of such origins or of the usage of tarot for divination before the

18th century.

6. [Victorian Advertising][ Social History][ Popular Culture][ Beauty & Health]

Victorian Vanity - A Collection of 71 mostly Victorian Trade Cards Relating to

Complexion Care, Hair Renewers & Whisker Care. . . 1880s . This collection of

predominantly advertising trade cards demonstrates the emergence of vanity products

towards the end of the Victorian era.

The portion of the collection concentrates 33 advertisements on hair renewers promoted to cure all hair imperfections. It claimed to return aging hair to its original color, prevent or reverse baldness, keep dandruff away and make hair grow thick and strong. Additionally it was to add luster and was recommended for people of all ages. Products include Barry's Tricopherous, Columbia Herp. C. Hair Tonic, Currier's Cocoanut Cream, Hair Vine Nature's Remedy, Elick's Hair Tonic, Burnett's Cocoaine and Hall's Hair Renewer. It additionally includes 30 pieces relating to Complexion care - creams, balms, toilet powder, toilet soap, face powder, salves. They claimed to improve rough hard skin, refresh, soothe and heal. Toilet Powder claimed to remove tan, sunburn, greasiness or oilness, unnatural dryness, freckles, redness, pimpms and other skin troubles as well as conceal blemishes of disease. Toilet powder was designed to make the skin graceful and matrons look twenty again. Burnett's Kalliston Toilet Water made an additional claim of affording instant relief for 'itching Piles'. American Beauty Cream claims to be made from Cucumber Juice and never spoils! Finally this grouping includes a booklet titled Beauty's Boudoir - Useful Toilet Hint that also includes testimonials from actresses.



Products include Dr. Hebra's Viola ream and Viola Skin Soap, F. S. Cleaver's Terebene Soap, Beethanms Glycerine & Cucumber, Hagan's Magolia Balm, Freeman Face Powder, Cream of Lilies, Elite Toilet Soap, Burnett's Kalliston and Cologne Water, Field's Rose Salve, Vogeler's Fedora Toilet Powder, American Beauty Cream and finally Chaplin's Liquid Pearl producers of Beauty's Boudoir Useful Toilet Hints booklet. Lastly the collection is not limited to female vanity but includes 8 advertising cards for Buckingham's Whisker Dye with various methods including metamorphic cards of depicting before and after effects of the product always making the man appear significantly younger. The dyes were in black or brown and usually accompanied by promotions for Hall's Vegetable Sicilian Hair Renewer for men to prevent baldness among other things. The majority of imagery is of physically attractive, affluent people most with perfect hair, skin and features. Additional topics include flowers and children.

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7. [tobacco][ metamorphic trade cards] A collection of 12 metamorphic advertising

trade cards promoting the use of Tobacco. 1880s. A group of 12 metamorphic advertising

trade cards each depicting an unpleasant situation, when the card is opened flat the scene changes

to a happily ever after situation, all as a result of using tobacco. Provided an effective means of

advertising the technique was used by Wilson & McCallay's, Jackson's Best, Duke of Durham,

Railroad Mills Snuff, Piper Heidsieck, Allen's Jewel, Bagley's, Dime Durham and Pogue's Sitting

Bull. The use of tobacco was behind increased wealth, well-being, taming 'savage' native

Americans, curing stomach disorders and heart burn and improving home life. Two of the cards

are a slightly different format; one a small child so eager to get to the tobacco she falls off a piano

stool and with sliced pages showing influencers like George Washington, Bismarck and Ben Butler

all promoting the product. Various publishers. (#25007653) $325.00


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