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189925646Bermuda: Not Published 1899. Five images of Bermuda; identifications handwritten in white ink on the backer-paper including: Admiral Sampson - Admiral Sir John Fisher on board U.S.S. New York Bermuda Feb 23rd 1899 6" x 8" approx. faded; At Happy Valley c. 80 well-dressed people in group pose 6" x 8" approx. a little faded features clearly visible; Mt. St. Agnes exterior view of venue 7 1/4" x 9" approx. good detail image with old rub-crease at center and rub of photo paper at upper margin; a smaller image identified in a later hand on back as The chapel Mt. St. Agnes Hamilton Bermuda 4 3/4" x 6 1/2" approx. top corners chipped surface crinkling; and Floating Dry-dock Ireland Island Bermuda this image with the title Tourmaline in Dock in the image - evidently a commercially-produced photo of this scene; this may be the yacht later used in the "Tourmaline Expedition" to the Sus referred to the in the book of that adventure by Henry M. Grey Approx. 7 1/2" x 9 1/4" size somewhat faded details still discernible; the images are glued-in at the corners to gray paper backers except the small chapel photo which is loose as described. In good condition overall. Photography. Not Bound. Good. Not Published paperback books
190025132Inwood N.Y. : C. & G. Parks 1900. Dated March 1 1900; Inwood N.Y. Morris Ave. near McNeil Ave.; to William Willet Jr. Committee of Joseph McKim; for plastering two ceilings. Approx. 6 7/8" x 8 1/4" size; old fold lines a little light wear. In very good condition and interesting early 20th century Long Island construction industry history ephemera. Manuscript. Not Bound. Very Good. C. & G. Parks paperback books
190124797Lawrence Long Island N.Y.: Charles Hetrick 1901. Receipt dated April of 1901 on printed Charles Hetrick billhead for Joe Porter. For one pump with pricing and the paid stamp from Hetrick. Approx. 4 1/2" x 8 1/2" size. Light wear old fold lines old punch-holes; in very good condition and interesting Lawrence Long Island business history ephemera. Manuscript. Not Bound. Very Good. Charles Hetrick Paperback books
190125485Remington Indiana: Not Published 1901. Handwritten letters one side; dated Remington Indiana June 17th & July 1st 1901; accomplished on lined J.E. Westfall letterhead paper. Written to John G. Kinkle the correspondent in a lawsuit and the second letter written to his attorneys in the same matter Charles P. & Wm. W. Buckley in New York City; the matter seems fairly complex and threatening to Kinkle via the content: ".Do you remember the contract you made with Mr. Isaac Westfall of Remington Ind. which states that if the said Isaac Westfall produced evidence which would prove the marriage of Mrs. Harry Giles to one Dr. J.B. Wilson you would bind yourself and the heirs of the Harry Giles to pay to said Westfall the sum of one thousand dollars. He furnished the evidence.We are now ready for settlement either amicable or through courts of law." the second letter to the attorneys Buckley notes ".my attorney in your city .states that we have a good cause of action and awaits my orders to begin suit. In regard to a compromise would say that we expect to hold Mr. John G. Kinkle to his contract for the payment of one thousand dollars for services rendered." Approx. 8 1/4" x 11" size; with the original mailing envelopes postmarked Remington Indiana & with 2 cent 1901 Commemorative Fast Express stamps. An old pencil note on the front of one of the envelopes refers to Scott 55 P. 12 A 110. A little splitting along old fold lines darkening; envelopes with travel-wear and dustiness; in very good condition. Manuscript. Not Bound. Very Good. Not Published paperback books
190224798Lawrence Long Island N.Y.: John A. Wood & Son 1902. Receipt dated May 28 1902 on printed & illustrated John A. Wood & Son billhead for A.C. Haynes for Mrs. Burns. For lath mortar and other building material; with the paid stamp of the company. Approx. 4 3/4" x 8 1/2" size. Light wear old fold lines old pin & punch-holes; in very good condition and interesting Lawrence Long Island business history ephemera. Manuscript. Not Bound. Very Good. John A. Wood & Son Paperback books
190323127New York: Cinch Mining Company 1903. Receipt number 53 made out to C.M. McKeever for 200 hundred dollars in payment for 200 shares of preferred stock in this company signed by the syndicate manager Chas. E. Bally on July 28 1903; back is blank; front with engraved green border-work nice eagle vignette at top center in black; approx. 9 1/4" x 11 3/4" size; printed on medium quality certificate paper stock by H.K. Brewer Co. New York; old fold lines edgewear and chipping soiling; in good condition and interesting American mining business history scripophily from the early part of the 20th century. First Edition. Not Bound. Good. Cinch Mining Company Paperback books
190625324Steglitz Berlin Germany: Neue Photographische Gesellschaft NPG 1906. A group of 42 images of this ancient town in southern Germany in the Franconia region of Bavaria known for its medieval old town. Photographs of exterior interior views of town buildings including: Portal im Rathaushof; Portal I am Kgl. Gymnasium; Blick I.d. Herrengasse n.d. Brugtor; the Burgtor; Klingentor; Spitalter; Baumeisterhaus; St. Jackobskirche Hochaltar; Toplerschloss; Mauerpartie am Klingentor; St. Jacobskirche Marienaltar von Tiolmann Riemenschneider; Rodertorturm; Partie am Stoberleinsturm; Markusturm u. Roderbogen v.d. Hafengasse aus.; Hof der Marien-Apotheke; and many others. Each image with the studio imprint date title and plate number of the NPG; silver gelatin process in black and white developed on heavy photographic paper with matte finish. Images are about 7 1/2" x 9 1/2" size overall. A few of the images with a little edge-chipping; one image with title bar trimmed away a few with some silvering of the process evident at the edges. In the original terra-cotta-colored cloth portfolio covers with a paste-down photo-illustration. The portfolio is very worn broken flap pieces loose; overall the photographs are in very good condition very sharp and well-taken photographic imagery. . Photography. Portfolio. Very Good. Neue Photographische Gesellschaft NPG hardcover books
190823853U.S.A.: Not Published 1908. Collection includes over 30 individual billheads from suppliers to the Charles B. Engel jewelry business at 217 Lackawanna Ave. in Scranton PA with a few items of more domestic nature purveyed to Mrs. Engel; many of the billheads with illustrations some in colors with artistic designs business architecture & typographic interest including: Greenberger & Co. wholesale grocers of Scranton; the New England Advertising Co. New Haven; C.H. Eden Co. jewelry hair ornaments and pins Attleboro Mass; Daniel Jacobs livery and boarding stables Scranton; Thomas Long Co. diamonds watches cut glass silverware novelties - sending samples of their Cloisonne Opaque Enamel Collar-pins and Jabot-pins from Boston; the Scranton Truth fine book and commercial printing; Colonial Silver Co. silver plated wares Portland Me.; a salesman James J. Doll writing from The Elton hotel in Waterbury Conn. regarding a proposed visit to show Engel the "Keller" 10k line; Rose the Hatter Scranton; S. & B.C. Weinhaus Co. wholesalers of general merchandise offering reductions in price of Elgin Movements; Holland Sachs & Co. umbrellas & parasols Baltimore an order for 6 ebony canes; Cleland Simpson Co. Globe dry goods Scranton; John Benore lumber dealer contractor & builder Scranton; Lehigh Oil Co. Wilkes-Barre; Seeherman & Gross boots shoes rubbers also in Wilkes-Barre writing to Engle asking him to take care of a note due and enclosing money towards the account; Louis Manheimer & Bros. American watches wholesale Chicago & NY; S. Langsdorf & Co. manufacturers of holiday goods NY; The New Wall Paper Co. Wilkes-Barre wall paper paints mouldings; E. Brown & Son manufacturers & jobbers furniture stoves hardware tinware crockery enameled ware more Old Forge Pa. purchase of a drum of sweeping compound; Scranton Bedding Co. mattresses bed springs; Robert Steel jeweler and optician Victrolas Eastman Kodaks of Hammonton N.J. requesting information of Engel on their advertised "Jitney Plan"; The Tablet & Ticket Co. NY; N.L. Rogers jewelry auctioneer NY giving information regarding successful jewelry auctions and sales printed with additional testimonials on back; the Fiberloid Co. of NY waterproof collars novelties specialties & sheets; Bastian Bros. Co. advertising novelties & signs; NY; Kuehl Clock Co. manufacturers & importers Chicago; the last letter from 1923 concerns 'Electrical Protection" from the American Bank Protection Co. electrical burglar alarms sectional steel fixtures safety dep. boxes vault omnibuses etc. of Minneapolis and recommends procedures for the Engel business regarding anti-burglar systems; very few repeated items here almost all represented by single examples only; mostly from the 1908 - 1916 era only the one letter from 1923 is post World War I; some are full business-letter size sheets others average 6 x 8 1/2" and other sizes; some edge tips wear rubbing soiling dustiness; in good to very good condition overall and an interesting overview of this Scranton Pennsylvania jewelry business via its suppliers. Manuscript. Not Bound. Very Good. Not Published Paperback books
190823309Portsmouth New Hampshire: C.W. Bass Druggist 1908. 72 pages; with a useful index to the contents at front the following page with alphabetical listing of "Where to Trade" which lists baker banks points of interest; candy manufacturers hotels jeweler shoes trolley rides more; advertisements some illustrated throughout in black and white; also with illustrations of local visit-worthy historic buildings and houses; giving automobile routes Boston & Maine R.R. schedule barges Portsmouth & Exeter St. R.R. Atlantic Shore Line; U.S. Navy Yard ferry schedule schedule for the Steamer Queen City; tide tables post office locations & hours; interior view of Bass' drugstore & soda fountain with their menu & prices; approx. 3" x 4 1/2" size; illustrated stapled brown paper covers; little edge tips wear dustiness; a few of the points of interest have been pencil-ticked in the margins the record of a visit; in very good condition. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. C.W. Bass Druggist Paperback books
190825125Oyster Bay Long Island: Town of Oyster Bay 1908. Dated Aug. 10th 1908 on Nassau County treasurer's office form for this purpose. Town of Oyster Bay lands sold to Charles T. McCarthy with location numbers. Signed & with the blind-stamped raised seal by the county treasurer Charles Lewis and signed by the witnessing notary. Approx. 8 1/2" x 14" size; some splitting along old fold lines closed tears. In good condition and interesting Long Island real estate business & taxation history ephemera. Manuscript. Not Bound. Good. Town of Oyster Bay paperback books
190826624United States of America: N. Maceo 1908. Approx. 5" x 9 1/4" size; vertical format sepia tones matte-finish. Boxes of plantings at the monks' feet with a U.S. soap company lettering; the photo signed in black ink on one of the boxes in the photo-plate: "Copyrighted 1908 N. Maceo". Back of image with old album paper mounting residue in corners; light wear; in very good condition a nicely composed pastoral scene. Photograph. Not Bound. Very Good. N. Maceo paperback books
191125802Beyrouth - Jerusalem: Andre Terzis et Fils 1911. Black and white printed postcard. Used dated and divided back; partial cancel visible no stamp. Light wear; in very good condition. . Postcard. Not Bound. Very Good. Andre Terzis et Fils paperback books
191223638Chicago Illinois: Alpha Iota Alpha 1912. A 4 panel flyer promoting this women's theatrical event; giving cast of characters & their roles including Rose Klein Jane McCarthy Lucy H. Jipson Ruth Murphy several other women; also including advertisements for Chicago businesses including the Hyde Park Home Bakery Louise V. Burke Millinery J.J.Sullivan funerals Ira J. Mix Dairy Co. F.W. Hane's Billiard Parlor Englewood Motor Car Co. others; printed black and white; approx. 5 1/2" x 8" size; a few short 1/2" closed edge-tears; bit of soiling & wear; in very good condition; interesting Chicago women's theatrical production ephemera from early in the 20th century. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Alpha Iota Alpha paperback books
191425200Lynn Massachusetts: Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employees of America 1914. Working card made out to Alfred Von Dreathen dated for month of July 1914; dues of $ 1.00; with the printed signature of the Int. Pres. W.D. Mahon and the stamped signature of E.B. Brennan the local sec.; small illustration of the union's streetcar logo at top. Approx. 2 1/2" x 4" size; printed on heavy tan cardstock; light wear faint old drink-ring; in very good condition. Ephemera. Not Bound. Very Good. Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employees of America) paperback books
191625108Lockport New York: The Upson Company 1916. Dated February 22 1916; printed with a multiple black and white illustrations of the uses for the company's fibre board products. Upson Co. letterhead a typed statement from the company sent to Saugerties Coal & Lumber with their schedule of upcoming advertising in major publications concerning the products that they wished Saugerties to promote and sell. Tipped-on is a small additional 'flyer' promoting the processed board since ".Carpenters say they can apply a quarter more.in a day than they can of soft spongy mealy boards." Approx. 8 1/2" x 11" size; light wear old fold lines. In very good condition and interesting commercial business history promotional ephemera. Manuscript. Not Bound. Very Good. The Upson Company paperback books
191726546Easton PA: The Northampton County Aero Club 1917. Invitation card printed black on cream cardstock in a gothic font with a small U.S. flag color illustration at top. "Compliments of." name at bottom right; not dated; an article in the Aerial Age Weekly of June 11 1917 notes that year as the formation of this club decided on May 31 1917; the "Flying" magazine of July 1917 has a short note of reportage on this dinner and other club business. Approx. 3 1/2" x 5 1/2" size; light wear; in very good condition. Invitation. Not Bound. Very Good. The Northampton County Aero Club paperback books
191923125New York: American and British Manufacturing Corporation 1919. Stock certificate No. 153 made out to C.M. McKeever. for a quarter share in this company signed by the president J.C. Stanley on July 1 1919 and the treasurer C.M. McKeever; with the company's blind-stamp corporate seal; also countersigned by C.M. McKeever as the Transfer Agent and the Registrar of the Metropolitan Trust Co. NY asst. sec. Benz; front with engraved orange border-work; approx. 7 3/4" x 10 3/4" size; printed on good certificate paper stock by American Bank Note Company N.Y.; old fold lines little edge tips wear clip-residue; with cancellation-hole; in good condition and interesting business history scripophily. . First Edition. Not Bound. Good. American and British Manufacturing Corporation Paperback books
192121397El Paso Texas: Not Published 1921. The collection includes over 150 dated and signed letters written to and a few items from Dr. Lucinda DeLeftwich Templin 1888-1969 author historian & collector ".one of El Paso's best-loved and most distinguished educators - in 1916 she took her undergraduate and Master's at U. of Missouri and became Dean of Lindenwood College in St. Charles MO. did doctoral work at Harvard and Columbia and took over as principal at the Radford School in 1927 at the time called El Paso School for Girls; Dr. Templin interested Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Radford of Webster Grove Mo. in the school and the Radfords paid off the mortgage provided an endowment fund that insured the institution's stability and the name of the school was changed in honor of these benefactors. During Dr. Templin's administration Radford School grew to a nationally accredited school for girls in the Southwest and when she retired in 1967 the 22-acre campus had more than $1000000 in physical improvements and was debt-free. Dr. Templin had also completed plans for construction of a $400000 library and museum on property owned by the school; she was a member of the nation's leading educational organizations and honorary societies named consistently to Who's Who in America and Who's Who in American Education; author of numerous publications most of which were concerned with the field of education. The above material from her obituary; This wide-ranging diverse collection has three intertwining themes - letters concerning Dr. Templin's ongoing interest in education and educational materials for her school letters which relate to the business and academic part of Radford and letters of reference for applicants and correspondence which relates to the creation of her War Museum where she collected military autographs uniforms photographs paraphernalia weapons from around the world. A sampling of what is found here chronological order: 1921 Dr. James G. Kiernan writing about some autographs he was sending to Templin - he was famous for the earliest-known use of the word heterosexual in the United States; 1921 Ellen Shaw Barlow writing in relation to the national Committee on Prisons and Prison Labor requesting Templin's presence for a meeting of the Committee on the Care and Training of Delinquent Women and Girls; 1926 Roy Franklin Nichols 1896-1973 American historian and a Pulitzer Prize winner writing regarding one of Templins' publications; 1928 Breckinridge Long 1881 - 1958 diplomat and politician served in the administrations of Woodrow Wilson and Franklin Delano Roosevelt on Democratic National Committee letterhead - regarding a portrait of Rev. John Breckinridge his great-grandfather Templin was sending in appreciation of his " defense of Religious Freedom "; Federico de Onis Sánchez 1885 - 1966 Spanish writer and literary critic taught Spanish literature at Columbia University in New York concerning a recommendation of one of his students for a position at Radford ; educator John L. Bergstresser; Jessie H. Humphries Associate Dean Texas Womens University; Butler Ames 1871-1954 American politician engineer soldier and businessman; Richard Fenner Burges 1873-1945 Texas legislator and conservationist; Alice Mildred Burgess; William Blair Roberts 1881-1964 Episcopal Suffragan Bishop South Dakota; Katharine Denworth president of Bradford Academy regarding an article on sororities in colleges; N. Floyd Templin of the Ohio House of Representatives writing on Templin family genealogical matters; John G. Barry consulting mining geologist and engineer of El Paso regarding an educational alliance between the Radford School and the Texas College of Mines; Arthur L Burroughs publisher writing about the subject of grammar in education; Harriet M. Chase of the National Education Assoc.; Jack Braveheart regarding a talk on the American Indian; Ivan Lee Holt Methodist bishop of St. Louis; Cornelia McKinne Stanwood of the Sarah Dix Hamlin School San Francisco; Joseph Dorfman economic historian at Columbia Univ. asking Templin about her studies with Thorstein Veblen; an interesting 2-page letter from Dr. J. Travis Bennett of El Paso regarding the setting-out of a chart for the physical examination and reportage on condition of applicants to Radford with suggestions; Bertha Baur 1858-1940 directed the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music; A.F. Kuhlman Assoc. Dir. University of Chicago regarding research work on childrens' reading habits information; Dr. William S. Gray 1885-1960 American educator and literacy advocate also of U. of Chicago on the same subject; Sallie Caldwell Teachers College Columbia University regarding early learning & English curriculum materials; Mrs. Florence F. Osgood of the Neshobe camp for girls in Vermont requesting an alliance with Radford School; U.S. Army major later colonel Livingston Watrous; Colonel D.C. Pearson New Mexico Military Institute; Ruth Elliott of Wellesley College; Chris P. Fox sheriff El Paso regarding falling down on the job for police protection near the school; Brent N. Rickard American Smelting & Refining Works; Louise Traxell Greeley Dean of Women at U. of Wisconsin Madison; Lieutenant Colonel Joseph P. Aleshire Fort Bliss Texas; Mrs. L.J. Calvocoressi Chairman of the Women's Auxiliary of the Greek War Relief Assoc.; Lt. Col. later major-general Ray. T. Maddocks; Robert E. McKee Sr. 1889-1964 major U.S. contractor engineer builder; Columbia Broadcasting System program press information director George Crandall; Colonel later Brig. General Charles G. Sage; Elmer Davis 1890 1958 news reporter author the Director of the United States Office of War Information during World War II and a Peabody Award recipient; William McChesney Martin Jr. 1906-1998 ninth and longest-serving Chairman of the United States Federal Reserve serving from April 2 1951 to January 31 1970 under five Presidents; Bernard Hoffman 1913 - 1979 American LIFE magazine photographer and documentary photographer first American photographer on the ground at Hiroshima and Nagasaki after the atomic bomb was dropped in 1945; Alfred E. Stearns Chairman Overseas Schools Committee; Colonel Hugh J. Deeney Chief of the Adjutant General Division; Col Harold R. Turner first commander of White Sands Missile Proving Ground; Guy Sylvestre Jean-Guy Sylvestre OC FRSC 1918 -2010 Canadian literary critic librarian and civil servant; Rear Admiral Barry Kennedy Atkins 1911 -2005 officer of the United States Navy best known for his achievements as a destroyer captain in World War II; R. Burdell Bixby prominent Republican of NY State; Robert W. Hamilton justice of the Texas Supreme Court regarding a Radford school girl reference; Colombian world federalist Santiago Gutiérrez; M.S. Sundaram Head of Education Indian embassy; Raymond L. Telles Jr. b. 1915 was the first Mexican-American Mayor of a major American city El Paso Texas 3 letters; Ángela Acuña de Chacón Chilean who served as commissioner 1960-1972 on the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights; William G. Stark Consul General of Canada; Rene Mascarenas Miranda Municipal President mayor of Juarez; Gordon Llewellyn Allott 1907-1989 Republican politician; Mrs. William Barclay Parsons president of the National Council of Women of the United States; John Koehler Gerhart 1907 - 1981 United States Air Force four star general; J. T. Rutherford 1921 - 2006 United States Representative from Texas; R. G. Follis Chairman of Board. Standard Oil Company of California; Robert John Morris 1914-1996 President of the University of Dallas American anti-Communist activist 2 notes; Karl Robin Bendetsen 1907 -1989 remembered primarily for his role as architect of the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II; Elmer Ellis 1901 - 1989 American educator and fourteenth president of the University of Missouri; historian C.L. Sonnichsen; Marshall S. Carter Deputy Director of Central Intelligence CIA; Millicent C. McIntosh 1898-2001 fourth dean of Barnard College 1947-1952 and the College's first president - this is the last letter dated 1962 and in it Dr. Templin is asking for McIntosh to help with providing a successor to the headship at Radford - Templin was soon to retire and died relatively soon afterwards. Some of the letters and notes are very short with limited content; others more voluminous.Additional materials include: letters to another Templin family member from Scott Wike Lucas 1892 - 1968 two-term Democratic United States Senator 1939-1951 from Illinois and Joel Bennett Clark 1890 -1954 better known as Bennett Champ Clark Democratic United States Senator from Missouri from 1933 until 1945 later a United States federal judge; and a few other letters; an undated letter to Templin from pianist Ola Gulledge; a two -page undated letter on The American School Foundation Mexico letterhead; a few letters from Frank S. Ross Major Gen. U.S. Army regarding the Templin War Museum project; a clipped signature of Alvan Tufts Fuller 1878 -1958 and one of John Kieran; and a unidentified sepia-tone matte-finish photograph circa 1920s that may be Dr. Templin or perhaps a friend; a few of the items with the original mailing envelopes; many letters with old adhesive residue from being mounted at some time some with old tape marks in the corners some of the items trimmed as if to accommodate in a smaller frame or album not here; old fold lines ageing; some with corner-attrition due to being removed; in overall good to very good condition and an interesting group of material encompassing the rich educational business and personal life of this well-known Texas woman educator whose contacts spanned the United States and the world. . Unique. Not Bound. Very Good. Not Published Paperback books
192126343Lancaster Pennsylvania : Published for the Club 1921. Six issues of this botanical journal with various articles on natural history from various sources and scientists. Each issue in this group with continuing articles by Stewart H. Burnham and Roy A. Latham "Flora of the Town of Southold Long Island and Gardiner's Island"; these issues with the Second Supplementary List a continuation; the Third Supplementary list and its part 2; the Fourth List and the Fifth List of this series published in these issues over the years 1921 - 1925. The original list of flora of Southold had been published in Torreya in 1914 and the First Supplementary List in 1917. Each of the lists in our group gives Latin name of the finding the site specifics of the specimen and the geographical location along with the reference to the periodical in which it is mentioned and often with commentary from the scientist who'd made the determination; occasionally other information is added as in size of spores and possible sterility or the commonality of the species found. Across all the issues about 50 pages of material listings for Southold on Insect Galls Euphycae; Phycomycetes; Asomycetes Excluding Pyrenomycetes; Asomycetes Pyrenomycetes; Hypomycetes; Melanconiales; Sphaeropsideae; Ustilignaceae; Uredinaceae; Pucciniaceae; Tremellaceae; Thelaphorceae; Hydnaceae; Polyporceae; Agaricaceae; Gastoromycetes; Musci; Polypodiaceae; Lycopodiaceae. Approx. 6" x 9 1/4" size; stapled softcover printed gray paper covers; light wear; a few pencil marks; in very good condition and interesting East End LI natural history research findings from the early part of the 20th century. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Published for the Club paperback books
192125100Middefield Connecticut: The Lyman Gun Sight Corporation 1921. Receipt dated 10/24/21 printed & illustrated in black with a small illustration of a leaping deer in gunsight. Lyman Gun Sight billhead for Ralph Space for a rear sight for his Winchester. Approx. 7x 9 1/2" size; a little wear old fold lines. In very good condition and interesting Middlefield Connecticut gun and arms equipment business history ephemera. Manuscript. Not Bound. Very Good. The Lyman Gun Sight Corporation paperback books
192226368France: Artist Published 1922. Signed by the artist in pencil below the image at bottom right; at left is the artist's tear-drop shaped red 'seal' and the pencil '40.' Our research indicates this piece was accomplished circa 1922 the catalog raisonne giving it the title 'Dreaming'. There is a pencil title written at bottom left "The Evening" as well. Reverse with a small "Made in France" oval sticker. The art approx 210 x 155 mm approx. 8 1/4" x 6 1/4" size; the overall sheet size is approx. 390 x 270 mm 10 1/2" x 15 1/4" bottom edge deckle. Some darkening to the paper; faint old crease line top right corner; in very good condition; a lovely moody image evocative of the 'dream' state of the title. Art. Not Bound. Very Good. Artist Published paperback books
192223552South Shields England: Frank & Sons 1922. Photograph depicts this cable maintenance steamship underway; identified in the plate at lower left margin; Built in 1922 by Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd. for the Commercial Cable Company and based at Halifax Nova Scotia on Atlantic repair duties see History of the Atlantic Cable & Undersea Communications online source; image approx. 10" x 13 1/2" size; studio stamp of Frank & Sons Marine Photographers South Shields on back; edge tips wear chipping including some small chips in the image creases at corners; in about good condition. Photograph. Not Bound. Good. Frank & Sons Paperback books
192222181Japan: International Newsreel 1922. Black and white photo of two traditionally-garbed Japanese men seated in a small shop; a ledger visible on floor hanging notices; Text of attached press notice states ".A customer who comes into the business department of a modern Japanese store to pay his bills sits on the edge of the "department" and keeps his dirty feet off the clean white matting for which the houses of Japan are famous."; approx. 6 1/2" x 8" size; notice attached to photo; International Newsreel studio stamp on back and 'Jap Drawer' handwritten; some edgewear crinkling to photo; in very good condition. . First Edition. Not Bound. Very Good. International Newsreel Paperback books
192326335Manchester New Hampshire: Not Published 1923. Letter dated 31 August 1923 on The Manchester Union and Leader Manchester N.H. letterhead. One paragraph typed wishing a speedy recuperation after illness of a friend in hospital. Letter signed by Frank Knox 1874 - 1944 American newspaper publisher vice-presidential candidate with Alf Landon's campaign subsequently FDR's secretary of the navy: ".After leaving Alma College in 1898 Knox an ardent supporter of the war with Spain joined the First Volunteer United States Calvary popularly known as the Rough Riders.Knox was both a good businessman and a crusading editor using his papers to fight saloons Democrats and waste and corruption in government.deserves to be remembered for helping to revitalize the navy after its defeat at Pearl Harbor and for his role as a highly partisan individual who put country above politics at a time when many did not. President Roosevelt addressed this point in his tribute to Knox saying "I like to think of his bigness and his loyalty. Truly he put his country first." William L. O'Neill in the ANB Approx. 8 1/2" x 11" on good Debenture Bond watermark paper; light wear old fold lines diagonal crease little darkening at edges; in very good condition. Manuscript. Not Bound. Very Good. Not Published paperback books
192426039Musselburgh Scotland: Bruntons 1924. Black and white photograph depicting an engineering design room men women workers; calendar on the wall identifies & dates Bruntons Wire & Wire Rope October 1924. No studio or photographer noted. Photo approx. 6" x 8" size glossy gelatin print. Mounted on 9 1/2" x 12 1/4" size cardstock; mount card darkened some corners soft; photo sharp well-taken and in very good condition. Photograph. Not Bound. Very Good. Bruntons paperback books
