Malden / Boston / New York: The Perry Pictures Company, (1898). 2nd edition, ca 1900. 32 ll: title leaf, followed by 31 leaves of b/w images. Each image [~ 4" x 6"] to leaf recto, captioned. Versos blank. Printed on glossy paper. Booklet with horizontal format: 5-1/4" x 8". Original... More about PROVINCETOWN By The SEA
(n. p.): (1990). 1st edition. Number 20 of 150 printings. Broadside. Large color illustration Oblong format: 10-3/16" x 13". Illustration pasted to white mounting paper. Title penciled in below. More about COURT Of The GOLDEN BOUGH, CARMEL. 20/150. Jeff Siner, '90
San Jose: Pollock, The View Artist / Hurlbert Bros. & Co. Print, (n. d.). Ca early 1890s. View dated from verbiage found on card verso. Elaborate publisher imprint to verso, describing Pollock's business & services offered. 8-1/2" x 10-1/2". Scalloped edges. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Somewhat to... More about No. 111. SANTA CLARA VALLEY COVERED With FOG. Taken from Mount Hamilton
[Baltimore, MD]: (n. d.). 1st Printing, ca 1880. Broadside, printed on grey paper. 11" x 8-3/8". Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Circular announces that Buschmann & Clarke have "purchased the interest of Bryan & Clarke in this establishment", who herewith "offer this our first Circular and Price List"... More about CIRCULAR. Monumental Export Bottling Co. No. 139 N. Howard Street, Baltimore, MD
Thomasville, GA: A. W. Moller. For Sale by J. E. Robinson, Broad Street. (n. d.). Ca 1890. Orange mount [recto], grey verso, rounded corners. Company stamp to verso. 5" x 8". Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. The Piney Woods Hotel opened in 1885, and was located between Broad... More about CABINET CARD ALBUMEN PHOTOGRAPH. Views of Thomasville and Vicinity. No. 74. Piney Woods Hotel
[Oakland, California?]: E. F. Kiessling, Publisher. (n. d.). Ca early 1920s. 68 [= 88] pp, including 3 paginated [e.g., 8a, 8b etc] inserts. Adverts primarily from Visalia businesses. The occasional illustration. 8vo. 9-1/4" x 6-1/8". Printed green paper wrapped boards. "Visalia" at base of front board. A promotional how-to for... More about CUPID'S BOOK. Visalia Issue
San Diego: Coonley Photo "Pepper Tree" (1894). Rectangular creme-colored mount, round corners. "Loring's H St. Book Store" stamp in lower margin. Complete 6 line "Loring's H St. Book Store" stamp to verso. 5-1/4" x 8-1/2". Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. More about CABINET CARD ALBUMEN PHOTOGRAPH. 349. Marriage Place of Ramona Tile - Roofed Adoda at Old Town
(n. p. (n. d.). Ca late 1860s / early 1870s. Rectangular creme-colored mount, square corners, no imprint. 4-1/2" x 7". Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. More about CABINET CARD ALBUMEN PHOTOGRAPH. NORTHERN CHEYENNE WIGWAMS.; "An Indian Camp in California....
Los Angeles: Garden City Foto Co., (n. d.). Ca 1900? Company stamp, in pink, to verso. Image shows the house then present at this LA location. 5-3/16" x 8-3/8". Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. More about CABINET CARD ALBUMEN PHOTOGRAPH. No. 220. Cor. Figueroa and Jefferson Sts. Winter Scene, Los...
Chicago: The N. K. Fairbank Company, (1902). 1st printing thus. Unpaginated, though 16 pp. Each page illustrated with a Kemble drawing, alternating between color & b/w facing pages. 6-3/4" x 4-5/8". Printed self-wrappers, stapled. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. A promotional piece for Fairbank's Gold Dust Washing Powder... More about The GOLD DUST TWINS At Work and Play.; As Sketched by the Famous Artist E. W. Kemble
New York: Geographia Map Co. Ca 1940s. Single sheet, printed in colors, recto only, folded into 27 panels. Unfolded: 27" x 40-1/8". Folded: 9-1/2" x 7/8". Housed in publisher purple & yellow paper portfolio. Map shows postal zones, main auto routes, railroads, and motor coach and street railway lines. Also... More about The PREMIER STREET MAP Of OAKLAND And Vicinity, Featuring Transit Lines and House Numbers
San Francisco: Published by Fred B. Bain Inc, (1920). 1st printing (presumed). Single sheet of stiff stock, folded 3x for 6 panels, printed both sides, with map side have a rivet-mounted 6-7/8" central pointer as the "Patent Indicatior". 4 outer panels with Street names corresponding to pointer segments. One outer... More about E-Z GUIDE MAP Of OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA With Patent Indicatior.; Shows at a glance the exact...
San Francisco: 1887. A fill-in-the-blanks job-printed receipt for this California publisher, detailing layaway terms. Verso with blanks to record customer's payment record. 3-7/8" x 10". Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. One Francis Cutting has deposited One Dollar, as of February 19, 1887, towards purchase of "1 Set Dickens"... More about LAYAWAY PURCHASE RECEIPT. P. F. Collier, Publisher, 14 Dupont Street, San Francisco. 2. 19 . 1887
Manchester, N. H. J. T. Langley, (n. d.). Ca early 1870s. Elaborate photograper imprint, in gold, to card verso. 6-1/2" x 4-1/8". Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. "Thornton was an officer in the United States Navy during the American Civil War. In August 1862, he assumed command of... More about CABINET CARD ALBUMEN PHOTOGRAPH
(n. p.): 1911. 1st Printing. SIGNED by 18 of the dinner attendees, including Baxter. Unpaginated, though 4 pages. Dinner menu printed p. 3, other pages blank. Photographic b/w image of Baxter, in uniform, to front cover. 8-1/2" x 6-1/2". Printed stiff card stock covers, gold cord tie. Baxter a Naval... More about DINNER In HONOUR Of WILLIAM JOSEPH BAXTER • Naval Constructor • United States Navy; Tendered...
San Francisco: 1904. Unsigned. Single sheet, letterhed printed at top. 19 lines, double-spaced. ~ 200 words. Text concludes mid-sentence, implying a second sheet present at one time. Woodcut graphic, to left, depicting the firm's building [which was destroyed in the 1906 fire]. 10-3/4" x 8-1/4". Now housed in an archival... More about PAYOT, UPHAM & CO. Established 1854. Stationers, Booksellers, Engravers, Printers,...
[San Leandro ?]: 1912. 1st printing (presumed). Broadside. Lower left corner with the printed note: "Dutton Manor Addition is a subdivision into lots of a part of the property described in the deed from Mrs. Anna Rogers to W. H. L. Hynes and Oliver D. Hamlin, dated June 18, 1912... More about MAP Of DUTTON MANOR ADDITION Alameda Co., Cal. 1912. Scale: 100 ft = 1 inch
Stockton, California: 1958 - 1960. 38 ll of tan construction paper, of which 30 are filled with school id cards, report cards, letters, cards, menus, event tickets & programs, newspapers, etc, etc. ~ 150 items. 14-3/8" x 12". All housed in a black vinyl twin screw-post binder. A nice window... More about SCRAPBOOK - Amos Alonzo Stagg Senior High School. 1958 - 1960
Eureka, Ca. Eureka Printing Company, [1968]. 1st Printing. Printed bifolium. Illustrated. 13" x 9-1/2". White card stock, self wrappers, printed in red and blue, now housed in a mylar sleeve. Ink markings read: "Lunch Wed June 19 - 1968. Supper Thurs 11 20 1968." More about EUREKA'S SEAFOOD GROTTO.; Owned and Operated by Eureka Fisheries, Inc
San Francisco. Printed at the Grabhorn Press. October 2 1959. 1st Printing. Printed bifolium. Vignette of Mr. Griswold to upper wrapper. 11-1/4" x 9-1/2". White card stock, self wrappers, printed in black and blue, now housed in a mylar sleeve. More about TRIBUTE DINNER For GORDON WALKER GRISWOLD.; Fairmont Hotel - San Francisco
(n.p.). June 20, 1933. 1st Printing. 4 pp. unnumbered. Illustrated upper wrapper, couple small vignettes to lower wrapper. 8-1/4" x 6-1/4". White card stock, self wrappers, printed in yellow and black, now housed in mylar sleeve. Menu in English and Spanish. More about GRACE LINE.; Dinner - Comida
(n.p.). (n.d.). 1st Printing. Broadside. 9-1/2" x 6". White card stock, printing in black, red and yellow. Now housed in a mylar sleeve. More about LUNCHEON.; Georgian Bay Line - S. S. South American
(n.p.): c. 1980s. 1st Printing. Broadside. Picture of the proprietor(?) 17" x 11". Off white card stock, printed in black, menu items hand written in black ink. Now housed in a mylar sleeve. More about CANCAN - Au DINER
San Francisco. c. 1960s-1970s. 1st Printing. Printed bifolium. Full page illustrated upper wrapper of San Francisco, large illustrations of food to tail of inside. 17" x 8". White card stock, self wrappers, laminated, pink and black lettering, now housed in a mylar sleeve. More about CHINA CUP
(n.p.): Schwabacher-Frey. August 17th, 1950. 1st Printing. Printed bifolium, with one slip. Few small vignettes. 14" x 11". White card stock, self wrappers, printed in red and black. Slip is typed in black to light green paper. held together by a red cord tie. Now housed in a mylar sleeve. More about RICKEY'S
