Medical Menus, Unicef and Communism, World Tolerance & of Course, the Children

e-list No. 75 Eclectibles Miscellany: Medical Menus, Unicef and Communism, World Tolerance & Of Course, the Children

It’s all about the Children…

Eclectibles Sheryl Jaeger & Ralph Gallo 860.872.7587

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1. [friendship album][ poetry][ ink drawings] Autographs, An Illustrated Friendship Album Belonging to Henretta "Etta" R. Hadley of Enfield Center, NH, circa 1878-1884. J. S. Locke & Co. Boston, MA. 1875. A friendship album belonging to Henretta "Etta" R. Hadley of Enfield Center, NH given to her on her twenty-six birthday in 1878. The album entries appear to comprise of mostly her friends who lived in Enfield Center and nearby towns such as Concord, Claremont, Charlestown, and Franklin Falls. However there are a few entries from people who live in the neighboring states of Vermont, Maine, and Massachusetts. The entries date from 1878- 1884 with the bulk of them dating from 1878-1880. The album starts with an inscription of "A birthday gift from Nell & Mattie, Claremont, [NH] Feb. 10, 1878." The rest of the albums entries are mostly made up of short poems or verses, some of which may be original. There are also a few longer entries in which the author describes some memories he or she and Etta had together. One unique entry to this album covers two opposite pages.

Little anecdotes, snippets of memories, and short quotes fill these two pages, written in every which direction. The author only identifies herself in one line stating, "If you are unable to remember your friend Maude in any other way, think of the trip from Claremont." Here are a few examples of other morsels written on the page: "Our leap year ride and hunt for a coal dove. I want to carry a friend two miles on the Charlestown road... are you fond of ham, swinging in a hammock, and eating chocolates... open air concerts by the color folks.... coon hunting by moonlight.... Pretty warm this evening is it not, ladies?" It appears as though this entry started a trend in Etta's album as a few other entries are done in a similar manner, though none as large or as convoluted as the first one. Three entries are pen and ink calligraphy birds with elaborate e-list 75 2 [email protected]

flourishes, an additional entry demonstrates artistic penmanship. Several entries make use of Victorian scraps throughout the album, totaling approximately a dozen different scraps. Of note is one small photograph of one of Etta's friends. This photograph is a black and white portrait of a seated young woman from the waist up. One other entry of possible note is by a boy named Frank A. Ball. At the base of his page, he as written a series of dot and dashes that look a lot like Morse code. However, while a quick translation did not reveal letters that made sense. The album itself was published by J. S. Locke & Co., and has red leather gilt decorative covers. Interspersed throughout the album are eleven (11) printed illustrtions, including the title page which features a large engraving of a gate in a wooded area with the text, "Autograph Album Illustrated". The text uses a decorative font, with the letters of the first two words looking like living tree branches while font of the last wood looks like wooden boards nail together to create letters. Eight of the remaining ten illustrations feature small rectangular boxes, meant to mimic visiting cards with other decorative elements enhancing the card. For example several have wheat stalks or flowers, while another has a locust perched beneath, and still another has a spider spinning its web in the corner. The most simplistic one of these illustrations simply looks like a pile of three visiting cards, with no other decoration. Some of the entries on these pages do incorporate the image in the verses written for Etta. . Below are a few excerpts from the entries within the album:

""With eyes as blue as the skies, The water from the secret spring, With hair of golden hue, Let memory breathe he softest tone You are the one to win the hearts of with magic force it breaks the stone good men and true." and forth will gush all fresh and bright, - Charlie S. Powers, Claremont, NH The living tide of love and light." - C. L. Tibbil, Claremont, NH, Dec. 27th, Though like the marble rock of old, 1879 Your heart may seem all hard and cold, Yet like that rock a touch will bring, "Beneath this locust, I'll write my name, that he may ever Guard the same." - George P. Sturtevant, Hartland, VT, May 4, 1879, written on one of the illustrated pages with an image of a locust on it.

Red leather covers with embossed linear design and a decorative embossed line and dot border. The front cover also has a simple double lined gilt border within the embossed one, and at the center is the word "Autographs" in gilt lettering and decorative filigree design. The spine has a gilt decorative design accompanying the word "Autographs" done in gilt lettering. Interior pages gilt edged. Completely filled. Measures 8" x 5". (#20203285) $225.

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Henretta "Etta" R. Hadley was born in February 10, 1852 to Daniel W. Hadley (1822-1882) and Laura Ann Denham (1825-1908) in Canaan, NH. She had one sibling, Erastus Hadley (1845- 1902). She married Adin/Aden B. Sanders (1851-1936) on August 13, 1884 in Charlestown, NH. It does not appear that they had any children. Etta died in 1919.

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General wear and soiling. Lower portion of album spine is missing. Edge wear due to rubbing. One Victorian scrap is missing a small section.

2. [photographs][ photo album][ genealogy][ Marcy] Photograph Album and Genealogy of the Marcy Family, circa 1850-1900. Marcy Family. [1850-1900]. A photograph album of the family of Laban March (1780-1860), an American politician from Massachusetts. The album contains approximately seventy-seven (77) photographs of the great Marcy family. It appears as though one of Laban's children compiled the album, since Laban and his wife, Fanny Howe (1791-1857), don't appear in the album. On the free endpaper is a partial family tree of Laban's children including all six children and the names of some of their children. There are 77 photographs in the album, 42 are identified at least by name written under the photograph, and at times additional information is provided. Photos include Laban's children, sons-and-daughters-in-law, their grandchildren, and other extended family members. In a few instances individuals are noted as great friends of the family.

There are 28 young children or babies the remainder are adults of various ages. Several individuals are pictured twice, (and one three times) at different times. The family genealogy is available upon request with asterisks (*) is placed beside the name the individual that has an identified photograph in the album. There are two photographs in the album of individuals that are clearly not related to the Marcy family in any way. The first is a small photograph of King Edward VII when he was still Prince of Wales. The second is a small photograph of Mrs. Tom Thumb. The album consists of forty (40) pages, evenly split between pages that hold a single large photograph and pages that can hold four smaller photographs. Of the seventy-seven (77) photographs contained in the album, seventeen (17) are large photographs, and sixty (60) are quarter-page photographs. Most pages are completely filled. The majority of the album contains e-list 75 4 [email protected]

portraits of a single person, however there are five (5) photos with two individuals in them, and one (1) that features a trio of young children. Regardless of the shape of the cut out, the dimensions remain largely the same. Measures 5 ¼” x 6 ¾” (larger cut outs), 3 ½” x 2" (smaller cut outs). With the exception of three, all the photographs fit neatly into these slots. The majority of the photographs are in good condition with minimal to no fading. There are a few tin types with the majority of the photographs being cabinet cards or carte de visites . The photographs can be removed and at times there is information to be found on the back of the card, normally relating to the photographer who took the picture. Some of the photograph studios used were: E. L. Brand & Co. in Chicago, IL, GH. Bercamasco Photographe in St. Petersbourg, Rogers in Hartford, CT, and Richardson in Boston, MA. The album black leather covers with decorative embossing meant to invoke the image of the metal hinges that were once used to hold old books together. The spine of the book has gilt lettering, which states "Album". There are remnants of what appears to have been a clasp meant to secure the book closed. Interior pages are gilt edge. Measures 11" x 8". (#27000358) $325.

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Laban Marcy was born on March 7, 1780 to Asahel Marcy (1738-1819) and Priscilla Dunham (1740-1829) in Greenwich, MA. He married Fanny Howe (1791-1857) on April 4, 1812 and had six children. He attended Woodstock Academy and studied law under Judge Barnes of Tolland, CT. He was elected a Massachusetts State Representative (or Senator, the records are unclear), and was a delegate to the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention in 1820 and again in 1853. He died on October 11, 1860 in Greenwich, MA.

Two photographs appear to be missing as there are names written below the cut out, but no photo. One photograph of a young boy has residue over his face. Cover wear and rubbing. Damage to back strip.

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3. [correspondence][ women's history][ medical][ mumps][ typhoid fever][ dysentery][ infant mortality][ religion][ daily life][ Sons of Temperance] A Collection of Letters to the Emerson Family. Emerson Family. Ireland Depot, Holyoke, MA. 1847-1857. A collection of eleven (11) letters belonging to the Emerson Family of Holyoke, MA. The majority of the letters are send to Ireland Depot, which was the name of the town's post office from the mid 1840s to mid 1850s. The letters date from 1847 to 1857, with the bulk of the correspondence between 1848 to 1850, and between Lovina H. Fay Emerson (1822-1897) and her friend Catherine A. George Bates (1826-1879). Eight of the letters are folded stampless posts, the other three have their corresponding envelopes.

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Lovina, which start in 1847 congratulating Lovina on her recent marriage to William. The letters discuss a variety of topics, but the main thread is Catherine's conversion to Christianity, her conversion in 1848 along with Catherine's friend Susan Pond, local events, updates on sickness in the area (highlights being the death of Catherine's nephew due to dysentery, her father's bout with typhoid fever, and her own bout with the mumps), and Catherine's (rather unsuccessful) attempt to comfort Lovina on the upcoming birth of her first child by telling her of the death of Susan Pond's newborn twin boys.

There are three letters from Paesiello Emerson (1832-1927), to his sister Mary Frances Emerson (1833-1853), who are William's children from his first marriage. Paesiello had moved from the family homestead to Ashland, MA for work, while Mary was still living with their father and his new wife, Lovina, in Holyoke, MA. Paesiello writes updating his sister on his life, such as sleigh rides and his new membership in the local division of the Sons of Temperance while also poetically waxing about nature and the changing of seasons.

The last two letters in the collection are one-offs. The first is to William Emerson, the patriarch of the family, about a shipment of lumber being send to him and the request for payment. Depending on the census record, William is either a carpenter or farmer. The last letter is from a C. B. Angier, a distant relative of Lovina (her mother's maiden name is Angier), and provides a short update on their life.

Below are excerpts from the letters:

"I think I felt the importance of religion I saw myself to be a great sinner but I did not want you to know it. I remember well one Sunday evening there was quite a number went forward for prayer. I felt as if I must go, I tried to stand but Satan whispered in my ear that if I went no one would believe that I was in earnest that I could do it better where I was & I listened to him and sat still. I think now if I had broken away from him then I might have found peace. You thought I was indifferent, I was miserable for I was trying to be a Christian and have no one know it." - Catherine A. George Bates to her friend Lovina H. Fay Emerson, June 22, 1848

"It has been quite sickly about us, one little child buried today. One case in particular I must tell you, a lady 35 years old, on who belonged in this neighborhood & always lived with her parents (who are quite aged) was married & went to her home with every prospect of happiness, before she had scarcely begun to enjoy it was called to die, just 4 weeks from the day she was married, she was buried at the same place where she stood a bride, she lay a corpse." - Catherine A. George Bates to her friend Lovina H. Fay Emerson, September 21, 1848

"I have just finished loading the lumber for you. A part of the boards are not such as I stands [sp?] have had you, but they are at the depot. I though I would send them, there are 2330 fit [sic] I also send more of the short timbers which you will please see that it is unloaded & kept safety. What you can not sell ??? please send me the money for the lumber as fast as possibly convenient and greatly oblige." - H. Williams to William Emerson, May 1, 1849

"... I came home, I found little Frank (that is Brother Hiram's youngest child) very sick with Dysentery. He had not been well for a week or two before, he had 10 teeth besides there were his stomach teeth & two others were swollen very hard which caused his sickness. The Doctor said it was a very doubtful case. Mother & others that saw him said he could not get well. I thought perhaps he might altho I knew he was e-list 75 6 [email protected]

very sick. Wednesday he seemed considerably better. Thursday he was very restless. Friday everything he took he vomited. The disease had gone to his head, he would throw it from one side to the other in dreadful distress through the day. Saturday his hands & feet were very cold, could not warm them, thought he could no live the night out but by rubbing he seemed to get a little rest. He was so thirsty, could raise himself & grasp the tumbler & look so wistful as if he thought we could help him, the Dr. told us he thought he would have spasms, but he did not, he grew weaker and weaker until about 6 o'clock Sunday night. Mother was over him & noticed a change & called to us, it was but to see him gasp his last breath. He had turned his eyes towards the window and thus without a groan or struggle he fell asleep in the arms of his savior, just like the going down of the sun, altho set forever to this world it shall dawn in a bright & better world, as I gaxed [sic] upon him now still in death & kissed his cold lips I said is this death? As this was the first I ever witnessed. The impression I received is pleasant, Oh! that I may so live that when I die it may be as well with me as I believe it is with him... the mother appears calm & resigned to this event as well as looking forward to a time not far distant when another treasure may be sent to her, I shall feel very anxious to hear from you after you receive this, as the critical time of which spoke is near at hand. You must keep could courage [Lovina is pregnant with her first child will be born in October 1849]. Friend Susan was very sick when her children were born, only think she had two sons, one weighted 3 1/2, the other 7 pounds. The latter was dead, the little one lived two days. She was so disappointed when it died, she got a long remarkably well herself & has been very well during the summer. I wish you could see her, it would do you good, she wished me to give you her love and good wishes... I think I have not written you since the California fever has done such destructive work, carrying off its hundreds and thousands, from their homes and the enjoyments of life where and for what do they thus sacrifice their lives? For gold that shall perish, it appears strange to me that so many are ready to leave all & go. I am thankful there has none of my relations gone as yet, but numbers of friends & acquaintances have gone. Some have arrived there & others that have not been heard from. " - Catherine A. George Bates to her friend Lovina H. Fay Emerson, September 23, 1849

"I haven't anything to do and have not had much for two months past, I have carved my earned my board and that is about all. If I don't have something to do before long I shall be sick or crazy or something else. But there are signs of business being better before a great while. I still board at Mr. Montague and I think I shall as long as they will keep me. Last Friday I took a sleigh ride about five miles with another person who I shall not name here. It being a pleasant afternoon we had a first rate time and got home at last safe and sound." - George P. Emerson to Miss Mary Emerson, January 4, 1850

"But spring has come and with it pretty blue birds, how pretty they sing in the morning. Winter has gone and with it the cold blistering days and nights with its long evenings and cold snows. Summer will soon be here with its long hot sultry days and soon will be the days when we shall hear the distant muttering thunder and see the dark black clouds with its forked lighting... I joined the Division of Sons of Temperance four weeks ago last night and I like them very much." - George P. Emerson to Miss Mary Emerson, April 2, 1850

"Your letter came to hand soon after date, it found me watching by the sick bed of my dear Father, he was taken sick the week after I came home with Typhoid fever... he complained of his dead did not seem to know or remember anything, said it did not seem like his own head... the Dr. came but not do anything for him, we dismissed him & called another & one to consult & before night they bled & blistered him & give him medicine which roused him, he would talk one day about everything, did not know us at all, the next would sleep all day so sound that we could not wake him... my health has been good except about 3 weeks I had the mumps, they went to my head & I had sores in my ears, it was bad but I felt so anxious about Father that I did not mind it." - - Catherine A. George Bates to her friend Lovina H. Fay Emerson, July 21, 1857 (#20000175) $325. e-list 75 7 [email protected]

For the entirety of her letters in these collection, Catherine (sometimes spelled Catarina in census records) signs her name C. A. George, as she does not marry a man named Lafayette Bates until 1862.

William Goddard Emerson was born on January 21, 1806 to Reuben Babcock (1755-1844) and Hannah Goddard (1761-1857) in Northborough, MA. As William does not have the same last name as his parents, he might have been adopted or for some reason changed his name later in life. William had twelve siblings. He married Susan Perkins (1804-1843) on October 13, 1831, and had five children: George Paesiello Emerson (1832-1927), Mary Frances Emerson (1833-1853), Ginevra Emerson (1836-1838), Arthur Emerson (1838-1841), and Marcellus Emerson (1843- 1878). After Susan died in 1843, he remarried on August 8, 1847 to Lovina H. Fay (1822-1897). With his second wife, Lovina, he had four children: William Francis Emerson (1849-1931), Annie Elizabeth Emerson (1859-1941), Mary G. Emerson (1861-1863), and Henry Howard Emerson (1865-1943). He died on April 19, 1887 of old age. General wear.

4. [correspondence][ family life][ morality][ religion][ daily life] A Collection of Letters to a Neglected Mother. The Angier Family. Utica, NY. 1817-1832. A collection of six letters between the mother and children of the Angier family, originally of Southborough, MA. The most

consistent part of the letters is opening with an apology from the children for failing to write their mother, Elizabeth Angier, and how this failure means that they have neglected her in some way. The letters date were generally send from upstate New York, from towns near Utica, NY, such as Whitestone and Frankfort, where several of the siblings, namely Mary, Elizabeth, and Sabrina, e-list 75 8 [email protected]

had relocated to. It appears as though one of the older daughters, after marrying Augustus Baldwin (1794-1880) in 1815, moved to Whitestone, NY, to start a family. As the years continued, several of Mary's siblings, such as Elizabeth and Sabrina (who never married), moved to the area to for better marriage and job prospects. Two of the six letters are between a pair of the siblings. The letters generally consist of updates on their lives, family and friends, as well as numerous religious missives, and some mention of their jobs, mostly teaching, that the sisters were engaged in. Additionally, in some of the letters, the siblings have written missives addressed to their siblings still living in Southborough. All of the letters are folded stampless posts. Measures 5" x 3 ½” (folded).

Below are excerpts from some of the letters:

"We were presented with a daughter 14th Nov, but alas! She is not that joy or comfort we so much hope for, we have been called to a bitter trial, God in his infinite goodness has seen fit to afflict us in taking our child by death, our afflictions are sent to try us and oh that they mite [sic] prove a blessing to us, that we mite [sic] feel reconciled under all the alotments [sic] of divine providence in submission to his will and that we might in full submission say the Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away and blessed be the name of the Lord." - February 2, 1817, Whitestone, NY, from Augustus and Mary Baldwin to Mary's mother, Elizabeth Angier

"Aunt Haven has been sick since she returned from Boston with the nervous tooth ache. She had her tooth pulled and it broke a nerve and it had such an effect on her that it obliterated the whole of the nervous system so that she was not able to do her work for six weeks but she has got to be quite well now... Mr. Laban Nicholas’s wife Mr. Leed’s sister, the one that was down when Mary went up the first time is deranged. She tries every way to kill herself. She once took her husbandâ€™s razor and attempted to cut throat but was caught before she had completed the fatal deed. Twice her husband has found her with a rope around her neck, and once got to her only soon enough to catch her in his arms as she leap [sic] from the scaffold, one half minute longer and she would have been an eternity." - June 13, 1818, Whitestone, NY, from Eliza Angier to her mother, Elizabeth Angier.

"I hope that he who has upheld you thus far in life will still hold you in the hollow of his hand lest at any time your feet should stray from the path of virtue and rectitude. And may he find your heart fast to him, that when in health you may be an able to render to him according to his benefit. I am rejoiced to hear that there is any attention to the one thing needful with you. Oh that there may be many praying souls in that place, and may we realize that we have an interest in your prayers. It would give a pang to any Christian to realize the state of this church and society. Religion is trampled upon like hearts cast before swine... we have reason to fear that wrath of an offended God is kindled against us and that he will come upon us with great judgment if we continue in this stupid state. Afflictions in themselves are courteous and I am not as an able to bear them as anyone. Yet they are sent for our good, to restore are wandering feet. I would choose to be afflicted rather than remain in this “I’m feeling state. “More the treacherous calm I dread, then tempest bursting o’ver my head.” - August 3, 1825, Frankfort, NY, Eliza Angier Warriner to her siblings Roland Angier and his wife, Mary Marsh (1803-1866)

"Eliza has become the mother of twins, both daughters, one we call Cordelia Eliza, the other Frances Beattie, they were born 20 April, the life of the mother was disposed for sometime. We had two of the best nurses, one was Sabrina, besides all the assistance that I could render. Eliza is now so that she is just about e-list 75 9 [email protected]

taking care of the babes but not able to do much she is afflicted with the canker in her throat and stomach which keeps her and the babes in continual afflictions." - June 25, 1830, Frankfort Alford and Eliza Angier Warriner to Eliza's mother, Elizabeth Angier

"The anniversary of my birthday, which is tomorrow, reminds me of my obligations to you, the kindest and best of mothers who under God have been instrumental in preserving my life, that I am so far from you as not to visit you often, when I think that six years have rolled away since I saw you I am really astonished! And now that I have left my brothers and sisters is misterous [sic] To myself, but for not writing to you I can offer no reasonable excuse, I must played guilty this pleasant evening the moon with her bright Waze conveys my thoughts to my native home ... I find many pleasant people here but in my dreams I visit Southborough inhabitants, could I but you know where my mother is and what her enjoyment is in the decline of life it would relieve my anxiety... we had a very pleasant journey here, we started from Utica July 30 in a canal boat in the front cabin, 13 and number, moving at the rate of 5 miles an hour, able to read right net and sell. Mr. Simmons spent his time writing and reading his sermons which was very interesting to us, when we got to Troy Thursday we had to lay up a few hours on account of the water, for a kind a machine called the mud turtle which was scraping the mud from the river before we could cross the way to Albany, then went on board a steamboat to New York, saw a great many of the works of nature, and a part, then a coach convey the family to the New York shore, then in a steamboat to Newark." - October 3, 1832, Newark, NJ, Sabrina Angier to her mother Elizabeth Angie. (#20000417) $325.

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Elizabeth Newton was born on April 30, 1763, to Solomon Newton (1734-1830) and Elizabeth Howe (1733-1818) in Southborough, MA. She had eight siblings: Catherine Newton Ball (1759- 1834), Lucreita Newton (1761-1813), Larkin Newton (1765-1788), Dolly Newton (1767-1855), Jeremiah Newton (1769-1837), Willard Newton (1771-863), Anna Newton Sherman (1773- 1863). She married Charles Angier (1752-1816) on December 23, 1784 in Southborough, MA, and had eleven children together: Betsy Angier (1785-1793), Anna Agier Fay (1787-1861), Converse Angier (1789-?), Mary Angier Baldwin (1791-1875), Roland Angier (1793-1872), Austin

General wear. Some separation at letter folds and along edges

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5. [legal][ transportation][ shipping][ letterhead][ government] The Translation of the Adjustment of the Average of the Clipper Ship Messenger, W. Hill. Master, on the Average from Bakers Island to Hamburg. George Hambrock. Hamburg, Germany. March 12, 1872 - April 29, 1872. This document is the English translation of a German document which was the "Adjustment of the Average" for the ship 'The Messenger' which was under Captain Waldo Hill (1814-1888) control and traveled from Bakers Island, MA, to Hamburg, Germany. The trip started on October 12, 1871, with the ship loaded with a cargo of 1241 tons of guano. This was not to be an easy journey, and the Messenger encountered several storms, torn sails and a constant leak in the hull on there journey across the Atlantic Ocean. This leak caused the crew to almost constantly pump excess water out of the ship in order to prevent both damage to the cargo and the ship itself. At one point in order to lessen the load approximately 40 tons of guano was dumped overboard. Eventually the ship made it to its destination, Hamburg, on March 6, 1872, and this document is the official statement of Capt. Hill on the journey over and the calculations of the sale of the cargo , the amount throw over, and repairs need on the ship. This record and calculations were done by George Hambrock, the Official Average Adjuster of the Port of Hamburg in German. The English version of the record was translated and recorded by Edward Robinson, the U. S. Consul to Hamburg from 1869 to 1876. Both his signature and seal are at the end of the document certifying that the English translations matches the original German document. This translation of the statement is written on the letterhead for a United States Consul. It features a rendition of the Great Seal of the United States: the Bald Eagle in the center, with a ribbon in his mouth emblazoned with the text "E Pluribus Unum" (One of many/ One from many), a shield across his breast holding a olive branch and a group of arrows in his claws. This is set on a background of thirteen stars peaking out of clouds in the night sky. As for the dating of this document, it starts with "the protest made on March 12, 1872", however the document was signed by the original adjustor, George Hambrock, on April 19, 1872, and signed by the Consul, Edward Robinson, verifying the translation on April 29th, 1872. Single fold, double sided. Measures 18" x 14" (unfolded). (#20200085) $125.

Captain Waldo Hill was born on August 1, 1814 to James Plaisted Hill II (1773-1816) and Sarah "Sally" Perkins (1768-1856). He had six siblings: Sally Hill (1800-?), Abigail Hill (1802-?), James Plaisted Hill III (1804-1886), Annah Hill (1806-?), Olive Hill (1808-1826), Jotham Hill (1811-?). He married Lorana Hill (1814-1891) in March of 1839 and had five children: Charles Hill (1843-?), Anna M Hill Goodwin Riley (1848-?), Waldo Hill Jr. (1853-1880), Frederic Hill (1856-1900) and Florence L. Hill Roberts (1860-1891). Waldo and his family lived in Biddeford, ME. Waldo was a Sea Captain and Master Mariner, and at least his eldest son, Charles followed in his footsteps, as one the 1870 census his occupation is listed as sailor. Waldo's youngest daughter married Hon. Frank W. Roberts the U.S. Consul to Coaticooke, Canada. He died on at the age of 73 on March 12, 1888.

General wear. Minor separation at folds. Minor stain on top of page on front.

Trade Catalogues 6. [stationary][ cards][ post cards][ trade catalogue] I Want You, Catalogue No. 200 - Novelty Post Cards, Valentines, Birthday Cards & Booklets and much more. A. S. Mankin & Co. Alexandria, VA. [1912-1913]. A trade catalogue for a stationary company, called A. S. Mankin & Co., out of Alexandra, VA. The company sold a variety of cards and post cards for all sorts of occasions. While the majority of the cards were made from paper, there were a few which featured "silk e-list 75 11 [email protected]

pillows", sometimes scented, attached to the cards to enhance their looks. Also, although there were cards for specific holidays, such as Christmas and Valentines Day, the bulk of the cards sold were nonspecific but with interesting designs. For example: comic post cards, sea shell post cards,

equitable fire post cards(cards featuring photographs of the fire that took place at the Equitable Life Assurance Building), love scene post cards, cat post cards, mechanical panorama cards, animal cards, and French carnival cards. With the exception of a few pages toward the end of the catalogue, each page features four items. For each item there is a brief description of it, the cost, and a black and white photograph of the individual card or series. The catalogue also features a limited number of non stationary items, such as pins, transparencies, fans, model air planes, and post card albums. The front cover features a black and white illustration of a Native American in stereotypical dress, holding a tomahawk in one hand and a rifle in the other. The back cover features a large advertisement for "J. Koehler's Arabian Balsam", a type of cure-all concoction mean for wounds, but supposedly particularly effective against blood poisoning. 23 pgs. Printed wrappers. Staple binding. Measures 8 ¾” x 5 ¾”. (#29001726) $110.

Little was found on A. S. Mankin & Co., with the exception of advertisements for its products between 1908 and 1913. Due to the presence of in this catalogue of post cards featuring the burning of the Equitable Life Assurance Building in New York, which occurred in January 1912, this catalogue is mostly likely from between 1912-1913. General wear.

7. [books][ literature][ trade catalogue][ business history] A Catalogue of Old, Rare, and Curious Books, Comprising History, Genealogy, Biography, Travels, Theology, Science, etc., Selected from the Stock of George E. Littlefield, No. 7. George E. Littlefield. Boston, MA. June 1, 1882. A trade catalogue of the books sold by George E. Littlefield (1844-1915) in June of 1882. Littlefield was a seller of rare books on a variety of topics, but mostly focusing on Americana and

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genealogy. This catalogue, listed as No. 7 on the top left of the front cover, list 401 items with very brief descriptions and cost. The items are listed alphabetically however the metadata field he uses to list the items alphabetically changes based on the book. At times it is the book's author, other times its location (for example Charlestown, Mass. for a book about the town), and other times simply the subject matter of the book is used (ex. Olden Time). The catalogue itself was printed by the Wright E. Printing Company located in Boston, MA. 16 pgs. Count includes printed wrappers. Thread binding. OCLC 0 (July 2020) Measures 9" x 5 ¾”. (#20128631) $100.

General wear. Penciling on front cover. missing section along front cover's right edge, but does not effect text. Small tear through last two page. Corners folded.

8. [sewing][ women's work][ embroidery][ rug][ rug patterns][ catalogue][ advertising][ women's work] Describing Circular Embroidering & Ornamenting Machine for Rug Patterns. E. S. Frost & Co.'s Turkish Rug Patterns. Boston, MA. 1881. An advertising booklet for E. S. Frost & Co.'s Turkish Rug Patterns which starts out by promoting the employment options involved to all persons, men, women and children, in the field of rug making. Men can become official agents of the company selling patterns and supposedly can earn enough that they can hire children to help sell the patterns. By doing this the children are reportedly able to make up to two dollars every day after school. Women on the other hand, after purchasing the patterns, can make and sell the rugs themselves. The patterns are meant to imitate the Turkish Rugs, that were becoming exceedingly popular, but rather expensive. The booklet provides a brief description of how to e-list 75 13 [email protected]

make the rugs using their patterns, as well as supplies you will need to make the rugs. The tools needed to do so, a rug hook and yarn, are also sold by the company. The booklet then describes the 132 rug patterns they sell. Each pattern has a description of the design of the rug itself, size of the rug made, and cost of the pattern. One of the company's main selling points for their patterns was that the patterns were printed on cloth not paper, like other patterns of the time. Additionally patterns for slippers or ottomans. Concludes with testimonials from people who have sold the rugs, as well as information on the Bronze Metal the company won at the 1878 American Institute Fair of New York and the Diploma given to them by the 1878 Mechanics Fair Boston. There are several black and white images throughout, including two rug designs: one a standard oriental design, and the second of large lion. The front cover has a black and white images of a women in a white dress sitting and embroidering a rug which has been stretched out on a wooden frame and is leaning against a table. This image is enclosed in a decorative border which looks like a wooden frame held together with slim nails. The back cover has a black and white engraving of a women in black dress sitting and embroidering a rug that has been set within a standing wooden frame. 24 unnumbered pgs. Illustrated covers . binding. OCLC 0 (July 2020). Measures 5" x 3 ¾”. (#29008245) $110.

E. S. Frost & Co.'s Turkish Rug Patterns was founded by Edward Sands Frost. He was original a tin peddler who started his company in Biddeford, ME, in 1868 by creating zinc stencils to transfer rug designs to burlap. He sold his company in 1876 due to ill health to James A. Strout, who kept the business running until the early 1900s when interest in the designs waned. Afterward the Newbury Yarn Company continued to sell Frost's designs well into the 1930s. Covers detached. Generalized toning and soiling. Loose binding, and several detached interior pages.

Business History

9. [menu][ program][ wine list][ household & furnishings][ conventions] Menu, Wine List, and Program for the Convention of Retail Furniture Dealers of the United States. Retail Furniture Dealers of the United States. Grand Rapids, MI. July 12-13, 1892. A seven page menu, wine list, and program for the Banquet given at the Convention of Retail Furniture Dealers of the United States. The convention was held in Grand Rapids, MI on July 12 & 13, 1892. The ornate menu is e-list 75 14 [email protected]

bound together with a red string tied in a bow. The item's pages are several different sizes which add a layered effect to the menu. Printed on heavy coated stock except menu/wine list. The first three pages are the smallest size at which 5 ¼” x 2 ½”. These pages feature a small cover and wine list. The cover has a wood grain and gilt background the word "Menu" emblazoned in the center. The next two pages are the wine lists for the event. The second page is entitled "Wines" and features a decorative illustration with scrolls, wine bottles, and wine glasses. The third feature an illustration of a cherub pulling back curtain on a stage full of wine bottles and wine glasses. The wines listed are: Sherry, Burgundy, Sauterne, and Punch. The next page is larger, sized at 6" x 6", and features the title and date of the convention. There is a large illustration of a young male server holding a large roast on a platter. The last three pages have decorative filigree borders and an raised square in the center for text and include the menu, with fare including Brook Trout, Philadelphia Squab Stuffed with Chestnuts, and Tutti Frutti Cream. The last two pages are the program for the Banquet, with Edward F. Sweet acting as Toastmaster. The event is divided up into ten different sections, most of which appear to be the titles speeches to be given. For example "The Relation of Retailer to the Manufacturer" and "Grand Rapids: Its Past, Present, and Future". Included with these speech titles are the names of the person giving it. After each of these titles is what appears to be an unrelated quote attributed to either a famous individual, a Shakespearean play, or the Bible. Measures 5 ¼” x 2 ½” (smallest), 7" x 7" (largest). (#28001993) $100.

There is little to no information to be found on the Retail Furniture Dealers of the United States besides in newspapers discussing this convention in 1892. There are few mentions of individual chapters by location, and a Retail Furniture Dealers' Association of the United States, again in miscellaneous newspaper articles in the early to mid 1900s, but nothing else. Damage near binding, of what appears to be glue. It is unclear if the glue was used original to enhance the binding or was added later.

Propaganda

10. [UNICEF][ communism][ propaganda][ cold war][ charity][ children][ Halloween][ holiday] [social & cultural][ classes and movements] Watch Out for the UNICEF Trick, A Pairing of Two Items from Truth About UNICEF. Truth About UNICEF. Portland, OR. [1959]. Two items from e-list 75 15 [email protected]

the "Truth About UNICEF" organization which produced propaganda that accused UNICEF of being "a powerful propaganda agency for the word-wide Communist conspiracy and the UN effort to create [a] one-world government." The first items in this pairing is a double sided four page folding pamphlet, that claims UNICEF's particular push for fundraising around Halloween "is the opening wedge for an intensive program of brainwashing" and continues on to state that if one feels the need to give to charity during this time, one should instead give to "church and private, people to people organizations -- WITHOUT THE TRICK" of subsidizing communism. The text also makes particular note of how UNICEF is "destroying missionary efforts" and stopping them from bringing the "Spiritual Light of the World to the children of dark countries." Both on the cover and scattered throughout the pamphlet are black and white imagery of Halloween, such as ghosts, witches, and pumpkins. 4 folded pages, double sided, on light yellow paper. Measures 4 ¼” x 2 ¾”. The second item is a small paper bag that was used by the organization to hand out Halloween 'treats' while promoting their agenda. The front has an orange pumpkin decorative border and a black and white image of a pumpkin goblin chasing a boy and girl. It states "Watch out for UNICEF. It 'Tricks' Children to LOOK for Government HANDOUTS". The reverse has an American flag and reads "We prefer to help the word's children through people to people organizations." Measures 6 ¾” x 4". (#20205468) $110.

UNICEF, which stands for the United Nations International Children's Fund, is a UN agency that was founded in 1946 in order to help provide humanitarian aid to children world wide and is still in existence today.

There is little information about the organization 'Truth About UNICEF', though the item most likely dates from 1959 as the pamphlet makes several references to statistics gathered in that year. Today, there are still organizations, or subsets of organizations, referring to or calling themselves the "Truth about UNICEF", though they are most likely not the same organization who printed these items. Today, rather than saying UNICEF subsidizes communism, these organizations make the claim that UNICEF is a "contraceptive-distributing, abortion-performing and sterilization- providing partner of some of the world's most notorious 'family planning' organizations." (quote taken from All American Life League, ALL, website article entitled 'The Truth About UNICEF'). General wear. Minor staining on paper bag.

Education

11. [program][ school & universities][ Appleton academy] Programme of the Examination & Exhibition Exercises, at Appleton Academy. Appleton Academy. New Ipswich, NH. November 24th & 25th, 1862. A program for the Appleton Academy in New Ipswich, NH that ironically served both as list of the students' scheduled times for those final exams and their graduation program. The cover of the program features a black and white engraving of the main building of the academy with the title, date, and ticket information of the exams and exhibition, set in a decorative filigree border. The interior of the program lists the different performances in the exhibition, from speeches, to music and dramatic performances, ending with a Valedictory Speech. Once again the text is set within a decorative filigree border, though one that is more simplistic than the front cover. The back page lists the various exams, from French to Chemistry, their locations and times. Exams ended by midday on the 25th, so the assumption is that the e-list 75 16 [email protected]

exhibition would have occurred that night. The text is set inside the same simplistic decorative border as the interior of the program. Single fold. Double sided. Measures 8" x 5" (folded), 10" x 8" (unfolded). (#29001238) $85.

New Ipswich Academy was charted in 1789, and would later change its name to New Ipswich Appleton Academy, and then just Appleton Academy after its largest benefactor Samuel Appleton (1766-1853). It was an historic private academy which operated from 1789 to 1968, and then again from 1969 to 1974. It is the second oldest academy chartered in New Hampshire, and had a close relationship with Dartmouth College. A fire destroyed the original main building in 1941, but a new building of similar design was erected at the same site. After the school shut town in 1974, the town of Appleton used it for their public school system until 2011. The buildings were then used by a non profit, The Center for Information, Technology & Society and the Program of Knowledge, which focused on STEM education for children grades K-12. Around 2018 the charity sold the buildings to Bay State Militaria & Antiques, who are in the current process of renovating the buildings.

General wear. Crease folds.

12. [schools & universities][ speech][ literature][ educational][ collegiate society][ literary society] The Second Annual Oration, Delivered Before the Belles Lettres and Union of Philosophical Societies of Dickinson College. Charles F. Mayer Office of the "Herald". Carlisle, PA. 1827. A copy of the speech given by Charles F. Mayer, to the Belles Lettres and Union Philosophical Societies (UPS) of Dickinson College on Tuesday, September 28, 1827. John Jenkins was a member of the Belles Lettres Society at Dickinson College, and he was on the Committee who organized the speech and requested its publication. 28 pgs. Blue printed wrappers. String binding. Measures 8" x 5 ¾”.

Here is an excerpt from the speech:

"It is pleasing to witness the union of you societies in this celebration. They mingle here their common zeal and aspirations toward their high intelligent purpose, with no irritated rivalry, and with only a fervid emulation in the aim of rational excellence... The spirit of Science and Literature is unobtrusive and serene; but it is most pervading and efficient in the inspired warmth and hues of enthusiasm. Its reign is that of the golden age, and no bitter antipathies are admitted to its limits, or can endure the atmosphere of its territory... Literary genius has thus ever delighted in the climates of peace: in any other it but languidly exists It flourishes not as the parasite of despotism - or to embroider the vanity of aristocracy; but only in the quiet shelter of order and virtue. And the spirit of science, irrepressible and diffusive as electricity itself, yet shuns the inflamed scenes of contention, and retreats rather to the humblest retirement to work out her stores.... let us now into the sublime dome of the mind herself, and take the index of our Intellectual Philosophers to the powers that there dwell, and mark the profound conference of the mind itself... the human mind was formed to improve the elements that the material and social worlds e-list 75 17 [email protected]

present, and to enrich and enliven the probation we have to toil through... no one will say at this day, after poetry has illustrated so many departments of learning and taste, that its pleasures are proper and only for the languid idler, or the effeminate votary of mere dainty literature... A world of contingencies, and a field of intellect is before you -- resources that spread their wealth and charms to a pure moral day, solicit your minds. Use them with all the zeal of intelligence." (#29018167) $125.

The two societies were some of the oldest collegiate organizations and literary societies in America and had a friendly rivalry between them. Both claim to be one of the three oldest literary societies but as for collegiate societies, UPS as the seventh-oldest collegiate society, while Belles Lettres was the sixths oldest collegiate society having been founded three years earlier in 1786. Both societies appear to no longer be active. The orator at the event, was Charles Frederick Mayer (1795-1864), and American lawyer, State Senator (Maryland), and railroad director. He had attended Dickinson College himself and eventually also become one of its trustees, as well as being a member of the Belles Lettres Society since 1810. Each speech implores the members of the two societies to continue to use their minds in all spheres, be it literary or science, and that all educational realms, even poetry, are worthy of pursuit and will only enrich one's life, mind, and society. The speech was given at the Lutheran Church in Carlisle, PA, just outside of the Dickinson College Campus. The college itself is also located in Carlisle, and it is a private liberal arts college first founded as a Grammar School in 1773, before chartering as College on September 9, 1783. As this was only mere days after the Treaty of Paris, it makes Dickinson College the first college to be founded after the official formation of the United States. It is named after John and Mary Dickinson (1732-1808), as John was a Founding Father of American, signer of the Constitution and governor of PA. The school is still in existence today offering either a Bachelor of Arts or Science in 22 disciplinary majors and 20 interdisciplinary majors. Inscribed with: "From your friend John C. Jenkins".

General wear. Foxing. Inscribed by owner. Several, but not all interior pages are unopened at the top edge.

Entertainment

13. [Hall Johnson Negro Choir][ Hall Johnson][ Francis Hall Johnson][ Spirituals][ music][ programs] Fourth Subscription Concert, The All Star Concert Series, INC, Presents the Hall Johnson Negro Choir, A Program. All Star Concert Series, INC. Harrisburg, PA. 24-Jan-35. A program e-list 75 18 [email protected]

for the Hall John Negro Choir's concert on January 24, 1935 in Harrisburg, PA, which was a part of the All Star Concert Series. The Hall Johnson Negro Choir became well-known for their performances African-American spiritual music. The songs they sang were sometimes arranged by their conductor Hall Johnson. A few years prior to the this program's performance, the choir had shot to fame for their participation in the 1930 Broadway play by Marc Connelly, The Green Pastures. The program's performance featured five acts of four songs each. Some of the songs performed were: 'What Kind of Shoes You Going to Wear', 'Who Built the Ark?', 'Going Down to Dat Lonesome Road', 'Free at Last', 'Deep River', and 'Little Black Train'. One of the interior pages of the program features a list of upcoming performances at the concert hall, which was the Forum of the State Education Building, throughout February of 1935. The back cover features an advertisement for J. H. Troup Music House, which sold instruments. Single fold, double sided. Inscribed on front cover in blue ink. Measures 12" x 9" (unfolded). (#20200072) $85.

Francis Hall Johnson (1888-1970), more popularly known as Hall Johnson, was an African- American composer and arranger of African-American spiritual music. Hall debut as a professional violinist in New York in 1910, and toured for over a decade in a variety of orchestras. Over the years he became more interested in choral music, specially African-American spiritual music, and eventually he formed the Hall Johnson Negro Choir in 1925. Over the next several decades as the Choir grew in fame, Hall would arrange music for his choir for several different Hollywood and Broadway productions. For example Run Little Chillun, The Green Pastures, Frank Capra's Lost Horizon, Hal Roach's Zenobia, and Disney films such as Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Dumbo and the Song of the South. Hall even voiced one of the crow characters, Preacher Crow, in the film Dumbo. Hall was posthumously elected into the Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame in 1975, five years after his death.

General wear, toning and soiling. Crease marks.

14. [God Save the King][ Scots Wha Hae wi' Wallace Bled][ Auld Lang Syne][ H+H][ Handel & Haydn Society][ music][ broadside] Broadside of Songs and Odes Sung at the Dinner Table During the Complimentary Excursion To the Ladies of the Handel & Haydn Society at Horn Pond. Handel & Haydn Society. Woburn, MA. August 6, 1844. A broadside featuring the lyrics to the three songs performed at an excursion of the Ladies of the the Handel & Haydn Society (H+H) on August 6, 1844. The trip was to Horn Pond, a 102 acre body of water found along the Aberjona River in Woburn, MA. The three songs found on the broadside are: "God Save the King" by Moses Whitney, Jr., "Scots Wha Hae wi' Wallace Bled" by Thomas Power, and "Auld Lang Syne" by Moses Whitney Jr. Both Power and Whitney Jr. were honorary members of the H+H society, and seemed to have adapted existing poetry into song or altered already existing songs. The broadside features a decorative filigree border, and at the base is printed "From Farewells' Mammoth Press Office, 8 and 14 Congress Street - Boston." Single sided. Measures 15 ½” x 9 ¾”. (#20200983) $125.

H+H was founded as oratorio society in 1815 by a group of mid-class Bostonians who sought to improve the quality of singing and music within Boston and the Boston area. The group is the e-list 75 19 [email protected]

third oldest musical society in American and is named after two composers George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) and Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809). Originally the members of the society could only be men, but the society would often invite female singers and soloists to join them in their performances. This was done even for their debut performance, and as such, the society is credited with normalizing female musical performers in public performances, particularly female soloists. H+H is also credited with popularizing, and the first American performances, of Handel's Messiah, Haydn's The Creation, Verdi's Requiem, and Bach's St. Matthew Passion. H+H is still in existence today, and since 1986 is perhaps most well known for their tradition of Historically Informed Performance (HIP) of Baroque and Classical music, which essentially means the orchestra only plays on instruments that would have been available at the time of the composition of the piece being played. Currently H+H is in its 205th consecutive season.

General wear. Crease fold, with some separation at folds. One (approximately) 1 ½” tear upwards from one of the separations.

15. [Community Church Of the Air][ Swalm Brothers Quartette][ radio][ music][ advertising][ religion] Advertisement for the Community Church Of the Air. Community Church Of the Air. Harrisburg, PA. [February 1933]. This flyer is for three different musical groups: the Community Church of the Air, The Swalm Brothers Quartette, and the Boys Orchestra. However the flyer supplies little information beyond the performers names and the black and white printed photograph of each group. All three groups were scheduled to perform together on Tuesday, February 28, 1933 according to an article in the Harrisburg Telegraph on February 23, 1933. It is therefore likely that this flyer was simply given out at the performance as an advertisement for the three groups. Half of the flyer is promoting The Community Church of the Air, who seemed to be hosting the event. Harrisburg, PA is misspelled on the flyer as Harrisburgh, PA. Single page, one-sided. Measures 12" x 9". (#20200710) $65. e-list 75 20 [email protected]

The Community Church of the Air was run by Rev. Roy O. Musser (1892-1981) and his first wife Clara Alberta Messerschmidt (1891-1953), and featured their three children in various parts: Iva Mae Musser Cook (1913-1996) as the alto singer, James Isaac Musser (1915-1970) as the Telephone Messenger, and Clara Ruthannah Musser Cook (1919-1995) as the soprano singer. The flyer provides information on the group's regular radio broadcasts which occurred on the second and fourth Sundays of the month from 3:30 to 4:30 PM on the radio station 249.9 WCOD. The Community Church of the Air shows up throughout the newspaper printings of the radio schedule between 1932-1933, but otherwise little information on the group can be found. The Swalm Brothers Quartette (aka Swalm Brothers Quartet or the Swalm Brothers Male Quartet), features the brothers Roy Swalm (1901-1962), Edgar Swalm (1905-1957), Harold Swalm (1907-1969), and Roosevelt Swalm (1913-1990). They were popular in the 1930s in and around Harrisburg, but did continue performing into the 1940s. The last group, the Boy's Orchestra, was made up of five boys named Bill, Earl, Ivan, Clyde, and Albert, who played on guitars and banjos. Little else is known about them. General wear. Letter folds.

Land Development

16. [architecture][ housing][ advertising][ industrial][ urban planning] Industrial Housing at Hopedale, MA. Robert Allen Cook. Milford, MA. [1917]. A printed booklet for housing located in Hopedale, MA, designed by Robert Allen Cook, an architect, whose firm was located in Milford, MA. These industrial housings were designed as workers' housing for the Draper Company, who was at the time the largest supplier of textile machinery in the country. The booklet features seven black and white images from photographs of the various completed models. The interior back cover has a quote from an issue of the Architectural Review (April 1917), which states that "the town was laid out in accordance with advanced Garden City principles, and from an e-list 75 21 [email protected]

architectural and landscape standing is one of the most interesting examples of Garden City work in this country." Indeed Cook would become nationally recognized for this work in this town. Furthermore, while Cook also designed some of the industrial buildings for the company, those are not pictured in this booklet. 8 pgs. Printed covers. Staple bindings. Measures 7" x 4 ¾”. (#29001039) $100.

Robert Allen Cook was born on September 13, 1872 to Orrin Clark Cook (1843-1942) and Hannah Ann Wilcox (1853-1920) in Milford, MA. He appears to have been an only child. He studied architecture under multiple draftsmen in Boston and by traveling through Europe. He established his practice in 1897, and designed a variety of residential, commercial, educational and religious buildings. He became national recognized for his work on worker's housing and industrial buildings for the Draper Company, in Hopedale, MA. He married Florence Kidder Moore (1900-1908) on October 12, 1898. They had two children: Marcia Louise Cook (1900- 1998), and Ellis Lincoln Cook (1903-1958). After the death of his first wife he married Eva Eleanor Phipps on June 7, 1911. in Attleboro, MA. He died on October 11, 1949 in Milford, MA.

General wear. Rusted staples.

17. [land development][ advertising and promotion][ North Dakota][ settlers][ railroad] [transportation][ farming][ agricultural] What Settlers Say Over Their Own Signatures. About ... North Dakota, No. 52. C. W. Mott Northern Pacific Railway Company. St. Paul, MN. 1899. This booklet begins with a letter from C. W. Mott, a General Emigration Agent of the Northern Pacific Railway Company. The letter addresses the reader directly and promotes the migration of Americans from the East Coast to North Dakota. Followed by "There are Certain Facts in Regard to Farming in North Dakota, Which Should Not Be Overlooked". It discusses the various crops that can be farmed in North Dakota, emphasizing that although the state was known for its wheat growing capabilities there are various other crops, although most are other types of grains, such as oats and barley. This is followed by a variety of other attractions to North Dakota, such as e-list 75 22 [email protected]

its schools, markets, fuel supply, availability land at a low cost, low cost of building, and variety of churches. It concludes with testimonials of settlers, which consists of over half of the booklet. Some of these testimonials have very specific information, such as the cost of living and farming there, while others feature more generalized positive statements, many accompanied by images from photographs. The booklet was published by the Northern Pacific Railway Company as a means of promoting the settling of North Dakota, but also more specifically to encourage use of their railway company for families making the move. 31 pages. Illustrated wrappers. Staple binding. OCLC 2 (July 2020). Measures 10" x 6 ¾”. (#20200471) $100.

General wear. Minor stains on covers. Rusted staples. Water stain at base of booklet throughout.

Medicine – Menus

18. [menu][ thanksgiving][ holiday][ turkey][ medicine][ epileptics] Thanksgiving, A Menu from the Ohio Hospital for Epileptics 1915 Thanksgiving Dinner. Ohio Hospital for Epileptics. Gallipolis, OH. Nov-15. A single fold menu for the 1915 Thanksgiving Dinner at the Ohio Hospital for Epileptics. The menu is done in dark blue ink and the front cover features an illustration of an autumn scene with a turkey standing next to a pumpkin with a bunch of corn stalks in the background. Written in pencil at the top is "This was our dinner". The interior pages has an image of a pig's head on a plate on one side, with the menu on the other. Served at the dinner was roast pork, apple sauce, sweet potatoes, brown gravy, stewed tomatoes, celery, pumpkin pie and coffee. There is a game on the back cover which features seven illustrations of turkeys with the instructions: "Put one turkey in each pen by drawing three straight lines." Someone has attempted to solve the puzzle. Multiple attempts to solve the puzzle in pencil. Single fold, double sided. Every page features a simple line border. Measures 6 ¼” x 4 ½” (folded). (#20128334) $65.

The hospital itself was established by Ohio's state government in 1890, and was the first hospital in the United States dedicated to the care and study of epileptics. It officially opened its doors on November 30, 1893, and by 1901 it could care for up to 1,060 patients. The hospital closed in 1976 e-list 75 23 [email protected]

and most of its buildings were subsequently demolished with the exception of two sandstone water towers which are now on the National Register of Historic Places.

Letter fold. Minor penciling on covers.

19. [menu][ medicine][ sanitarium][ battle creek sanitarium][ John Harvey Kellogg][ diet][ food and wine] A Trio of Battle Creek Sanitarium Menus from July 1912. Battle Creek Sanitarium. Battle Creek, MI. July 28-29, 1912. A trio of menus with the daily schedule on the reverse for Battle Creek Sanitarium, a world renowned health resort in Battle Creek,MI. The menus are for the Dinner and Supper courses on Sunday, July 28, 1912, and the Supper course on Monday, July 29, 1912. Each menu reflects a specialty diet, with nutritional information noted beside it. The information provided the amount of carbohydrates, fat, or proteins was in each portion size of every item on the menu. This was done as every patient had their own specialized diet and needed to be able to tally up the amount of each in order to follow their doctor's diet recommendations. Some examples of items on the menu were: Cream of Spinach Soup, Roast Protose with Dressing, Stewed Figs, Poached Eggs on Toast and Apple Tapioca. There was a section at the bottom of the sheet for a patient's name and room number. The menus were to be given to the doctor daily so that a record of the patients actual diet was obtained. On the back of each menu was a schedule for the day which reflects the meal times for breakfast, dinner, and supper, worship times, special gymnasium classes, 'sunshine chats' with sanitarium guests, and possible entertainment. At the base of this side was 'Diet Hints', a small section which emphasized the positive effects of following one's diet, and eating the recommended portions. Not too little or too much as both were harmful. Battle Creek Sanitarium itself was opened in 1866 by a group of Seventh Day Adventists, and from 1876-1943 was managed by Dr. John Harvey Kellogg (1852-1943). Under his managed the sanitarium became world-renowned as a e-list 75 24 [email protected]

health resort that was a combination European spa, hydrotherapy institution, hospital and first class hotel. During WWII the resort was purchased by the US Army and used as a hospital. After the war it was converted back to a wellness institution which ran until 1993. Some of the buildings were retained by the federal government after the war and are still in use by them today. Single sheet, double sided, printed on colored card stock Measures 8 ½” x 5 ½”. (#20128273) $85.

General wear. Minor rust stains due to paper clips.

Social Welfare 20. [speech][ Bowdoin Street Young Men's Peace Society][ pacifism][ classes and movements][ military history][ military ethics] Address of the Subject of Peace, Delivered at the Odeon, On Sabbath Evening, February 7, 1836. On the Anniversary of the Bowdoin Street Young Men's Peace Society. Rufus P. Stebbins William Peirce. Boston, MA. 1936. The item is a copy of an address given by Rev. Rufus P. Stebbins, (1810-1885), a member of Harvard Divinity School on the society's first anniversary in 1836. His speech was considered to be an attack against the concept of a "defensive war". That term is defined as a war in which one country is mainly just trying to defend themselves from another, versus a war where both sides are attacking, invading, and trying to conquer each other. In this way, according to the "Just War tradition", which is a doctrine on military ethics, a defensive war is considered to be a "moral justifiable" criteria for war by military strategists. After the address is printed the first annual report of the society as well as its constitution and list of its current members. Noted members of the society were Amasa Walker, Charles K. Whipple, Isaac Knapp, and Rev. Henry C. Wright. It is unclear if the society was at the time of its establishment attempting to fight against a particular war, or the idea of war in general. It should be noted though that America had just finished one of its Indian wars (Black Hawk War in 1832), and had just embarked on another Indian War, the Second Seminole War, in 1934 (also known as the Florida War and it would continue until 1842). 32 pg. Missing wrappers. OCLC 5 (July 2020). Measures 8 ½” x 5 ¼”. (#20200178) $100.

Below is an excerpt from the address.

"... War is not satisfied with this. It demands our lives. The very object of war is to kill. It is murder; 'cool, calculated, money making' murder. It is murder in its worst forms. Crime is stamped as a virtue... [war] originate[s] in the worst passions of the human heart, it produces the most disastrous effects upon man's happiness and virtue. Surely then war is unchristian, and Christians should not engage in it. But I shall be asked, if all war is wrong; if we must not, sometimes, vindicate our rights by sword, and by the same instrument, sometimes maintain our honor? In other words, I shall be asked if defensive war is wrong. It is a just and proper question, and should be answered. I shall answer it in the language of our holy religion. Love you enemies; bless them that curse you; do good to them that hate you; and pray for those that despitefully use you and persecute you... I ask, once more, and ask in solemn earnestness, those who advocate defensive war, to define it. The fact is, in war, might gives right. If you conquer, it is a glorious cause; if you fail, you are hung for treason. Christians, then, I repeat it, never should fight. " e-list 75 25 [email protected]

The Bowdoin Street Young Men's Peace Society was a pacifism society founded in February 1835 with a ladies branch added in March of the same year. They are perhaps most well known for distributing a pamphlet that is widely considered to be the first attempt at peace education directed at the youth. It featured a conversation between two young brothers, William and Frank, as one attempts to educate the other on the Principles of Peace. General wear. Appears to be missing its blue wrappers.

Women

21. [fashion][ advertising][ magazines][ women's history][ sewing] Promotional Brochure for Various Butterick Fashion Periodicals - Come with the Blooms of May Butterick Publishing Co.. New York, NY. 1893. An advertising booklet for three ladies fashion magazines published by the Butterick Publishing Company. The magazines advertised are: Quarterly Report of Metropolitan Fashions, The Delineator, and the Metropolitan Catalogue. These fashion magazines were issued either monthly or quarterly and featured chromolithograph plates of current women fashions, articles about fabrics, trimmings, millinery, and detailed descriptions about the fashions themselves and how to create them. Additionally there was content about current beauty and hygiene trends, as well as trends in the arts and literature. The booklet itself features nine (9) pages of black and white engraving (including both covers). Four of the pages are full page illustrations of a woman standing in a dress of the current fashion. The rest of the pages features several full page illustrations or an array of images, for example one page features six smaller engraves of head shots of women showing different fashionable hats. The front cover features an image of a head shot young women in what appears to be a sailor's hat inside a small decorative filigree border, with the title "I Come with The Blooms of May" below it. There is a decorative font used for the word "May" as letters in it are actually made up of small illustrations of pieces of wood tied together with rope. The back cover has the same large simple decorative line border as the front, but features three small engravings of head shots of women showing off different fashionable hair styles. It was 25 cents per copy, and it is unclear how long it was in publication for. 16 pgs., including illustrated cream wrappers. OCLC 0 (June 2020). Measures 5 ¼” x 3 ¼”. (#20200078) $95. e-list 75 26 [email protected]

In regards to the three magazines being advertised in this booklet. The Quarterly Report of Metropolitan Fashions ran from 1881-1896, and was a single large chromolithographic plate featuring a collage of the trends of women's fashions for that quarter. Generally the item was 24"x30", and cost $1 for a yearly subscription or 40 cents per each issue. The Delineator was started in 1873 under the name name Metropolitan Monthly. It changed its name to the Delineator in 1875 and ran until 1937. It was a monthly magazine that featured "fashion, culture, and fine arts," and in 1893 cost $1 for a yearly subscription. The Metropolitan Catalogue appears to have been a 100 to 125 page magazine that billed itself as a compendium of styles for Ladies, Misses and Children. General wear. Minor crease folds.

22. [medicine][ social & cultural][ women's work][ women's history][ schools & universities][ nursing][ correspondence courses][ lecture series] The Ideal Nurse, Lecture No. 1. Chautauqua School of Nursing. Jamestown, NY. 1910. The front cover features a printed black and white photograph of a nurse in a white uniform, holding a beaker and dropper. The lecture stars with an introduction by Dr. Frank P. Foster, who was the editor of the New York Medical Journal at the time. It describes the ideal nurse, both in terms of personality, qualifications, and education. A key aspects required of a nurse according to this lecture, should be a nurse's desire to serve. Additional qualifications include conscientiousness, observational skills, attention to detail, economical, and positive attitude. A nurse should always be loyal and obedient to the physician, as their duty "to the patient is the care, not the treatment. With the treatment you have nothing to do except obey the order of the physician in charge... a nurse should never voluntarily offer suggestions as to treatment to the physician; she is in the sick-room not as his consultant but his assistant." Additionally, a nurse should train her senses: touch, expressions of the face, senses of smell, hearing, character of foot step, and voice as to not unduly effect the patient. Lastly, a nurse also should respect a patients privacy and not talk about their medical issues with anyone else. 28 pages. Illustrated wrappers. Staple binding. OCLC none (July 2020- lectures at other institutions and by other lecturers found), Measures 9 ¾” x 6 ¾”. (#20200267) $125.

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where both the cost of living and the schooling itself was extremely high. Jones believed that he would be able to train nurses through a correspondence course which cost $75. His idea proved to be a success with over 200 students enrolled in the first year and by 1915, it had enrolled over 20,000 since its founding. The school was unique in the fact that all women, regardless of age or martial status could enroll. The school closed in 1927 after more stringent requirements for the training and certification of nurses started to become commonplace. The courses themselves were a 26 part "lecture series" of which this item is the first lecture, entitled " The Ideal Nurse."

General wear. Minor stain of front cover.

23. [advertising][ women's work][ laundry][ household & furnishing][ Clorox][ Anthropomorphism] Women "Adore" Me, A Clorox Bleach Advertisement with Anthropomorphic Bleach Bottle. Clorox Chemical Company. Oakland, CA. 1934. A five page, double sided folded pamphlet for Clorox Bleach, featuring an anthropomorphic Clorox Bleach bottle who states, "I am a nonpoisonous germicide. My billions of active units of oxygen spell death to germs! On my label you will find complete directions for a number of personal uses .... No medicine cabinet is complete without me!" The pamphlet describes sixteen different uses for bleach, each with an accompanying black and white printed photograph of a person using bleach in that activity. Some of the uses make sense, such as to remove stains from clothes, remove stains from hands, clean bathrooms, and to clean and deodorize refrigerators and garbage cans. Other suggested uses are iffy and might cause health issues if not properly diluted, such as gargling with it as an antiseptic mouth wash or method for whitening one's teeth, bathing with it (as it destroys body odors and freshens skin), and using it in a pet bath to rid your dog of flies. There are five color illustrations of the anthropomorphic Clorox Bleach bottle, who on the cover states, "Women 'Adore' Me" 5 pg., double sided, folded pamphlet. Measures 5" x 2 ¾” (folded), 14 ¼” x 5" (unfolded). (#20200702) $75.

General wear and toning.

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24. [road trip][ family][ University of California][ UC Berkeley][ Berkeley][ national parks][ animals][ travel and tourism][ polio] The Round Trip to California by a young boy... The Tale of Three Cross-Country Road Trips. Anonymous. United States. Summers 1939, 1946, & 1948. This travel journal belonged to an unknown, intelligent, and inquisitive young boy, who with his family makes several cross country road trips during the summers of 1938, 1946, and 1948. The boy's entries reflect his interest in nature, both plant and animal life, as well as science, particularly geology. Not to mention his excitement at almost nightly camping. The boy meticulously recorded everything in these entries: the locations they visited, where they camped and events such as being woken by coyotes or car horns, his sister Barbie attempting to stalk a mountain goat, and the number of fish each family member caught. Based on his writing he mostly likely was between 7-10 years old on the first trip. As he ages, it is he reflected in the depth of his writing, as well as his mentions of sometimes driving the car himself and the visiting of various college campus on the latter trips. The colleges specifically mentioned are: Cornell, University of Michigan, Stanford, Pomona College, Berkeley College, and Reed College. It should be noted that the father of the family is a professor, therefore the reasons for the visits may have been for either father or son.

The first two road trips in the journal have specific dates, the first of which starts on June 22, 1939 in the Berkshires in Massachusetts and continues to July 27, 1939 when the e-list 75 29 [email protected]

family has reached San Francisco, CA. There are almost daily entries on this trip, with the exception of a break from June 27 to July 2 when the boy is visiting his Grandmother in Chicago. Family members on this trip are his parents and Barbara "Barbie", presumably his sister. The second road trip takes place seven years later, and starts on June 21, 1946 in Boston, MA. and continues to August 8, 1946 soon after the family reached Kings Canyon National Park in Fresno County, CA. During this journey, there are mentions of two additional (younger) siblings, Johnny and Binnie, as well as various Aunts, Uncles, and cousins. These two road trips are entitled "Round Trip to California", neither record the trip back to the Northeast.

During the second trip in 1946, the father while in Berkeley, CA, applies for a job a UC Berkeley. The father manages to secure a teaching position for a year, teaching "the Whitman Course" and Freshman English. They family promptly buys a house just outside of Berkeley, and at the end of the road trip on August 8, travel back to Berkeley rather than Massachusetts.

The last road trip is entitled "N. W. Trip", doesn't include dates, just '1st night', '2nd night', etc. Luckily one of the last days of the trip is labeled as Sunday, July 4, so the assumption has been made that this trip was taken during the summer of 1948, and the trip starts in California and over the next ten days the group makes their way up the coast, through Oregon and Washington and crossing over the border into Canada.

Some of the locations visited by the family on their trips are: Berkshire Mountains, Buffalo, NY, Niagara Falls (including the Cave of Winds, ferrying across Lake Erie, Lake Michigan, Chicago, IL, Yellowstone National Park (including the geysers: Old Faithful, Riverside and Castle, and hiking Bunsen Peak and the Grand Canyon of Yellow Stone), Grand Teton Park, Yosemite, Badlands, Mount Rushmore, Petrified Forest National Park, Devil's Tower, Big Horn Mountains, Glacier National Park, Flathead Lake, Spokane, WA, the Columbia River in Arlington, OR, Portland, OR, Crater Lake, Shasta Dam, San Francisco (including the Golden Gate Bridge), Monterey CA, Los Angeles Valley, and Sequoia National Park.

Throughout all of this the family participates in a variety of outdoor exercises such as hikes, horseback rides, camping, fishing, swimming and canoeing, plus strictly educational adventures, such as a lecture on navigating by the stars at a Planetarium in Chicago. Depending on the topic, the boy describes these educational adventures in great detail. For example, he records the grades of petrified wood from the Petrified Forest National Park (along with what the wood is made out of) the scientific process of extracting gold from lead gold mines in South Dakota, the different rock types found in the national parks, and the process of smelting copper from Anaconda Smelter Stack in Montana. It is during this trip that he starts to write on every other page, so that the more in depth scientific records are on the opposite side of his daily travel entries. At times these entries include what animals he saw that day. Also taped into the journal on these pages is a piece of copper from the Anaconda Smelter Stack in Montana, a piece of obsidian from the Obsidian Cliffs in Yellowstone, and an unknown dried flower. Some of the animals the boy recorded seeing are: prairie dogs, grizzly bears, elk, coyotes, cinnamon bears, mountain goats, sea lions, moose, magpies, pelicans, red headed woodpecker, and gophers. e-list 75 30 [email protected]

While the majority of the road trips appear to have been full of laughter and fun, there are mentions of bad times. Of note is the boy witnessing his mother cry due to her sciatica nerve pain, and when Binney, his young, possibly infant, sister contracts polio. Luckily Binney had a mild case of Polio and only stayed in a hospital in San Francisco, CA, for a short duration. In fact the boy describes his sister's brush with polio as an "almost uneventful case of Polio with no after effects". Lastly, throughout the journal there is evidence of the family playing the classic road trip game where the goal is to find the license plates of every state in the US. As such during the 1939 trip state names are randomly written in between the entries or on the margins. On the other trips one or two pages are segregated from the rest of the journal to record the plates found. Additionally at the back of the journal there is another list of state license plates, animals seen, and drawings of different types of arrow heads.

Black leather covers. Interior pages have red fore-edge painting. Nearly half full. Measures 7 ¾” x 4 ¾”.

Below are some excerpts from the journal:

"We saw a little prairie [sic] dog on the way through Yellowstone, park. We saw some antelope [sic] and some grizzely [sic] bears and one black bear. The brown bears that come out on the road our brown black bears. We saw some grazing buffalo. We climbed down the grand canyon. We got wet by the spray of the river falls. There were lots of little stones that we slipped on. We had to climb to get in or out of the grand canyon then we went to the grizzly bears feeding ground then we came back to the cabins and went to bed." - July 2, 1939, Yellowstone National Park

"We are geting [sic] ready to go to Fallen Leaf Lake. We are packing our sut [sic] cases. We are going to Fallen Leaf Lake. We are passing lots of irrigation diches [sic]. We saw a dam in south eastern Idaho. We are going through desert, they went to bed." - July 11, 1939

"Matte is the name for the ore when it is 46 or 47% pure. 99 43/100 % pure copper sells for 14 1/2 cents a pound. This copper is shipped in 430 lb. plates, each one worth $62.35. It takes 8 hours in the copper furnaces to bring the content from 85-90% up to 99 43/100%. For the heat used in the process they use their own Montana natural gas. Arsenic, a by product of copper is used in making paint, glass, as a wood preservative, insecticide, [and] poison." - July 10th, 1946, Anaconda Smelter Stack and Mines, Anaconda, MT

"... Daddy pointed out an animal descending from a snow field and slowly grazing upon reaching the alpine meadow on a cliff above the lake... he appeared to be either a a goat or a very light brown deer. Barbie and I first decided to stalk him, so we climbed the snow bank that he had just come from and slide down on our feet. When we looked over the little bank at the bottom, the mountain goat was staring us in the face about 50 yards off..." - July 14, 1946, on Logan Pass in West Glacier, MT

"We started out from S. F. [San Francisco] and went to Stanford U. outside of Palo Alto and looked around the whole campus, which is very pretty and spacious with Jilly Mears and Jean Eliel as guides. After we went to visit the Mear's at there [sic] house, I hadn't realized before how much I liked Jean Eliel. She was exceedingly nice and pretty today. We camped out in the fog at trailer camp grounds near Monterey at the start of the 17 mile drive, after having had an abalone steak dinner." - August 3, 1946, Stanford University, Stanford, CA

"2nd night in a wild meadow near a plowed scrapped place. During the second day we went up to the end of the declining (in scenic value) route, and went over the redwood highway #101, stopping in on the Fanums. Anthony & Nick & I went swimming in the Eel river. Saw world's tallest tree, a redwood, +/- 10 feet thick & e-list 75 31 [email protected]

364 feet high. Saw all the redwood groves and slept in a semi meadow. Day was foggy and very warm on land." - circa June 27, 1948, Redwood National and State Park in California.

(#20200695) 250.

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General wear.

World Tolerance

24. [World Tolerance][ Ethnicity & Culture][ Paper Dolls][ Paper Toy][ Pretend Play] 14 Different Uncut sets - Our World, Cut-out of the Month Travel Scenes, Using he Elliott Method of Teaching. William Elliot Foster & Stewart Publishing Corp. Buffalo, NY. 1946. A total of fourteen (14) uncut booklets with 8 two-sided pages in each. Thirteen of the fourteen are from the first series with Felisa Ardanuy (single sheets, not booklet form). The last one (Brazil) has a different illustrator, Hal English and is from what appears to be a bit later series and is titled Our World Cut-outs Junior Geographic Work Books. Each of the booklets includes a village scene in miniature with family, home people costumes, vehicles, animals and a puzzle map. The reverse of each cut-out object there is an explanation of the image on the reverse or information regarding the people's characteristics, culture and customs. The cover of each book has the traditional family of four appearing in their traditional attire. The countries represented include Africa, India, France, China, Eskimos of Alaska, Japan, Holland Netherlands, Arabia, Australia, Israel (Hugh Laidman illustrator), Switzerland, Rural Mexico, North American Indians of the Western Plains and Brazil. Four of the booklets also include an outer folder. Each measures 11" x 8 ½” (#290008356) $550.

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An introductory note on the inside cover of each book as follows:Children are naturally very curious, imaginative and eager to learn and do the things adults do. The author has taken advantage of these traits in his use of nature's color and design, first, to arouse curiosity; second to develop finer motor control thru the use of cut-outs; third to satisfy the child's desire for imaginative play by enabling him to move these objects about as his fancy dictates; and fourth, by giving simple explanations on the reverse side of the figures... The author hopes that his work will help our children to acquire and keep knowledge of other lands, so that when they reach the adult age they will be more tolerant and understanding in their dealing with the other people of Our World.

Overall excellent; some wear on outer folders only.

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25. [World Tolerance][ Ethnicity & Culture][ Paper Dolls][ Paper Toy][ Pretend Play] Boxed Set - Little Americans from Many Lands w Companion Book. Margot Lucile Ridge Sam'l Gabriel Sons & Co.. New York. 1929. 60pp. Applied illustration to blue cloth cover identical to that on the boxed set of corresponding uncut paper dolls. The book includes 12 chapters, each telling the tale of a child from a different country, focusing on the customs and culture of the country. Map end papers. Line drawn black and white illustrations. illustrations at the beginning of each chapter. Measures 11 ½” x 9 ¼”. The boxed set of companion paper dolls includes twelve (12) 10 ½” x 8" with a paper doll from each of the countries four costumes and an illustration of the countries flag. Illustrated by M. R. Weaver. Printed on heavy card stock The dolls include Matsue from Japan, Selma from Sweden, Franz from Switzerland, Eileen from Ireland, Keith from Scotland, Mina and Hendrick from Holland (2 dolls 5 costumes), Angelo from Italy, Cecile from France, Sigrid from Norway, Carlotta from Germany, Manuel from Mexico and Sonia from Russia. Applied litho on paste board box. (#29001856) $425.

Heavy wear on book cover with some surface soiling on pages. Boxed set in excellent condition. One paper doll partially cut but sheet intact.

26. [World Tolerance][ Ethnicity & Culture][ Paper Dolls][ Paper Toy][ Pretend Play]Uncut Set - Dolls of the Nations - 8 Dolls to Set. . . . A set of eight (8) 10" x 12" heavy cardstock uncut paper dolls from Dolls of the Nations. The dolls are without explanation other than the directions on assembly. Costumes are wrap around allowing the dolls to stand. The countries include Norway, e-list 75 34 [email protected]

Holland, Switzerland, France, Russia, Germany, Italy and Japan. The back of the cards are blank. With original paper envelope. (#290008336) $250.

Light toning. Some wear on envelope. etc…

27. [linen book][ Saalfield's Muslin Books][ anthropomorphism][ nursery books][ early learning][ This Little Piggy] Five Little Pigs, A Linen Book. Saalfield's Publishing Company. New York, NY; Akron, OH; Chicago, IL. 1910. This charming linen book tells the classic finger and toe counting nursery rhyme 'This Little Piggy'. Each page features a line from the rhyme, such as "This little pig has some nice roast beef", with a corresponding colorful illustrations of anthropomorphic pigs. The book is a part of the Saalfield's Muslin Books series. The covers depicted the same pig from the front and back, wearing a plaid bid and holding silverware. 8 pgs (including illustrated covers). Stitched binding. OCLC 2 (July 2020, there is another catalogue record of a linen book of the same name, publishers, and date, however it has cut outs, and this one does not). On the back cover is printed, "G500". Measures 11" x 6". (#29001981) $75.

Generalized light fading outer covers. Light fray at base.

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28. [toys][ wooden blocks][ advertising to children][ tangram] Wonder Blocks, Introducing the Deedle-Dums and Dickie-Dees. Baker & Bennett Co. New York, NY. 1916. Wonder Blocks was a toy that consisted of numerous wooden blocks in all shapes and sizes that could be arranged to created a variety of different characters. A large tangram of sorts. A companion piece that appears to accompany the wooden block set as anrt of instruction manual depicting how one could create each of the characters. The booklet also included numerous rhymes depicting the characters as well. The characters, entitled Deedle-Dums and Dickie Dees, appear to have been made up by the company. There were thirty-seven (37) characters in total, fifteen (15) of which were the Deedle-Dum family, a group of humanoid characters, and twenty-two (22) Dickie Dees, various animals, mostly dogs, cats or birds. The booklet includes images from photos of each named character with relevant rhyming verse text. . While one could possibly make several different Dickie Dees out of one block set at the same time, one could only make one Deedle-Dum at a time. Therefore if one wanted multiple Deedle-Dum characters to interact, multiple block sets would need to be purchased. The covers feature a colorful illustration of what appear to be elves in a forest chopping up trees to make the wood blocks and several of the Deedle-Dums and Dickie Dees characters are standing around, or in the process of being put together by the elves. 8 pgs., illustrated covers. Staple binding. OCLC 1 (August 2020, it is a part of a larger collection). Measures 9" x 6" (#20200538) $125.

The company, based in New York on Broadway Street, sold a variety of toys in the early 1900s. For example, in addition to the wooden blocks advertised in this booklet, the company also sold composite dolls. Furthermore, they sold a similar wooden block set, Mother Goose Wonder Blocks, e-list 75 36 [email protected]

introduced around 1818, that instead of featuring the Deedle-Dums and Dickie-Dee characters, created characters from Mother Goose rhymes. General wear.

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