Historic Americana

GAR REPRESENTATIVE BADGE -- ROCHESTER ENCAMPMENT. Issued to Representatives to the 45th National Encampment held in Rochester, NY, Aug. 21-26, 1911.

RARE GAR REPRESENTATIVE BADGE-LOS ANGELES. Issued to Delegates to the 46th encampment, held in Los Angeles, 1912. Brass, bronze, and white metal, fea

LATE GAR REPRESENTATIVE BADGE - COLUMBUS 1919. Issued to delegates to the 53rd National Encampment held in Columbus, Ohio, 1919. Bronze, gilded and e

GAR DELEGATE BADGE, PHILLY ENCAMPMENT. Gilded brass, white metal and enamel, 4.75" total length, on RWB ribbon. Issued to delegates to the 33r...

SPECTACULAR BUFFALO GAR MEDAL. Issued to delegates to the 31st National Encampment, held in Buffalo in 1897. Gilded and enameled brass, 4" tot...

GETTYSBURG GUIDES AND GAR REUNION PAMPHLETS. Lot of 7 pamphlets in paper wraps and one viewbook in cloth, all relating to the Civil War battlefield a

34 STAR AMERICAN FLAG. This 34-star flag is cotton, and appears to be handmade. There is a blood stripe - the canton sits on red rather than white, w

FINE 36 STAR AMERICAN FLAG. Glazed cotton, 34 x 19.5", with six rows of six stars each. Mounted on 46" segment of original slotted pole. ...

36-STAR AMERICAN FLAG. A wool 36-star flag, 48 x 70", machine made, with repairs to fly, cotton stars machine sewn on one side, blue cut out a...

LOT OF 3: AMERCIAN FLAGS, 46 AND 48 STARS. Three flags in different styles. One is a small printed silk flag, 24 x 34", with 46 stars arranged...

GREAT PATRIOTIC STAINED GLASS WINDOW. Leaded glass window, 44 x 33" (including frame), featuring a crossed American flag and another fanciful ...

LOT OF MINIATURE FLAGS. Lot of 80 small flag pins and picks. 52 are flag "bows" with single pins in center. There are 3 small (.75 x 1.25...

BILL MAULDIN WILLIE AND JOE DRAWINGS, WWII. Lot of 3 drawings by Mauldin, mostly ink on artboard. The first is a Willie and Joe cartoon, with the 2 i

BILL MAULDIN WWII "WILLIE AND JOE" DRAWINGS. Lot of 3 original Mauldin drawings on heavy artboard. Two are Willie and Joe cartoons in ink...

GREAT SPANISH AMERICAN WAR MIRROR/COAT RACK. Relief molded copper over wood, 18 x 18" with a central mirror and three coat hooks, featuring po...

SPANISH AMERICAN WAR PAINTING. Anonymous, American oil on canvas, 21.5 x 16", framed. Still life of an officer's sword, gloves, canteen, ...

HARRY TRUMAN 35TH DIVISION REUNION PENNANT. Orange felt pennant with white print, picture of Harry Truman and "35th Division, Reunion," g...

MILITARY CAP AND JACKET. LOT OF 2. Late 19th century wool militia cap & jacket. Jacket has red sergeant's stripes on sleeves, cap has cross...

1918 HEBREW VETERANS WARS BADGE. A scarce bronze 1.25" medal issued by the Hebrew Veterans of the United States. Originally organized after t...

19TH CENTURY CAPS AND KEPIS. Lot of 3 late 19th century caps. Includes a wool kepi with cord, buttons have lyres on them. Plus an oilcloth kepi with

OHIO LAND GRANT, THOMAS JEFFERSON. Partially printed document signed by Thomas Jefferson (President 1801-1809). Land grant for 100 acres in Ohio in p

JAMES MONROE, LAND GRANT DOCUMENT, SIGNED, 1843. Partially printed DS by James Monroe as President. Vellum land grant for state of Indiana, 10 March

LAND GRANT AUTOGRAPHED BY JAMES MONROE. Vellum land grant, approx. 8 x 12", signed by James Monroe, for land in Jefferson County, Kentucky. Se...

LAND GRANT SIGNED BY JAMES MONROE. Vellum land grant for land in the commonwealth of Virginia to James Hinton, March 4, 1801. Large folio, seal. Usual

LAND GRANT SIGNED BY J.Q. ADAMS. Partially printed DS by John Q. Adams as President (1825-1829), 26 June 1827, vellum land grant recorded in Indianapo

MARTIN VAN BUREN FREE-FRANKED ENVELOPE. The front panel of an envelope, addressed to B.J. Birtle, New York, with inked "Free" tied to &qu...

LAND GRANT SIGNED BY ANDREW JACKSON. Folio vellum land grant for military lands in Ohio,issued to George Smith, assignee of Nehemiah Knapp, November

SCARCE ANTI-BRITISH LITHOGRAPH FROM NEW YORK. Hand-colored lithograph depicting British "evils" in the first third of the 19th century, i...

INCREDIBLE U.S. GRANT AUTOGRAPH COLLECTION. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant. New York. 1885. Two volumes rebound in blue half-calf,

PRESIDENTIAL PARDON AUTOGRAPHED BY R.B. HAYES. Partially printed DS by R.B. Hayes, Presidential pardon for one John Stevenson, Washington, dated 4 Ma

AUTOGRAPHED ENGRAVING OF RUTHERFORD B. HAYES. Nice 6.5 x 4.25" steel engraving of Hayes, with "Sincerely R.B. Hayes" strongly penned ...

TWO CHECKS SIGNED BY W.H. TAFT. Two bank drafts from the Riggs Nat'l. Bank, Washington, DC, signed by William Howard Taft as Supreme Court Just...

KENTUCKY SUPREME COURT PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS WITH TAFT AUTOGRAPH. Lot of 2 early 20th century photograph albums pertaining to the state supreme court of

PHOTO INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY W.H. TAFT. An oversized photo of an oversized President, William Howard Taft (1909-1913). 9.5 x 13.5", sepia ...

LETTER SIGNED W.J. BRYAN. TLS "W.J. Bryan", April 9, 1902, Lincoln, NE. On "The Commoner" letterhead with original envelope add...

FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT SIGNED DOCUMENT. DS, 1p, small folio, May 14, 1931, appointing Frank Cassidy as a captain in the New York State National Guard. S

PANORAMIC PHOTO OF U.M.W.A. CONVENTION, 1924. A panoramic photo of the "Sixth Biennial and Twenty Ninth Consecutive Convention / U.M.W. of A. ...

ORIGINAL JOHN F. KENNEDY ASASSINATION NEWSWIRE. Wire service account of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963. This ac

JOHN F. KENNEDY AUTOGRAPHED LETTER. John F. Kennedy, TLS, 1p June 22, 1958 on U.S. Senate stationary. Writes a Massachussetts constituent thanking h

LETTER FROM ISRAEL PEMBERTON, 1764. A 1p. ALS by Israel Pemberton, Philadelphia, 1764, to John Ladd, Esq. Pemberton, a Quaker, was born in Philadelph

PAPER MAKER'S MANUSCRIPT COMMONPLACE BOOK. A 6 x 8" copy book from the late 19th to early 20th century. All pages handwritten, most with i...

CLEVELAND, OHIO DIARIES, 1870 AND 1871. Joseph Nelson Ashburn Journals, 1870-1876. Two calf volumes: 1870 (152 pp.), 1871-1876 (236 pp. with some ne

JOHN HOPLEY'S COMMONPLACE BOOK. Folio with stitched spine, heavy paper covers. First page includes handwriting samples, a long "Elegy on t...

MEMPHIS CIVIL WAR AND OTHER EPHEMERA. Lot of 6 pieces of ephemera from the A.O. Harris family of Memphis, Tennessee. Includes coated stock business c

UNPUBLISHED DIARY BY SIMEON WALKER. Walker, Simeon. Journal and autobiography, 1853-1878. Bound vol., 281p. A Methodist itinerant minister and earl

LOT OF INDIANA LEGAL NOTICES. Lot of 12 documents from Fayette County, IN, dating between 1821 and 1848. Most are judgements for fines to be paid, 1

CHARLES CARROLL, SIGNER DS. Partially printed DS by "Charles Carroll of Carrollton," being a bank draft dated April 12, 1821, Baltimore. A...

LEGAL DOCUMENT WRITTEN BY ROBERT TREAT PAINE. Legal document on parchment, 8.5 x 13" folded, "Lovell vs. five Barrels Porter," filed...

O.W. HOLMES AUTOGRAPH QUOTE. A short poem in Holmes' hand, signed and dated February 6th 1892. Poem as follows: Alas for the loved one, too spo...

QUEEN VICTORIA AUTOGRAPHED LETTER. A single page ANS by Queen Victoria ("VR" - Victoria Regina). Letterhead of Windsor Castle, on mournin...