Historic Americana

1768 BICKERSTAFF'S BOSTON ALMANAC. "Bickerstaff's Boston Almanack, For the Year of our Lord 1768; Being bisextile or leap Year." ...

LOT OF 19TH CENTURY ADMISSION TICKETS. Lot of 50 tickets, from sources such as "Buckskin Bill's Wild West" (pencil note on back 1898)...

LITHOGRAPHS OF EARLY NEW YORK. Lot of 45 items. Includes lithographs of various scenes and buildings in mid-19th century New York, some are colored o

TOM THUM CDVS AND SHEET MUSIC. Lot of 3. Includes a cdv of Brady's "The Fairy Wedding Group", a hand-tinted cdv Ms. Jenny Quigley by...

RARE CIRCULAR FOR HOT AIR BALLOON AT THE FAIR. Broadside advertising "Schenevus FAIR! Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sept. 16, 17 & 18, '...

VICTORIAN STATIC ELECTRICITY GENERATOR. A late 19th century frictional static electricity generator, this one with a brass plaque identifying it as...

SECTION OF ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH CABLE AND LETTER OF AUTHENTICITY. This 4" long section of TransAtlantic Cable comes with the original certificat...

LOT OF BUSINESS EPHEMERA. Lot of 11. Includes pre-fire notice that wooden row houses will not be insured (Chicago, Jan. 19th, 1866); a call for a mee

ANHEUSER-BUSCH WALL PLAQUE DIECUTS. Lot of 4. These diecuts are nearly 12" in diameter and represent the 4 seasons. The back says there are 5 ...

NYU THEATRICAL FARCE BROADSIDE 1861. Broadside, 23 x 10". "IMBECILE. PERFIDIOSE MISERABILITER." A fine sheet advertising a farce ...