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ANTIQUE SHAKER Items-Period New England Furniture-Vintage Toys, Advertising & Victorian Trade Cards
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$10 USDVictorian Die Cut Scrap - Embossed Birds - Robins
Collectibles:Paper:Die-cuts:Scraps:Birds:Robins
Nice Die Cut showing four birds (robins?) sitting on a branch with flowers. Nice Card. Embossed. No ink loss. Back shows staining from glue used. Measures 6" long x 4" wide.
$195 USD1939 New York World's Fair Souvenir- Film Strip & Viewer
Collectibles:Photographic:World's Fair:1939:New York:Movie Viewer:Souvenir
1939 New York World's Fair 100 Movie Views and Pathegrams. Inside viewer is #1 film strip and inside the three boxes that come with this viewer are films No.'s 2, 3, and 4. Box has some wear on the corners, but only small amounts. Inside cardboard holding viewer and films is split, however it still hold each item firmly. Really nice World's Fair item.
$125 USDVintage Print - Hand Colored Lithograph of 19th Century Jockeys & Race Horses
Collectibles:Lithographs:Horses:Racing:Hand-colored
Vintage hand-colored lithograph print "Going to Post" features early 19th century horse jockeys handling their mounts before the start of a race on turf. Great jockey colors. A very classy print by Argosy Picture Publishing Company, NYC, copyright 1948. The print image is 10-1/2" wide x 6-1/2" high. The frame and image measures 16" wide x 12" high. Pictured as found in black and gold lacquer finish frame, with black matting accented by double gold painted lines. Frame finish will be fully ...
Collectibles:Black Americana:Sports:Baseball:Postcard:Children:Vintage
1913 RARE African American baseball postcard features finely drawn "negro" cartoon caricatures of small African American boy baseball player with bat and little girl in big flowered hat - a fetching image of child sweethearts. Good example of both early 20th Century baseball memorabilia and cute, but subtly racist, caricatures and stereotypical Southern "negro" dialect. Note the baseball team names on the fence ("Watermelon Jiants" and "Cottonseed Cubs") in the background and the dialect caption ...
$25 USDWorld's Fair New Orleans 1885 Victorian Advertising Trade Card
Collectibles:Trading Cards:Victorian:New Orleans:World's Fair 1885:Milliners:Hats
Hill Brothers Millinery Good of New York presented, with their compliments, this Trade Card showing one of the advertised hats for the season. This one was named "Fantasma." Hill Brothers also published a Milliners' Gazette, a Monthly Periodical of information and of interest to Milliners. The Main office was 564 & 566 Broadway, New York. They also advertised having Branch Offices in New Orleans, St. Louis, and Paris. This card is in very good condition considering it if from 1885. Small ink ...
$95 USD Offers ConsideredAntique Cast Iron Fire Pumper on Wheels - Vintage Child's Toy (Late 19th - Early 20th Century)
Collectibles:Toys:Cast Iron:Fire
Antique cast iron child's toy - a horse-drawn fire pumper with nicely detailed pumper boiler, frame hitch & driver's seat in well-worn plated (nickel?) finish. The cast iron wheels are exceptionally fine and in great condition with much of the original red paint remaining on the spokes & hub. Unsigned but definitely old - not a recent reproduction. Pumper frame measures 6" inches long; 5" from the surface to the top of the boiler The wheel base is 2-1/4"; and the wheel diameter 2-1/2" .The ...
$250 USDCadot et Cie Pewter Lamb Ice Cream Mould
Collectibles:Kitchenware:Ice Cream:Molds:Moulds:Paris:French:Lamb
Lovely early pewter Ice Cream Mould in the form of a lamb. Marked 'CC' in the casting on each side. This is the mark used by Cadot et Cie. Founded in 1832 and reported as the earliest European maker of ice cream molds. It is in excellent condition inside and out with a nice dark patina. Measures approximately 3-1/8" High x 3-3/8" Wide.
Collectibles:Photographic:Postcards:Swiss:Alpine
Vintage Swiss Alps real photo postcard - Interlaken with the Jungfrau looming overhead. Published by Gabler of Interlaken; dated in pencil on the lower front margin July 16, 1925; and postmarked July 16, 1925 from Interlaken; message in German. Some roughness on the top margin;minor scuffs here and there; corners rounded.
Collectibles:Photographic:Stereoview:California:Imperial Valley:Truck Farming:Migrant Workers:Hispanic
Stereoview of migrant workers gathering cantaloupes on a 70 acre field in the Imperial Valley, Brawley, California. Keystone View Company, Copyrighted Underwood and Underwood.
Collectibles:Toys:Cast Iron:Horse
Vintage cast iron children's toy - a pair of two black & golden galloping horses with drawing pole & carriage hitch - unsigned but definitely old. This great set of horse has extraordinary definition & detail. Both horses are undamaged & in exceptional condition. The black horse has most of its original paint. The golden horse -originally painted with gilt - has traces of the original finish remaining on its body & the bottom of its hooves. The hitch assembly is also in fantastic shape with much ...
Collectibles:Militaria:World War One:Zepplin:German:Postcard:Saar
Vintage World War One German 1915 chromolithograph art postcard view with Saar Germany postmark - signed by German postcard artist Hans Rudolf Schulze. Image is German Zepplin observation balloon and airplanes in flight over countryside. Back has 1915 Saint Johann Saarbrucken postmark & Deutschland postage stamp. Wartime message is from "Pappa" Rieth to daughter "Elise" in the Jamaica Plains section of Boston MA. There is a great human interest story here if you have time to translate Old German ...
Collectibles:Photographic:Stereoview:New York City:Ferry:Standard Oil Building:Vintage
Circa 1928-1930 NYC stereo view of Lower Manhattan's Financial District skyline from New York Harbor. In the foreground are "City of New York" harbor ferries (Brooklyn or Staten Island?), about to land at the South Ferry Building to the east of Battery Park. The tall square tower to the left is the Standard Oil Building - headquarters for John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil Company. Originally completed as a nine story building in 1886, the massive 480 foot pyramid tower was added in the 1920s. ...
Collectibles:Photographic:Magic Lantern Slide:Robert Burns:Poet:Scotland
Magic lantern slide marked J.V. depicting a room with Robert Burns - famous Scottish poet holding court. From a Night with Robert Burns Series - Scene is captioned "But Hark, A Rap!" Famous Scotland Poet Very nice slide.
$10 USDCirca 1890s White Sewing Machine Advertising Vintage Die-cut Trade Card
Collectibles:Advertising:Trade Cards:Victorian:Sewing:Diecut:Vintage
Unusual thin paper die-cut Victorian advertising trade card of a exceptionally colorful maple leaf for White Sewing Machine claiming the "White is King". The connection between White Sewing Machine and the maple leaf is a mystery to me; but sewing machine collectors may know the answer. Lovely gradual transition of colors - dark green color fading into red into bright yellow - by unidentified lithographer. Card is also undated, but advertising claim to 100,000 sold a year may provide a circa for ...
Collectibles:Black Americana:Postcard:Ethnic:Comic:New Years:Christmas:Children:Linen:Vintage
Vintage 1913 "New Year Thoughts" embossed linen postcard - unsigned, in the style of publisher S. Bergman's post card artist "Walt" - with wonderful finely drawn young African American boy in festive top hat and scarf, blowing New Years horn, and stepping out to celebrate on the arm of wide-eyed girl in red hat with flower, white furs and patched yellow coat. Christmas wreath in upper left. Back-side lower left corner has S. Bergman, N.Y. publisher's 1913 copyright logo. This exceptional ...
Collectibles:Black Americana:Postcards:Ethnic:New Years:Christmas:Children:Vintage:Bergman:Artist Signed
Vintage 1913 S. Bergman embossed linen New Years "Greetin's" postcard - artist signed "Walt" - with wonderful finely drawn young African American boy in winter coat & scarf, pulling young girl with muff on a wooden sled; Christmas holiday wreath upper right; and holiday brandy plum pudding lower left. Artist signed on sled runner. Back side lower left back corner has S. Bergman, N.Y. publisher's 1913 copyright logo. This exceptional embossed linen postcard - postally unused - is very clean and ...
Collectibles:Advertising:Trade Card:Columbian Exposition:Steamship:German:Chicago:Passenger Ship
Very nice 1893 Chicago Columbian Exposition souvenir- Victorian advertising trade card for the North German passenger ship line - the Lloyd Steamship Company. Shows a night time view of ship with wide golden band around the edge. The back shows principal routes. Small amount of paste marks but no text damage. Really nice card. Size 6" x 4-1/4".
$40 USDCirca 1860s Tintype Child Portraits (3) - The Same Girl at Different Ages? - Hand Tinted
Collectibles:Photographic:Tintypes:Children
Three vintage ferrotype hand-tinted portraits of children - three girls of different ages - or one girl at three different ages? We tend to believe these are the same girl. If not, they are definitely sisters. What do you think? Each is 2-1/2" x 4" and in very good condition. Each has faintly tinted cheeks.
$30 USDVintage Imported Chinese Brass and Hand-Painted Enamel Stamp Box
Collectibles:Chinese:Enamel:Stamp Box:Brass:Hand-painted:Imported
Lovely one compartment hand-painted import Chinese enamel brass stamp box. Blue enamel background and hand-painted pick flower and buds. Measures 1-1/2" Long x 1-1/4" Wide x 1-1/4" Deep. Enamel painted on top and three sides. (Circa 1940s-1950s).
$125 USDBlack Caricature Postcard - Racist - Daddy & Baby
Collectibles:Black Americana:Postcards
Miscegenation" comes from the Latin miscere, "to mix" and genus, "race". While the etymology of the term is not pejorative, historically, "race mixing" between black and white people was widely taboo, and in much of U.S. South was even illegal when the term was introduced in the U.S. in 1863.[1] The term frequently was used in the context of ethnocentric or racist attitudes and laws against interracial sexual relations and intermarriage. As a result, "miscegenation" is often a loaded word, and ...
Collectibles:Black Americana:Postcard:Linen:Ethnic:New Years:Children:S. Bergman:Vintage
Vintage 1913 Happy New Year embossed linen postcard - unsigned, in the style of publisher S. Bergman's post card artist "Walt" - with wonderful finely drawn young African American hobo boy in bowler, eyes closed, kissing wide-eyed girl in red checked dress with wrapped, braided hair; golden Christmas bell & holly lower right; golden border accents lower left. Back-side lower left corner has S. Bergman, N.Y. publisher's 1913 copyright logo. This exceptional embossed linen postcard - postally ...
Collectibles:Advertising:Trade Cards:Victorian:Sewing:Vintage
Circa 1876 LARGE early Victorian advertising trade card with double-sided 2-color lithography - White Sewing Machine Company, Cleveland, Ohio. The front has a wonderful highly detailed image of father, grandmother and little girl looking over mother's shoulder in wonder as she sews on her new White machine. Looks like Granny may be giving some instructions!! The back is a close-up domestic scene of father and daughter mesmerized by Mom sewing away! Hand signed by the White Sewing Machine ...
Collectibles:Advertising:Trade Card:Victorian:Cats:Children Shoes:Vintage
Circa 1880s vintage Victorian advertising trade card - wonderful image of cat grabbing baby bird through a hole in the toe of the "other" brand; with red breasted mother bluebird on the attack is a color chromolithograph for A.S.T. Company "Black Tip" children shoes. Advertising copy advises that a child's shoe without the A.S.T.Co. black tip "does not even make a safe bird's nest". Back advertising and imprint is that of William Randlette, dealer in boots, shoes and slippers of Richmond Maine. ...
Collectibles:Advertising:Vintage Paper:Trade Cards:Insurance:New York:Glens Falls
Beautiful Vintage Insurance Advertising Trade Card - Lithograph Victorian image of Glens Falls advertising Glens Falls Insurance Company located in Glens Falls, NY. Advertising is on front of card. Card colors are golden background with pretty picture of a falls going under a stone bridge. Slight color loss on corner - otherwise in very nice condition.
$50 USDVintage Imported Chinese Brass and Hand-Painted Enamel Stamp Box (c.1940s-1950s)
Collectibles:Chinese:Enamel:Stamp Box:Brass:Hand-painted:Imported
Long, large vintage Chinese Import two compartment brass stamp box is remarkably heavy, and covered with blue enamel background and hand-painted pink and purple flowers. Measures 3-3/8" Long x 1-1/2" Wide x 1-1/4" Deep.
Collectibles:Photographic:Stereoview:New York City:Brooklyn:Manhattan Skyline:East River
Circa 1930 New York City vintage stereoview features "The Forest of Manhattan" (lower Manhattan skyscrapers) of 1929-1930 across the East River in the background and downtown Brooklyn in the foreground. Signs are visible for the Hotel Bossert (left foreground) on Montague Street (famous both for its "Marine Roof" rooftop nightspot and for being the home of the Brooklyn Dodgers team players during baseball season), and the Standish Arms (right foreground). This view shows Brooklyn in striking ...
Collectibles:Photographic:Stereoview:Holyoke Massachusetts:1900 Women Employment:Paper Industry
Circa 1910 Holyoke Massachusetts Keystone stereoview celebrates turn-of-the-century industrial employment of women at a New England paper manufacturing plant. Holyoke - a small mill town north of Springfield MA was by 1888 known as "Paper City". This fine image shows women factory workers doing "quality control" on the paper stock produced in the plant. From 1847-1850, taking advantage of the broad plain and the 57' drop in the Connecticut River at South Hadley Falls, Holyoke grew enough to ...
Collectibles:Advertising:Trade Cards:Victorian:Winter Sports
Circa 1870s Imperial Club Ice Skates Victorian advertising vintage trade card with a wonderful image of Victorian family in winter garb ice skating on a New England pond. Lovely pastel colored lithography by Sufford of Boston and New York. The back has advertising copy for Farnham's in Richmond, Maine. A wonderful hard-to-find card in great condition. Single scuff on the back is the only significant flaw.
Collectibles:Photographic:Stereoview:Seattle:Vintage
Downtown Seattle Washington real photo stereo view by Keystone - Second Avenue from Yester Way circa 1920. Second Avenue is filled with the hustle and bustle of period street cars, "Model T" vehicles and people. In 1920 Seattle Washington was already considered a major American city, having grown to 350, 000 people from 1,000 people in 1870. Located on Elliot Bay (a section of Puget Sound), it was one of only a handful of major cities on the west coast. Nice images of early "Model T" cars - but ...
Collectibles:Railroadiana:Stereoview:Pennsylvania Rr:Horseshoe Curve:Freight Train:Vintage
Circa 1930 vintage stereoview of Pennsylvania Railroad steam engine and freight train coming around the famous Horseshoe Curve in the in Kittanning Gap at the summit of the Allegheny Front, approximately 5 miles west of Altoona Pennsylvania in the Allegheny Mountains - watched from above by railroad official (or maybe a hobo?) sitting on a rock. Horseshoe Curve is a tight arc of approximately 220 degrees - designed by J. Edgar Thomson and Herman Haupt solved the engineering problem of getting ...
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