Autograph Letter Signed Discussing a Speaking Engagement and Involvement in “Unpopular Movements,” 1855.
New Britain: 1855. Letter measuring 8 x 5 inches, folded. Fine condition.
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Pair of Ambrotypes of Mary and Moses Penrock, Members of the Kennett Square Underground Railroad Network, by Isaac Rehn, c. 1854.
Philadelphia: 1854. Ninth plate ambrotypes in a union case, measuring 2 ½ x 2 ⅛ inches (visible) in larger case. With the identification of (Isaac) Rehn, with his imprint and “Patented July 4 & 11, 1854” imprinted on the case. A fine pair. A striking pair of ambrotypes of Mary.....
Anti-Slavery Bazaar.
Boston: Anti-Slavery Bazaar, 1849. Small broadside measuring 7 ¾ x 4 ½ inches printed on green wove paper. Some creases and a small tear at margin, near fine. The American Anti-Slavery Society hosted annual bazaars, which served as fundraisers, with money going to supporting the National Anti-Slavery Standard newspaper. Many.....
Carte-de-Visite Vignette Portrait of the Anti-Slavery Author Rachel W. Moore.
Philadelphia: Henszey and Co., 1860s. Albumen photograph measuring 3 ½ x 2 ½ inches on mount. Excellent condition with clipped corners and minimal wear. Rachel Wilson Moore, a Quaker from Philadelphia who had strong anti-slavery views, traveled to the Caribbean and South America in the 1860s to try to save.....
Demand the Release of the Scottsboro Boys and their Safety from Lynching by their Jailers. [with] Unemployed Concession Ticket.
Chicago: International Labor Defense, 1936. Flier measuring 8 ½ x 11 ½ inches, with ticket measuring 4 x 2 inches. Some light wear and toning, near fine. A pair of items relating to Angelo Herndon and the International Labor Defense’s efforts on behalf of the Scottsboro Boys in 1936 in.....
The Student Voice. Vol. 5 Nos. 1, 6, 8
Atlanta: The Student Voice, Inc., 1964. First Edition. 4to, each a single sheet folded, folded sheet measuring 8 1/2 x 11. Minimal wear, fine condition. The Student Voice was the weekly publication of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, or SNCC, during the height of the Civil Rights era. Because of.....
Poster for Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey’s Circus AIDS Benefit, Madison Square Garden, April, 1983.
New York: Gay Men's Health Crisis, Inc., 1983. Poersch, Enno. Poster, 35 x 23 inches. A scarce poster for an important early AIDS benefit, one of the first AIDS benefits organized by GMHC, taking place a few months earlier than the Rodeo event. GHMC bought all of the tickets from.....
Poster for The World’s Toughest Rodeo AIDS Benefit, Madison Square Garden, October 1st, 1983.
New York: Gay Men's Health Crisis, Inc., 1983. Poersch, Enno. First Edition. Posterboard, 36 x 23 inches. A promotional poster for an early AIDS benefit at Madison Square Garden, sponsored by the Gay Men’s Health Crisis organization. GMHC, which still exists, played a very important role in raising awareness for.....
A Collection of Twenty-Five Manuscript Sermons, 1776-1823 by Daniel Burhans of Connecticut and Others, Several Referencing the American Revolution, the French and Indian War, Anglican Persecution, and Other Subjects.
Mostly Connecticut: 1760s-1823. Twenty-six sermons, various paginations, likely bound by Burhans, with a note on front free endpaper stating: “The Following M.S.S. are a Memento of Labor - D. Burhans Property.” With “M.S.S. / Sermons” on a label at spine. Some wear to binding, contents generally fine, very good plus.....
Collection of American Student Movement Ephemera, 1972-1974.
New York: 1972-1974. First Edition. Fifteen items, including broadsides, leaflets, and newspapers, related to the Attica Brigade and the Revolutionary Students Brigade. Near fine with minimal wear. [Attica Brigade] [Revolutionary Student Brigade] et al. Collection of American Student Movement Ephemera, 1972-1974. [New York, Illinois, et al.]. Various.....
Face of the Enemy. Stop the Trial. Stop the War.
Chicago: 1969. 21 1/4 x 29 1/4 inches. Some light toning and edgewear, near fine condition overall. The first example of this poster we have encountered, which shows Judge Julius Hoffman, Chicago Mayor Richard Daley and President Richard Nixon. We find no other records, and can only assume it was.....
You Can’t Jail the Revolution. Stop the Trial, Free the Conspiracy 8.
Chicago: 1969. Poster. 24 x 20 inches. Minimal wear, fine condition. An iconic poster protesting the arrest of the Chicago 8 on conspiracy charges relating to the protests at the 1968 Democratic Convention. The group, originally as eight members, consisted of Abbie Hoffman and Jerry Rubin, founders of the Youth.....
A Collection of Forty-Six Photographs of New Left Protests and Festivals, Presumably Taken by a Participant, c. late 1960s.
V.p. 1960s-1970s. Thirty-three 11 x 14 images, thirteen 8 x 10 images. These photographs, likely taken by a participant in the various events but probably printed in the 1970s, encapsulate many of the iconic themes of the New Left. Most of the photographs show protesters at unidentified events, though the.....
Program for Dinner to Welcome Emma Goldman, Wednesday, November 24, 1924.
London: 1924. First Edition. Single sheet measuring 11 x 6 ½ inches with text to both sides. Near fine condition. Emma Goldman lived in the United Kingdom for two years beginning in September of 1924, a period in which she tried to revive her career as a lecturer and writer.....
Ambrotype Folk Art Portrait of a Haitian Revolutionary Officer.
American? 1855-1864. First. Sixth plate ambrotype, heavily hand-painted, 2 ½ x 3 inches, cased in 4 ½ x 5 inch thermoplastic hanging frame. The Haitian Revolution had a profound affect on attitudes toward slavery in Antebellum America, influencing black attitudes regarding Pan-Africanism and self-governance, stoking fear in southern slaveholding whites.....
Three Early Posters Relating to the American Youth Hostel Movement, c. 1939.
Holyoke and Northfield: Litho Inc. / American Youth Hostels, 1939. First Edition. Includes: Bicycle for Adventure on the Youth Hostel Trail. Holyoke, Massachusetts, c. 1939: Valley Litho Inc. Lithographed poster, 19 x 25 inches; Take to the A.Y.H. Trail. Northfield, 1939: American Youth Hostels . Lithographed poster, 17 x 22.....
Fourteen Photographs of Migrant Farm Workers in Arizona, in a Camp Where Children Were Reported Starving, 1950.
San Francisco: San Francisco Examiner, 1950. Silver press prints, the images measuring 5 3/4x8 1/4 inches and slightly smaller, sheets approximately 7 ¼ x 9 inches. Some light wear, editorial marks to versos, near fine condition overall. Offered here is a series of fourteen photographs taken in a migrant workers’.....
Shall Kansas be a Free State! Grand Rush for the Seat of War! War! War! Famine in Europe! Tremendous Excitement! Indifferent Writers Take Courage! [Advertising Broadside for Mr. Chadbourne, New England Writing Master]
New Hampshire: 1857. Broadside advertisement, 5 ½ x 11 inches. An unusual advertisement for a penmanship instructor, a Mr. Chadbourn, announcing the opening of his academy on September 15, 1857 in Wolfborough, New Hampshire. The broadside states, “Inspired with the confidence of more than five years experience as a Teacher.....
A Series of Fourteen Photographs Taken in 1968, Likely in San Francisco.
San Francisco: 1968. Fourteen silver gelatin prints measuring 8 x 10 to 6 x 8 inches, mounted on grey 20 x 16 inch artist’s board. All initialed “J.P. / 68” on board. Some wear to boards, photographs generally fine with fine contrast. An evocative series of portraits likely taken in.....
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Share Our Wealth / The Slogan of the Hour. [Broadside]
Baton Rouge: Typographical Union Label, 1936. First Edition. Broadside, 16 ¾ x 9 ¼ inches. Some wear, a few small holes at creases, slight foxing, very good minus overall. A broadside advertising the Share Our Wealth Program, which had been championed by the late Huey Long prior to his death.....
A Collection of Twenty Photographs of “Play Indians.”
Various Dates: Various Places. Sizes vary, from a large 9 ½ x 7 ½ image to 2 x 3 1/2 cartes-de-visite. Generally excellent condition. The white American tradition of “playing Indian” - a concept explored in full in Philip Deloria’s eponymous book (1998) - has been a part of American.....
Archive of Photographs Taken in Physical Culture City.
Physical Culture City: 1905. First Edition. Physical Culture City, Spotswood, New Jersey, 1905 or later. Thirty-one images in total, varying sizes, most 3 x 5 inches or smaller. Bernarr Macfadden was a proponent of Physical Culture, a movement combining exercise with nutrition and ascetic living that helped give rise to.....
In Every Government on Earth There is Some Trace of Human Weakness.
Happening Press: 1967. A particularly fine example of one of several posters printed at Happening Press in Berkeley as part of William Weege’s Peace is Patriotic series. A nude is paired with a Thomas Jefferson quote and an anti-war pin.
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Portrait of Julia Marlowe. [Inscribed by Marlow to a Friend, 1940]
New York: Arnold Genthe, 1911-1920. Silver gelatin print, 6 ¾ x 9 ¼ inches on larger mount. Signed by Genthe on the mount, inscribed by Marlowe as Marlowe Sothern on the mount as follows: “To Jean: our little comrade on our walks in Beautiful Stockbridge. In remembrance also of 'Sun.....
Photograph of Ruth Hale, Possibly at the Pendleton Round-Up, C. 1922-1923.
Oregon? 1922-1923. Silver gelatin photograph mounted to cardstock measuring 6 ¼ by 4 ⅞ inches. Press marks verso. Some wear, very good overall. An image of the women’s rights activist and author Ruth Hale, likely taken at one of her well-publicized trips to the Pendleton Round-Up in Oregon in 1922.....