Historical Printed Materials

Captivating historical documents including birth announcements, antislavery materials, and personal writings from various eras.

Young horse-racers torturing a free citizen for amusement, 1836 - 1844. Published by Webster & Southard in Boston, 1838. Relevant topics include antislavery movements and slavery in the United States

Birth annoucement page from "The Times," London, Saturday, May 28, 1887. Cantuar Photographic Company

Colored schools broken up, in the free states,' 1836 - 1844. Issued in Boston by Webster & Southard in 1839. The image relates to antislavery movements and the issue of slavery in the United States

The history...of the chevalier John Taylor Ophthalmiater.

Funeral letter of the titles of the Prince of Orange, 1795, Pierre Gosse Jr., 1795 text sheet Funeral letter with the invitation to attend the funeral of the titles belonging to the Prince of Orange, in The Hague on 17 May 1795. Following the conclusion of the Alliance between the French and the Batavian Republic. The Hague paper letterpress printing

J. Wyeth "Purity, activity...", 1878: page

Little agenda of 88 plus 2 pages Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (1827-1875). Little calendar (88 plus 2 pages). Brown maroon portfolio binding. Printed pages, one page a week, white paper. Handwritten notes with graphite pencil. Pages numbered to the pink bic pen. 1871.

Young horse-racers torturing a free citizen for amusement, 1836 - 1844. Published by Webster & Southard in Boston, 1838. Relevant topics include antislavery movements and slavery in the United States

Price and instructions for the use of Lambiers cure for Toothe-ache, Rheum in the gums or scurvy, deafness and head-ache's

An answer to a late pamphlet intituled A letter to Dr. Smellie; shewing the impropriety of his new invented wooden forceps / William Smellie

Joy song on the inauguration of King Willem II, 1840, 1840 text sheet Leaf with the description of the inauguration of King William II in the Nieuwe Kerk in Amsterdam on November 28, 1840. At the bottom a joy song on the Nieuwe Vorst in five couplets. At the top of the letter W inside a leaf wreath with the fame blowing on her trumpet on either side. Rotterdam paper letterpress printing other forms of installation new church

. Text sheet with a list of the names of the 18 victims who died in the fire in the Amsterdamse Schouwburg on the Keizersgracht on 11 May 1772. At the bottom of the price of the magazine: one penny.

Advertisement for Norwich Stone Ware Factory 1770-1800 American. Advertisement for Norwich Stone Ware Factory 39

Joyful for the inauguration of King Willem II, 1840; Troon's climbing of Onsen-Achieved crown prince, now our loved ones King Willem II.sheet with the description of the inauguration of king willem II in the new church in Amsterdam on November 28, 1840. At the bottom of a joy for the new frost in Five Couplets. At the Top of the Letter W Within A Scroll Wreath With The Fame Blowing On Her Trumpet On Either Side.

Trade Card for John Drury, printer and bookbinder 18th century Anonymous, British, 18th century This object is housed in an album of British trade cards from the collections of Bella C. Landauer, Ambrose Heal, and others. The term trade card” is of nineteenth-century origin and refers to a card that advertises the services of an individual or business. Eighteenth-century trade cards were often printed on thin sheets of paper and referred to as tradesmen’s cards,” tradesmen’s bills,” or shopkeeper’s bills.” During the Victorian era, trade cards were often reinforced on pasteboard and closely resemble business cards today.. Trade Card for John Drury, printer and bookbinder. Anonymous, British, 18th century. 18th century. Commerical Lithograph

Title page of a late edition of Isabella Beeton The Book of Household Management. Dated 19th century

Rebecca Riots Description: Edward Crompton Lloyd Hall, high sheriff of Cardiganshire, offers advice to "Rebecca and her daughters". In 1843 Welsh people rioted against expensive turnpike fees to use the roads, destroying tollgates set up to collect the charges. The name "Rebecca" comes from a biblical reference to in Genesis which suggests her descendants will take command of gates. Some of the rioters also wore women's clothing. Date: 20th June 1843 wales, rebecca, victorian, lloyd, turnpike, riots, homeoffice, tollgate, 1843, crompton, rioting, edwardcromptonlloydhall, rebeccaandherdaughters

Legal notice - 2,000 dollars reward for information on the murder of George Weir, 1837 Anonymous

MUNICIPAL DINNER TO CYRUS W. FIELD,ESQ. held by METROPOLITAN HOTEL at "NEW YORK, NY" (HOTEL). Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. Menus. 1858. Rare Book Division. Atlantic Telegraph Co., Transatlantic cables

Group at Paint Rock - Gen'l Braxton Bragg / by Rufus Morgan.. The Robin G. Stanford Collection, Digitized 2015 Funding from Center for Civil War Photography. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, North Carolina, Paint Rock

Explanation at the print of the British expedition to Antwerp, 1809; Interpretation of the expedition on the Wester-Scheldt, in August 1809. Text sheet with an explanation of the presentation of the British fleet on the Scheldt at Antwerp, August 1809. Legenda 1-35 with the topographic names and names of the Main British, French and Dutch ships.

Advertisement for a clothes stick 1879

Working men, attention!! It is your imperious duty to drop your hammers and sledges! one and all, to your post repair, this afternoon, at five o'clock P.M. and attend the great meeting called by the papers of this morning, to be held at the City | Library of Congress

A title page from a document published in 1791, detailing extracts from evidence presented to a Select Committee of the House of Commons regarding the petitioners for the abolition of the slave trade. The page includes the title, additional title, date of issuance, place of publication (London), publisher information, and keywords related to the slave trade and antislavery movements in Great Britain and the West Indies. The document spans various pages, noted as having a length of iv (i.e. vi), followed by pages 7-32, and measures 21 cm in size

Image 38 of Andrew Johnson Papers: Series 5, Messages, 1851-1869; Subseries 5E, 1851-1869; 1851-1869 | Library of Congress

Plan of New York City, from the Battery to Spuyten Duyvil Creek. The map illustrates every lot and building, old farm lines, street numbers at the corners of blocks, railroads, steamboat landings, and bulkhead and pier lines. It is based on surveys conducted by Messrs. Randall & Blackwell and a special survey by J. F. Harrison. The map was issued in 1867 and measures 61 cm, consisting of one leaf and featuring 19 colored maps

Branding slaves, 1836 - 1844, published by Webster & Southard in Boston, 1840. The work relates to antislavery movements and the topic of slavery in the United States

An answer to a late pamphlet intituled A letter to Dr. Smellie; shewing the impropriety of his new invented wooden forceps / William Smellie

The Asmonean, Vol. 11, no. 12, published on January 5, 1855, in New York, N.Y. by Robert Lyon. Focuses on Jewish topics and the Jewish community in New York State

Speech - Booklet published to commemorate the installation of William McGillivray as Right Worshipful Provincial Grand Master (R.W.P.G.M.) of the Masonic Order in 1823

Print, Tradecard, Frederick Crace and Son, London; Manufactured by Frederick Crace (English, 1779-1859); England; engraving, black ink on white cardboard

Game rules for the steamboat game, ca. 1823-1829, Theodorus Johannes Wijnhoven-Hendriksen, 1823-1829 text sheet Text sheet with the rules for the board game called Steamboat Game. At the bottom of an overview of the rates. Part of a group of children's and board games printed in the period ca. 1750-1850. Rotterdam paper letterpress printing board-games of chance. paddle-wheel boat

Page 14, An abstract from the account of the Asylum...

Lapidarius, Lares. Original caption: From " A Dictionary of Roman and Greek Antiquities" by Anthony Rich. London, 1901 Copy 2. P. 369.

Hero, Russian Bloodhound, used for guarding Union prisoners at Libby Prison and Castle Thunder, Richmond, Virginia / Photographed by J.W. Turner, No. 47 Hanover Street, Boston.. Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs , pp/liljpaper. Libby Prison, Castle Thunder Prison (Richmond, Va.) , Watchdogs, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Animals, Confederate.

Declaration at a cartoon of Napoleon, 1813; Birth of Bonaparte.text Sheet With Dutch text Belonging to a Cartoon at Napoleon, 1813. The corresponding print titled "Birth of Bonaparte" or "Birth of Bonaparte" is not present.

An answer to a late pamphlet intituled A letter to Dr. Smellie; shewing the impropriety of his new invented wooden forceps / William Smellie

The bill-poster's dream Cross readings to be read downwards.. Eno, Amos F., 1836-1915. Prints. 1862. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Sleeping

Oh, send me one flower from his grave, Parkhurst, E. A. (composer), Kidder, M. A. (lyricist), Horace Waters, New York, 1865., United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Songs and music, Songs with piano, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Casualties, Songs and music, Mothers and sons, United States, Songs and music, Popular Songs of the Day, Songs and Music, War and Conflict, Civil War and Reconstruction (1861-1877), Music associated with the Union side, sheet music

Nieuwjaarswens van de Amsterdamse opkorters, 1845; Opkorters Nieuwjaars-wensch.New Year's wish from the Amsterdam cutters (street sweepers) for the year 1845. Some men clean the dirt from the street. In the background houses on a canal. A man picks up money at a house. With a fresh in two columns. On behalf of the root of the neighborhood: H.G. Blass.

Boston Music Hall, Monday evening, Dec. 23d, 1878, Saul, or the witch of Endor , Theatrical productions, Boston Music Hall Boston, Mass., Proctor, Joseph, 1816-1897, Conway, Hart, 1839 or 1840-1919, Handel and Haydn Society Boston, Mass.. Graupner and early Boston Musical Scores plus Boston Music Hall Ephemera

A court day sale in Maysville.. Illustrations. 1940. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division. Slavery , Kentucky

An advertisement for a sewing machine for a Christmas present. Dated 19th century

American Twenty Dollar Bill of 1775; Illustration from Cassell's History of England, King's Edition Part 33

Poster for an opera with Spanish characters, including in Perez, in the Theater of New York. Dated 18th Century

"The Third-Year Student's correspondence..."

Newspaper clippings, 1866, maker unknown. Gift of E. Webber, 1955.

Printed, Price Act or, The List of Prices in force in the Town of Ipswich for the Prevention of Monopoly and Oppression , Broadsides. Frank Cousins Glass Plate Negatives Collection

Signing list for the print with the portrait of Evert Jan Thomassen A Thuessink; List of the Inwekenaren on the portrait of the Hooggerenaar E.J. Thomassen a Thuessink. Alphabetically ordered sign with names of people, in three columns, who have signed the print with the portrait of Evert Jan Thomassen A Thuessink. The list is in an ornamental picture frame.

They have broken up their camps, Root, George F. (George Frederick), 1820-1895 (composer), Jewell, John B. (lyricist), Root & Cady, Chicago, 1865., United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Songs and music, Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices) with piano, War songs, United States, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Peace, Songs and music, Popular Songs of the Day, Songs and Music, War and Conflict, Civil War and Reconstruction (1861-1877), Music associated with the Union side, sheet music

Label 1757-60 Workshop of Joseph Cox. Label 4652

Announcement of a book auction, held by Edward Jeffrey in London. .

Newspaper cutting: advertisement for Fawk's booth, Upper Moorfields, London

Theatre Bill. - Birmingham Theatre, 1799. .

All men are by nature equally free and independent and have certain inherent rights of which, when they enter into a state of society, hey cannot by any compact deprive or divest their posterity! Namely the enjoyment of life and liberty , Antislavery movements, Massachusetts, Boston, Slavery, United States, History, Boston Mass., History

unknown artist, Macklin's Gallery of Modern Paintings, 1797.

New Year's wish at the end of the year 1867, 1868 print Cartoon in the form of a New Year's wish for the year 1868 by the lantern nodest. Under the image one fresh in two columns. Plaat appeared at the Weekblad De Nederlandsche Spectator, no. 1, January 4, 1868. print maker: Netherlandsprinter: Netherlandspublisher: Arnhempublisher: The Hague paper street lighting. lantern

Advertisement for the Indian Muslim Soldier's Widows and Orphans War Fund, raising money to provide aid and assistance to families of fallen Indian soldiers in the First World War. Date: 1916

The story of a rising race microform : the Negro in revelation, in history, and in citizenship : what the race has done and is doing in arms, arts letters ... and with those mighty weapons ... the shovel and the hoe Negro in revelation, in history and in citizenship.. Pipkin, J. J. (James Jefferson), 1861-1941. Books, Photographs. 1902. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division. African Americans

Poster - Montreal Circus, Mr. Codet's Benefit

Roger Bresnahan/Robert Harmon, St. Louis Cardinals, baseball card portrait

An advertisement for Sutton's Seeds. Dated 19th century

Advertisement for the Hall type-writer, the only portable writing machine of the time. Available from Witherby and Co., High Holborn, London. Date: September 26th 1885

Funeral announcement for US president Abraham Lincoln. 1865

S. Gibson, 18th century advertisement for horse-balls and antimony preparation sold by Samuel Gibson at the Angel and Crown, Lombard Street

Trade Card for Mr. Samuel Morris 18th century Anonymous, British, 18th century. Trade Card for Mr. Samuel Morris. Anonymous, British, 18th century. 18th century. Engraving

Article for a present list for Asser and Sherwin wedding. Dated 1870

Newspaper advert titled 'War Panic'. The advert is for the sale of black silk. Dated 1870. London

Sarculum. Original caption: From " A Dictionary of Roman and Greek Antiquities" by Anthony Rich. London, 1901 Copy 2. P. 574.

Today Massachusetts erects the statue of Daniel Webster , Antislavery movements, Massachusetts, Boston, Fugitive slaves, Legal status, laws, etc., United States, United States. Fugitive slave law 1850, Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852

Cover page of 'The Centennial Jubilee of Freedom at Columbus, Ohio, Saturday, September 22, 1888 Orations, Poems, and Addresses,' published in 1888 by Aldine Printing House in Xenia, Ohio. The publication focuses on themes relevant to African Americans in Ohio

Devizes castle, book, photos, photographic illustrated books, height 302 mm, width 234 mm, thickness, 8 mm

Eight hundred thousand slaves set free : The anniversary of emancipation in the British West Indies, will be celebrated in the city of Worcester, on Friday, August 3d 1849, by a general mass meeting of the Friends of Freedom... Among the speakers, who have engaged to be present, are Wendell Phillips, Wm. Lloyd Garrison, Theodore Parker, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Adin Ballou, Charles C. Burliegh, and Robert Morris , Antislavery movements, Massachusetts, Slaves, Emancipation, West Indies, British, Anniversaries, etc, Phillips, Wendell, 1811-1884, Parker, Theodore, 1810-1860, Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879, Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882, Ballou, Adin, 1803-1890, ,Friends of Freedom Boston, Mass.

Eight hundred thousand slaves set free : The anniversary of emancipation in the British West Indies, will be celebrated in the city of Worcester, on Friday, August 3d 1849, by a general mass meeting of the Friends of Freedom... Among the speakers, who have engaged to be present, are Wendell Phillips, Wm. Lloyd Garrison, Theodore Parker, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Adin Ballou, Charles C. Burliegh, and Robert Morris , Antislavery movements, Massachusetts, Slaves, Emancipation, West Indies, British, Anniversaries, etc, Phillips, Wendell, 1811-1884, Parker, Theodore, 1810-1860, Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879, Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882, Ballou, Adin, 1803-1890, ,Friends of Freedom Boston, Mass.

Auction notice for slaves in the USA in 1840

Booklet, 'The Siege of Ladysmith', circa 1900, London, by George Newnes, Ltd., Henry Kisch. Gift of the Crowther Estate, 1965.

Farewell father, friend and guardian, Root, George F. (George Frederick), 1820-1895 (composer), Dawn, L. M. (lyricist), Root & Cady, Chicago, 1865., United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Songs and music, Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865, Death and burial, Songs and music, Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices) with piano, Popular Songs of the Day, Songs and Music, War and Conflict, Civil War and Reconstruction (1861-1877), Music associated with the Union side, sheet music

Cover of 'An account of the proceedings on the trial of Susan B. Anthony,' issued in 1874 in Rochester, N.Y., published by Daily Democrat and Chronicle Book Print. The work focuses on the topics of women's suffrage and suffrage in the United States during the years 1870-1879

Moultrie, William (1730-1805), 1761 - 1805, (Questionable)

Neal Ball/Geo. T. Stovall, Cleveland Naps, St. Louis Browns, baseball card portrait

'I don't know what weakness may come over me, but I don't believe I shall ever deny my lord and master, Jesus Christ and I should deny him if I denied my principles against slavery.' , Antislavery movements, Massachusetts, Boston, Slavery, United States, History, Boston Mass., History

First anniversary of the kidnapping of Thomas Sims by the City of Boston , Antislavery movements, Massachusetts, Boston, Fugitive slaves, Legal status, laws, etc., United States, United States. Fugitive slave law 1850, Sims, Thomas, approximately 1834-, ,Parker, Theodore, 1810-1860

Chicago White Sox, baseball card portrait

Trade card for Hugh A. Bayly, printseller 19th century Anonymous, British, 19th century This object is housed in an album of British trade cards from the collections of Bella C. Landauer, Ambrose Heal, and others. The term trade card” is of nineteenth-century origin and refers to a card that advertises the services of an individual or business. Eighteenth-century trade cards were often printed on thin sheets of paper and referred to as tradesmen’s cards,” tradesmen’s bills,” or shopkeeper’s bills.” During the Victorian era, trade cards were often reinforced on pasteboard and closely resemble business cards today.. Trade card for Hugh A. Bayly, printseller. Anonymous, British, 19th century. 19th century. Commerical lithograph

Scribner's magazine from July 1899 to 1906, featuring an article by Jules Vallée. The content relates to the South African War (1899-1902) and the historical siege of Ladysmith (1899-1900)

Cattle Show and Fair of the Essex Agricultural Society at Lawrence , Exhibitions

Fugitive slaves. 100 dollars. Reward ! Black woman, named Emily. Seventeen years old. August 4, 1853.

Madrid, Spain, September 22, 2020: The Hound of the Baskervilles, a Sherlock Holmes story by sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the original Strand edition, a close-up, Europe

Book of Common Prayer, Bible, and Book of Psalms 1715-28 British. Book of Common Prayer, Bible, and Book of Psalms. British. 1715-28. Paper. Made in England

First anniversary of the kidnapping of Thomas Sims by the City of Boston , Antislavery movements, Massachusetts, Boston, Fugitive slaves, Legal status, laws, etc., United States, United States. Fugitive slave law 1850, Sims, Thomas, approximately 1834-, ,Parker, Theodore, 1810-1860

Engraving. - Ashted Classical and Commercial School, Birmingham. Wilkinson Collection, Vol I

First anniversary of the kidnapping of Thomas Sims by the City of Boston , Antislavery movements, Massachusetts, Boston, Fugitive slaves, Legal status, laws, etc., United States, United States. Fugitive slave law 1850, Sims, Thomas, approximately 1834-, ,Parker, Theodore, 1810-1860

Transparency - Flock of Merino sheep for sale, printed advertisement, 1869

Probate notice for Mary Pitman, single woman | Library of Congress

Geo. F. McBride/Clyde Milan, Washington Nationals, baseball card portrait

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