Social History from Henry Berry, books/ephemera

[1955 WATER TROUGHS FOR HORSES IN ARGENTINA LETTER EVA PERON SOCIETY] LETTER, TYPED ORIGINAL RIBBON DATED MARCH 7, 1955, 1 PAGE, 8-3/4" X 13-1/2" with folds as mailed, to a woman in Waterside, England, from Asociacion Popular Protectora de Animales y Asilo Social 'Eva Peron', Rosario de Santa Fe, Argentina, hand-signed by Amanda Quiroga, Secretary and Dr.Vincente J. Morra, President… Read more about this item

[ORDER OF THE COSTUMES, SUPPLIES CATALOG; MASONS MASONRY MASONIC] EASTERN STAR CATALOGUE NO.61 [cover title] / COSTUMES AND SUPPLIES FOR THE ORDER OF THE EASTERN STAR, Catalog No. 61, Manufactured Ihling Bros. Everard Co., Kalamazoo, Michigan, undated/ca. 1900, company published trade catalog, paper wraps in homemade covering of clear plastic front and blue heavy paper spine and back with three… Read more about this item

[1933ca. PLATINUM-PALLADIUM PHOTOGRAPH OTTO KAHN WITH BLANK & STOLLER STUDIOS SIGNATURE], BLANK & STOLLER, NY, PLATINUM-PALLADIUM PRINT/PHOTOGRAPH of the famed financier Otto Kahn, pencil signed "Blank + Stoller, NY", in pencil at lower left corner, number "47" in pencil below this, 10-1/4" high x 7-3/4" across to the plate marks on 13-1/2" x 10-1/2" cotton rag photographic paper…limited edition photograph,… Read more about this item

[1933 PLATINUM PHOTOGRAPH OTTO KAHN WITH BLACKSTONE STUDIOS SIGNATURE] BLACKSTONE STUDIOS, NY, PLATINUM PRINT/PHOTOGRAPH of the famed financier Otto Kahn, pencil signed "Blackstone, NY", in pencil at lower left corner, "April 1933" in pencil at lower right, number "47" in pencil below this, 10-1/2" high x 8" across to the plate marks on 13-1/2" x 10-1/2" cotton rag photographic paper…limited… Read more about this item

[1943 CBS FORECAST RADIO PROGRAM SCRIPT; BLACK AMERICANA/PAUL ROBESON; MEDIA HISTORY; SOCIAL HISTORY/WWII] COLUMBIA BROADCASTING SYSTEM – FORECAST, Monday, August 25, 1943, 9:00 - 9:30 PM EDST, FINAL, original ribbon typed script double-spaced, 29 pages 8-1/2" x 11" held by rusted paperclip at upper left corner; the introduction to the program reads in part, "The Columbia Broadcasting System brings you… Read more about this item

[1977 CLASSIC COMICS SERIES PROMOTIONAL BROCHURE; BILL BLACKBEARD SERIES EDITOR] CLASSIC AMERICAN COMIC STRIPS, Series I, 22 Volumes, Bill Blackbeard, Series Editor, published by Hyperion Press, 1977, first edition, softcover/paper wraps, 20 page promotional brochure including covers, red shadings color illustration or strip from most of the classic comics listed in this sales brochure, among the classic comic strip for… Read more about this item

[SOVIET UNION/RUSSIA PROPAGANDA POSTERS; REPRODUCTIONS PORTFOLIO] SOVIET RUSSIA PROPAGANDA POSTERS 20 in portfolio Moscow 1967, UNFORGETTABLE DAYS OF HISTORY [loose English translation from title in Cyrillic on portfolio front] Sovetskii Khudozhnik [Soviet Artist], Moscow, 1967, A portfolio of 20 copies of Soviet Union/Russia/Communist propaganda posters titled (rough translation from Russian] "Unforgettable/Memorable Days of History], most were published by various Soviet… Read more about this item

[BLACKFACE MAN AND WOMAN VAUDEVILLE TEAM, ca. 1900 ORIGINAL HANDBILL] LEE MACK AND SISKIE RELGIER, with photos of each in blackface, the woman Siskie wearing a large hat, ca. 1900, original vaudeville performers handbill, with Lee Mack and Siskie Relgier on one side with side-by-side photos of each in regular dress for performances and beside this in blackface with comical… Read more about this item

[1853 LETTER DE LA RUE, LONDON FIRM, TO ITALIAN SCULPTOR GIOVANNI BATTISTA CEVASCO, NEW YORK TO GENOA, ITALY] "All Egregio Scultore, Giovanni Battista Cevasco, Genova" New York, 29th Oct. 1853 embossed circular crest with wording "De la Rue London" in upper left corner of first page, 1-page handwritten letter/ALS, in Italian, first page of sheet folded for four pages, 4-1/4"… Read more about this item

[1853 MISS PRINCE'S ACADEMY OF DANCING, LONDON, LETTER FROM NEW YORK FREIND] 1853 LETTER TO "MISS PRINCE" IN LONDON FROM "YOUR FRIEND, ELIZABETH S. CHARLES" [?, name unclear from handwriting], dated New York, Oct. 29th / 53 [1853], one sheet of paper folded to 4" x 6-1/2" with two horizontal folds for mailing in small envelope addressed to "Miss Prince,… Read more about this item

[MIDWEST IOWA GENEALOGY REGIONAL HISTORY MEMOIR, MANUSCRIPT] WHERE THE TALL CORN GROWS - REMEMBRANCES OF GROWING UP IN DES MOINES, IOWA, by Evelyn Miller Bruder, published by author, undated but 1980s date of writing determined from dates in the manuscript, 108-page typed manuscript/not original typing but run off on teleprinter double-spaced on one side of 8-1/2" x 11" pages in… Read more about this item

[EARLY 1900s FATHER TO SON LETTERS DISCUSSING MINING STOCKS AND OTHER INVESTMENT AND BUSINESS MATTERS; GILDED AGE] THREE LETTERS FROM JOSEPH SHATTUCK of Lawrence, Massachusetts to "My Dear Son" (unnamed) mostly discussing mining stocks and others and also the son's new position as "treasurer of a Savings Bank," and words of advice, handwritten 6 pages total over 4 lined sheets,… Read more about this item

SPORTS – Heroics and Hysterics by John R. Tunis, Illustrated by Johan Bull, published by John Day, 1928, first edition/first printing, "First published, October, 1928" (stated), light blue cloth hardcover with black lettering/no jacket, 5-1/2" x 8", x+293 pages, vignettes/small illustrations at the heads of chapters and ends of some chapters; CONDITION: very good-plus, line of light rippling of cloth… Read more about this item