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Belva Lockwood Signed Card
BELVA LOCKWOOD,
Autograph Endorsement Signed. Archivally framed with an image and brass plaque.
Item #23083, $900
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The First Full-term African American Senator Signs a Deed
BLANCHE BRUCE,
Document Signed. Land deed. Washington, D.C. September 30,1890. Signature panel 8¼ x 3½ in., overall dimensions 8¼ x 14 in. Framed.
Blanche Bruce was the first full-term African American to serve in the U.S. Senate, 1875-1881. He was then appointed by President James Garfield as Register of the U.S. Treasury in 1881. He later served as the Washington, D.C. Recorder of Deeds (a position earlier held by Frederick Douglass), 1890-1893 and again as Register of the Treasury from 1897 until his death in 1898.
Item #22945.04, $525
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Blanche Bruce, The First Full-term African American U.S. Senator Signs a Deed
BLANCHE BRUCE,
Document Signed. Land deed. Washington, D.C. August 29, 1890. Signature panel 8¼ x 3½ in., overall dimensions 8¼ x 14 in.
Blanche Bruce was the first full-term African American to serve in the U.S. Senate, 1875-1881. He was then appointed by President James Garfield as Register of the U.S. Treasury in 1881. He later served as the Washington, D.C. Recorder of Deeds (a position earlier held by Frederick Douglass), 1890-1893 and again as Register of the Treasury from 1897 until his death in 1898.
Item #22945.13, $95
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An Invitation to Join the Temperance Union
WOMEN’S CHRISTIAN TEMPERANCE UNION,
Printed Postcard Invitation. Unused.
Item #21678.07, $100
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An Unusual Presentation Copy of
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
SAMUEL L. CLEMENS. [MARK TWAIN],
Signed Book. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer’s Comrade). New York: Charles Webster, 1886. Second American edition. 8 3/8 x 6 5/8 in. With several prints, clippings, and other ephemera tipped in. Rebound at the Roycroft bindery.
“Taking the pledge will not make bad liquor good, but it will improve it”
Item #23193, $25,000
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A Christmas Classic by Thomas Nast
[CHRISTMAS],
Newspaper. Harper’s Weekly, New York, N.Y., December 24, 1881. 16 pp., 11¼ x 16 in.
CAUGHT! Thomas Nast’s classic image of Santa Claus being hugged by a little girl graces the front cover of this issue of Harper’s Weekly.
The double-page centerfold is another nice Thomas Nast Christmas print, “Christmas Fancies – ‘Don’t You Wish You Wore Stockings?’,” showing children and their dog in front of a fireplace. Will Carleton’s poem, The Christmas Tree, is illustrated with art by Howard Pyle which fills nearly an entire page. Other prints include the “Electric Railway at Berlin, Prussia,” “The Ring Theatre, Vienna, Recently Destroyed by Fire,” “Hon. Frederick T. Frelinghuysen, Secretary of State,” “The Late John W. Forney,” “Short and Sweet – ‘It’s Too Too Too Funny!’,” and “The Interrupted Journey.” Thomas Nast is credited with creating the modern version of Santa Claus.
Item #H 12-24-1881, $375
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Frederick Douglass Signed Deed
FREDERICK DOUGLASS,
Document Signed as Recorder of Deeds, Washington, D.C., 1881-1886. Approx. 3½ x 8½” folded.
Image shown is a sample. To request an image of the deed currently available please email us at info@sethkaller.com
While Douglass’s letters are scarce, documents signed during his tenure as recorder of deeds for the District of Columbia can be had very reasonably.
Item #20409u, $495
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Frederick Douglass Signed Deed
FREDERICK DOUGLASS,
Document Signed as recorder of deeds, Washington, D.C., 1881-1886. Approx. 3½ x 8½” folded. Sample Frame pictured.
While Douglass’s letters are scarce, documents signed during his tenure as recorder of deeds for the District of Columbia can be had very reasonably.
Item #20409, $895
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The Building Blocks of Albert Einstein’s Creative Mind
[ALBERT EINSTEIN],
Ephemera. Set of Anker-Steinbaukasten children’s building blocks by F. Ad. Richter & Cie., Rudolstadt, [Germany], c.1880s. Approximately 160 composite quartz sand, chalk, and linseed oil blocks in red, limestone and slate gray, in various sizes and shapes, together with three or more sets of building plans, all contained in two wooden boxes with printed Anker-Steinbaukasten labels.
A unique and important artifact of his childhood.
Item #24284, $160,000
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Seesaw - Gloucester, MA - Drawn by Winslow Homer
[HARPER’S WEEKLY],
Newspaper. Harper’s Weekly, September 12, 1874.
Item #H-9-12-1874, $295
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A Ruff-Necked Hummingbird by Audubon
JOHN JAMES AUDUBON,
Print. Ruff-Necked Hummingbird, [1871].
Best known for his seminal Birds of America, Audubon’s prints are among the world’s most recognized images.
Item #22114.02, $1,750
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A Harlequin Duck by Audubon
JOHN JAMES AUDUBON,
Print. Harlequin Duck, [1871]. 14 x 12 in. framed.
Best known for his seminal Birds of America, Audubon’s prints are among the world’s most recognized images.
Item #22114.03, $350
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A Great American White Egret by Audubon
JOHN JAMES AUDUBON,
Print. Great American White Egret, [1871]. 14½ x 12 framed.
Best known for his seminal Birds of America, Audubon’s prints are among the world’s most recognized images.
Item #22114.05, $550
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A Common Crossbill by Audubon
JOHN JAMES AUDUBON,
Print. Common Crossbill, [1871]. 11½ x 16 in. framed.
Best known for his seminal Birds of America, Audubon’s prints are among the world’s most recognized images.
Item #22114.08, $275
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A Prairie Lark-Finch by Audubon
JOHN JAMES AUDUBON,
Print. Prairie Lark-Finch, [1871]. 11½ x 15½ in. framed.
Best known for his seminal Birds of America, Audubon’s prints are among the world’s most recognized images.
Item #22114.09, $250
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A Song Finch by Audubon
JOHN JAMES AUDUBON,
Print. Song Finch, [1871]. 11½ x 15½ in. framed.
Best known for his seminal Birds of America, Audubon’s prints are among the world’s most recognized images.
Item #22114.04, $250
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A Swamp Sparrow by Audubon
JOHN JAMES AUDUBON,
Print. Swamp Sparrow, [1871]. 11½ x 15½ in. framed.
This is an original hand-colored Audubon lithograph
Item #22114.07, $300
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New England Factory Life
[HARPER’S WEEKLY],
Newspaper. Harper’s Weekly, July 25, 1868.
Item #H-7-25-1868, $350
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George Washington as a Mason
CURRIER & IVES. [GEORGE WASHINGTON],
George Washington as a Mason. Small folio lithograph, 1868. Black & white.
Item #23708, $850
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Edwin M. Stanton Portrait, Based on a Photograph by Matthew Brady
[HARPER’S WEEKLY],
Newspaper. Harper’s Weekly, May 26, 1866.
Item #H-5-26-1866, $250
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