American Historical Ephemera & Photography

First is 13.25 x 31 in. Philadelphia, 14 Dec. 1881. J.A. freeman & Co., Auctioneers. On cream-colored paper, with properties (brick houses, stable and lot) being sold hand-colored on the map in center of poster.

Second is 12.5 x 27.5 in. Philadelphia, June 30, 1903. Barnes and Lofland, Auctioneers. Selling three stores with dwellings and a coal yard.

(Both currently shrink-wrapped. There appear to be some splits at old folds, especially on second.)

Broadside, approx. 7 x 21 in. overall. Important to All! Bound for the Happy Lands! Low Rates to Arkansas and Missouri via Saint Louis over the Popular St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern R'y / The Shortest and Quickest Route to Points in Missouri, Arkansas and Texas...St. Louis, MO: Jno. McKittrick & Co., n.d., ca 1880. Central symbol has a wheel with wings flying over Arkansas and Texas and "Bound for the Happy Lands" in the sky. Below are several tables of rates. With stamp in lower margin of Henry H. Hannan, Swan Creek, OH. Hannan was a land agent who distributed thousands of broadsides in dozens of configurations. If it dealt with land in Texarkana, it would likely bear Hannan's stamp. The broadside lists three land agents at the bottom: Kendall in St. Louis, Couch in Illinois, and Essex in Little Rock.

The broadside also notes that the Railway "...has a large grant of lands from the United States Government, embracing all varieties of soil and timber adapted to Farming, Fruit Growing and Grazing purposes. The railroad passes through the middle of the grant, from end to end, most conveniently....Immigrants can locate on railroad land in well improved neighborhoods...peopled by honest and industrious citizens...Peace, good order and good feeling prevail throughout the State."

[With:] Later Pocket Maps of Hudson River (1876), California (1892) and Iowa (1882)
 
McQuill, Thursty. The Hudson River by Daylight, and Routes to Manchester, Vt., Niagara Falls, Lake George, Sharon, Lebanon and Saratoga Springs. New York: Gaylord Watson, (1876). 5 x 7 in., 170pp, 19pp. ads. Rear with hand-colored strip "Map of the Hudson River Showing Routes to Saratoga, Lake George, &c,&c." 6.25 in. x 33.5 in.

Rand, McNally & Co's. Indexed County and Railroad Pocket Map and Shippers' Guide of California. Chicago: Rand, McNally & Co., 1892. 4.25 x 6.5 in, printed paper wraps, 68pp, plus 8pp ads. Map in rear approx. 14 x 20 in., colored. Map in very good condition.

Page's Indexed Township Map of Iowa. Showing Locations of all Railroad Stations, Post-Offices and Villages in the State. Chicago: H.R. Page & Co., 1882. Colored map with a few separations of folds.

[With:] [FRATERNAL ORGANIZATIONS]. A group of 5 items related to fraternal groups and social history, comprising: Three Masonic certificates for Samuel H. Paulding, 12 x 16.25 in. The first is “To all Free and Accepted Masons;” second is “To all Sir Knights of the Illustrious Orders of the Red Cross,” including Knights Templar and Knights of Malta; and third is “To all Royal Arch Masons Around the Globe,” all three certifying Paulding as a Mason.

Elaborate badge, pin bar with “Jr. O.U.A.M.” Ribbon with crossed flags, a celluloid button with the order spelled out “Junior Order United American Mechanics” and their seal, which includes a Masonic compass and square. This council from Central City, W.Va. Bouillon fringe at bottom, overall 9 in. long. The ribbon can be reversed, revealing a black mourning ribbon for the same organization. Also included is an envelope that would have fit the ribbon with “The C.E. Ward Co., Manufacturers of Regalia, Costumes and Supplies, New London, Ohio.”

[Also with:] The Union Signal, Official Organ National Woman’s Christian Temperance Union. Vol. 45 (XLV), No. 34. Evanston, Il: N.p., September 18, 1919. The cover seems to celebrate the passage of Prohibition, but they were not ready to rest on their laurels. Next goal: “World Prohibition – 1925.”