American Historical Ephemera & Photography

Lot of 15.

Smythe, A.H. Visitors’ Illustrated Guide to Public Buildings and Principal Places of Interest in Columbus, Ohio. Columbus: A.H. Smythe, ca 1900. Obl. 3.7 x 6 in., printed paper wraps, pages unnumb., 12 lithographs of buildings, 8 in color, one folding. 

Columbus and its Attractions. Columbus Street Railway Company, 1898. 4 x 6 in., printed wraps, illustrated with photos. Includes more than just buildings. The Railway Company gives convention information and hotel space. The photos are of industrial plants as well as public buildings. There are parks, the Scioto River, and more.

Souvenir: Columbus State Hospital {for the Insane}. Obl. 5.75 x 9 in. Columbus: published by the Hospital, ca 1900. One might ask how one obtains a souvenir from the Insane Asylum. Unfortunately, the answer is that “back in the day,” the hospital allowed people to come in and gawk at the residents, like a zoo for “not quite humans.” And the good people of Columbus (and visitors) did just that. This asylum looks welcoming for residents. There are large park areas where people can walk or sit and read. There are baseball fields, a golf course and a greenhouse. There are gardens for the residents to plant. There are ponds and broad avenues. Few people seem to have been helped by this, however. But the sales of these books and other items likely contributed to the operational funding of the hospital.

Program for the Seventeenth Annual Meet, League of American Wheelmen (L.A.W.), Columbus, OH: S.A. Grubbs, 1897. Obl. 6 x 9 in., illustrated with photographs. Most images are of buildings and scenery around Columbus. Interestingly, there are no images of anyone on a bicycle, no racers, only a couple of bicycle factories. 

Catalog for Bliss College, School of Business, Columbus, Ohio. 1937-1938. 8vo, printed wraps, 84pp.

Columbus and Xenia Railroad Company. Report to Stockholders, March 10, 1923. 8vo, printed wraps, 11pp. (vertical fold)

Ohio-Columbus Centennial Commission. The Story of the State. Ohio-Columbus Centennial Aug. 26- Sept. 1, 1912. Columbus: Sears & Simpson Co., 1912. Obl. 6.5 x 10 in., printed wraps, 32 unnumb. pp.

Southern Theatre, Columbus, Ohio. Bill of the Play. Columbus: n.p., 1917. 8vo, printed wraps, 18pp. (mostly ads)

The Ohio State Almanac, Diary and Gazeteer. 1883. Burlington, VT: Wells, Richardson & Co., 1882. 8vo, printed wraps, 32pp.

Columbus Mannerchor [Men’s Choir]. 1878-1908. In German. 8vo, printed wraps, 64pp.

Ohio State Football program. Ohio State vs. Southern Methodist. Oct. 7, 1978. Sports Hall of Fame Issue.

Stock certificate. Columbus & Maysville Railway / Southern Division. No. 1123. Apr. 27, 1877. 16 x 21 in. Unused with all 40 coupons intact. Wonderful vignette of train with river boats in background as well as other RR bridges.

Columbus Citizen. The Making of a Modern Newspaper. [Columbus]: Scripps-Howard, n.d. ca 1930s. Obl. 9 x 13 in. (folded in center)

The Story of Columbus: Past, Present and future of the Metropolis of Central Ohio. Columbus: Johnson Publishing, 1898. Folio, printed wraps, 80pp. (wraps coming loose)

Graduation program for 1918, Ohio State University. May 24 – 28, 1918. 4.5 x 6 in. Embossed cover. Many pages with tissue guards. Spine is string-tied.