A striking and extremely rare 1913 chromolithographic view of the Great Dayton Flood during which water and fire laid waste to much of downtown Dayton, Ohio. The worst natural disaster in Ohio history, the Great Dayton Flood was caused by a series of heavy rainstorms in March 1913. After several days of rain, on March […]
$1,500
View DetailsA lovely chromolithographic view of the so-called New England Fair, the exhibition building of the New England Manufacturers and Mechanics Institute. Extremely rare in any form, but particularly unusual for being a publisher’s mockup, with extensive material in manuscript. In 1881 the building was the site of the first exhibition of the Institute, which organization […]
$3,750
View DetailsA spectacular albeit noxious French persuasive map using the octopus motif to promote anti-Semitism and anti-Freemasonry. As in other European nations, French anti-Semitism has a long history, most famously manifesting itself in the Dreyfus Affair of the 1890s and collaboration with Nazi deportation of Jews during the Second World War. In the public mind, Jews were […]
$4,500
View DetailsA charming chromolithographic poster promoting the virtues of International Poultry Food, an avian superfood that “makes chicks grow rapidly and prevents disease” and is “the greatest known egg producer.” The image features a content and robust hen surrounded by dozens of healthy-looking chicks and a cheerfully-packaged box of the product. International Poultry Food was a […]
$2,500
View DetailsA striking 1910 chromolithographic political cartoon from Puck magazine, skewering political partisanship by skillfully deploying not one but two metaphors, the “ship of state” and the “Sirens’ song”. “Illustration shows a galley labeled “Government Of, By, and For the People” sailing past rocks labeled “Bossism” where other ships have wrecked, drawn by “Party Solidarity” sung […]
$495
View DetailsA superb 1893 promotional brochure for the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad, featuring a sequence of nine chromolithographic views of Colorado’s natural wonders, many with trains cutting through the landscape. The Denver & Rio Grande Railroad was incorporated in 1870, its primary function to connect Denver and Salt Lake City. It also developed several branch […]
$950
View DetailsA striking political cartoon from the Bolognese journal La Rana, probably issued in early 1898 as tensions between Spain and the United States were coming to a head. Spain, astride a bull and holding her “little king” in her left arm, charges at America, in the guise of a beautiful young woman wearing a liberty […]
$650
View DetailsA mammoth and very rare chromolithographic “Temperance Map” illustrating the baneful effects of alcohol and tobacco, issued near the apogee of the Temperance movement. Most “temperance maps” with which I am familiar are allegorical in nature, depicting a poor sinner’s journey through an imaginary landscape. By contrast, this arresting image is meant to be taken […]
$4,500
View DetailsA spectacular set of four 1895 chromolithographic educational charts, designed to teach students the rudiments of American history, geography, weights and measures, and the Survey of the Public Lands. Together they offer a wonderful window into late 19th-century teaching methods, some of which—sadly—have not been abandoned entirely even today. The four charts are printed recto […]
$3,500
View DetailsA most appealing and extremely rare chromolithographic view of Glen Island, a famed late 19th-century theme park on Long Island Sound. Glen Island is located just off New Rochelle, New York, and was originally surrounded by four smaller islands. First occupied by the Algonquin, it was owned from 1847-62 by Lewis Augustus DePau, grandson of […]
$1,750
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