1800's EPHEMERA

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Advertising

J. S. Larkin & Co. Soap - circa 1880's

Longman & Martinez Handpainted Color Chart - circa 1880's

Geo. H. Richter - Engraver & Manufacturer  - circa 1880's

R. Tuttle & Son Clothiers - (w/ actual fabric samples) - 1893

Peter Henderson & Co., Seedsmen & Florist - (letter & envelope w/ engraving) - 1893

Berheim Bros. Distillers of Kentucky Whiskies - 1893

The Fabric Fire Hose Co. - (envelope w/ red fire extinguisher engraving) - 1893

The B.F. Goodrich Co., White Anchor Fire Hose - (w/ pamphlet, ad, post card & envelope) - circa 1890's

Inman Line Mail Steamers - (cabin plans of 6 ships, prices & schedule) - 1879

Snyder Engine Co., Steam Launches, Yachts & Machinery - (price list w/ engravings) - circa 1880's

1 Cent Post Card (w/ blue pre-marked stamp / reverse: " Henry A. Dreer Seedsman ") - 1893

 Snyder New & Second Hand Steam Launches & Steam Yachts - (price list) - circa 1880's

Blair Blackmore's Pencils - (blue booklet) - circa 1890's

Barking Dog Diamond Matchbook - (how this got here I don't know) - 1920's

Seybolt & Wallis - " Cedar Shell and Gigs " - (price list) - 1892

Rushton's Portable Sporting Boats & Canoes - (catalog 32 pgs., w/ engravings) - 1892

Scientific America Patent Agency - Subscription Confimation - (w/ unusual envelope) - 1881

Ellwanger & Barry - (confirmation and planting instructions, w/ envelope) -  1888

William Mann & Son Lithographers - (letterhead, colored blotter, and envelope) - 1882

Peck & Snyder Catalog - (skates, guns, toy steam engines, baseball, etc.) - circa 1880's

Peck & Snyder Catalog - (inside image of " Toys Steam Engine ") - circa 1880's

 John S. Hulin - Lithographer & Printer - (multi-color letterhead) - July 22nd, 1893

William M. Wright Bicycle ( postcard regarding a 54-inch bicycle )- 1880

Appleton's American Cyclopedia Agreement - 1880

Brook's Glace Spool Cotton  ( Paper Doll ) - circa 1880's

G. W. Renton ( Catalogue of brasswork for yachts boats & canoes ) - circa 1880's

G. W. Renton ( Catalogue of brasswork for yachts boats & canoes - inside page ) - circa 1880's

Rogers Nursery  Company - ( Moorestown, NJ - "Apples $6 a  Barrel" ) - 1894

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1830's Bank Notes / Banking

Uncut Sheet of $1's & $2

Uncut Sheet of a $2 & $3

100 $50's Still Pinned

George Washington - Mount Vernon 1789 - Withdrawal Slip - (copper engraving plate)  circa - 1880

William Mann Co., "New/Old Pocket Checkbooks" - (price & samples) - 1892

Various Checks & Revenue Checks - 1870's & 1880's

Money Order - (U.S. / Hamburg Germany) - 1888

Pacific Bank Annual Statement  - Jan. 1st, 1884

Quotation Sheet of New York City Bank Stocks - (measures 9"x17") - 1894

Town of Newton Financial Report - Aug 31st, 1887

Pacific Bank July 1st Statement - 1888

Maverick & Wissinger Lithographers - (letter w/ check samples) - 1886

William Mann Co. - (samples including - Gettysburg National Bank, Texas) - circa 1890's

School District Financial Report - Newton, NJ - Aug 31st, 1888

Letter of Protest - (w/ bank refund receipt) - Mar 30th 1893

Sample Checks - ( Texas, Colorado & Pennsylvania ) - circa 1880

Property Tax Receipts - ( Green Township & Newton ) - 1880's/1890's

Chatham Nationl Bank, NY - (letter w/ envelope) -1881

United States Savings Bank Report - (Topeka, Kansas) - Jan 20th, 1890

Venable & Heyman Buckingham Rye & Bourbon Whiskies - (letter of amount due) - 1887

The Bates Manufacturing Co. - (2 sided w/ charges for bank supplies) - circa 1880's

Merchants National Bank Check - ( J. L. Swazey & J.C. Howell ) - circa 1870's

"Received of..." receipt  - (w/ engraving of George Washington on horseback ) - 1893

Pacific Bank Semi-Annual Statement - (w/ engraving) - July, 1891

Pacific Bank Semi-Annual Statement - ( inside-1 w/ Famous Old Men of 1891 ) - July, 1891

Pacific Bank Semi-Annual Statement - ( inside-2 w/ Dead Rich Men of the Past Few Years ) - July, 1891

Pacific Bank Semi-Annual Statement - ( back w/ Population of U.S. Cities ) - July, 1891

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   19th Century Baseball

1890 Morse's Fifth Season Professional Baseball Book / Schedule

1890 Morse's Fifth Season Professional Baseball Book / Schedule - (inside)

1890 Morse's Fifth Season Professional Baseball Book / Schedule - (inside)

1890 Morse's Fifth Season Professional Baseball Book / Schedule - (inside)

1890 Morse's Fifth Season Professional Baseball Book / Schedule - (inside)

1893 The Press National League Baseball Schedule

1893 The Press National League Baseball Schedule - (inside)

1893 The Press National League Baseball Schedule - (inside)

Gutta Percha Rubber Company 1893 Score Card & National League Schedule

Gutta Percha Rubber Company 1893 Score Card - (inside)

Gutta Percha Rubber Company 1893 Score Card - (inside)

Athletic Baseball Club - Harlem, NY - 1893

Active Athletic Club - Paterson, NJ - 1893

Manhattan Field Club, NY - 1894

Jersey Ball Team - Boonton, NJ - 1893

Various Post Cards - 1893

By-Laws Newton Baseball Team - circa 1890's

Baseball Ledger & Various Receipts/Letters - 1887

Baseball Receipts / Letters - (cost of playing one game) - 1889

Letters/Envelopes From Various Baseball Clubs - circa 1890's

Halsey Baseball Club - Newark, NJ - 1887

Entre Vous Club - Paterson, NJ - 1894

Riverside Athletic Club -  N.Y. - (Steam Locomotive engraving  / "Railroad Mills Snuff") - 1893

Baseball Ledger - (mentions " Red Stockings " - w/ payments made between) - 1886 through 1892

Western Union Telegraph - (Newton B.B. Assoc) - 1892

Note Mentions Spalding and New York Mets? - circa 1880's

Harlem Athletic Association, NY - (letter mentions players names)  - 1894

Newton Baseball Club - ( Ledger w/ players names ) - 1887

Morris Academy Base Ball Club - ( letter from John J. Todd ) - 1893

Gotham Base Ball Club - ( mentions Black Diamond ? - letter from Harry Kennedy ) - 1893

Mount St. Marys College - Emmitsburg, MD - (envelope w/ engraving of campus) - 1893

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Billheads

Dr. James A. Northrup - 1882

The Harden Hand Grenade Fire Extinguisher Co. - (w/ DL&W receipt) - 1885

Roof Brothers - Boots, Shoes, & Rubbers - (w/ yellow envelope) - 1881

J. S. Larkin & Co. Soap - 1888

Ithamar Du Bois - " Sign of the Gold Shirt " - (w/ engravings) - 1886

The Harden Hand Grenade Fire Extinguisher Co. - (billhead & envelope w/ engraving)  - 1886

The Harden Hand Grenade Fire Extinguisher Co. - 1885

Gutta Percha & Rubber Co. - (Newton Fire Dept. - w/ engraving) - 1892

Wm. W. Woodward - (Hardware, Mechanics, Tools) - 1891

C. G. Braxmar - (fireman's, police, military, masonic, and all society badges - w/ engraving) - 1884

C. G Braxmar Badges - (w/ engraving of sword & badge) - 1891

Hart & Iliff - " All Qualities of Lehigh Coal and Lumber " - 1890

Kyte & Onsted Butchers - "Beef, Veal, Mutton, Lamb" - (envelope w/ engraving) - 1887

George A. Walker - (handwritten work receipt) - Dec 22nd, 1890

Newark Daily Advertiser - Newark , NJ - Mar, 1894

Handwritten Receipt - (very nice penmanship) - Nov 1st, 1886

Peter S. Decker - "Coal, Lumber & Ground Plaster" - Dec 13th, 1882

Hart & Iliff - "Dealers of Coal and Lumber" - June 14th, 1892

W. M. Clark "Undertaking A Speciality" - (w/ engraving of hearse) - July 2nd, 1890

Newton Gas Light Co. - (receipt for usage) - April, 1891

United States Express Company - (receipt) - Feb 5th, 1889

United States Express Company - (receipt) - May 25th, 1891

Merchants National Bank - (B. L. Williams - Grocer) - 1888

 H. O. Ryerson & Co. Druggist - ( proprietors of Coltsfoot Expectorant / Ague Pills ) - 1884

Appleton's American Cyclopedia - ( subscription dept. ) - 1880

Appleton's American Cyclopedia - ( receipt of payment ) - 1887

Crockery & Glassware - ( W. A. Storey ) - 1889

Ribbons & Badges - ( C. S. Martindell ) - 1883

Baker & Confectioner - ( M. P. Strader ) - 1892

Fashionable Clothier - ( Wallace Meyers ) - 1885

Undertaker & Manufacturer of Sash, Doors, Blinds, Chairs & Tables ( David Monroe ) - 1888

Merchant's National Bank Grocers - ( Williams & Struble ) - 1880

Watchmaker & Jeweler - ( Chas Schneider ) - 1880

Ship Bread & Cracker Baker - ( E. Treadwell's Son ) - 1881

Newark Book Bindery & Blank Book Manufactory - ( Williams & Plum ) - 1879

New Jersey Herald - circa 1880's

H. O. Ryerson Wholesale Druggist - 1880

Newark Book Bindery - ( w/ engraving of Lamp / colorful )  - 1879

Medical Services - ( F. R. Hudson, M.D. ) - 1881

Springdale Nursery - ( J. H. Cornell Jr. ) - 1881

Receipt for Dues - ( George Van Gilder ) - 1879

Monthly Statement - ( Huston & Van Blarcom ) - 1879

New York Stencil Works - (w/ engraving of stencil machine ) - 1881

Matthias & Plum Book Binders - 1881

Receipt for the burial or Chas Steele's father - 1879

Receipt for Medical Services - ( George F. Simpson, M.D. ) - 1879

Sayer & Noble - ( book printers ) - 1877

D. H. Stringham - ( Wax Seals ) - 1885

The Harden Hand Grenade Fire Extinguisher Co. - ( w/engraving ) - June 5, 1885

The Harden Hand Grenade Fire Extinguisher Co. - ( w/engraving ) - Oct 23, 1885

George C. Adams - ( Choice Brands of Flours ) - 1893

Charles Roe - ( Drugs & Family Medicine )- 1888

Methodist Book Concern of New York - 1893

The New Jersey Herald - ( w/engraving of the Dennis Library building - J. M Hough ) - 1894

NEW ADDITION!!!Wm. M. Woodward Hardware - 1889
NEW ADDITION!!!Nicholls Bros. - (reciept for Baseball Caps) - 1891
NEW ADDITION!!!David Monroe Undertaker - (Lafayette, NJ) - 1886
NEW ADDITION!!!Morrison & Howell Druggist - 1886
NEW ADDITION!!!Huston & VanBlarcom Grocer - (Johnson Suffers) - 1889
NEW ADDITION!!!Sarah E. Doyle - Baker & Confectionery - circa 1880's
NEW ADDITION!!!Black & Savacool - Dry Goods & Carpets - 1892
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 Broadsides

Woods Museum / Barnum's American Museum - (enlarged top/front)

Woods Museum / Barnum's American Museum - (top/front)

Woods Museum / Barnum's American Museum - (bottom/front)

Woods Museum / Barnum's American Museum - (top/back)

Woods Museum / Barnum's American Museum - (bottom/back)

 Olympic Theater New York...Feb 28, 1874

Coney Island - circa 1880's

 Vale's Lyceum Comedy Club - circa 1880's

Young Men's Social Club - Hornbeck's Theater - circa 1880's

Young Men's Social Club - Liberty Theater - " Julius the Snoozer " - Oct. 25th & 26th, 1877

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Blotters & Business Cards

American Bicycle / William Mann Co, Lithographers - circa 1880's

John S. Hulin - Engraver & Printer - circa 1880's

Chas S. Steel - Fire Engine - circa 1880's

Various Cards - Toys, Jeweler, Costumes, & Barber - circa 1880's

Sussex County Agricultural Society - " Stockholder's Ticket " - 1883

Various Cards - (one w/ New York Central Railroad Stock on reverse) - circa 1880's

Location of Fire Alarm Boxes, Bloomfield, NJ - (business card reverse) - circa 1880's

" Our Social Circle " - Surprise Party Invitation - Jan 12th, 1882

Alderney Milk, Butter, etc... - Maple Glen & Grasmere Farms - (w/ engraving of "Cow") - 1891

Niagara Motors and Dynamos - circa 1890's

Chas A. Smith Photographer - circa 1880's

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NJ 7th Regiment

1894 - 7th Regiment, Company "G", 6th Annual Reception Invitation

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Insurance

Sussex County Mutual Insurance Co., - (policies with stamps) - 1871 & 1877

Firemen's Benevolent Fund Insurance Policy - 1893

Firemen's Benevolent Fund Insurance Policy - 1883

Land Deed - 1857

Travelers Insurance Co., Hartford, CT - (on letterhead) - 1893

Travelers Insurance - Accident Manual - (84 pgs.) - Feb 1st, 1882

Mutual Insurance Co. of New York - " Death Claims " & " Endowments " - May 7th, 1881

Phenix Insuance Co. of Brooklyn - ( fire insuance policies ) - 1880's

Aetna / Sussex Mutual - ( various fire insurance policies ) - 1862 to 1889

"Certificate of Authority" - State of New Jersey- (Mutual Life Ins. Co.) - 1881

Deed / Indenture - (handwritten) - 1872

Sussex County Surrogates Office - ( Interstate Death of Esther Nolen ) - Dec, 1888

Travelers Insurance Co. of Hartford Connecticut - Aug 6th, 1893

Hiram C. Clark - Fire Insurance Agent & Notary Public - 1882

Firemen's Benevolent Association Resolutions - ( John McKiernan ) - 1881

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Firefighting

Newton Steamer Co., - (various receipts for excursion to Coney Island) - Aug, 1890

Fire Insurance Letter - New Jersey Secretary of State - (w/ news clipping & circular) - 1880

Newton Steamer Co., Parade - (list of contributors - pg 1) - circa 1880's

Newton Steamer Co., Parade - (list of contributors - pg 2) - circa 1880's

Newton Steamer Co., Parade - (list of contributors - pg 3) - circa 1880's

Newton Steamer Co., Parade - (list of contributors - pg 4) - circa 1880's

Clapp & Jones Mfg. Co., Steam Fire Engines - (front: w/ engraving on envelope) - 1887

Clapp & Jones Mfg. Co., Steam Fire Engines - (back: w/ engraving on letterhead) - 1887

American Fire Engine Co.- (w/ memo) - 1892

Silsby Steam Fire Engines - (w/ engraving) - 1885

Hotel Normandie - ( letter regarding American Fire Engine Co. )  - 1893

"Fireman's Herald" - (envelope w/ engraving) - 1894

Essex Hook and Ladder Company, No. 1 - (envelope w/ engraving) - 1892

Letter Regarding Fire Engine Part - Jersey City, NJ - 1887

Ex Chief of Fire Dept - (letter trying to locate "Billy") - 1893

National Association of Fire Engineers - (circular & "Meeting of Executive Committee") - 1891

Fireman's Ball - (letter talks about event) - July 4th to 14th, 1877

Fireman's Fund Parade Statement / Newton Steamer Co. No. 1 - (handwritten) - 1880's

Parade Fund - (various receipts - Telegraph Office,  DL&W Franklin Furnace, etc..) - 1882

Business Men of Newton - ( Newton Steamer parade fund memo ) -  1880

Harden Hand Grenade ( letterhead w/ mention of a fire ) - May 5th, 1893

Receipt for Dues - ( Newton Steamer Co. / W. H. Nicholls ) - 1881

" Trial of the Steam Fire Engine Official Report " at U. S. Centennial - 1876

" Trial of the Steam Fire Engine Official Report " at U. S. Centennial - (page 2) - 1876

" Trial of the Steam Fire Engine Official Report " at U. S. Centennial - (page 3) - 1876

" Trial of the Steam Fire Engine Official Report " at U. S. Centennial - (back) - 1876

Silsby Steam Fire Engines - ( envelope w/ engraving of a hores drawn steamer )- Nov 10, 1884

Silsby Steam Fire Engines - ( envelope w/ engraving of a hores drawn steamer )- Dec 3, 1884

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Letterhead & Letters

New Jersey Department of State ( signed - Henry Kelsey Secretary of State ) - 1880

U.S. Post Office Department  ( signed - by the Second Assistant Postmaster General ) - 1881

Iron Steamboat Excursion Letter w/ Steamship Vignette - 1887

Iron Steamboat Excursion Letter w/ Wheel Vignette - 1889

Halloween Party Letterhead - Dora Gordon Steele - 1879

New England Engineering - ( Electrification of Town ) - w / Trolley Vignette - 1893

"Order of American Firemen" - ( letter which has remained unopened since ) - 1893

Accident of Fire Steamer & Loss of Fire Chief  / Loss of Friend on Railroad - (on U.S. letterhead) - 1891

Boat Building - (envelope w/ three 1cent stamps all connected) - 1880

Robbery &  Suicide (8 pages) - Melbourne Australia - (front: w/2 3 pence stamps) - 1880

Robbery &  Suicide (8 pages) - Melbourne Australia - (back: w/4 10 cent postage due stamps) - 1880

W. S. Chelsey & Co. - Illumination of the Town of Newton with Electricity - 1893

Fort Wayne Electric Co., - (w/ vingnette of factory) - 1892

Love Letters Beginning & Ending of a Relationship - (numbered by Chas) - 1877

Committee on Electric Lighting (letter w/ unused 2cent stamp) - 1893

Isaac S Cassin Civil Engineers ( letter w/ blotter ) - 1892

Skilton & Son Electrical Engineers - 1893

Death Notice - " Rev. John K. Converse - Aged 79 Years " - 1880

Theo Morford - ( letter wanting to borrow money - mentions "Kelsey" Secretary of State ) - 1891

Skilton & Son Electrical Engineers - (hours of town lighting) - 1893

"Candle Power" Incandesent Lighting - (page 1) - ( mentions Fort Wayne / Westinghouse ) - 1893

"Candle Power" Incandesent Lighting - (page 2) - ( mentions Fort Wayne / Westinghouse ) - 1893

Fort Wayne Electric Co., - ( w/ vingnette of factory ) - 1893

Pepper & Register - Electrical and Mechanical Engineers - (Philadelphia) - 1893

Love Letter - ( London, Canada - 2 pages ) - 1880

Parent's Request for Payment - (little girl moving dirt) - June 18th, 1887

Sickness & Narcotics - (4 page letter w/ envelope) -  Jan 13th, 1880

Iron Steamboat Memorandum - Coney Island - (Newton Steamer Co. No. 1) - 1891

Love Letter - (4 page letter & envelope w/ purple cancellation) -  Nov 20th, 1881

Skilton & Son "Ball Electric Light Co." - ( letterhead w/ engraving of generator ) - 1893

Westinghouse, Church, Kerr & Co. - ( electric engines ) - July 13th, 1893

" Painting The Newton Clock Tower " - March 3rd, 1890

"Proposals For Street Lighting" - (memo w/ requirements) - circa 1890's

Fort Stanton - New Mexico - (letter w/envelope) - July 4th, 1893

 T. H. Andress - ( Drugs / Post office / Western Union Telegraph ) - July 4th, 1884

United States Treasury Department - ( First Auditors Office ) - Dec 1st, 1883

Manhattan Steam Navigation Co. - ( steamer  " Plymouth Rock " )_- 1883

New York Newspaper Union - 1884

Peter Washer, George Washer, Chas Woodruff, C. Ferguson - 1877

"What Does Light Cost?" - (newspaper article) - 1888

Envelope with various cancels - (looks like it was a bad day at the post office) - circa 1880's

NEW ADDITION!!!Letter from Wm. Coursen - 1891
NEW ADDITION!!!Letter from Matamoras, PA - (page 1 & 4) - 1880
NEW ADDITION!!!Letter from Matamoras, PA - (page 2 & 3) - 1880
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Menus

Newton Steamer Co., No. 1 - Dinner Menu ( enlarged w/ Fire Pumper Engraving ) - 1875

Newton Steamer Co., No. 1 - Dinner Menu - (front) - 1875

Newton Steamer Co., No. 1 - Dinner Menu - (inside) - 1875

Newton Steamer Co., No. 1 - Dinner Menu - (back) - 1875

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Railroad

Delaware  Lackawanna & Western - Newton Steamer Co., Coney Island, NY Excursion - July 9th, 1891

View of Portage Bridge at Vicinity, New York - circa 1890's

Sussex Railroad Wood Tie Specifications - 1878

Passenger Schedules - Tattered But Interesting - circa 1880's

Lehigh & Hudson Map - 1893

St. Louis & Hannibal Railway - Break Shoes Ad - circa 1890's

Passenger Schedule - Delaware Lackawanna & Western - Feb, 1885

Pocket Schedule / Letter - New Jersey & New York Railroad  - 1891

Delaware  Lackawanna & Western - Newton Steamer Co., Hoboken, NJ Excursion - April 29th, 1891

 Sussex / DL&W Freight Receipts - 1892

 Calumet Electric Street Car & Chicago Map w/ Railroads - 1892

Sussex Railroad Employee's Time Tables - (link to: Fallen Flag Railroad Photo's) - 1879 & 1882

Delaware  Lackawanna & Western - Newton Steamer Co., Coney Island, NY Excursion - June 24th, 1891

Delaware  Lackawanna & Western - Newton Steamer Co. " Special Tickets ", Hoboken, NJ Excursion - Mar 29th, 1891

Colton's Railroad Maps of the United States & Canada - circa 1880's

Delaware  Lackawanna & Western - Newton Steamer Co., Coney Island, NY Excursion- Aug 21st, 1891

Delaware  Lackawanna & Western - Newton Steamer Co., Passenger List - (w/ payments) - Aug 24th, 1891

New York Central & Hudson River - Bill of Lading - (w/ small train engraving) - 1889

Sussex Railroad - (letter to ride anywhere "until further notice" - signed: E. C. Case Supt.) - 1878

Lehigh & Hudson River Railway - Employee's Time Table, No. 7  - Apr 16th,  1883

 Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Express - ( bill of lading) - Apr 5th, 1883

Green Bay, Winona & St. Paul / Green Bay & Minnesota Letterhead - (general freight dept) - 1882

Delaware Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co's Telegraph - ( Newton Steamer Co. ) - 1884

Roundtrip Rates - 400 Passenger Discount - ( Newton Steamer Co. ) - 1880

Railroad Earnings - Howard & Lapsley Financial Report - 1892 vs. 1893

Electric vs. Steam Railways  - (news paper clipping - 1st part) - 1892

Electric vs. Steam Railways  - (news paper clipping - 2nd part) - 1892

"Trial Trip Of The Locomotive"  - ( Franklin Hamburg & Branchville ) - May 20th, 1871

Sussex Railroad - ( bill of lading ) - April 4th, 1890

Various Railroad / Steamboat Tickets - circa 1870's/1880's

 Sussex Railroad Co. - (letter from the general freight office) - 1883

Sussex Railroad - ( bill of lading ) - 1880/1881

Delaware Lackawanna & Western - ( bill of lading / W. R. Matteson ) - 1881

Green Bay, Winona & St. Paul - ( passenger schedule / part 1 ) - circa 1880's

Green Bay, Winona & St. Paul - ( passenger schedule / part 2 ) - circa 1880's

Green Bay, Winona & St. Paul - ( passenger schedule / part 3 ) - circa 1880's

Green Bay, Winona & St. Paul - ( passenger schedule / part 4 ) - circa 1880's

Green Bay, Winona & St. Paul - ( passenger schedule / part 5 ) - circa 1880's

Passenger Schedule - Erie - Niagara Falls - 1871

Erie Railway - ( passenger schedule / part 1 ) - 1871

Erie Railway - ( passenger schedule / part 2 ) - 1871

Erie Railway - ( passenger schedule / part 3 ) - 1871

Erie Railway - ( passenger schedule / part 4 ) - 1871

Erie Railway - ( passenger schedule / part 5 ) - 1871

Erie Railway - ( passenger schedule / part 6 ) - 1871

Delaware Lackawanna & Western - ( passenger schedule / part 1 ) - 1879

Delaware Lackawanna & Western - ( passenger schedule / part 2 ) - 1879

Delaware Lackawanna & Western - ( passenger schedule / part 3 ) - 1879

Delaware Lackawanna & Western - ( passenger schedule / part 4 ) - 1879

Delaware Lackawanna & Western - ( passenger schedule / part 5 ) - 1879

Delaware Lackawanna & Western - ( passenger schedule / part 6 ) - 1879

Delaware Lackawanna & Western - ( passenger schedule / part 7 ) - 1879

Sussex Railroad Employee's Time Table - ( Rules & Regulations / part 1 ) - 1881

Sussex Railroad Employee's Time Table - ( Rules & Regulations / part 2 ) - 1881

Sussex Railroad Employee's Time Table - ( Rules & Regulations / part 3 ) - 1881

Sussex Railroad Employee's Time Table - ( Rules & Regulations / part 4 ) - 1881

Central Railroad of New Jersey Passenger Schedule - (front/back) - 1877

Central Railroad of New Jersey Passenger Schedule - (pg 1 & 2) - 1877

Central Railroad of New Jersey Passenger Schedule - (pg 3 & 4) - 1877

Central Railroad of New Jersey Passenger Schedule - (pg 5 & 6) - 1877

Central Railroad of New Jersey Passenger Schedule - (pg 7 & 8) - 1877

Central Railroad of New Jersey Passenger Schedule - (pg 9 & 10) - 1877

Central Railroad of New Jersey Passenger Schedule - (pg 11 & 12) - 1877

Central Railroad of New Jersey Passenger Schedule - (13 & 14) - 1877

Central Railroad of New Jersey Passenger Schedule - (pg 15 & 16) - 1877

Central Railroad of New Jersey Passenger Schedule - (pg 17 & 18) - 1877

Central Railroad of New Jersey Passenger Schedule - (pg 19 & 20) - 1877

Central Railroad of New Jersey Passenger Schedule - (pg 21 & 22) - 1877

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 Photographs

Sarony Photograph Studio - ( handwritten letter by Sarony ) - Jun 4th, 1880

Tin Picture of Two Girls  - date unknown

Josie Meeker - (letter, envelope, "Class of 75" graduations card, calling card) - June 11th, 1875

Please note that the names mentioned below were taken from the backs of the following photograrphs,
of which some were difficult to make out.
Most are from the "Gurney Photographers of New York"
Vaudeville / Ballet / Burlesque & Opera

Please "The Box" page for details on some of these photographs

Pauline Markham  - Circa 1860's/1870's

Elsie Holt - Circa 1860's/1870's

Carrie Haynes ? - Circa 1860's/1870's

Ada Harland - Circa 1860's/1870's

Carlotta Patti - Circa 1860's/1870's

Lilian  Eldridge ( Lillie Eldridge ) - Circa 1860's/1870's

Lulu Pryor ( Lula Prior ) - Circa 1860's/1870's

Alexandrina - Circa 1860's/1870's

Lydia Thompson - Circa 1860's/1870's

June Gray - Circa 1860's/1870's

The Favorite ? -or- The Favonte ? - Circa 1860's/1870's

The Blond - Circa 1860's/1870's

Ema -or- Ima? - Circa 1860's/1870's

Dora Herbert - Circa 1860's/1870's

Eliza Weathersbey - Circa 1860's/1870's

Maria Bonfonti  - Circa 1860's/1870's

Rita Sangalli - Circa 1860's/1870's

"M'lle Rita Sangalli" - (color added) - Circa 1860's/1870's

Tammy Brolin - Circa 1870's/1870's

Lotta Crabtree - ( Millionaire - California Gold Rush ) - Circa 1860's/1870's

Clara Louise Kellogg - Circa 1860's/1870's

Fanny Lucelle - Circa 1860's/1870's

Alexandrina - Circa 1860's/1870's

Mlle. Alexandrina - Circa 1860's/1870's

Marietta Ravel - ( posed with rifle ) - Circa 1860's/1870's

Emily Rigl - Circa 1860's/1870's

Lady with hat? - Circa 1860's/1870's

Lucille Tostee - Circa 1860's/1870's

Alice Harrison - Circa 1860's/1870's

Olivia Rand - (w/ Civil War hat) - Circa 1860's/1870's

Rose Rand - Circa 1860's/1870's

Alice Zavistowski - Circa 1860's/1870's

" In Action " - (photo of painting - colored) - Circa 1860's/1870's

" The Page " - (photo of painting) - Circa 1860's/1870's

" The First Success " - (photo of painting) - Circa 1860's/1870's

" The Farie's Bark " - (photo of painting) - Circa 1860's/1870's

NEW ADDITION!!!Copper Engravings - "Newton Businessmen" - (may take a moment to load) - Circa 1880's/1890's

Chas S. Steel

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 Theater

Playbill / Niblo's Garden, NY - ( " Children In The Wood " - front / back ) - circa 1880's

"The Histrionic" - (w/ large engraving - inside / " The Black Crook ") - circa 1870's

Playbill / Hull's Opera House - ( letter from Dora Gordon Steele - Prima Donna ) - 1881

Olympic Theater Playbill - "The Streets of New York" - ( Ladies' Bouquet - front ) - circa 1880's

Olympic Theater Playbill - "The Streets of New York" - (inside-1) - circa 1880's

Olympic Theater Playbill - "The Streets of New York" - (inside-2) - circa 1880's

Olympic Theater Playbill - "The Streets of New York" - (back) - circa 1880's

Olympic Theater Seating Plans - (measures 11"x14") - circa 1880's

Niblo's Garden Seating Plans - (measures 16"x20") - circa 1880's

Grand Opera House of  New York City Seating Plans - (measures 14"x20") - 1892

Haverly's Minstrels - (w/ small portrait engraving) - 1884

Bowne Opera House - (letter & envelope w/ newspaper clipping)- 1885

Lowe's Opera House - (long broadside w/  letter & envelpoe  w/ engraving) - 1887

 Dennis Library Association - (Newton Steamer Co. - w/ engraving) - 1891

Helen Potter's Pleiades - (engravings of  Sarah Bernhardt,  Lawrence Barrett & more)  - circa 1880's

"Opinions of the Press"  re: Dora Gordon Steele - (5 pages - w/ engraving on cover) - 1876/1877

Vail Comedy Club - ( Fireman's Amusement Fund credits & receipts ) - June, 1880

"Our Gossip" - Olympic Theater - ( Humpty Dumpty ) - Jan 2nd, 1872

Olympic Theater - ( Irish Wit vs. Dutch Courage ) - Feb 23rd, 1874

"The Season" - Waverly Theater ( Lucretia Borgia / Elsie Holt )  - Feb 5th, 1889

  Olympic Theater - ( Jack Harkaway at Sea / Sculptor's Dream / Humpty Dumpty at School ) - Feb 28, 1874

Olympic Theater - ( Jack Harkaway at Sea, etc... ) - (inside-1) - Feb 28, 1874

Olympic Theater - ( Jack Harkaway at Sea, etc... ) - (inside-2) - Feb 28, 1874

Olympic Theater - ( Jack Harkaway at Sea, etc... ) - (back) - Feb 28, 1874

Booth's Theater - ( Kit. the Arkansas Traveler - front ) - Dec 27th, 1873

 The Lorgenette - ( Niblos Garden - The Black Crook - page 1 ) - Feb 25th, 1871

 The Lorgenette - ( Niblos Garden - The Black Crook - page 2 ) - Feb 25th, 1871

 The Lorgenette - ( Niblos Garden - The Black Crook - page 3 ) - Feb 25th, 1871

 The Lorgenette - ( Niblos Garden - Songs from The Black Crook - page 4 ) - Feb 25th, 1871

Various Theater Tickets - circa 1870's/1880's

Helen Potters Pleiades - 1890/1891

The Bassetts - Bric-A-Brac / Sparkling Operetta - (reviews on reverse) - 1881

Olympic Theater - ( Humpty Dumpty ) - 1876

Happy Hours - ( list of plays, number of performers, length of play ) - 1876

Bassett's Yankee "Singin Skewl" - ( Union Hotel Flemington, NJ ) - 1882

 Wm H. Snook Theatre Chairs - circa 1870's/1880's

Post office Department Official Business - ( Niblo's Garden ) - 1880

Haverly's Minstrels - (  21st Annual Tour ) - 1884

"The Programme" - ( Hornbecks Hall ) - 1885/1886

NEW ADDITION!!!Vales Theatre - (letter regarding various plays and ticket prices - front) - 1880
NEW ADDITION!!!Vales Theatre - (letter regarding various plays and ticket prices - back) - 1880
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 Police

$1,000 Reward / Missing Poster - (left half) - circa 1880's

$1,000 Reward / Missing Poster - (right half) - circa 1880's

Pinkerton Detective $20,000 Reward - Charlie Brewster Ross  - ( pamphlet w/ photo ) - July 1st, 1874

Pinkerton Detective $20,000 Reward - Charlie Brewster Ross  - (inside) - July 1st, 1874

New York City Police Dept. - ( Erie Railroad - Detective Phil Reilly ) - 1878

New York Police Dept. - (looks like letter buying the srevices of a baseball player) - July 22nd, 1880

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 Political

Voters' of Newton - Ladies petition against "Intoxicants" - (page 1) - circa 1880's

Voters' of Newton - Ladies petition against "Intoxicants" - (page 2) - circa 1880's

Voters' of Newton - Ladies petition against "Intoxicants" - (page 3) - circa 1880's

Voters' of Newton - Ladies petition against "Intoxicants" - (page 4) - circa 1880's

Voters' of Newton - Ladies petition against "Intoxicants" - (page 5) - circa 1880's

Voters' of Newton - Ladies petition against "Intoxicants" - (page 6) - circa 1880's

Clement Vallandigham vs. Abraham Lincoln - ( Copperheads / Democratic leader )  - 1864

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XYZ - (misc)

Yale Lock - ( serial # 241878 ) - pat. 1876/1877

Daily Ledgers - (grocery, banking, etc...) - 1876 through 1890

Steam Boiler Explosions - "The Cause and The Remedy" - (detailed 24 pages) - 1881

 Die-Cut Calendar - 1894

Pool Player Charicature - ( Billiard Clown ) - 1890's

Weaved Hearts - (  folk art / possibly weaved to indicate the joining of marriage ) - circa 1860's

Various Stamps - circa 1800's

Christ Before Pilate - ( tickets to exhibition )_ - circa 1800's

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