The American Shakers; a celibate, religious community [postcard]
Sabbathday Lake, Maine: [The Shakers of Sabbathday Lake], nd. Postcard. 3.5x5.3 inch postcard; faintly toned, slightly creased. Good. More
Cat.No: 310670
Sabbathday Lake, Maine: [The Shakers of Sabbathday Lake], nd. Postcard. 3.5x5.3 inch postcard; faintly toned, slightly creased. Good. More
Cat.No: 310670
San Francisco: Bulldog Baths, [1980-?]. Poster. 4.5x5.5 inch color postcard on glossy stock advertising the Tenderloin bath house, depicting a working-class hunk mounted on the hood of a truck; very good. Undated, but the bath house opened in 1978 and was closed in the 1984 crackdown on gay baths in..... More
Cat.No: 289902
San Francisco: The Club, [1970s?]. Ephemera. Good though slightly curled 3.5x2 inch glossy red business card. The Club was located at 132 Turk Street which had been a Gay men's meeting place since the 1930s. The Club Turkish Baths was the largest, as well as the oldest, gay bathhouse in..... More
Cat.No: 319251
San Francisco: Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts, 2015. Postcard. Postcard-sized announcement, recto bears a very nice color photoportrait of Texidor and beautifully laid-out contact / event information. Verso is blank, on excellent alkaline stock, addressable as card or handed out. Condition very good, except for minute edgewear and a...... More
Cat.No: 319338
[Los Angeles]: Discos Peerless, [196-?]. 3.25x5.5 inch card, b&w photo portrait of the quartet playing instruments on one side, the other presenting the lyrics to the group's song "Flores estrellas y lun." in Spanish. Promotional item for the Cuban-American group. More
Cat.No: 169917
[Miami, FL]: Miami Records, [1961-?]. 3.25x5.5 inch card, b&w photo portrait of Sanchez on one side, Spoanish language list of his recordings on the other, very good. Promotional item for the Mexican singer. Undated, but the sheet music for the last recording on the list, "Que rechulo es querer," was..... More
Cat.No: 169914
Oakland: Diana Press, 1977. Postcard. 5.5x6 inch postcard, with photo of San Francisco with "Dear Anita..." written on it on one side and a list of Diana Press publications on the other. Anita Bryant was leading an anti-gay movement at this time. The faux inscription resembles holograph but is printed..... More
Cat.No: 67947
San Francisco: no publisher, 1992. Cards. Single, approximately 5.25x4.25 inch landscape format card handout printed one side only on heavy white stock. Black triangle, text and interlocked female and male symbols. More
Cat.No: 290871
Altona, Germany: Gartenbau-Ausstellung, 1914. Postcard. 4 postcards. 3.5 x 5.5 in. Very Good. Ink stamped by the exposition. Bears names of Peters & Krützfeldi (Altona) and Tiefdruck der Rotophot A.G. (Berlin). More
Cat.No: 310393
[No place]: [no publisher], 1908. Postcard. 1 postcard, affixed with a photoprint portrait of a younger person. 5.5 x 3.25 in. Printed on one side with prepaid postage, an area for a message, and an area for an address. Note on verso handwritten in pencil accompanies portrait, signed “Annie,” likely..... More
Cat.No: 298660
Berkeley: Emma Goldman Papers Project, [2008-2012]. Postcard with quote and portrait of Goldman on front and holiday greetings and fundraising appeal on verso, 6x4.75 inches, lightly worn and soiled else good condition. More
Cat.No: 263278
Amsterdam: Ver.Vrij Spanje, [1946?]. Pair of printed postcards, somewhat soiled, addressed to Trygve Lee, the UN Secretary General, demanding democratic rights for Spain. The recto has the title printed over a drawing of a Republican woman holding the flag. Text in Dutch and French. More
Cat.No: 78661
San Francisco: Outfest/The Legacy project, 2007, 2008, 2017, 2018. Pamphlet. Four cards, one brochure and two envelopes, The cards for 2017 & 2018 are very nice in gold and in black. It was a gala to benefit the Outfest legacy project for LGBT Film preservation. More
Cat.No: 286649
San Francisco: Authors Press, 1948. Two 5.5x3.5 inch postcards meant to be mailed to friends or congressman, titled Little Lesson in Lunacy No. 1 and 2; in very good condition. More
Cat.No: 314376
[New York]: RCA Victor, [196-?]. 3.25x5.5 inch card, b&w photo portrait of the singer, list of his RCA releases on the back. Promotional item for the Mexican performer. More
Cat.No: 169923
[New York]: RCA Victor, [196-?]. Ephemera. 3.25x5.5 inch card, black and white photo portrait of the singer in a comely pose, list of her RCA releases on the back. Promotional item for the Mexican performer. More
Cat.No: 169922
Dallas, TX: [American Nazi Party], [196-]. Postcard. 5.5x8.5 inch postcard, 56 lines of small font text on reverse, cartoon of policeman carrying male protester out of bathroom on address side; very good. No issuer named, but the address for ordering more copies is the Dallas PO box used by the..... More
Cat.No: 288356
n.p. n.d. Standard size postcard, unused, faint stain, with reverse in English. Portrait of Michele Angiolillo Lombardi, the assassin of Spanish Prime Minister Antonio Cánovas del Castillo. More
Cat.No: 262763
[Milan]: Caruso e De Allessandri, nd. Paperback. 18 b&w postcards showing artworks from the gallery, bound together in 7.25x3.75 inch wraps, light handling wear else very good condition. More
Cat.No: 303727
Berkeley: Emma Goldman Papers Project, 2004. Postcard with quote and portrait of Goldman on front and holiday greetings and fundraising appeal on verso, 6x4.25 inches, very good condition. More
Cat.No: 263685
Pomona, CA: Frashers Fotos, [1940s?]. 5.5x3.5 inch landscape layout postcard with b&w photo of Olvera Street's open air market circa 1940s? Burton Frasher Sr. (1888-1955) began his commercial photography business in Lordsburg (now LaVerne) California in 1914. In 1921, he moved his studio to Pomona, California, where he began to..... More
Cat.No: 138559
Peking: Beijing chubanshe, 1964. Set of ten postcards depicting scenery in Beijing; very good. Blue skies and profuse greenery recall a Beijing that is no more. More
Cat.No: 251159
npl: npub, [c1911]. Postcard. 3.25x5.5 inch postcard; some creasing, address and name written twice black pen (first time) and then scratched out in purple pencil and written again, message simply says "guess who". Good only. Philosophy Series. More
Cat.No: 311424
Havana: Harris Bros. Co., [1912? or circa 1920]. 3.5x5.5 inch photo postcard featuring a view of the towering steepled church, streetcar and flivvers in b&w with "published by Harris Bros., Co., Havana Cuba" printed on back, very good. The autos look a little later than 1912; "12" may be a...... More
Cat.No: 214583
n.p. Government Railways of Chosen, n.d. Postcard. Four different postcards depicting historical buildings in Korea, very good, in their original edgeworn envelope. The places depicted are listed using their Japanese-era names: Keikwairo in Keijo, Bukkokuji Temple, the Bambutsuso, and Botandai in Heijo. More
Cat.No: 248116