35.00 USD

This set of three antique carte de visite of a little girl holding a ball would look amazing framed and grouped together.

I also have a triple set of carte de visite of this little girl's brother posing with the same background & wearing the identical outfit as he holds a lion tamer whip prop:
www.etsy.com/listing/233459584/carte-de-visite-antique-photographs

Put the sets together for an unusual antique photo display.

These carte de visite are part of a collection of photographs from one Berlin family. The collection is an interesting visual glimpse into the life of a wealthy German family in the late 1800s into the early part of the 20th century.



Other photographs from this collection currently in my shop:
www.etsy.com/listing/232107938/antique-sepia-photograph-postcard-family
www.etsy.com/listing/231352701/antique-photograph-carte-de-visite-sepia

Interested in purchasing the entire collection? Send me a message for more information.

Carte de visite were invented in Paris by André Adolphe Eugène Disdéri in 1854. He also developed a method of producing eight separate negatives on one plate making it easier to produce multiple cards of an identical image. In the mid to late 1800s, carte de visite became all the rage and were traded among friends and relatives.

Cards are in good condition for their age showing typical wear including scratches, edge wear, rubbing, fading, and spotting. Each card has the number "3226" written on the back in pencil and as well as the gold gilt stamp of Samson & Co Berlin.

Cards measure approximate 4 1/8" x 2 1/2".

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35.00 USD

Prim and proper portrait of a gorgeous redhead, this vintage Hair Style of the Month poster is as striking as it is retro.


Published in Chicago by Hair Style of the Month, this original poster was produced for display in hair and beauty salons across the United States. The poster is printed on sturdy coated paper and has an image on both sides.

This poster was displayed in a Chicago hair salon and shows wear. One side of the double-sided poster is slightly faded from the sun. The poster has some wear on the edges, light soiling, and tape residue where it was affixed to a display. The poster was stored rolled up for many years.

Measurements: 20" x 16".

I have a whole treasure trove of these marvelous hair style posters and will be listing them in my shop over the next several weeks.

Several of these posters would look amazing grouped together of a retro look in a modern hair salon.

Additional Hair Style Posters Currently Available:

https://www.etsy.com/listing/198088319/vintage-hair-style-poster-beauty-salon?

https://www.etsy.com/listing/198523575/vintage-poster-hair-style-of-the-month?

https://www.etsy.com/listing/202221003/vintage-poster-vintage-hair-salon-decor?


Send me a message if you are interested in purchasing multiple posters. I combine shipping.

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45.00 USD

This vintage Cunard White Star R.M.S. Queen Mary ocean liner menu dates from November 29, 1936 features the farewell dinner menu for this Atlantic Ocean crossing.


Launched on in May 1936 at the heyday of transatlantic ocean liner travel, Cunard White Star R.M.S. Queen Mary was considered the most luxurious of vessels. It had two indoor swimming pools, beauty salons, libraries, children's nurseries for each class of travel, a lecture hall, a music studio, dog kennels, telephone access, and a Jewish prayer room -- a policy decision to show the world that Cunard was against the Jewish racism of Nazi Germany.

The luxury ocean liner was retro-fitted for military use during World War II. Painted gray, the shipped was nicknamed the "Grey Ghost" and carried over 15,000 troops per voyage during her commission as a troopship.

The menu's cover has a reproduction of an original mural painting by Philip Connard commissioned for a dining room on the ocean liner.


The menu is in good vintage condition. The edges show light wear. The menu is marked on the back "Printed in England Q C F."

Menu measures approximately 13 1/2" x 8 1/2" closed.


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12.95 USD

I Want To Be A Train Engineer captures the job of train engineer as it was back in the 1950s. Times have surely changed, but this charming book will still delight children and adults. The illustrations were very modern for the time.

Written by Carla Greene and illustrated by Victor Havel, this child's career book is part of a series published in the late 1950s and early 1960s by the Children's Press. The light green cloth binding has red graphics of children dressed in the clothing for various careers, such as a fireman, doctor, teacher, cowboy, seamstress, baker, and football player.

Book is not in good condition. It is a nearly 60 year-old children's book that was used in a public school system. The cloth binding is fraying at the edges and has worn away completely on the spine. Binding is tight. Some pages have small tears and light soiling. Book has a date (May 29, 1961) and Cedar Grove, N.J. Board of Education stamp on the front right-hand side endpaper. Some might consider this book a cutter. The illustrations are fabulous and worthy of framing.


I Want To Be A Train Engineer
by Carla Greene, Illustrations by Victor Havel
Childrens Press, 1956, unpaginated, Ex-Library copy, No dust jacket
9 3/4" x 8 1/4"

Interested in other books from the "I Want to Be" series? I currently have the following titles in stock. Send me message for more information and pricing.

I Want To Be an Airline Hostess
I Want To Be a Bus Driver
I Want To Be a Dairy Farmer
I Want To Be a Farmer
I Want To Be a Pilot
I Want To Be a Postman

Check out my books, records, & paper section for an eclectic selection of interesting titles:
http://etsy.me/1kIC4bz

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18.95 USD

Let these cute little prancing horses add a touch of frivolity to your decor. Tiny yet detailed, these miniature horses would make a great gift for a horse lover.

Dating from the late 1960s - early 1970s these plastic vintage horses are in excellent condition. Each one measures a mere 1 1/4" long x 1" tall. Horses could be used in a diorama display, mix media art, or a shadow box.

Listing is for four (4) miniature horses.

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19.95 USD

Written by Carla Greene and illustrated by Katherine Evans, this child's career book is part of a series published in the late 1950s and early 1960s by the Children's Press. The yellow cloth binding has blue graphics of children dressed in the clothing for various careers, such as a fireman, doctor, teacher, cowboy, seamstress, baker, and football player.

Book is in good condition for a 50+ year-old children's book that was used in a public school system. The cloth binding is fraying at the edges and has worn away completely at the top and base of the spine. Binding is tight. Pages are clean. Book has a date (May 29, 1961) and Cedar Grove, N.J. Board of Education stamp on the front right-hand side endpaper.


I Want To Be A Postman
by Carla Greene, Illustrated by Katherine Evans
Childrens Press, 1958, unpaginated, Ex-Library copy, No dust jacket
9 3/4" x 8 1/4"

Interested in other books from the "I Want to Be" series? I currently have the following titles in stock. Send me message for more information and pricing.

I Want To Be an Airline Hostess
I Want To Be a Bus Driver
I Want To Be a Dairy Farmer
I Want To Be a Farmer
I Want To Be a Pilot
I Want To Be a Train Engineer


Check out my books, records, & paper section for an eclectic selection of interesting titles:
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125.00 USD

It's rare to find a black seas Replogle Starlight globe in the smaller 10 inch size. This vintage world globe dates between 1958 and 1960 as it shows the United Arab Republic, a very brief alliance between Egypt and Syria.

The Belgian Congo (1908 - 1960), French West Africa (1895 - 1960) & French Equatorial Africa (1910 - 1959) still exist. Northern Rhodesia and Southern Rhodesia have separate designations, & Bechuanaland (1885 - 1966) is present.

Vietnam is not separated into North & South (1954 - 1975) although the Geneva Accords separated the country in 1954 pending elections in 1956. The State of Vietnam (South Vietnam) rejected the Geneva Accords & the U.S.A. refused to sign it. The rest, as they say, is history.

This is a genuine vintage globe that is approximately 55 years old and it shows considerable wear, or if you will, an awesome patina of age. The surface shows soiling and several spots of paper loss most notable on South America where Guyana and Suriname have been torn away, and at the equator where the North and South Atlantic meet. The globe is rough around the equator as most of its equatorial band is missing.

The globe is made of coated paper gores over pressboard and has a black wire base with red "feet" to protect your table surface. Please note that one of wire on the base has separated at one corner (best seen in photograph 5 -- back left-hand corner of the stand).

The globe has a full chrome metal meridian and a night/day dial at the top. The 10" globe spins freely and swivels in an articulated frame for easy viewing. The chrome shows signs of wear and pitting.

10 Inches Globe Diameter
16 Inches tall including meridian and stand

Stated USPS postage is for shipping to the west coast. If you live closer to my location (NJ), shipping may be less. Shipping fee overages will be promptly refunded.

Other globes currently in stock:
www.etsy.com/listing/192951906/vintage-tin-globe-9-inch-chein-globe
www.etsy.com/listing/202438286/globe-with-moon-charm-bracelet-vintage
www.etsy.com/listing/193568660/vintage-globe-illuminated-glass-world
www.etsy.com/listing/221218761/wood-globe-world-globe-vintage-globe


And, I have additional globes in inventory. Feel free to send me a message for more information about the globes I have on hand.

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28.00 USD

Vintage Ukrainian pysanky Easter egg with a hand painted picture of St. Basil's Cathedral is a masterpiece of folk art.

I bought a basket full of these amazing hand painted pysanky eggs at an estate sale. They are delicate and beautiful creations.

This is a vintage egg, a real chicken egg. The insides of the egg were blown out before the shell was prepared and transformed into a pysanky. Dating from the 1970s, the Easter egg is in remarkably good condition


Measurements: Approximately 2 1/2" x 2"

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12.95 USD

Antique photograph postcard of a Catholic priest taken in the vicinity of Berlin, Germany in the early 1900s was among a cache of one family's photographs spanning from the 1800s into the 1900s. There is no indication if this young priest was a relative, although there is a resemblance between this man and a woman who appears to be the family matriarch.

The photograph postcard is in fair to good condition. It has noticeable wear around the edges and corners. There are a few soil spots on the image as well as general signs of age.

The photographs appears to be a black and white that has faded to more of a sepia tone.

The photograph postcard was produced by Samson & Co., the Berlin, Germany photography studio that also took other pictures in this family's photographic cache. Documents in the cache indicate that the family's name was Jasick.

Other photographs from this family currently available:
https://www.etsy.com/listing/232107938/antique-sepia-photograph-postcard-family
https://www.etsy.com/listing/233903365/antique-photograph-class-photo-school
https://www.etsy.com/listing/234006055/carte-de-visite-antique-photographs
https://www.etsy.com/listing/233459584/carte-de-visite-antique-photographs
https://www.etsy.com/listing/233836646/antique-photograph-school-photo-class
https://www.etsy.com/listing/231352701/antique-photograph-carte-de-visite-sepia

Interested in purchasing multiple photographs from this collection, or the entire lot? Send me a message and let's make a deal.

Postcard measures approximately 5 1/2" x 3 1/2".

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65.00 USD

The precursor to Dante Alighieri's Divina Commedia (Divine Comedy), La Vita Nuova (The New Life), first published in 1295, introduced the world to Beatrice.

Breaking from the conventional Latin of the time period, Dante wrote La Vita Nuova in Italian. The work is a combination of verse and prose exploring the concept of divine and courtly love.

This is a rare edition of the Dante's famous work published in 1876 by F.A. Brockhaus, Leipzig. It contains the full text of Dante's La Vita Nuova as well as commentary and study guide -- all in Italian. The volume has tissue-like paper inserts throughout for making notations and translations. The book was obviously used by serious students of Dante. Most of the paper inserts have hand written notations and brief English translations. A previous owner also made notations in pencil directly on the text. Over all, the book is in good condition showing typical signs of use including rubbing and wear at the edges. It has its original red ribbon bookmark.

The book's front endpaper has two handwritten names with dates
Marguerite E. Wheeler Radcliffe '10
and
Gertrude E. Carpenter 1920

La vita nuova. Ricorretta coll aiuto di testi a penna ed illustrata da Carlo Witte
F.A. Brockhaus, Leipzig, 1876
129 Pages
7 1/4" x 4 3/4"

I ship internationally. Send me a message with your location for a shipping quote.

Check out my books, records, & paper section for an eclectic selection of interesting titles:
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Interested in additional books for your home decor or for gifts. Let a librarian (me!) put a custom collection together for you.


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175.00 USD

Rare!

Dick, Jane & Sally Cutouts!

Two (2) sets available in their original envelopes. One envelope is open. One envelope is sealed. First buyer gets the sealed envelope.

Published in 1963 by Scott, Foresman, these Dick, Jane & Sally cutout figures are still attached to their original fold-out card and come with the original resource sheet.

These nostalgic vintage paper doll figures can be used as children's room decor for a unique retro decorating touch.

Fold-out sheet measures 11" tall x 25 3/8" long.

Genuine vintage, not reproductions! Envelopes show shelf wear. Cutouts are in excellent condition.

Check out my books, records, & paper section for an eclectic selection of interesting titles:
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24.95 USD

Standing proudly on a chair, this young child with her white hair bow and bold polka dot dress appears to be enjoying her photography portrait session. This triplet set of antique carte de visite come from the estate of an old German woman whose family carried an amazing cache of photographs with them when they immigrated to America in the 1900s.

Compare the face of the young child in this photograph with that of the girl with the big white bow in her hair and striped dress in the following photograph.

https://www.etsy.com/listing/233903365/antique-photograph-class-photo-school

I believe they are the same person.

The cards are well over one hundred years old and are in good condition for their age showing typical wear to the photographs and the card edges. Each card is back printed with the name of the photography atelier. There is a piece of pink paper pasted over the back of one of the cards with additional photography information. See below:

Oskar Goetze
Photograph Atelier
Berlin, N.W. Paulstr. 26 am Criminalgericht

Photogr. Vergrosserungs-Anstalt
Reinhold Sschadrack
Berlin S.O. Maskauer-Str. 28.


Cards measure approximately 4" x 2 1/2"


Other photographs from the collection currently in my shop:
https://www.etsy.com/listing/233836646/antique-photograph-school-photo-class
https://www.etsy.com/listing/233459584/carte-de-visite-antique-photographs
https://www.etsy.com/listing/231352701/antique-photograph-carte-de-visite-sepia
https://www.etsy.com/listing/232107938/antique-sepia-photograph-postcard-family


Interested in purchasing a group of photographs from this collection? Send me a message for more information and a discount code.


You'll find an eclectic mix of vintage in my shop. Stop by for a visit.
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28.00 USD

Gold starburst spangles in their original packaging would add a sparkly vintage touch to any arts & crafts or sewing project.

From Leewards Creative Crafts Center, these high quality spangles appear to be made of fine slivers of metal. Leewards was the king of the arts & crafts market from 1947 until they were bought out by Michael's in 1994.

The lot contains two sealed packages of spangles each containing 370 pieces and one open package that looks to be close to full. The spangles were made in the U.S.A.

Spangles measure approximately 5/8" each.

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75.00 USD

Rare! Red Star Over Hollywood Catholic Information Society Pamphlet

Vintage anti-communist Catholic propaganda pamphlet by Oliver Carlson names names! This McCarthy era relic even tags the great American movie class The Best Years of Our Lives as Communist propaganda.

This small booklet is an interesting document from the Cold War era. The back cover lists titles in "The most fearless and factual exposé of Communism ever published."

Red Star Over Hollywood by Oliver Carlson
Catholic Information Society
No. 15 in Pamphlet Series on Communism
16 Pages, Copyright 1947
5 1/4 inches x 3 7/16 inches
Stapled Binding

Genuine vintage, not a reproduction. Pamphlet is in very good condition with some wear around the edges most notably at the corners and top of the stapled-binding spine. Small "X" in pencil at the top right-hand cover next to spine. Pages are clean.

I have other titles in this series as well as other Cold War era anti-Communism pamphlets that I will be listing in my shop soon. Check back, or send me a message for information.
Titles include:
The Communist Conspiracy Against the Negroes
Stalin's Worldwide Fifth Column
How Are Things in Tito-Slavia?
Radio in the Red
Red Tyranny vs. Stepinac
The Red Drive in the Colonies
Humanity Debased
Mind and Spirit in the Land of the Soviets
Godless Communism
Climax of Civilization World Conquest by Communism?
Communism Our Common Enemy
Communism A World Menace
Communism Today or Red Fascism


Interested in additional books for your home decor or for gifts. Let a librarian (me!) put a custom collection together for you.

You'll find more interesting vintage items in my shop including more religious pamphlets and political propaganda.
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18.95 USD

This vintage Catholic pamphlet, How To Go To Heaven Without Dignity by F. M. Lee, lays out the distinction between living only for worldly concerns and leading a spiritual life. The things that bring dignity to a materialistic existence are not the things that will get one into heaven.

Religious pamphlet is in good condition for its age. There is a slight crease on lower right-hand-side cover edge, and a few bumps and dings. Pages are clean. Paper shows slight aging but is supple. Back cover has some damage on the lower left-hand-side which might be from the printing process -- a small area does not have a smooth finish like the rest of the cover.

How to Go To Heaven Without Dignity by F.M. Lee, C.SS.R
Liguorian Pamphlets, Redemptorist Fathers
Liguori, Missouri, Second Printing, 1956
Allied Printers Trade Council Union Label, St. Louis
Printed in the U.S.A.
24 Pages, Stapled Binding

Interested in additional books for your home decor or for gifts. Let a librarian (me!) put a custom collection together for you.

You'll find more interesting vintage items in my shop including more religious pamphlets and political propaganda.
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325.00 USD

Vintage globe by Replogle shows the world circa 1933. This is a rare 7-inch diameter globe with a domed "Big Dipper" metal base. With its Art Deco styling and small table-top size, this globe is perfect for display on your desk or office bookshelf.

Although small, the globe has lots of detail including a legend, international date line, tropics of cancer and capricorn, the path of Adm. Bryd's 1929 flight to the South Pole, Lindbergh's 1927 flight, & a selection of radio stations.

Globe is marked "7 Inch Standard Globe Made by Replogle Globes Inc. Chicago, Ill."

Some of the countries and area designations not found on current globes include:
Anglo-Egyptian Sudan
Bechuanaland
Belgian Congo
British Somaliland
Chosen (Korea)
French Indo-China
French West Africa
Italian Somaliland
Palestine
Persia
Rhodesia & North Rhodesia

The globe is in good overall condition showing typical wear for its 80 years. The coated paper gores have a patina of age including soiling, some paper loss, and minor splitting at the seams. The bronze-colored paint on the base has worn off and chipped off in spots.

I ship internationally. If you don't see your country under shipping, send me a message with your location, and I'll send you a shipping quote.

Other globes currently in stock:
www.etsy.com/listing/192951906/vintage-tin-globe-9-inch-chein-globe
www.etsy.com/listing/202438286/globe-with-moon-charm-bracelet-vintage
www.etsy.com/listing/193568660/vintage-globe-illuminated-glass-world
www.etsy.com/listing/221218761/wood-globe-world-globe-vintage-globe
www.etsy.com/listing/248909081/world-globe-vintage-globe-replogle


And, I have additional globes in inventory. Feel free to send me a message for more information about the globes I have on hand.

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25.95 USD

Vintage 1970s silver elephant necklace has timeless appeal. The puffy elephant charm has a raised trunk, a symbol of good luck, and is on a sterling silver chain.

Chain 15 2/4" long
Pendant Charm 1" x 9 /16"

Comes in a gift box ready for giving.

Vintage necklace is in very good condition. Elephant shows some light tarnishing. If you would like me to polish it for you, leave me a note at purchase.

Chain marked sterling silver.
Elephant has no markings.

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39.95 USD

From The Queen's Work Study Club Series, this 1937 Catholic anti-Communist, anti-Atheism pamphlet lays out the struggles between Communism and Christianity. Intended to be used in a book club format, the small religious booklet includes study club questions.

This is a genuine vintage pamphlet not a reproduction. Pamphlet is in good vintage condition showing wear around the edges. Paper is supple and browned a bit by age.

Godless Communism by J. Roger Lyons, S.J.
The Queen's Work, Inc., St. Louis, Mo., 1937
47 Pages, Stapled Binding, First Edition
7 1/2" x 5"

I have other titles other Cold War era anti-Communism propaganda pamphlets that I will be listing in my shop soon. Check back, or send me a message for information.

Titles include:
The Communist Conspiracy Against the Negroes
Stalin's Worldwide Fifth Column
How Are Things in Tito-Slavia?
Radio in the Red
Red Star Over Hollywood
Red Tyranny vs. Stepinac
The Red Drive in the Colonies
Humanity Debased
Mind and Spirit in the Land of the Soviets
Godless Communism
Climax of Civilization World Conquest by Communism?
Communism Our Common Enemy
Communism A World Menace
Communism Today or Red Fascism


Interested in additional books for your home decor or for gifts. Let a librarian (me!) put a custom collection together for you.

You'll find more interesting vintage items in my shop including more religious pamphlets and political propaganda.
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295.00 USD

The classic image of a dove is formed from intertwined hands suggesting peace and cooperation among the war-torn countries of post World War 2 Europe. This striking political propaganda poster was a winner in the Intra-European Cooperation for a Better Standard of Living poster contest.

Held in 1950, the contest was sponsored by the European Recovery Program (ERP), more commonly known as The Marshall Plan. Over 10,000 artists from European nations submitted entries to the poster contest with a theme of internationalism & cooperation. A panel of judges selected 25 winning posters.

The ERP or Marshall Program (1948 - 1951), conceived by George C. Marshall, Army Chief of Staff during WW II & Truman's Secretary of State, sought to politically stabilize & rebuild the economies of war-torn European countries while hindering the spread of Communism.

European Recovery Program (ERP) -- Marshall Plan
Artist: Ernest Storch, Austria
1950, Lithograph, Printed in the Netherlands by Kuhn en Zoon, Rotterdam.
21.5 x 29.5 inches (54 x 74 cm)
German Text: "Frieden Durch InterEurop Zusammenarbeit" or "Peace through Inter-European Co-operation"

The poster is in very good condition with some wear around the edges and two small tears along one side (see photograph 4). The poster was never rolled up and will shipped to you flat.

I have many of the winning posters fresh from the estate of a graphic artist who was stationed with the U.S. Army in post-World War 2 Europe.

Below are links to other posters currently available in my shop. Please feel free to send me a message if you are interested in purchasing the entire set or smaller lots.

https://www.etsy.com/listing/190098732/vintage-poster-political-propaganda-cold
https://www.etsy.com/listing/189573746/political-propaganda-poster-cold-war-era
https://www.etsy.com/listing/189068660/vintage-propaganda-poster-cold-war-era
https://www.etsy.com/listing/189740815/propaganda-poster-cold-war-marshall-plan
https://www.etsy.com/listing/189984418/vintage-political-poster-propaganda

56.00 USD

Libbey glassware set with a musical instrument design would be great addition to any retro barware collection.

This tumbler set would make a great gift for a music teacher or musician.

Glasses are in very good vintage condition. No chips. No cracks. Glasses have the Libbey "L" on the bottom.

Four (4) Glass Set

8 oz capacity
3 1/8" tall
3 1/4" top diameter

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