Feminism and Socialism Event Flier/Handbill

No Place, Young Socialist Alliance, Publisher. Unbound. No place or date. Presumed San Francisco, circa 1977. Single sheet, 8 ½ by 11 inches. Pink paper stock. A flier advertising a talk on feminism and socialism given by Valerie Libbey, a founding member of Berkeley Female Liberation. With a graphic on the left depicting a woman breaking out of a female symbol. Event sponsored by the Young Socialist Alliance. GOOD condition. Minor creasing, wrinkling and fading. Remains of tape at upper and lower center edges. Good .

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Book number: 019163

Catalogue: Feminism/Women's Studies

Keywords: Noisbn Communism, Socialism, Marxism Fliers Social Movements

Five Pinbacks Featuring Female Performers, Circa 1890s. Includes Sadie Martinot, Mrs. Kendal, Theresa Vaughan, Tennye Poole and Louise Montague

No Place, Sweet Caporal Cigarettes, Producer. Unbound. Five Pinbacks featuring Female Performers, circa 1890s. Includes Sadie Martinot, Mrs. Kendal, Theresa Vaughan, Tennye Poole and Louise Montague. Sweet Caporal Cigarettes, Producer. No place or dates, presumed early to mid 1890s. Celluloid style faces, with solid metal backs imprinted with Caporal Cigarettes advertising copy. Stickpin style backs, although the Tennye Poole pin is missing the stickpin. Three with metal rims around the face, two without. All measure approximately 7/8 inches in diameter and feature a portrait photo of the performer. All the performers were either singers or actors or both, being at the top of American pop culture in the 1890s. Pinbacks in GOOD condition, with uneven moderate toning and fading. Some with minor soiling and/or foxing to the faces. The imprints on the reverse of all are very worn and barely legible. (will sell individually too). Good .

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Book number: 019878

Catalogue: Pop Culture

Keywords: Noisbn Pinbacks

Forty Ninth Annual Scottish Games Pinback and Ribbon. Providence Caledonian Society Wednesday August 6, 1919

Providence, The Peacock Co. Producer, 1919. Unbound. White pinback with blue ribbon. 1 ¼ inch diameter pinback with a 3 by 1 ¼ inch ribbon. Stickpin style back. Pinback has a red flower illustration, with the ribbon reading, "Forty Ninth Annual Scottish Games Providence Caledonian Society Wednesday August 6, 1919." Ephemeral piece from these long running games celebrating Scottish heritage. GOOD condition. Minor toning to the pinback. Ribbon darkened and creased, with some soiling and fading to the text. Good .

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Book number: 019158

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: Noisbn Pinbacks

Galvanized Imperial Steel Wind Mills (Windmills), Buckeye Force Pumps, Lawn Mowers. Mast, Foos and Company Pinback

Springfield, OH, Mast, Foos and Company, Issuer. Unbound. no date, perhaps early 1900s. 1 ¼ inch in diameter. Stickpin style back. Perhaps celluloid face. An advertising pinback for Mast, Foos and Company, a manufacturer of pumps, mowers, tools, windmills and other machinery. The company was founded in 1875, and was acquired by another company in 1940. Established by Phineas Mast (perhaps best known for the "castle" he had built, and John Foos, an inventor who specialized in gas powered engines. GOOD condition. Moderate toning and soiling to the face, with some scuffing and a tiny scratch. Reverse rusted. Good .

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Book number: 019232

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: Noisbn Pinbacks

Get Ready for the Gay 90s. Shescape New Year's Eve Party Flier

No Place, Shescape, Publisher. Unbound. No place or date (New York, 1989). Single sheet, 8 ½ by 11 inches. Hot pink, black and white printing. A flier promoting a New Year's Eve celebration for women at Octagon, presumably in 1989. Shescape was a lesbian party promoter, staging private events across the country, although it appears a branch devoted to New York City evolved from this. GOOD condition. Three horizontal fold creases present. Minor toning and edgewear. Good .

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Book number: 018403

Catalogue: gay/lesbian Studies

Keywords: Noisbn Fliers LGBTQ+

Get There Any Way You Can... But Get There! Young Socialist National Convention Flier

New York, Young Socialists, Publisher. Unbound. no date, presumed late 1970s. Single sheet, 8 ½ by 11 inches. Printed on a single side only. A flier promoting the 11th Young Socialist National Convention in Houston, held on December 28-January 1st, with a focus on building the feminist, Black and Chicano nationalist movements. Photo of young people on bicycles on the upper half. VERY GOOD condition. Two faint fold creases present. Very light edgewear. Very Good .

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Book number: 019317

Catalogue: Communism, Socialism, Marxism

Keywords: Noisbn Fliers Social Movements

Hallelujah Christmas and New Year's 1986 at the Saint

New York, The Saint, Publisher, 1986. Unbound. Single sheet folded into 10 by 7 inches, unfolding into four panels. Cover art by John Vaughan. A program of events being held in December of 1986, at the legendary gay and lesbian nightclub, The Saint. The club opened in 1980 in the old Fillmore East building. Founded by Bruce Mailman, the club operated for most of existence as a members' only venue, and earned a reputation for the parties held there. The club closed in 1988. This program features Gloria Gaynor playing at Disco Divas II, as well as a performance by the Weather Girls. VERY GOOD condition. Minor soiling, rubbing and edgewear. Very Good .

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Book number: 019609

Catalogue: gay/lesbian Studies

Keywords: Noisbn Fliers LGBTQ+

Harriet Muhammad West Coast Representative of "Muhammad Speaks" Will Discuss: The Muslim Movement [... ] Handbill/Flier

Los Angeles, Muhammad Speaks/Nation of Islam, Publisher, 1964. Unbound. No place or date, Los Angeles, 1964. Single sheet, 8 ½ by 11 inches. Text repeats twice, indicating this was meant to be cut into two small handbills. The flier advertises a discussion held by Harriet Muhammad, a columnist for Muhammad Speaks (the newspaper for the Nation of Islam). Held at the Salem Baptist Church in Los Angeles on Sunday July 12th, the discussion covered topics including: "the Muslim Movement, the power structure and the Civil Rights Movement;" "Messenger Elijah Muhammad;" "Separation vs. Integration;" and "Proposals of the Nation of Islam." GOOD condition. Large dampstain diagonally affecting the right half/third of the paper. Minor soiling and edgewear. Good .

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Book number: 018728

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: Noisbn African American Black Studies

Hiroshima-Nagasaki Day/out Now August 7/ No More Hiroshimas!/ No More Vietnams! Event Flier

Cambridge, MA, Greater Boston Peace Action Coalition, Publisher. Unbound. no date, circa 1972. Single sheet, 8 ½ by 11 inches. A flier advertising an assembly, candlelight march and ceremony in Boston, using the anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki to call for an end to the Vietnam War. Sponsored by the Greater Boston Peace Action Coalition. Hand drawn illustration of an atomic explosion at the top. GOOD condition. Large area of faint offsetting/toning to the piece. Two fold creases present, with minor wrinkling and creasing. Good .

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Book number: 019110

Catalogue: Fliers

Keywords: Noisbn Social Movements

Historical Records Survey. American Portraits Found in Massachusetts Volume I and II, Complete. 1620-1825

Boston, MA, Historical Records Survey Works Progress Administration, Publisher, 1939. Wraps. Printed blue wraps, with blue cloth tape binding. 572 pp. between the two volumes. No illustrations. An annotated survey/inventory of portrait paintings held in various places in Massachusetts, arranged alphabetically by subject. Lists artist, where held and other information. Typed gift letter from the Works Progress Administration tipped in at the front of the first volume. GOOD condition. Ex-library with a spine label on volume 2. No other treatments present. General toning, minor soiling, scuffing and creasing to the covers. Some superficial peeling to the paper at a few spots on the covers. Good .

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Book number: 019685

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: Noisbn Reference Art

Hoboken. Birthplace of Baseball Poster

No Place, No publisher. Unbound. No publisher or place. Circa 1990. 26 by 34 inches. Michael Vernaglia, artist. A poster designed to celebrate Hoboken as the birthplace of baseball in 1846, perhaps produced around 1990. Variant from the copy held by the Smithsonian, with a darker blue background versus the robin egg's blue background. GOOD condition. Stored rolled, thus curled. Wrinkling and creasing along the extremities, with a few wrinkles to the face itself. Good .

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Book number: 018456

Catalogue: Baseball

Keywords: Noisbn Posters

Hot Town Survival in the City; a Festival of Interdependence. July 4th Weekend (1970) Event Poster

No Place, No publisher, 1970. Unbound. No publisher, place or date. Presumed Berkeley, 1970. Perhaps issued by the New Morning Commune, although no inclination of such is given on the poster. Single sheet, light blue paper stock. 17 by 22 inches. Illustration by Lars Svendsgaard. A poster advertising a festival at Ho Chi Minh (Willard) Park in Berkeley, featuring workshops, music, food and theatre. Urging people to "bring your collectives' vision to Hot Town," it appears this "Interdependence" festival hoped to gather a people from a variety of communes and activist circles from the Berkeley area. Ho Chi Minh Park (Willard Park) was used by activists in the area to organize and protest the Vietnam War. GOOD condition. Really, what could one expect from a poster appealing to a cross section of activists and hippies? General wrinkling and faint creasing to the poster, both large and small. Uneven fading, toning and minor soiling. Lower right corner torn off from the poster, with staple holes and tearing at the other corners. Street corner fresh!. Good .

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Book number: 018774

Catalogue: Counterculture

Keywords: Noisbn Posters Social Movements

Ice-Skate on Christmas Eve at Away from the Saint Handbill. Saturday, December 24, 1983

New York, The Saint, Publisher, 1983. Unbound. Single sheet, 9 7/8 by 6 7/8 inches. An invitation to a Christmas event off premises from the Saint, featuring ice skating at The Sky Rink. The Saint, a gay nightclub, opened in 1980 in the old Fillmore East building. Founded by Bruce Mailman, the club operated for most of existence as a members' only venue, and earned a reputation for the parties held there. The club closed in 1988. VERY GOOD+ condition. Minor edgewear. Very Good .

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Book number: 019791

Catalogue: gay/lesbian Studies

Keywords: Noisbn Fliers LGBTQ+

In Memory of George Jackson Anti-Repression Rally. Free All Political Prisoners! Flier/Handbill

No Place, No publisher. Unbound. No publisher, place or date. (Miami Convention Coalition, Miami, 1972). Single sheet, 8 ½ by 11 inches. Printed on a single side only, with a large photo of George Jackson. A handbill promoting a rally being held at the start of the Republican National Convention in Miami in 1972. The event was held in memory of activist George Jackson who had been killed while attempting to escape from prison in August of 1971. Bobby Seale of the Black Panther Party, Jackson's lawyer John Thorne, Louis Kammack and Sean Keane were all scheduled to speak. Topics included political repression, police brutality, underemployment, substandard housing, inadequate care for the poor, etc. The rally was sponsored by the Malcolm X United Liberation Front, SCLC, Miami Conventions Coalition and Vietnam Veterans Against the War. GOOD condition. Horizontal and vertical fold creases present. General toning, some faint staining and soiling present. General wrinkling to the piece. "Rides Need" in large magenta felt tip marker on the back. Good .

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Book number: 018449

Catalogue: Radical Studies

Keywords: Noisbn Fliers Social Movements

Jazz and Get Fat. Circa 1930s/40s Icebreaker Pinback

No Place, No Producer. Unbound. No producer, place or date. 1 ¼ inches in diameter. Stickpin style back. A humorous "ice breaker" pinback with the phrase "Jazz and Get Fat." We're sure this was hilarious when it was issued and helped many a young woman or man meet their mate. GOOD condition. Minor toning and rubbing to the face. Reverse heavily rusted. Good .

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Book number: 019667

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: Noisbn Pop Culture