The Seventh Annual Thought Night. Complimentary to the Literators of St. Joseph Auspices of the Progressive Numbers at Masonic Hall

St. Joseph, MO, Progressive Numbers, presumed Publisher, 1919. Unbound. Single sheet folded into 4 pages, making a small booklet. Printed on card stock. A program for an event held by what appears to have been an African American fraternal or social organization. The event was held May 15th, 1919. The event started at 8:45 pm, with food served promptly at 9:30. The invocation was led by Reverend E.M. Cohron, and it appears the poem, "At the Closed Gates of Justice," by James D. Corrothers was read, cited by its first line "To be a Negro on a Day Like This." Another address, "Where Ethiopia Should Stretch Forth Her Hands," was also given. Honorary members of Progressive Numbers are listed, including Rev. J.A. Gregg, Richard B. Harrison and Clarence Cameron White. List of last names and first initials of 12 members also present. While we could find nothing identifying this organization, its motto is "Onward, Upward" and its colors are lavender and cream. GOOD condition. Moderate toning and minor soiling. Heavy offsetting to the rear panel. Minor edgewear. Good .

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Book number: 019692

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: Noisbn African American Black Studies

Sheets of 4 Unused Us Stamps. Approximately 60 Sheets, Held in Small Rice Paper/Tissue Envelopes. , with Some in a Small Merit Pocket Stamp File Folder. 1960s-70s

No Place, No publisher. Unbound. Sheets of 4 Unused US Stamps. Approximately 60 sheets, held in small rice paper/tissue envelopes. with some in a small Merit Pocket Stamp File folder. All appear to be from the 1960s and 70s. Stamps not graded, but all appear unused and intact, except for a few loose stamps. Subjects include the 50th anniversary of women's suffrage, Stone Mountain Monument, Alaska Purchase, Goddard, etc. All appear to be in VERY GOOD condition, with minor toning. One appears to have a bit of paper lifted off the surface. Very Good .

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Book number: 019684

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: Noisbn

Small (Very) Archive of Papers Belonging to a Community Volunteer, Amateur Artist and Former Incarcerate. Includes Drawing of Malcolm X ; Festival in Black Certificate

No Place, No publisher. Unbound. Small (very) Archive of Papers Belonging to a Community Volunteer, Amateur Artist and Former Incarcerate. Name Withheld (for privacy). 6 items, as follows: two reproductions of a State Prison Escape Bulletin relating to the former owner's apparent escape from the Sierra Conservation Center Correctional Facility, where they were held for robbery; small mug shots photo, with prisoner id number; a certificate from the City of Los Angeles issued to the person for their participation in holding the Festival in Black (a festival that celebrated Black community and culture in Los Angeles); A drawing of two young Black children by the owner, signed and dated (19) 99; a drawing portrait of Malcolm X, who is imagining a cross with KKK on it, as well as a tree with a noose, also signed and dated as previous entry. Other than the photo, the papers are roughly 8 ½ by 11 inches or slightly bigger. Very little information could be found on the previous owner, although based on provenance, they were the child of a Black activist. All in VERY GOOD or so condition, with minor scattered wrinkling, soiling and edgewear. Very Good .

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Book number: 019701

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: Noisbn Art African American Black Studies

Smash Racism! Support Attica Rebels! Event Handbill/Flier

No Place, SDS, presumed Publisher, 1971. Unbound. No place or date. Presumed Boston, late 1971. Single sheet, 8 ½ by 11 inches. Yellow paper stock. A handbill promoting two rallies in Boston to raise awareness of the Attica uprising, and to the plight of incarcerated people, especially African-Americans. The piece highlight systemic racism and inequities built into the judicial system that results in a disproportionate number of African-Americans being incarcerated. Flier produced by the SDS (Students for a Democratic Society. GOOD condition. Some wrinkling and creasing to the paper. Minor toning. Good .

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Book number: 018630

Catalogue: Radical Studies

Keywords: Noisbn Fliers Social Movements

Stanley Kubrick's Clockwork Orange Movie Poster

No Place, No publisher. Unbound. No publisher, place or date, perhaps 1970s, early 1980s. 'X' to the lower right of the word orange. Approximately 59 ¼ by 39 ¾ inches. Somewhat glossy paper stock. Presumably a poster issued for a store display of some sort, depicting Malcolm McDowell as anti-hero. GOOD condition. Stored rolled, thus curled. Minor creasing, wrinkling and soiling to the poster, with extensive creasing along all edges. Top corners torn, tattered, and missing a piece (upper left). Good .

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Book number: 019296

Catalogue: Film

Keywords: Noisbn Pop Culture Posters

The Sting Movie Promotional Booklet

No Place, No publisher. Unbound. Single sheet, thick paper stock, folded into four pages. 10 by 8 inches. Promotional work for the 1973 movie starring Paul Newman, Robert Redford and Robert Shaw, The Sting. Exterior with title and byline of the movie, with an illustration of Redford and Newman. Interior with four film stills in black and white and a list of cast and credits. VERY GOOD condition. Minor wrinkling and toning. Very Good .

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Book number: 019731

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: Noisbn Film Pop Culture

Stokely Is a Riot Pinback

No Place, No publisher. Unbound. No publisher, place or date. Presumed mid to late 1960s. Measures 1 ¼ inches in diameter. Dark yellow background with reddish brown printing. A pinback promoting Stokely Carmichael (Kwame Ture) and his work. Ture was a civil rights leader and Black power activist, chairing the SNCC, and promoting the idea of Black power, raising awareness to the term and its ideology. The pin itself may refer to the 1968 Washington DC riots that occurred after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The FBI tried to tie him to the riots, and its COINTELPRO branch planted the idea that he worked for the CIA, leading to a break between him and the Black Panther Party. By 1969, Ture lived in exile in Africa. VERY GOOD condition. Minor soiling and rubbing. Light rusting to the reverse. Very Good .

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Book number: 019188

Catalogue: African American

Keywords: Noisbn Pinbacks Black Studies Social Movements

Studio 54 and Wplj Present Ollie and Jerry Live in Concert. Promotional Postcard

New York, Studio 54, Presumed Publisher, 1984. Unbound. no date, perhaps 1984. 6 by 4 inch postcard. Studio 54 logo on one side, with a photo illustrated ad for a September 22 show featuring Ollie and Jerry, a dance-pop act perhaps best known for their song "Breakin..There's no stopping Us," from the soundtrack of the movie, Breakin. GOOD condition. Heavy creasing to the postcard, with minor toning and soiling. Good .

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Book number: 018477

Catalogue: Music

Keywords: Noisbn Fliers

Subhumans with 7 Seconds. Thurs. April 26

No Place, Loud, Publisher. Unbound. No place or date, presumed 1980s. Single sheet, dark pink paper with black printing. 8 ½ by 11 inches. Flier for an April 26th show at the Alumni Lounge featuring the British punk band Subhumans, along with the US punk band, 7 Seconds. Singing skull and an apology for no alcohol round out this flier. VERY GOOD condition. Somewhat poorly reproduced black on pink. Minor wrinkling. Very Good .

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Book number: 019863

Catalogue: Punk

Keywords: Noisbn Fliers

Sutton Commandery K.T. (Knights Templar) New Bedford, Mass. Pin/Medal

Providence, RI, E.L. Logee and Co. Unbound. no date, perhaps circa 1900. Whale pin attached to a medal/badge below. Issued by the Knights Templar, an organization associated with freemasonry. Whale has Sutton printed on it, with the medal bearing an armorial crest in white, black and red, with the words, "Sutton Commandery K.T. New Bedford Mass. Gold colored, measuring approximately 3 by 1 ½ inches (at its widest). VERY GOOD+ condition. Slight "tarnishing" to the face. Two dark areas on the reverse of the whale. Very Good .

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Book number: 019048

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: Noisbn Freemasonry Pinbacks

Tallulah Bankhead in Noel Coward's "Private Lives. " Beginning July 22, 1946. Colonial Theatre, Boston Playbill

No Place, No Publisher. Wraps. No publisher, place or date. Presumed Boston, 1946. Photo illustrated wraps with Tallulah Bankhead on the front cover. Unpaginated. Ads throughout. Playbill for this revival staging of the play Private Lives by Noel Coward. The play originally premiered in the UK in 1930, and starred Noel Coward. It also had a brief run on Broadway, with Noel Coward, prior to the 1948 Broadway run that starred Tallulah Bankhead. Usual playbill fare, being mostly ads, with some biographies of the stars. GOOD condition. Wrappers toned and wrinkled, with a few small dampstains. Minor creasing present. Good .

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Book number: 019594

Catalogue: Drama

Keywords: Noisbn

M.G. M. 's Technicolor Ziegfeld Follies Promotional Booklet

Hollywood/New York, MGM/Ellison B. Greenstone, Publishers. Wraps. no date, circa 1945. Illustrated wraps. 20 pp. including covers. Black and white photos and color illustrations throughout. A booklet issued to be sold in theaters to accompany the musical film, Ziegfeld Follies, released in 1946. The movie starred Lucille Ball, Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, Judy Garland, Esther Williams, Lena Horne and many others, offering a combination of musical, dance and comedy numbers. The movie was a popular and critical success, but due to production costs, ended up losing money. GOOD condition. Covers soiled and toned, with some staining and discoloration. Several chips and tears along the edges, with minor loss to the wrappers. Covers splitting along the upper and lower hinges, being somewhat tenuously attached. A 2 ½ by 3 inch piece of the upper corner of the third leaf torn off, with some loss of text. Tape repair/stain present to the upper and lower inside rear cover. Good .

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Book number: 019747

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: Noisbn Performing Arts Pop Culture

Third and Fourth Liberty Loan Pinbacks. Lot of Three

Malden, MA and Coshocton, OH, Tanee Co. American Art Works, Producers. Unbound. no dates, presumed circa 1918. All stickpin style backs. Third liberty loan pinback measures7/8 inches, while one fourth liberty loan pinback measures ¾ inches and the other 5/8 inches. Three pinbacks issued during World War I to acknowledge those who contributed to the cause by purchasing loans, as well as to stimulate patriotism. The Third Liberty Loan pinback depicts the Liberty Bell, with the Fourth Liberty Loan Pinbacks depicting a flag. GOOD or better condition. Minor toning and rubbing to the Third Liberty Loan, with the two Fourth Loans bearing minor scuffing, toning and soiling, with some wear to the reverse. Good .

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Book number: 019409

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: Noisbn Pinbacks

Thomas Brien, Retail Dealer in Stoves, Hardware, Tin-Ware [... ] Billhead with Illustration of a Perry and Co. Cook Stove

Cherry Valley, NY, Thomas Brien, 1874. Unbound. Single sheet, roughly 5 by 8 inches. A billhead, partly ruled, depicting a popular 19th-century cookstove, made by Perry and Company of Albany, New York. Bill was issued by retailer Thomas to Joseph McKellup (McKellip?). GOOD condition. Minor toning. Some fold creases and wrinkling, with a few tiny nicks along the edges. Good .

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Book number: 019278

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: Noisbn

Topographic Map New Hampshire, Manchester Quadrangle. United States Department of the Interior Geological Survey

Washington DC, United States Department of the Interior Geological Survey, Publisher, 1944. Unbound. 1944, reprinted from the 1941 edition. Single sheet 22 3/8 by 16 ½ inches. Large map of part of the city of Manchester, along with Londonderry, Derry, Hudson and other locales, depicting the topography and geology of the region, as well as main roads, city streets, railroads, elevation, etc. Reverse with text describing the symbols. From a 1931 survey. GOOD condition. Horizontal and vertical fold creases present, as issued. Moderate uneven toning and wrinkling, with some creasing. Minor soiling. Heavy toning along the folds. Manchester, NH written in ink twice on the reverse. Good .

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Book number: 019871

Catalogue: New Hampshire History

Keywords: Noisbn Cartography