[Restaurant Menu - Banff, Alberta]

MOUNT ROYAL HOTEL Coffee Shoppe.

(Banff, Alberta): , 1940. 1st Printing. Pictorial self wrappers, pink, blue and black lettering, now housed in a mylar sleeve. Printed bifolium. Large, color illustration on upper wrapper. 9" x 5-1/2" The Mount Royal Hotel still stands today, it opened in 1912. The hotel has over come two devastating fires, one in 1967 (in the oldest wing) and on more recently in 2016. Still a destination spot in the Canadian Rockies, this is piece of the hotels history. Breakfast dishes include "Crumpets .. 10", "Poached Egg on Toast .. 30", "Finnan Haddie .. 50" and a "Yeast Cake .. 5". A VG copy, some soiling to wrappers, horizontal fold across menu, corners a bit rubbed, internally clean and bright.

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Book number: 45487

Catalogue: Americana

Brownell, J. A.

CABINET CARD. Durango, Colo. 838

Leadville, Colo: J. A. Brownell, Stationer, (n. d.). Ca 1890. Mount with rounded corners, image title in the plate, white lettering. Now housed in a protective mylar sleeve. Image: albumen photograph, 4-1/16" x 6-1/2". Landscape format: 4-1/2" x 7" An elevate view of Durango, looking out over the city proper. "The town was organized from September 1880 to April 1881 by the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad (D&RG, later known as the Denver and Rio Grande Western railroad) as part of their efforts to reach Silverton, Colorado, and service the San Juan mining district, the goal of their "San Juan Extension" built from Alamosa, Colorado. The D&RG chose a site in the Animas Valley close to the Animas River near what is now the Downtown Durango Historic Business District for its railroad facilities following a brief and most likely perfunctory negotiation with the other establishment in the area known as Animas City, 2 miles to the north The city was named by ex-Colorado Governor Alexander C. Hunt, a friend of D&RG President William Jackson Palmer, after Durango, Mexico, based on his favorable impression of that city resulting from a scouting trip undertaken on behalf of Palmer." [Wiki] Of Brownell, we can find little information [on-line] today, other than additional Colorado scenes sold at his establishment. Age-toning, browning & soiling. A Good copy.

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Book number: 51913

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: Photography Photography

[Restaurant Menu - California]

MENU - For COWBOYS UNDER 12 Handlery Hotels of California.

(n.p.): , 1960. 1st Printing. Card stock loose leaf, printed recto and verso, cut outs for nose and eyes (to wear as a mask). Now housed in a mylar sleeve. Loose leaf. Illustrated upper wrappers. Die-cut like a cowboys head. A VG copy.

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Book number: 47369

Catalogue: Americana

[Airlines Travel Poster]. Dudeck, Stan - Illustrator

CHICAGO. United Airlines. Printed Posterboard

(n. p.): United Airlines, (n. d.). 1st printing, ca. 1980s. Broadside. Full size illustration by Stan Dudeck featuring a relaxing sunny day of sailing on Lake Michigan in front of an impressive image of the John Hancock Building. Title lettering printed in orange. 28" x 21-7/8". Light wear, corners lightly bumped. A VG example.

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Book number: 38062.1

Catalogue: Americana

[San Francisco / California History]. Faust, Henry W. - Publisher

FAUST'S MAP Of CITY And COUNTY Of SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA

San Francisco: Published by H. W. Faust, 1892. 12th Edition. Map mounted at some past juncture, and then housed in a simple black wooden frame. Original printed buff wrappers attached to rear of framed map. Relief shown by hachures. Depicts drainage, rancho and tract names, block numbers, radial distances from Ferry Building, railroads and street railways, selected public buildings, etc. Adverts in margins. Printed in sepia. 26" x 32" OCLC records 5 holding instituions. Usual bit of age-toning. Modest wear & soiling. Very Good.

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Book number: 45920

Catalogue: Americana

[Civil War History]

SOLDIER'S MEMORIAL.REGIMENTAL ROSTER. 207th REGT. PENNA. VOLS. 2d Brigade, 3d Division, 9th Army Corps Organized at Harrisburg, Pa., Sept. 5, 1864.

Baltimore, Md: J. C. Fuller & Co. Lith of Major & Knapp, 449 Broadway, New York, 1865. 1st Printing. Modern black metal frame. Broadside, 3 column. Line Officers, Companies A - E, to left; Field & Staff Officers, as well as Non-Commissioned Staff in center; Line Officers, Companies F - K, to right. Wood engraved border, with vignettes depicting war scenes. Large battle scene at bottom [4-1/8" x 11-5/8"]. Broadside [visible]: 18" x 15-1/2". Frame: 24" x 20-1/4" Not found on OCLC, though we find many similar such publications by Fuller for other Civil War units. Significant paper loss to image at top, with most of the title gone. Staining, with some closed tears to sheet. A Good example of this rare survivor, which has not been examined out of the frame.

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Book number: 48398

Catalogue: Americana

[San Francisco California Stereoview]. Houseworth, Thomas [b. 1828]

BUSH STREET, From MONGOMERY To SANSOM -- Occidental and Cosmopolitan Hotels. San Francisco. 139

San Francisco: Thomas Houseworth & Co, 1868. Ca 1870. Cf. Palmquist, p. 99. Orange colored mount [rounded corners], with publisher imprint to each end; scene caption under right view. Pale pink verso with publisher imprint, noting the award of the Bronze medal at the Paris International Exhibition, 1867. Square, separate images. 3-7/16" x 7". Only light wear & soiling. Slight bow to card. Images sharp. Very Good Plus.

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Book number: 51919

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: Photography

[Cruise Liner Menu]

BREAKFAST. The SANTA MARIA United States Lines.

(n.p.): , 1967. 1st Printing. Off white card stock paper, printed in blue, brown and black. Now housed in a mylar sleeve. Broadside. Small, color vignette of a ship (The Santa Maria) to upper left corner. 11" x 7-1/2". A VG copy. Some light soiling to recto and verso, some age toning to edges. Otherwise a bright copy.

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Book number: 48589

Catalogue: Americana

[Cruise Liner Menu]

LUNCHEON. The SAVANNAH United States Lines.

(n.p.): , 1967. 1st Printing. Off white card stock paper, printed in blue, brown and black. Now housed in a mylar sleeve. Broadside. Small, color vignette of a ship (The Savannah) to upper left corner. 11" x 7-1/2". A VG copy. Some light soiling to the bottom, some age toning to edges. Otherwise a bright copy.

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Book number: 48588

Catalogue: Americana

[Restaurant Menu]

MOFFETT NAVEL AIR STATION OFFICERS' CLUB. [with accompanying ephemera]

(n.p.): , 1968. 1st Printing. Menu bifolium is white card stock, self wrappers printed in maroon. Wine list bifolium is white card stock, self wrappers dipped in green with maroon lettering. Three sheets are colored paper (yellow, green and orange-yellow) typed in black in. One sheet is white paper typed in black ink. The last sheet - a place mat - is white paper printed in blue. All now housed in a mylar sleeve. Two Bifoliums. Five loose leaves. All pieces have small illustrations and/or decorative borders. Main menu: 11" x 8-1/2". Second bifolium: 6-1/2" x 4-3/4". Three loose leaves: 10-1/2" x 6-1/2", one 12" x 8" and the last one approx. 9-3/4" x 13-3/4" Three of the loose leaf menus are dated 1962, the other is dated 1968. Overall a VG copy. Age toning and soiling to main menu as well as light ink scribble to the upper wrapper, other pieces have some light age toning and some soiling (very likely these items were at the table during service), some chipping to loose leaves, wine list is quite bright. Some creasing due to being folded, otherwise bright and legible.

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Book number: 48649

Catalogue: Americana

[Restaurant Menu]

PROMENADE CAFE. ENGLISH GRILL. Rockefeller Center. New York City. Monday, August 6, 1951

[New York]: , 1951. 1st Printing. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Single sheet, printed both sides, folded horizontally to form a 4 panel menu. Printed in red & black. Rear panel with address blank, "Address menu and give it to your waiter. We will be glad to mail it for you. Your Hose The Union News Company" Black & white half-tone photographic image of the Cafe to front panel. Unfolded: 16-3/4" x 10-3/4". Folded: 9" x 10-3/4" "Open Air Dining 'neath the trees and umbrellas near the cooling waters of the fountain by Prometheus.". Age-toning, light wear & soiling, VG+ .

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Book number: 49370

Catalogue: Americana

Rogers, Edmund [1762 - 1843]

SURVEY DOCUMENT, SIGNED. "Discriptions of the Bounds &c"

(n. p.): , (n. d.). SIGNED by Rogers, with a flourish. Now housed in a clear, archival mylar sleeve. Single sheet, 6-1/2" x 7-1/4", 10 lines of manuscript writing, in ink, on laid paper, ~ 85 words. Rogers was born in Virginia, served in the Revolutionary War, after immigrating to Kentucky in 1783. He began business as a surveyor in the fall of 1783, working with his cousin, George Rogers Clark. "He made most of the surveys on the Little and Big Barren Rivers, as well as their tributary streams. He expanded and set the boundaries for most of the southern part of Kentucky. He is credited with naming 'The Barrens' from which Barren County takes its name. The town of Edmonton is named after him." In this document, Rogers defines a given parcel of land.. "from the hie way E 28 Rods to a heap of stones- from that heap E 36 Rods to another heap of stones .." [1st 2 lines of text]. A rare mss document by this prominent Kentucky personage.. a search of ABSA & Worthpoint databaese show no other such material as having been offered. Age-toning, extremity chipping, fold-lines [with loss to center, see image]. A Good copy of a rare survivor.

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Book number: 51903

Catalogue: Americana

[Lettersheet / U S Civil War]

VIRGINIA. Topographical Map of Virginia between Washington and Manassas Junction

New York: Chs Magnus, 12 Frankford St, (n. d.). Ca 1861 (per the OCLC record for the LOC copy). Milgrim Magn.Lg.F.LS-3A. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Single sheet, unused. Sheet recto with 2 hand-colored images: the top with the U S Capitol Building, the bottom with the "Topographical Map of Virginia between Washington and Manassas Junction." Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. Cf Milgrim Illustrated Letter Stationery, p. 271 for image. 9-11/16" x 8" Lettersheet shows Union and Confederate positions at "Battle of Bull Run, July 21st 1861." In right margin at bottom: Guide to Mount Vernon by the Road Maker. Includes index of "U.S. encampments at Arlington Heights". Unused. Age-toning, with small spot of discoloration to verso right side center. A VG copy.

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Book number: 51845.1

Catalogue: Americana