Author Archives: Ray Boas

1982 – ANTHONY THE MAN THE COMPANY THE CAMERAS – AN AMERICAN PHOTOGRAPHIC PIONEER: 140 YEAR HISTORY OF A COMPANY FROM ANTHONY TO ANSCO TO GAF – by William and Estelle Marder. Pine Ridge Publishing Company, good with good dust … Continue reading →

I have collected World’s Fair items for over five decades. I have enjoyed the search, and enjoyed several fairs as well: 1964 New York World’s Fair, and Expo 67. In addition I have explored many sites of previous fairs: 1958 Brussels … Continue reading →

1865 – OIL CITY PETROLEUM REFINING COMPANY – STOCK CERTIFICATE Oil City Petroleum and Refining Company, Venango County, Pennsylvania, certificate Number 23 issued January 6, 1865, for Four Hundred and Forty Five shares at $5 each. Oil City, PA, is … Continue reading →

c1938 – MASKEE – A SHANGHAI SKETCHBOOK by FRIEDRICH H. SCHIFF Accordian, concerina-style album, measuring about 7 5/8 inches by 10 1/2 inches, bound in red silk covers. 21 plates of hand-coloured cartoons. Copy 239 of an unstated limited edition, … Continue reading →

1883 – BROOKLYN BRIDGE OPENING INVITATIONTIFFANY & CO. ENGRAVING Original engraved invitation by Tiffany & Co., measuring about 8 9/16 inches by 6 1/4 inches, printed on a “heavy stock” paper. With a light touch you can feel the raised … Continue reading →

1906 – BUSTER BROWN’S AMUSING CAPERS — COMIC STRIP Copyright by New York Herald Company, published by Cupples & Leon Company, New York. Cloth spine, pictorial boards (not thick and heavy) and pages printed on heavy newsprint. Measures about 11 … Continue reading →

c1910 – LARDER LODGE – VERSES BY B. PARKER and ILLUSTRATED BY N. PARKER – SEASIDE RESORT Published by: W. & R. Chambers, Limited, London & Edinburgh. Pictorial boards with edgewear as seen in the images – measuring about 9 … Continue reading →

Reprints of illustrations from Scribner’s magazine from roughly the years 1888-1898. Published in about 1898 in a fold over portfolio with cloth hinges and wood veneer boards.  Inside are the black and white prints on sheets measuring about 9 3/4 … Continue reading →

1928 – UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE SONG BOOKand NEW HAMPSHIRE COLORS Perfect gift for your historically minded UNH student, graduate, or your own collection. Offered together from the original family, whose member attended UNH, are the UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE … Continue reading →

1921 – FINGER PRINT MAGAZINE – 12 ISSUES – COMPLETE YEAR “A Monthly Journal Devoted to the Science of Finger Print Identification” published by the University of Apple Science, Chicago, Illinois. First published in 1919, and continued to about 1972 … Continue reading →