1952 - Death of GENERAL JEAN DE LATTRE DE TAssigny in Paris - 10 x14 inches of a colored ad. City of light mours De Lattre. French hero gets National funeral attention.
1952 - Battle for the BureauSanitaire story- 7 pages of 10 x 14 inches in black and whoit. The British conduct an effective punitive action at Ismailia but it sets off an orgy of rioting in Cairo. Great story and history.
1948 - Vogue Patterns ad - 9 x 12 1/2 inches of a black and white ad. Theme for variations. Basic dress of sheer wool - softly tailored bodie. Suggested fasdhion variation. The Conde Nast publications inc.
1948 - Pearce all wool blanket ad - 5 x 12 1/2 inched of a white, black and blue ad. Look for the lable - its a Pearce all wool blanket - america's finest blanket by America's Oldest blanket mill. Latrobe, Pennsylvania.
1970 - Japan's EXPO '70 story - ten pages of 20 x 13 inches in color illustrate Japan opening Asia's first world's fair 25 years after the war. Photographed by Larry Burrows. Nice story of pomp and portable shrines and a mighty song of Iron . Great story and lots of colorful pictures.
1970 - Happy Jack - JACK NICHOLSON - 3 pages of 10 x 13 inches each in black and white. 2 years over 30, Nicholson is a rock fan who enjoyes his music with a headset. He is pictured in a scene from Easy Rider with Hopper and Fonda. How do you ask a cheerlead to take off her clothes? You have to see how Jack Nicholson does it. A Young Looking Jack Nicholson
1953 - William Automatic home heating ad - 5 x 12 inche sof a partially colored ad. New low cost all season home comfort...Eureka Williams Automatic home heating-home cooling. One season comfort is out of date. Bloomington, Illinois.
1970 - MARTHA MITCHELL in Washington = 5 pages of 10 x 13 inches each in black and white. Mrs. Mitchell came to Washington with her husband who was the Attorney General. Photographed by Harry Bensonl. Life in Washington wasn't that much fun. She was a very vivacious lady.
1966 - CHARLIE CHAPLIN - SOPHIA LOREN- 7 pages of 10 x 13 inches each - some colored and some black and white. Great story of Charlie Chaplin directing movie with Sophia Loren, Marlon Brando entitled A countess from Hong Kong. Lots of nice pictures of all participants and story. 3 pages pictured in our presentation package.
1965 - Ara Parseghian and Notre Dame - 5 pages of 10 x 13 inches of black and white tell the story of the reemergence of the Notre Dame football under Mr. Parseghian. He was compared with Knute Rockne. Great story by Tim Cohane
1965 - Red China story - 18(eighteen) pages of 10 x 13 inches each all in color. lThis is a fantastic story of Red China in the 1965 year and thereabouts. The primitive beauty, the persistent poverty and the growning power of Red China. Mao's new nation. See the landscape pictures, the people. 4 pages are shown in our presentation package.
1965 - Simplicity lawn tractor ad - 10 x 13 inche sof a colored ad. I wanted a good deal - I wanted a good dealer - Both found what they wre looking for. Simplicity Mfg Co., Port Washington, Wisconsin.
1947 Rexall Family Almanac And Moon Book With Elizabeth Taylor Cover
This 1947 Rexall Family Almanac and Moon Book was copyrighted in 1946 by the United Rexall Drug Company and features a young Elizabeth Taylor on the cover. It is in good condition and has all of the pages intact with no folds, holes or creases. There is some light soiling and age browning of the covers, the lower corner of the front cover has a very small fold over and one interior page has a half inch long tear at one edge. The pages were a light brown color to begin with and appear much browner in the scans than in person. The hole in the upper corner was original to the booklet for hanging and still has an old string that was inserted for that purpose. There is a monthly almanac with events and births that took place on the days in that month, etc. and advertising for numerous different Rexall products sprinkled throughout. This copy of the Rexall Family Almanac was available at McElroy's Drug Store, The Rexall Store in Carrollton, Ohio and it is 7 3/4 long, 5 1/4 wide and a little over 1/16 thick.
1952 - Portrait backgrounds -MARGARET TRUMAN -PATRICE MUNSEL - NINA FOCH - JINX FALKENBURG AND SHIRLEY BOOTH. 5 pages of 10 x 14 inches each in color. Photogrphed by ARnold Newman - Decorator chooses settings to match five types of women. Nice picture of each with their backgrounds. 3 pages shown in our presentation package.
This Victorian trade card advertises Dr. C. McLane's Liver Pills and is in very good condition with no tears, holes, folds or creases. There are a few tiny flecks of surface paper loss at the edges and some minor corner rounding. These pills were a sure cure for sick headache and had been available at R. C. Marshall, Druggist in West Fairview, PA. This card was made by Bufford and is numbered 706 in the lower right corner. This McLane's Liver Pills trade card is 4 5/16 long and 2 15/16 wide.
1964 - STEVE LAWRENCE - EYDIE GORME - 10 x 13 1/2 inches of 2 pages of black and white. Steve Lawrence, from Brooklyn at age 28 . A great story of 2 of the finest singers in the business.
1950 - Eleven year old girl made a saint - 4 pages of 10 x 14 inches in black and white. MARIA GORETTI, lived near Anzio, when a 19 year old tried to rape her. She resisted and he stabbed her 14 times. She was canonized a Saint in ceremonies in the vatican. Man who killed her pictured now.
1950 - The Home Front becomes aware of Korea - 4 pages of 10 x 14 inches each in black and white show departure for Korea of soldiers - One page deals with News of deaths hitting the U. S. Homes.
1950 - The War in Korea story - 6 pages of black and white of 10 x 14 inches each. Big map shows U.S. fights delaying actions and sets up two defense lines. Infantry war is as grim as ever - Advance patrol pushes up through enemy fire. Great pictures of U.S. fighting troops in Korea. 3 PAGES SHOWN IN our presentation package.
`1949 - The National city bank of New York. - 10 x 13 inche sof a colored ad. Sugar from cuba creates market for American flour. The National City Bank of New York located on 55 Wall Street. Overseas branches listed.
1949 - The Chase National Bank of New York 1949 - 10 x 13 inche of a colored ad. Smoothing the way. Chase travelers' Letters of credit often facilitate overseason business trips. List of overseas branches.
1953 - Prisoner exchange in Korea -5 full pages of 10 x 14 inches in black and white tell the story of the Big exchange of U.N. troops who were disabled. The first 100 included 30 americans of 600 maimed and ailing U.N. troops taken to Panmunjom by the reds to trade for 10 times the number of their own men. General Dean was still in captivity. Lots of great and intricate pictures of the disabled and General Dean. 3 pages shown in our presentation package.
1971 - Berkshire panty hose ad - 9 x 12 inches of a colored ad. Sensational - new Curvare panty hose - first real break through to fit perfection, wear superioority. Pants suit in picture by Donald Brooks - Photo: Mednick THE MODEL ON THE RIGHT LOOKS LIKE SUSIE BLAKELY
1971 - Enna Jetticks ad - 2 pages one in color, one black and white, 9 x 12 inches each. I'M wearing Enna Jetticks and I'm not even a mother yet. Enna Jetticks even looks sensational with pants, too.
Georgian era Catholic Pope Leo X11 memorial death mourning card February 10 1829. Saint Agnes with Lamb on obverse. Rare Purple ink holy stamp on reverse.
1951 - Recording Artists -Great Musicians - 6 pages of 10 x 14 inches of black and white of great musicians performing in a world the public never sees. Violinist Szigeti - Gregor Piatigorsky, Dorothy Kirsten, Wanda Landowska, Jimmy Durante and Helen Trauble, Igor Stravinsky, Rise Stevens, Robert Merrill, Isaac Stern, Marian Anderson, Rudolf Serkin, and others all pictured.
1951 - Dark Days in Iran story. - 2 pages of 10 x 14 inche of a black and white story. A wise premier, Ali Razmara, is murdered and gies the West some grave worries. Pictures and story of the event shown.
1951 - Mennen Cream hair oil ad - 5 x 14 inches of a black and white ad. Okay so you're a knight in shining armor, but he uses Mennen brushless. New formula hair conditioner.
1951 - Ipana tooth paste ad - 10 x 14 inches of a black and white ad. How sparkling can you be? What makes her mouth so sparkling fresh? the answer is Ipana.
1950 - New York Stock Exchange members ad - 10 x 14 inches of a black and white ad. The facts behind the biggest fact in the world. The biggest material fact in the world today is American production.
1959 - Great quake that rocked vacationland - 10 pages of 10 x 14 inches in black and white tell a horrible story with pictures galore of a series of earthquakes which struck in the majestic mountainland new YellowStone Park. Hundreds of tourists felt the earth beneath them lurch sickingly. Helicopter evacuated people. Then an encounter with Bears that suddenly became unearthly horror.
1945 - U. S. occupies Japan story - 13 pages of 10 x 14 inches in black adn white. Photographed by Bernard Hoffman, Carl Mydans and George Silk. MacArthur arrives and takes over rules of Japan - Lots of pictures of the Japanese people. Battered pictures of Tokyo as half of the capital is destroyed - Lots of aeral photos and end of the Japanese fleet. This is a story we never heard much about but it is first class history. 4 pages of this great presentation in our opening package.
1945 - Enna Jetticks shoes ad - 5 x 14 inches of a black and white ad. Am I proud of my shoe wardrobe!. America's smartest walking shoes. Enna Jettick Shopes., Inc. Auburn, New York.
1967 - Happy Memories=-GUY LOMBARDO - 9 x12 inche sof a colored ad. Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians records with selected vocal renditions by Kenny Gardner. The sweetest music this side of heaven.
1953 - Hardwick & Magee co.-VIRGINIA MAYO - 9 X 12 1/2 INCHES of a coloredd ad. Give me the luxury look and the comfortable feel of carpeter floors says Virgina Mayo starring in South Sea Woman
1953 - Waterbury furnaces - air conditioners - 5 x 12 inches of a white, black and green ad. There's a Waterbury for every size homke and every type of fuel. Over 45 years of warm air heating. Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Exceptional 1909 Edwardian unused color postcard series set of 3 by Bamforth and Company Publishers Holmfirth England. A Mothers loss deeply evident as she mourns beside a sepulcher graveyard. Post Mortem view of lost Daughter and a soulful prayer for her departed child. More Photos Below. Let but my fainting heart be blest with Thy sweet spirit for it's guest My God to The I leave the rest. Thy Will Be Done Renew my will from day to day Blend it with Thine and take away All that makes it hard to say. Thy Will Be Done What though in Lonely grief I sigh For Friends beloved no longer nigh Submissive would I still reply. Thy Will Be Done If Thou shouldst call me to resign What most I prize it ne'er was mine I only yield Thee what is Thine. Thy Will Be Done My God my Father while I stray Far from my home on life's rough way O teach me from my heart to say. Thy Will Be Done Though dark my path and sad my lot Let me be still and murmur not Or breath the prayer divinely taught. Thy Will Be Done
1943 - Life's photographer on bombing mission - 7 pages of 10 x 14 inches in black and white compose a story of Life's Miss Bourke-White accompanies U. S. Air Force on combat mission - photographs attack on Tunis. Great pictures of a bombing run early inthe WWII for U.S. A. U. S. Fortresses leave Axis airport in flames.
1950 - Christmas in Korea story - 12 (twelve ) full pages of 10 x 14 inches in black and white. There was a Christmas in Korea although it was all over before the 25h of December. The Marines shown walking in the inclement weather. Many Marines pictured individually - Care of the wounded given lots of space - 4 pages of pictures shown in our presentation package.
1940 -THE GREAT RETREAT FROM DUNKERQUE - 12 pages of 10 x 14 inches in black and white. One of the great sagas of WW II was the retred of the B.E.F. from Europe(Dunkerque) back to Great Britain. The German onslaught had driven the British and French back to the water in Flanders. A miraculous escape to England saved thousands and thousands of soldiers who could fight again another day. Pictures show the German onslaught and the British forces arriving back in England. It was a story of the Great retreat written by Sergeant Jack Wadsworth.
1972 - Cover Girl super sheer - CHERYL TIEGS - 8 x 11 inches of a colored ad. Cover girl super sheer introduces super gloss - the new sheershine look for lips. Cheryl Tiegs with Large picture and smaller picture.
1972 Coppertone suntan lotion ad - 8 x11 inches of a colored ad. Beautiful tan today. Young looking skin tomorrow. Coppertone helps more people geta magnificently deep fast tan tahn any other suisntain product in the whole world.
1960 - South Africa torn by fury story- ten pages of 10 x 14 inches in black and white. Martyrs buried as crisis grows. This tragic scene was 3 centuries int he making. These people were shot at Sharpeville by the gunfire of white police as they demonstrated against the Union of South Africa's haqrsh racial policies. History of the problem is included in the lengthy story and countless pictures.
1983 - TV series MASH - RIP - 6 papes of 10 x 13 inches in color of the TV series MASH. After 11 seasons, televisions's favorite sitcom shoots the final epiosode and then pulls the plug on itself. This great series of doctors in Korea during the war was probably the greatest series ever presented on TV.
1948 - LIZZIE BORDEN murder trial - 1 page of 10 x 14 and 2 half pages all in black and white. 56 years ago this week, Mr. & Mrs. Andrew J. Borden were bludgeoned to death with an ax. Lizzie hated her stepmother and was accused of the murders. Lizzie was acquitted after several key pieces of evidence against her where thrown out. She died in 1927 at the age of 66. This is a famous and often quoted event.
1964 - Copperton suntan lotion - DOROTHY PROVINE - ad 9 x 12 inches of a colored ad. Best looking tan under the sun says Dorothy Proving starring in God Neighbor Sam movie.
1959 - Alka - Seltzer ad - k10 x 13 inche sof a black and white ad. Speedy alka seltzer pictured. Relieve pain of headache, neuritis and neuralgia. Miles Products, Elkhart, Indiana.
1947 - PHIL SPITALNY & HIS ALL GIRL ORCHESTRA & CHOIR - 10 x 14 inches of a black and white ad. 9 favorite christmas carols by the Hour of Charm all girl orchestra and choir. Led by Evelyn andher Magic Violin.
1947 =ITALY, Anciet citadel of culture. Postwar italy and its problems. Sixteen (16) fullpages of 10 x 14 inches in black and white describe all phases of society. The barren countryside of southern Italy have endured centuries of war and crisis. Great stories and fabulous pictures of the rich, the slums and rebirth. 4 pages shown in our presentation package.
1947 - A Star is born - JUNE LOCKHART - 3 pages of 10 x 14 inches in black and white. Overnight June Lockhart becomes the hit of a new Broadway comedy. Having played in movies, her broadway hit upped her picture salary for the future.
1947 - The Metropolitan Opera opens - 5 full pages in black and white of 10 x 14 inches each. Once a year the cream of Manhattan's beauty and chivalry dilutes itself liberall with alcohol and flows, magnificently garnished, to the Metropolitan Opera House in observance of New York's Most venerable social rite. 3 full page sof pictures in prsentation pack, including Frank Sinatra.
1947 - Yardley - Bond street ad - 10 x 14 inche sof a colored ad. Bond Street by Yardley -Yardley products for America are created in England andfinished int he U. S. A. from the original English formulae.
1950 - Springfield blankets ad - 9 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches of a colored ad. Cordell-Sizeset all wool Trinidad white blanket. Think of yourself neath ablanket of snow. Springfield, Tennessee.
1950 - Vitrolite glass paneling ad 1 - 9 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches of a colored ad. Beauty secret for your powder room. A perfect little gem of a room to make all your guests gasp with delight. The walls are Vitrolite.
1962 - Hidden land -Russia & China story =9 pages of 10 x 14 inches - some colored, some black and white. Hidden land where Russian and China square off. Like long smoldering embers fanned by a gale, the great Sino-Slviet rift flared into visible heat. Big gallop forward inthe land of Yurts and yaks. A buffer big as Alaska against Chinese pressure. Great story and historical significance. Picitures very explicit. 4 pages shown in our presentation package.
1960 - Princess Alexandra in Nigeria - 3 pages of 10 x 14 inches - 2 incolor - of Princess Alexandra of England, cousin of the queen at the Nigerian freedom ceremonies. Nice pictures.