Tom DohertyinIan Brabner, Rare AmericanaA Rare 1805 German-American BroadsideChristian Ritter’s Europäisches Pferde-Pulver; protecting one of German-American farmers’ most critical tools and assets; the horseJan 13, 2016Jan 13, 2016
Tom DohertyinIan Brabner, Rare AmericanaAn 1885 Philadelphia Germania Theater BroadsideA rare playbill documents a thriving immigrant communityNov 23, 2015Nov 23, 2015
Tom DohertyinIan Brabner, Rare AmericanaSewing up Sales in 1874 ChicagoTuckers, Rufflers, Corders, Hemmers, Spool Monitors, and Needles. By the dozen or by the gross → “Never in the History of Sewing Machine…Nov 10, 2015Nov 10, 2015
Tom DohertyinIan Brabner, Rare AmericanaAn Archive of Winter Park, Florida, circa the 1900sNature and Leisure among the Winter Park Chain of Lakes, one of Florida’s earliest Winter ResortsNov 3, 2015Nov 3, 2015
Tom DohertyinIan Brabner, Rare AmericanaMen, Women, War & Equal Pay?A World War I labor shortage offered women equal opportunities — and pay — working on the railwayOct 29, 2015Oct 29, 2015
Tom DohertyinIan Brabner, Rare AmericanaA 1924 Graduation Program with a Twist … And a Bob, and a WaveOn April 28, 1924, in Trenton, New Jersey, the all-women Class of 1924 and other female students at the Pauline Academy of Hair and Beauty…Oct 11, 2015Oct 11, 2015
Tom DohertyinIan Brabner, Rare AmericanaCharles Dickens: In 1850, A Bleak House in America?Was this never-ending legal case the basis for Jarndyce v Jarndyce? In Virginia, some American claimants press their suitOct 9, 2015Oct 9, 2015
Tom DohertyinIan Brabner, Rare AmericanaPhiladelphia Judaica: An Invitation to the BallEphemera of 1898 shows one community’s outreach to the vulnerableOct 9, 2015Oct 9, 2015
Tom DohertyinIan Brabner, Rare AmericanaThe Last of the Frontier Showmen?A 19th-century ticket may be a link to John Harwood Pierce, a larger-than-life American characterOct 8, 2015Oct 8, 2015
Tom DohertyinIan Brabner, Rare AmericanaA 1916 San Francisco Bombing, A Movie StarWrongly convicted, labor leader Tom Mooney is sentenced to hang, then to life in prison. Can James Cagney come to the rescue?Oct 7, 2015Oct 7, 2015
