1st item: Lindbergh baby kidnapper poster partially reading "WANTED, Information as to the whereabouts of Chas. A. Lindbergh, Jr. of Hopewell, NJ" . 16" H x 9 1/2" W. 2nd item: Lindbergh baby kidnapping notice distributed to law enforcement officials, showing handwriting specimens from notes transmitted by the alleged kidnappers and asking for assistance in […]

1st item: White House ashtray acid etched on the underside with the Vice Presidential seal and Hubert Humphrey initials. 2"H x 6 5/8"W x 6 1/2"D. 2nd item: Monogrammed handkerchief, initials HHH. 14" square. 3rd item: Vice Presidential ink pen with gold lettering HUBERT H HUMPHREY. 5 1/4"L. 4th-6th items: 3 political buttons, smallest 1 […]

A White House Haviland Limoges porcelain fish plate from the Rutherford B. Hayes service, designed by artist Theodore R. Davis, depicting two lobsters, signed lower right D on front. The back contains the full artist signature with TD cypher, presidential eagle, and Haviland Limoges mark. (Mark illustrated in the book Official White House China, 1789-the […]

Two Rutherford B. Hayes presidential china plates from the 1880 edition of the service designed for the White House by Theodore Davis for Haviland. One depicts two lobsters, signed "D" lower left; the other depicting two fish, signed "D" lower right, both marked on back with artist's signature, Haviland Limoges stamp, and additional blue stamp […]

Tiensch Louisville KY transit level compass. dial engraved with central fleur-de-lis at North, signed in the Southern quadrant, "A. Tiensch Louisville, KY", two functioning leveling vials, removable cap. Brass case stamped, "A. C. Schuman Louisville" twice adjacent to each leveling vial. 15 3/8"L x 6 1/8". Circa 1855. Adolph Tiensch was born in 1820 in […]

3 Framed Southwestern Maps. 1st item: Map showing the Southern boundary of New Mexico, agreed upon by Commissioners Bartlett & Conde, February 7, 1853. 11 1/4" x 7 1/2" sight, 19 1/2" x 15 3/4" matted and framed. Excellent condition. 2nd item: Northwestern territorial map, No. 10, published 1853 by Daniel Burgess. Shows the Northwestern […]

3 hand-colored engraved New England maps including the states of Rhode Island, Vermont and New Hampshire. "Lon E. from Philada" on lower margin of all three. All most likely engraved by Joseph T. Scott and included in the United States Gazetteer, published by F. & R. Bailey in Philadelphia , 1795. Each page/sheet measures approx. […]

Sam Houston signed Tennessee land grant granting fifty acres in Hawkins County to William Gamble, November 9, 1827. Large signature for Sam Houston in the space for the Governor's signature. Sam Houston's term as Tennessee governor lasted from 1827 until 1829 when he resigned and moved to Texas. Houston later became the President of Texas […]

The Tourist's Pocket Map of the State of Tennessee exhibiting its internal improvements, published by S. Augustus Mitchell, 1839. Inscribed inside cover, R. Smith. Book: 4 7/8" H x 3" W x 3/16" D. Map: 13" H x 15 3/8" W. Condition: Spine loose with few losses. Wear to front and back and corners. Old […]

"A Ground Plan and Section of Weyer's Cave Augusta CO. VA.", ca. 1835. Designed and drawn by Robert L. Cooke, Staunton, VA, lithograph by Childs & Lehman, Lith.rs, Philadelphia. Includes an overhead plan of the cave, each room labeled by letters explained by map legend, sections of the hill on which the cave is situated, […]