[Gender & Sexuality] Collection of 30 photos of men and women exploring gender and identity. 1920s--1940s. Photos range in size. All are black and white or sepia. A notably joyful collection of people experimenting with cross-dressing or otherwise unconventional gender expression. Both candid shots and portraits. Many are shown with.....
[LGBT] [WESTERN AMERICANA] Photo album. 112 vintage photographs, ranging from 4" x 5.5" to 3.5" x 2.5" inches, both black & white and sepia. No captions, but looks like California in the early 1900s. Most photos in this album depict rural, hardy life in the American West, many images rugged.....
STILL, William. The Underground Rail Road. Philadelphia: Porter & Coates, 1872. First edition, first printing. Contemporary rebinding with black boards and attractive gold gilt title on spine. 9.25" x 6.5" in. 780 pages. A foundational text on freeing slaves in America written by one of the most active African American.....
Collection of 31 photos of men and women exploring gender and identity. 1920s-1940s. Photos range in size from 10" x 8" to 3.5" x 2.5" inches. The photos are a mix of posed and candid, small groups and couples, friends and lovers, women in suits and coveralls, men in ballet.....
An archive of seventeen photographs depicting men and women from different times and nationalities in the opposite gender's clothing. Black and white silver gelatin photographs. 1.75" x 2.75" to 3.75" x 5.75" inches. Dating from 1904 to around the 1960s. The earliest two photos are of a man dressed in.....
Archive of 11 photos of men exploring gender and identity during the conservative 1950s. The photos are professional shots and all in the 8vo large photo format. All photos are black and white. Photographs by Rompre-Peterson Studio or Gene Marchand of Bristol. The cross-dressing men in this archive were celebrating.....
[BLACK PANTHERS]. I Am Somebody. poster by artist BRUCE, Herb, Chicago: Gráfica Studios, Charisma Chain Inc., 1970. 24 x 36 in. Original poster. Right side of poster features the famous poem, "I Am Somebody," written in the 1950s by Reverend William Holmes Borders, Sr. (1905-1993), Senior Pastor at Wheat Street.....
Large archive of 6 handwritten notebooks totaling 337 pages in pen and pencil written by Bessie May Rhoades who was an orphan at the Bethany Orphanage in Womeldorf, Pennsylvania, 1903. During the early 1900s, orphans were often children of neglect and poverty, some who sought out orphanages because the living.....
[LGBTQ] Promotional poster for The Bostonian magazine advertising the play The Coming Woman, 1877. Measures 16.5" x 12" inches. A large square of bright red covered in white text reads "A monthly magazine of local interest price 15 cts" along the top of the poster and in large, bold print.....
Archive of 7 silver gelatin photographs depicting urban homelessness in the 1930s-60s in America. Black and white silver gelatin Press photos. Photos measure between 4.25" x 5.75" to 7.25" x 9" inches. This photographic archive of urban homelessness around the middle of the 20th century depicts scenes from the margins.....
Archive of eight photos of migrant workers living and laboring in Midwestern states such as Michigan, Ohio, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. Silver gelatin press photographs that were used in the 1950's and 1960's to illustrate articles on the poor conditions of Latino Migrant Workers in the Midwest . Photos range from.....
Entwicklung Einer Revolutionaren Massenorganisation. Rote Steine Propaganda, BLACK PANTER PARTY - 1970. measures about 8" x 5.75" inches. 78 pages. Scarce first edition pamphlet in orginal yellow wrappers with a prominent Party's black panther emblem on the front cover. This pamphlet printed by German communists features a German transcription of.....
Handbill for an Adam Clayton Powell event in Harlem. Handbill, 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches;New York, 3 November 1968. A Harlem fundraiser event at the Renaissance Ballroom featuring the longtime congressman Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., as well as soul music, a dance contest, and cash prizes, put on by.....
Archive of seven original press photos from 1966-86 of Cesar Chavez and the UFW advocating for farm workers. Photos range from 9" x 6.5" to 11" x 8" inches. Black and white silver gelatin print photographs. The earliest photo from 1966 depicts Chavez leading a march in a sunny field.....
Two original press photos of the gathering on National Solidarity Day at the National Mall. The photos measure 9.25" x 8" inches. June 19, 1968. This rally was part of the Poor People's Campaign, an initiative launched by Martin Luther King shortly before his assassination in April of 1968. Over.....
Archive of 5 original silver gelatin photographs of migrant workers in locations around the Southwest such as California's Central and Coachella Valley and Las Vegas. These Press Photos range from 9" x 7" to 11" x 6" inches. The photos date from 1958-65. The first photo in the lot depicts.....
Archive of two Akwesasne Notes newspapers affiliated with the Mohawk Nation and the American Indian movement. Vol. 5, No.5 and Vol. 6, No. 2. 1973-1974. Each 48 pages . 17" x 11.5" inches. Has a small mail sticker on front covers from the University of California, Riverside library as well.....
Archive of 12 catalogues from Mount Holyoke College. 1844-89. Pamphlets measure 9" x 6" inches and range from 16 to 40 pages. The annual catalogues list faculty and students in attendance during the respective year with later catalogues including attractive illustrations of campus views. Mount Holyoke College was founded in.....
Frederic Henry Gerrish, M.D. "The Duties of the Medical Profession Concerning Prostitution And Its Allied Vices," 1878. Booklet with a transcript of a speech given by Gerrish before the Maine medical association at its annual meeting on June 12th of 1878. Measures 6" x 9" inches. 31 pages. In his.....
Radical prison reform newspaper Anvil. May-June 1973. San Francisco: United Prisoners Union. 8 pages. 15" x 11.5" inches. This issue of the Anvil focuses on the San Quentin Six - the six inmates at San Quentin State Prison in California accused of participating in an escape attempt that left six.....
An original underground newspaper "Open City" covering the 1968 Chicano high school walkouts. Los Angeles: March 8-14, 1968. Issue no. 45. 16 pages. 17" x 11.5" inches. First edition, first printing. 4000 students at Garfield High (March 4) and 1000 students at Wilson High (March 1) walked out in the.....
[Women's History] Original Carte-de-Visite Photograph of a woman in full military uniform, holding a sword. Washington DC: Ulke Bros, 1873. Measures approximately 2.5" x 4" inches. The woman is in the Dress Uniform of a United States Naval Captain from the mid-19th century. But such commonly accepted accounts present, like.....
Small archive of 3 pieces of ephemera from Mount Holyoke College. The archive includes the 1837-45 annual catalogue pamphlet measuring 9" x 6" inches, the 1840 address delivered at the third anniversary of the school's founding measuring 5.25" x 8.5" inches and an invitation to the 1915 commencement ceremony measuring.....
Small archive of 3 pamphlets with course listings from The Owens College, Manchester from 1896-1900. size 7.25" x 5" inches. The college was the first affiliate of Victoria University and founded on the principle of general education for the working class. Other institutions founded in manufacturing towns including Manchester had.....
Archive of 2 pamphlets "List of Public Secondary Schools for Girls," 1903 and 1905. Issued by the Association of Head Mistresses. 8.5" x 5.5" inches. Soft blue covers read "One Shilling, Published by the Educational Supply Association, 42 Holborn Viaduct, E.C." The entries inside are arranged by county and list.....