American Historical Memorabilia

Vintage 1930s American Signs

Porcelain

Original Packard double-sided porcelain dealership sign. Car companies utilized signs in a variety of places where they would be seen by customers, but the prime locations were repai...

Antique Late 19th Century American Historical Memorabilia

Iron

A late 19th century cast iron elevator indicator panel from the famed Fisher Building designed and built by Daniel Burnham in 1896. The indicator depicts two classical dolphins in th...

National Cash Register Co.

Antique Early 1900s American Renaissance Historical Memorabilia

Brass

Nickel-plated restored dolphin pattern serial # 627213 model # 321 San Francisco , Ca 1-29-09 #321-D.

Antique Early 1900s American Renaissance Historical Memorabilia

Marble

Mfg by Charles E. Hires Co. Serail #6358 . This is the "Holy Grail" of soda fountain syrup dispenser collectibles. In the years following the exposition, Hires continued to market hi...

20th Century American Other Historical Memorabilia

Brass, Steel, Glass, Iron

The symbol of Wall Street, this innovative self-winding stock ticker telegraph is a celebration of American financial and technological advancement. Manufactured at the factory of le...

Vintage 1930s American Signs

Glass

A Shell Oil Company molded scallop shell-form milk glass figural globe which would have been an illuminated light shade at the gas pump, with the word SHELL painted in large red lett...

National Cash Register Co.

Antique Early 1900s American Art Nouveau Historical Memorabilia

Brass

In the early 1900s, elaborate brass registers were made. Cash registers became staples in most retail stores, and to provide stronger security measures, cash registers were made with...

National Cash Register Co.

Antique Early 1900s American Renaissance Historical Memorabilia

Brass

In the early 1900s, elaborate brass registers were made. Cash registers became staples in most retail stores, and to provide stronger security measures, cash registers were made with...

Vintage 1930s American Historical Memorabilia

Metal

Great original piece or a perfect restoration project. Very hard to find popcorn machine with porcelain side advertising.

Antique 1860s American Political and Patriotic Memorabilia

1860 CAMPAIGN PARADE FLAG WITH 33 STARS IN A PENTAGON MEDALLION AND AN INTRIGUING ABBREVIATION OF LINCOLN'S NAME, ATTRIBUTED TO H.C. HOWARD, PHILADELPHIA 33 star American parade f...

Vintage 1940s American Political and Patriotic Memorabilia

48 STARS ON ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG WITH HAND-WRITTEN INSCRIPTIONS AND AN EMBROIDERED DATE OF APRIL 12TH, 1945, MOURNING THE DEATH OF PRESIDENT FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT: American na...

Antique 1890s American Political and Patriotic Memorabilia

U.S. Navy commission homeward-bound pennant with 14 stars, made by E.L. Rowe and Sons of Glouchester, Massachusetts, made circa 1890-1909, with verbal history of use in teddy Rooseve...

Early 20th Century American Chairs

Steel

An original American gynecological chair from the 1930s. The chair has a full range of backrest inclination adjustment from 90 to 180 degrees, and adjustment of side supports in the...

Vintage 1940s American Signs

Plastic

Sign by Everbrite. Mostly found outside hanging from the side of a building to advertise the grocery store and 7-up. Initially advertised as a cure for hangovers ("Takes the 'ouch' o...

Stout Sign Co.

Vintage 1940s American Signs

Tin

Double sided tin sign made by the Stout sign Co. St. Louis, MO. Mainly used near schools to advertising SLOW Children crossing. No.23 located towards bottom of sign.

Thomas A. Edison

Antique Early 1900s American Cabinets

Wood

Thomas A. Edison Model H-19 disc phonograph. Serial #SM-26735, with the fleur-de-lis grille and gold-plated metal parts. Design of this mahogany model began at the end of World War ...

Vintage 1940s American Victorian Collectibles and Curiosities

Glass, Wood, Paper

This walrus is made of papier mache and is depicted in his natural environment in a hand-painted diorama, circa 1940s-1950s mounted in a glazed frame. It was de-accessioned from a We...

Antique 1890s American Political and Patriotic Memorabilia

44 stars configured into the letters “U.S.”, patented in 1890 by W.R. Washburn, one of only four known surviving examples and one of the boldest designs known to exist in early flags...

Vintage 1960s American Political and Patriotic Memorabilia

GRAPHIC HOMEMADE BANNER COMMEMORATING THE LANDING OF APOLLO 11 ON THE MOON WITH ASTRONAUTS NEIL ARMSTRONG AND BUZZ ALDRIN, ON JULY 21st, 1969: Red, white, and blue homemade banner,...

Antique 1890s American Political and Patriotic Memorabilia

45 stars on an especially attractive denim blue canton, a beautiful example of a cotton bunting flag of this period, 1896-1908, Spanish-American war era, Utah statehood: 45 star A...

Antique Early 1900s American Political and Patriotic Memorabilia

THEODORE ROOSEVELT BANNER WITH AN EXQUISITE PORTRAIT IMAGE IN ROUGH RIDER'S GARB, COPYRIGHTED BY GEORGE ROCKWOOD (INVENTOR OF THE CDV), PRINTED IN BOSTON; ALMOST CERTAINLY MADE FOR U...

Antique 1860s American Political and Patriotic Memorabilia

34 STARS, WITH SCATTERED POSITIONING, ON AN ANTIQUE AMERICAN PARADE FLAG MADE DURING THE OPENING TWO YEARS OF THE CIVIL WAR, 1861-63, KANSAS STATEHOOD: 34 star American national fla...

Antique 1870s American Political and Patriotic Memorabilia

38 dancing stars on a silk antique American parade flag with generous scale and vivid colors, colorado statehood, 1876-1889: 38 star American national parade flag, printed on silk...

Antique Late 19th Century American Political and Patriotic Memorabilia

32 stars, commemorating Minnesota statehood, circa 1892–1926, a very rare flag, in a small size, with an hourglass or "Global Rows" configuration: 32 star American flags are rare....

Antique 1890s American Political and Patriotic Memorabilia

44 STARS ON A LARGE SCALE PARADE FLAG, WYOMING STATEHOOD, 1890-1896, RARE IN THIS PERIOD WITH A WREATH CONFIGURATION: 44 star American parade flag with triple wreath medallion star ...

Antique 1870s American Political and Patriotic Memorabilia

1876 Centennial celebration parade banner with oval standing portrait of George Washington and his horse on a ground of red and white stripes: Despite its vertical format, this st...

Mid-20th Century American Political and Patriotic Memorabilia

UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD FLAG, AN EXTREMELY SCARCE AND BEAUTIFUL, NAUTICAL DESIGN, MADE SOMETIME BETWEEN WWI (U.S. INVOLVEMENT 1917-18) AND 1934: Flag of the United States Ship...

Antique 1820s American Historical Memorabilia

This is an early original broadside printing of the Declaration of Independence by Eleazar Huntington, published in Hartford, Connecticut, circa 1820. The Declaration of Independe...

Exhibit Supply Co.

Vintage 1930s American Art Deco More Folk Art

Glass, Wood

Animated fortune teller made by Exhibit Supply Co. in 1939. This professionally restored piece features a man, Smiling Sam, whose face changes as he thinks and then dispenses a small...

Unknown

Vintage 1950s American Historical Memorabilia

Wood

Vintage phone booth with original hardware. Phone is a rotary pay phone. Light turns on when door closes and when door opens light turns off. Fan has a button that can turn it on and...

Early 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Paperweights

Brass

Two brused brass bar with ingravings imitating South African mint gold bars.

Antique Late 19th Century American Political and Patriotic Memorabilia

30 stars on an antique American flag made in the period between 1870 and the 1890s, probably to commemorate the year in which Wisconsin entered the union as the 30th state, in 1848: ...

Vintage 1910s American Political and Patriotic Memorabilia

BLUE AND YELLOW SUFFRAGETTE MOVEMENT POSTER, PROBABLY MADE FOR DISTRIBUTION BY THE EMPIRE STATE CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE, NEW YORK, 1915: “Vote for Woman Suffrage Nov. 2nd” is the text ...

Antique 1860s American Political and Patriotic Memorabilia

24 STARS AND 13 STRIPES ON A SOUTHERN-EXCLUSIONARY FLAG OF THE CIVIL WAR PERIOD, PROBABLY 1861 OR 1863-64, AN EXTREMELY RARE STAR COUNT, EX-TOM CONNELLY COLLECTION: American nati...

Antique Late 19th Century American Political and Patriotic Memorabilia

HAND-PAINTED PATRIOTIC BANNER WITH THE SEAL OF THE STATE OF OREGON AND GREAT FOLK QUALITIES, 1861-1876: Swallowtail format, patriotic vertical banner bearing the name and the seal o...

Antique Late 19th Century American Political and Patriotic Memorabilia

35 stars in a double wreath pattern on a civil war veteran's flag with overprinted battle honors of the New York 71st volunteer infantry: 35 star parade flag with double-wreath pa...

Antique 1890s American Political and Patriotic Memorabilia

13 STARS IN A MEDALLION CONFIGURATION ON A SMALL-SCALE ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG OF THE 1890-1900 ERA: 13 star flag of the type made from roughly the last decade of the 19th century th...

Antique Late 19th Century American Political and Patriotic Memorabilia

13 hand-embroidered stars and expertly hand-sewn stripes on an antique American flag made in Philadelphia in by Rachel Albright or Sarah M. Wilson, granddaughter and great granddaugh...

Antique Late 19th Century American Political and Patriotic Memorabilia

Entirely hand-sewn American National Flag with 13 stars on a tall and narrow canton; a homemade example with interesting presentation, made sometime between the tail end of the civil...

Antique 1860s American Political and Patriotic Memorabilia

13 HAND-SEWN STARS, IN AN OVAL VERSION OF THE 3RD MARYLAND PATTERN, ON AN ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG MADE IN THE PERIOD BETWEEN THE CIVIL WAR (1861-65) AND THE 1876 CENTENNIAL OF AMERICAN...

Antique 1870s American Political and Patriotic Memorabilia

38 STARS ON AN EXTRAORDINARY ANTIQUE FLAG MADE FOR THE 1876 CENTENNIAL EXPOSITION, LIKELY BY THE HORSTMANN COMPANY IN PHILADELPHIA, WITH AN EXTREMELY RARE FORM OF THE MEDALLION CONFI...

Antique Late 19th Century American Political and Patriotic Memorabilia

42 STARS IN AN HOURGLASS PATTERN ON AN ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG, AN UNOFFICIAL STAR COUNT, WASHINGTON STATEHOOD, 1889-1890: Early American national flag with 42 stars, configured in ro...

Antique Mid-19th Century American Political and Patriotic Memorabilia

EXTREMELY RARE, COTTON, ANTIQUE AMERICAN PARADE FLAG WITH 26 STARS, 11 STRIPES, AND ITS CANTON RESTING ON A RED STRIPE; THE EARLIEST KNOWN STAR COUNT FOR PRINTED EXAMPLES, 1837-1846,...

Antique Late 19th Century American Political and Patriotic Memorabilia

Wool

38 Stars in a dynamic starburst cross, one of the most spectacular star configurations in flag collecting, on an antique American flag with possible confederate sympathies, Colorado ...

Antique 19th Century American Political and Patriotic Memorabilia

40 STARS, AN EXTREMELY SCARCE EXAMPLE AND AN UNOFFICIAL STAR COUNT, ACCURATE FOR JUST SIX DAYS, SOUTH DAKOTA STATEHOOD, 1889: 40 star American national parade flag, printed on coar...

Antique Late 19th Century American Political and Patriotic Memorabilia

33 STARS IN A "GREAT STAR" OR "GREAT LUMINARY" PATTERN ON A HOMEMADE FLAG WITH A BEAUTIFUL, GLAZED COTTON CANTON, 1859-1861, PRE-CIVIL WAR THROUGH WAR PERIOD, OREGON STATEHOOD : Ent...

Antique 1890s American Political and Patriotic Memorabilia

Stevensgraph ribbon with a wonderful portrait of Alexander Hamilton and great falls on the Passaic river, made to celebrate the centennial of the town of Paterson, New Jersey in 1892...

Antique Late 18th Century American Historical Memorabilia

Paper

A touching handwritten love letter by one of the most legendary outlaws of the Old West Frank James (1843 – 1915) was a U.S Civil War Confederate guerrilla and notorious Old West ...

Vintage 1930s American Historical Memorabilia

Oliver Hardy was an American comedian and actor, most famous for being one half of the popular comedy duo, Laurel and Hardy. One of the most popular comedians of all time, and a cent...

Antique Mid-19th Century American Historical Memorabilia

Paper

Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States from March 1861 until his death in April 1865. Before he left for Washington to become sworn-in as President in 1861, L...

Vintage 1960s American Historical Memorabilia

John Fitzgerald Kennedy (1917-1963) was the youngest man elected President; and he was also the youngest to die. His Inaugural Presidential Address offered the memorable phrase: "Ask...

Vintage 1950s American Historical Memorabilia

- A Marilyn Monroe autographed cheque, featuring a fantastic example of her signature - Signed as president of Marilyn Monroe productions - Framed and accompanied by a glossy c...

Standard Oil Company

Antique Early 1900s American Signs

Metal

Original vintage gas barrel, this has a original label on the metal.

Mid-20th Century American Historical Memorabilia

Marilyn Monroe (1926-1962) is regarded as the most iconic female star that Hollywood ever produced. Singer, model and actress, she starred in popular movies such as The Seven Year It...

1990s American Historical Memorabilia

Paper

Signed sketch of the Solar System from astronomer Clyde Tombaugh American astronomer, Clyde Tombaugh (1906-1997) is most famous for discovering the planet Pluto in 1930. During hi...

Vintage 1950s American Historical Memorabilia

Paper

- Letter signed by Stan Laurel - one half of comedy duo Laurel & Hardy - Written to news anchorman Glenn Laxton concerning Laurel's early career Stan Laurel (1890-1965) is one ...

Vintage 1940s American Historical Memorabilia

- James Dean's yearbook from Fairmount High School, 1949 - Rare signing of "Jim" by the soon-to-be screen star - Brilliant caption, naming Dean as "our regular basketball guy" ...

Mid-20th Century American Historical Memorabilia

A beautiful black and white photograph signed by one of the 20th century's most important cultural icons Walt Disney (1901–1966) was a celebrated voice actor, animator, film produ...