Each month this winter, we have featured a winter vacation related item. Previous posts featured brochures about The Court Inn and Hampton Terrace. Continuing with this theme, we are featuring more »
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Each month this winter, we are featuring a winter vacation related item. In December, we featured a 1906 brochure about a winter resort in South Carolina called The Court Inn. more »
This past summer, we featured travel and vacation related items, including ones about express steamers, a beach hotel, and a lake resort. Each month this winter, we will do the more »
The holiday shopping season is just around the corner. Have you ever wondered what toys or other items people bought as gifts in the past? This catalog gives us a more »
The Trade Literature Collection at the National Museum of American History Library includes many catalogs related to automobiles. One of these is this 1899 trade catalog by Roach & Barnes entitled more »
The Trade Literature Collection at the National Museum of American History Library includes a number of school related trade catalogs. This catalog by J. L. Hammett entitled Illustrated Catalogue of School Merchandise 1872-1873 w/1874 cover and price list of school furniture includes desks and chairs for students and teachers. Some of the desk styles have a chair attached to a desk while others have a separate desk and chair.
Each month this summer, we have featured a vacation or travel related item. Previous posts featured items about express steamers and a hotel on the beach. This month, we are featuring a 1906 booklet about a lake resort.