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Here's a broadside listing what one should bring from England to the New World (Virginia) in 1622 in order to survive and thrive.
Collector and dealer in obsolete currency. Always buying all obsolete bank notes and scrip.
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I love artifacts like this, thanks for sharing Russell.
Interesting, thanks for posting it !!!
$10,000 for the new mint in 1793, signed by Alexander Hamilton.
I bet that document is fairly fragile.
Easily the coolest thing I’ve seen this year.
20 pounds was a lot of money in 1622. No wonder they were showing up with few provisions after having paid for the transport to Virginia by ship!
1622 - very cool
Would've been under James I ... The reason they called it "Jamestown". Same James of the King James Bible.
Interesting to see a document of that time. Thanks much for posting it.
Did someone says Jamestown?
Very nice brownback.
This one seems appropriate for St. Patricks Day:
Thought I'd post this here, I picked it up a couple of years ago purely because I liked the industrial cityscape on the front. It's a Soviet loan certificate I believe, from 1952.
Here's something different ... Gas station blueprints from the 1940s.
Note the second photo, which is an enlargement of the right-hand side of the station, specifically including the restrooms. The Ladies and Mens rooms were on the side and each measures 9.5' deep by 5.6' wide. Each had a partition in front of the toilet for privacy. The 'Colored' room was around back and was 8' deep by 4' wide - no partition.
Mid year 1928 and the new small-size currency started entering circulation. Many local banks handed out leaflets the exact size of the new small size paper money to help customers familiarize themselves with the change. This example also listed the different denominations and who was pictured on the note.
Got another Soviet-era loan certificate, from the 1980s, the other day.
Got this at the flea market love the eagle design on the top
Yes, it looks familiar.
Very cool Pete.
The list of associate banks reads like small town USA in the Northern Mid-West.
E.W.Davies had many irons in the fire in the late 19th Century, banking being one of them.
Circa 1910.
CSA Orders, November 1, 1863, Nacogdoches. Issued under the command of General John B. Magruder, this order reads:
"Maj. F. B. Sublett, Cmdg Nacogdoches, will order five commissioned officers from the Infantry at Nacogdoches to report to Capt. L. T. Barret, A. Q. M. Nacogdoches, for duty in the Quartermasters Department in concentrating supplies at points on the route from Belts Ferry to Cherino and from Cherino to Sabinetown.
A.Q.M.s of Battalions at Nacogdoches who are [turned?] out by the organization of Regiments and Battalions will be ordered on this duty."
By this point in the war, Union forces had gained control of the Mississippi, effectively dividing the Confederacy in half and cutting off support for Magruder's 'District of Texas, New Mexico and Arizona' (The Trans-Mississippi region). The forces in East Texas were in constant fear of invasion by Union troops, and it was very important that Confederate and State troops be able to operate effectively in the area. This order - to release officers so that supplies could be stationed along important routes - is evidence of the constant need to operate strategically in the face of the Union threat.
(Belt's Ferry was the Neches River crossing near the former Fort Teran in what is now Tyler County. Three important trails, the Coushatta Trace, the Alabama Trace, and the Nacogdoches-Orcoquisac Road, crossed the Neches River at this point, underscoring the significance of this strategic site.)
Too cool!
And the blue prints show that an item can be cool but very uncool at the same time. That’s history though. Can only hope to learn from it, I guess.
Let's bump up this fun thread! Here's some interesting stuff I've had tucked away in an oversized album.
This is my oldest newspaper, The Athenium Mercury, a London one-sheet from 1692.
A 1794 land grant for a 400-acre tract in Northumberland, Pennsylvania
And an 1842 advertising broadside for a play at the New Strand Theatre in London
These are all fairly fragile, which is why I don't pull them out very often.
A ticket to the 1936 Democratic National Convention being held in Philadelphia Pennsylvania at Franklin Field. These were printed by Quayle and Son Corp. out of New York City and features a portrait of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. I like the bright red ink used on the back.
When my Great-Grandmother died back in 2017 at the age of 93, I found a pair of documents from the First National Bank of Ceredo, WV, tucked away in a piece of antique furniture. She never spoke much of her early life, but while growing up, her family operated a small dairy farm during the Great Depression near Ceredo, West Virginia. It should make for an interesting display provided I can find a nice appealing Type 2 National Bank Note from Ceredo.
Anyone familiar with the work of J S G Boggs or Tim Prusmack will appreciate this artist’s rendering of the 1896 $1 Silver Certificate drawn by artist Jackson Robinson. It’s massive. It’s 24” by 10”, and the details are phenomenal.
Check out this wonderful "Wanted" poster done by Asher B. Durand, bank note engraver and Hudson River school artist. Apparently, this guy ran out on Mr. Durand's sister and he prepared this broadside in response. Done very early in his career, you can see his talent.
That is really an interesting broadside (very talented artist/excellent portrait). Gives a bit of insight into how Victorian society was back then (1823). "Ran out" probably means proposed & took advantage of her? People knew people & word got around. Last sentence state he's "not only an infidel in Religion but in every Moral Principle of Society." (Note the capitals/the outrage).
So many writers of today's mass entertainment industry fudge/mess around with historical contexts to suit today's audience (our new values). I get it, (it has to be done) but it can be frustrating (If one has actually studied history) & know how cautious women had to be, how they never entered saloons without escort, travelled alone, etc back then (that sort of thing).
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Very interesting. And if anyone wants to know what a Lecturer of Mnemonics is, it’s sentencing that helps an individual remember how to spell words, among other things.
When you live in a city who’s nicknamed Cigar City, you just might collect vintage cigar boxes and cigar box labels. Some can be very interesting and colorful. One of my favorites is the Tampa Life label produced by the Preston Cigar Company which coincidentally had its factory blocks from where I live. The embossing on these is amazing which you can see on the back of the label. The large building is the former Tampa Bay Hotel which is now the University of Tampa along the Hillsborough River.
I have always been drawn to these, too.
The variety of designs and subjects available is amazing as are many of the graphics.
I have a bit of paper related to the banks of Rhode Island, but I also find old articles and images of my hometown of Narragansett, Rhode Island, to be interesting. Here are a couple I've picked up over the years:
Delinator Magazine, 1904
Frank Leslie's Illustrated, July 14, 1888
The Illustrated American, August 15, 1891
Looking at those bathing suits, I think that I understand why there is so much more skin cancer these days.
Narragansett was just as crowded as Coney Island.
I’m really fond of this little engraving. This is the Heritage auction description - The National Bank Note Co. engraved this portrait card of Lincoln's first Secretary of the Treasury, Salmon P. Chase. It measures approximately three-and-three-fourths inches by five inches and is printed on India paper mounted on card stock. A pencil notation on the back relates this vignette to the $1 Legal Tender notes, Fr. 16 & 17. The card is in nice condition, but it has mounting spots on the back.
This is an Fr.16 note I own where the engraving was used.
Here are a few more contributions to this thread, some coin savers from the 30s or 40s I think:
A pamphlet from Rhode Island Hospital Trust, which, as a national, issued small-sized notes under Rhode Island Hospital National Bank:
And a newspaper from 1888 that discusses a fire gutting the Niantic National Bank of Westerly, RI:
These are the sort of things I use to add a little color to the short histories of local banks that I have on my site.
The American Bank Note Company printed labels for the Atlantic White Lead Company and these are a couple of printers proofs approved in May 1897. White lead was a base pigment used in lead paints.
When and/or if you purchase the six edition set of the American Bank Note Company Archive Series, a special treat is in store for you. A reprint of the Republika Czechoslovakia 1000 Korun note is included.
How about a nice grammar school diploma from 1902? Do elementary schools even give these out anymore?
I won this at auction several years ago because I thought it was interesting. It's a print of an American Bank Note Company vignette. Dated to the 1890's and labeled Quadriga #82.
I did a closeup of the are gnarly looking Horses.
I finally nabbed one of these -- woot!
Two manuscripts added to my collection . they are dated 1427 and 1591 .