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1902 Studebaker Horse Drawn Buggy

1902 Studebaker Horse Drawn Buggy. This antique Studebaker Buggy is finished in a rich black original paint with original interior and leather front panel.

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Thirteen photogravures of Venezuela Caracas Valencia Puerto Cabello

Thirteen vintage photogravures of the Venezuelan cities Caracas, Valencia, and Puerto Cabello. The photographs were probably taken between 1880 and 1920. The fine sepia images are matted and framed under glass and mounted in beautiful solid oak frames that retain their original deep rich patina. Each of these two matching frames measures 35 and three quarter inches wide by 24 inches high and 2 and three quarter inches deep.

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Accounts of sales by Middletown Ct Liquor Agent 1854

Accounts of sales by Middletown Ct Liquor Agent 1854. This ledger is one of a kind. It is the complete sales history of Horace Coswell from August 1854 to April 3 1855. He sold a total of $1509.91 during this entire period. He lists all the peoples names,what they purchased and the amount paid on a daily basis. Some are listed for Medicinal purposes. Two hundred and thirty six pages. The book is all original..binding a bit weak.

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Middletown CT Newfield School day book journal 1822

1876. It lists the votes, people present and the cost of operating the school. The clerks of the day have all signed this journal. 1836 voted to fix a site for a school house.Feb 27th 1862 "The weather and traveling was very unpleasant voted to adjourn to March 6th 1862 at 7 pm Attest. Chester Sage Clerk." At an adjourned school meeting held at the school house May 23 1862 Jeremiah Bacon in the chair voted to lay a tax of one mill and one third of a mill on the grand levy of 1861 to pay the expenses of repairing the school house. "Voted that the parents of guardians of the children who may injure the school house, seats,desks,break the glass, shall repair or refurnish the same at their own expense."

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Paris Exposition 1878 register American Manufactures by W M F Murphys and Sons Philadelphia PA

The Paris Exposition 1878 register of American Manufactures by W M F Murphys and Sons Philadelphia 1820 to 1920. This register has several thousand signatures from people from all over the world, many of them are famous last names. The book was used for something else at one time because there are some later signatures from the 1936 period at the end. This exposition was on a far larger scale than any previously held anywhere in the world. It covered over 66 acres. Among the many inventions on display was Alexander Graham Bell's telephone. Electric lighting had been installed all along the Avenue de l'Opera and the Place de l'Opera, and in June, a switch was thrown and the area was lit by electric light bulbs, invented by Thomas Edison, who also had on display a megaphone and phonograph. International juries judged the various exhibits, awarding medals of gold, silver and bronze.The United States exhibition was headed by a series of commissioners, which included Pierce M. B. Young, a former United States Congressman and major general in the Confederate States Army, as well as other generals, politicians, and celebrities. To read more about the 1878 exhibition in Paris go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exposition_Universelle_%281878%29 where we obtained this information. Condition. The binding back needs to be reset. All the pages are fine. There are some areas inside the book where ink was spilled. There is no other copies. This is the largest book we have ever had. It measures two feet high by two feet wide and 10 inches deep and weighs 120 pounds! It was signed by many of the worlds most rich and powerful of that time.

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