The History List Rare Finds
Connecting you to history through historic items for your home or office.
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Roosevelt Plaque — “Fighting for the right” — 1920
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Monumental painting of Teddy Roosevelt from his Rough Rider Days - 56” x 56”
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Original WWII poster — "Now all together" bond drive poster with image from Iwo Jima
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World War II Newspapers from the US and UK in an archival box
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Mark Twain Hand Signed Letter in an antique frame from the period — Documented by scholars
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"Reminiscences" signed by the author General Douglas MacArthur, 1964 - First edition, #657 of 1750 signed copies
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Mounted metal eagle atop a ball and wooden base
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Carved Walnut mirror celebrating the Emancipation Proclamation
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Framed "Declaration of Independence" Calligraphy of George Washington with the seals of 16 states
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Presidential appointment signed by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison - 1807 - In an antique frame
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Battle of Manila, May 1, 1898 — Framed 1898 print
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The Battle of the Wilderness - 1887 framed print
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Memoirs of Harry S. Truman — Two volumes — Both signed by Truman
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1881 "The Ladies of the White House; or, In the Home of the Presidents" by Laura C. Halloway
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1883 "Our Famous Women: comprising the lives and deeds of American women" — Illustrated book
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Shepp's World's Fair Photographed with additional souvenir photo publication
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The Blue Book: A Comprehensive Official Souvenir View Book, Illustrating the Panama-Pacific Internation Exposition, San Francisco, 1915
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Large, framed, hand-colored whaling print
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1820 Historical Staffordshire blue plate showing the 15 states
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1925 Thomas Paine's Life & Works in 10 volumes— With an introduction by Thomas A. Edison
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Folk art paintings — Theorems
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Carved wooden eagle — "Live and Let Live" — 36" wide
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Large framed reproduction of the famous poster for the Wright Brothers Dayton celebration in 1909
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Ornate “Bulls-eye” Convex Mirror — Late 19th/early 20th C.
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"Twenty Years at Hull-House” signed by the author, Jane Addams, 1923
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George Washington 1789 "GW" Inaugural Button — "LONG LIVE THE PRESIDENT" — Includes certificate of authenticity
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Document signed by Thomas Jefferson for the import duty on his famous Louis Chantrot Obelisk Clock
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Original oil painting of key point in the Civil War: “Ironclads steaming past Vicksburg”
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1936 The Democratic Book — Limited first edition signed by Franklin Roosevelt
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The Congressional War on Kansas over Slavery and Statehood: 59 speeches covering 1854 - 1858
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Original WWI poster — "That Liberty Shall Not Perish from The Earth" bond drive poster
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Carved Wood and Gesso-gilt Eagle Sculpture, America, c. 1860. — 50" wingspan
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General Douglas MacArthur - Framed with signature - "Duty, honor, country . . ."
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Framed April 17, 1865 newspaper reporting Lincoln's Assassination and Death and newspaper reporting on the trial
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Paul Revere - North Church Lantern — Sterling Silver — Numbered — Authorized by the Concord Antiquarian Society
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Roosevelt Bronze — “Fighting for the right” — 1920
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Teddy Roosevelt Relief Portrait c. 1910
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Five Colonial Currency Notes from 1770 to 1779, including North Carolina (1776), South Carolina, and Maryland
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"Crusade in Europe" by Dwight D. Eisenhower — Signed copy
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1859 "Pictorial Field-Book of the Revolution by Benson Lossing" — Two volumes
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"The History of the Civil War in America" — First Edition — Volumes I (1863) and II (1866)
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Historical Staffordshire "Landing of Fathers, Plymouth Rock" Pitcher
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The First Landing of the Pilgrims — 1856 engraving of famous painting
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Enola Gay print signed by pilot Col. Paul Tibbets, navigator Capt. Theodore "Dutch" Van Kirk, and bombardier Maj. Thomas Ferebee — Framed
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Historical Staffordshire blue plate showing the landing of Gen. Lafayette at Castle Garden in New York, early 19th c.
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"Harper's New Monthly Magazine" — All 12 issues for the year 1863, with major Civil War news
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President Calvin Coolidge signed photograph with a note from his secretary, on White House stationery, in a handmade frame
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The Life and Death of John F. Kennedy — Collection of LOOK and LIFE Magazines
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Small, framed George Washington silhouettes
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Paul Revere's Ride — Original oil painting by Alton S. Tobey for "The Golden Book History of the United States"
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CDV of President Lincoln with Tad — 1865 — In a handmade, solid wood frame
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"U.S. Infantry Tactics for the Instruction, Exercise and Maneuvers of the United States Infantry” — 1861 — First edition
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"A Soldier's Story" signed by the author Omar Bradley, 1951 — Limited first edition, #574 of 750 signed copies
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"Reminiscences" signed by the author General Douglas MacArthur, 1964 - First edition, #1486 of 1750 signed copies
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Four historic framed prints of American soldiers in uniform 1774 - 1783 that were commissioned by the Quartermaster General of the Army (1890 - 1907)
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Seth Thomas "Banjo Clock" with a depiction of a naval engagement
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Boston Massacre print made from Revere's original plate — Framed
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Historical Staffordshire blue plates c1825 commemorating the landing at Plymouth and four other historical events
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Teddy Roosevelt Bronze Plaque — The Strenuous Life — c. 1910
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"The New-York Times" reporting on General Grant and the Fall of Richmond — New York, April 4, 1865
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1791 Newspaper reporting Washington’s State of the Union Address
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1861 Newspaper reporting Lincoln’s First State of the Union Address
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1901 Pan-American Exposition Decorated Miniature Lamp
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Theodore Roosevelt — Signed photograph with certificate of authenticity
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Hand hammered copper eagle flagpole topper
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Large, framed, hand-colored 1841 etching of U.S. ship in the Port of Liverpool
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USS Constitution Models—Enclosed in glass with a custom built display table
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Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Appointment — Signed March 7, 1904
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Currier & Ives hand-colored original print, "The Fall of Richmond, Virginia, on the Night of April 2nd, 1865," in an antique frame
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Chippendale-style Mahogany Inlaid Scroll-frame Mirror — 19th C.
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Cast iron eagle — 19th / 20th C.
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George Washington 1789 First Inaugural Button—“Memorable Era / March the Fourth 1789”
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1938 book with rare print from the original negative of the only photo of the Wright Brothers’ first flight
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1945 Collier's Photographic History of World War II Vintage Book — Album Edition
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President Theodore Roosevelt Naval Appointment — Signed December 23, 1908
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Reverse-painted Federal mirror with Paul Revere
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Carved wooden eagle — "Don't give up the ship" — 28" wide
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12-volume set, "America: Great Crises In Our History Told by Its Makers" — Complete set in excellent condition
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1945 VIII Corps WWII Route Map
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Book on the Enola Gay with a hand-drawn diagram signed by the navigator, Dutch Van Kirk
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Theodore Roosevelt's "The Winning of the West" — Six volumes
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The Writings of John Quincy Adams — 7 volume set
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Hand-colored 1762 Map of North America
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A carte de visite (CDV) of President Lincoln in a large solid wood frame
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Admiral Chester Nimitz signed photo aboard USS Missouri as he is signing the surrender documents — September 2, 1945
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Liverpool creamware pitcher commemorating George Washington after his death
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Original WWI poster — "Books wanted for our men in camp and over there" — Framed, with museum-grade acrylic
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The Soldier in Our Civil War: A Pictorial History of the Conflict, 1861-1865. Illustrating the Valor of the Soldier as Displayed on the Battle-Field" — Two volumes
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1885-86 Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant — Two volumes
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Battle of Boston Harbor with the Frigates Chesapeake and Shannon — 1813 — Two historic framed prints
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1783 View of the Attack on Bunker's Hill, with the Burning of Charles Town, June 17, 1775 Framed print
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Preparing for the Battle of Bunker Hill — original oil painting by Alton S. Tobey for "The Golden Book History of the United States"
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Large Historical Platter with several scenes of Plymouth in 1622 and after
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Civil War Grand Army of the Republic Trumbull Post, No. 16 — In black frame
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Civil War Grand Army of the Republic Stanley Post, No. 11 — In ornate wooden frame
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The Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin - From Arion Press — Numbered edition in brown goatskin with a gilt stamp profile on the cover
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Uncle Sam "I Want You" WWI recruiting poster — Framed
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Historical plates from Staffordshire and Wedgwood
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"Eisenhower Speaks” signed book + LIFE Magazine covering his death
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St. Nicholas Magazine — Presidents Birthday February 1918 issue
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"Two Years in the Mast" — Two volumes in a slipcase
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Collection of WWII Newspapers, Booklets, and Pamphlets from 1939 to 1944 — Life on the homefront and in the Army stateside training
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"A Stillness at Appomattox" signed by the author Bruce Catton — A beautiful private printing, leather-bound with gilt lettering
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1920-28 My Bookhouse for Children — 6 volume set
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