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ARTIFACT: This is a striking 1950s vintage travel poster for Odense, Denmark by Viggo Vagnby. The mother of the subject of Hans Christian Andersen's "The Ugly Duckling" really pops against a black background, while the duckling and a lady bug are more...

ARTIFACT: This is a wonderful, unused real photo postcard of the South Shore, Massachusetts Fire Department Engine 3 from the 1910s. Number 3 is an Ahrens-Fox engine, and is shown on the postcard accompanied by a dozen firemen. VINTAGE: Circa 1910s...

ARTIFACT: This is a nice circa 1918 Allen Brothers Corporation of Boston, Massachusetts manufactured goods catalog. The company made many items such as signs and stamps, and also manufactured police and fire badges although this catalog only has two...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1962 pin showing the support of New York State for Nelson Rockefeller's gubernatorial bid for re-election. It is enameled in blue and is shaped like the Empire State. VINTAGE: Circa 1962. SIZE: Approximately 9/16" in height...

ARTIFACT: This is a novelty political pin for the 1972 presidential election. The pin's slogan suggests that Archie Bunker, star character of the hit television show, "All in the Family" be a candidate. VINTAGE: Circa 1972. SIZE: Approximately 7/8" in...

ARTIFACT: Classic, small size, circa 1970 Anti- War B-52 Vietnam War Peace Pin. The black and white celluloid pin shows a white B-52 pointed towards the sky, forming a peace sign with its wings and tail, and read"DROP IT" along the top, with a white...

ARTIFACT: This is a classic PT boat tie bar promoting John F. Kennedy in the 1960 United States Presidential race against Richard M. Nixon. Kennedy served in the Navy as officer of a few Motor Torpedo Boat Squadrons, and won the Purple Heart and Navy and...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1907 bronze medal for President Theodore Roosevelt's Atlantic Fleet cruise around the world, which later became known as the "Great White Fleet". The medal shows a bust of President Roosevelt and reads THEODORE ROOSEVELT PRESIDENT OF...

ARTIFACT: This is a rare circa 1920s or 1930s racist memorabilia "white" alligator letter opener with a "black" man note pencil. The note pencil sits inside the letter opener to make it appear that the alligator has eaten all but the head of the man. It...

ARTIFACT: This is a vintage late 1940s black Americana pin tray by Plasto Manufacturing Company. It is in painted chalkware and shows a seated boy eating a watermelon. VINTAGE: Circa late 1940s. SIZE: Approximately 3-9/16" in height, 3-3/8" in depth...

ARTIFACT: This is a rare circa 1915 member badge for the Woman's Peace Party by Hyman and Company of Chicago. The Woman's Peace Party was the first pacifist organization to use the tactic of public demonstration, and also the first to be comprised...

ARTIFACT: This is a rare 39 star United States flag that is silk-screened on silk dating to between 1876-188The flag has a wonderful star pattern made up of two concentric circles surrounding a lone star with one star at each corner of the blue field...