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ARTIFACT: This is an exceedingly rare original May 1945 copy of the United States Army Air Forces 23rd Fighter Group unit history Three Years with the 23rd". Printed by the Office of the Historical Officer, this thirteen page unit history gives a concise...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1943 copy of the United States Army Air Forces manual "Survival After Emergency Landing: Pilot's Medical Handbook". The booklet has illustrations to accompany the text and a list of helpful drugs in the back. The book was prepared by...

ARTIFACT: This is a May 1944 copy of the restricted United States Army Air Forces booklet "Instructions for Officers & Men of Army Air Forces in the Event of Capture or Landing in a Neutral Country". The booklet is not illustrated and was published by...

ARTIFACT: This is a scarce circa 1918 hardcover copy of the United States Air Service Medical Manual from the War Department, Air Service Division of Military Aeronautics at Washington, D.C. There are lots of photographs of aircraft mixed in, including...

ARTIFACT: This is a classic World War I aviator photo in a beautiful aviation-themed frame from the same period. The frame has a swiveling scrollwork leg that can be swung out to prop up the frame. VINTAGE: Circa World War I. SIZE: Approximately 8-7/8"...

ARTIFACT: This is a great old apple peeler by Pennsylvania Hardware Company. The Penn Hardware Company was established in 1877 in Reading, Pennsylvania. The peeler is in cast iron with a wooden crank handle and dates from the 1890s. VINTAGE: Circa 1890s...

ARTIFACT: This is an old shoe horn from Fulis Bros., a Portsmouth, New Hampshire shoe store. VINTAGE: Circa 1910s. SIZE: Approximately 4-1/16" in length and 1-9/16" in width. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Steel. ATTACHMENT: Hole. ITEM NOTES: This is...

ARTIFACT: This is a great early tin lithograph advertising sign for Lee Union-Alls circa 191The Union-Alls design combined a jacket and dungarees in one piece of clothing to provide full coverage for workers of all trades. The sign shows two men modeling...

ARTIFACT: This is a great circa 1920s advertising paperweight for Byers Machinery of Ravenna, Ohio. The paperweight advertises the company's patented "Bear Cat" crane (excavator). The company founder, John F. Byers, also invented an oatmeal grinder, the...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1940 brass advertising key chain for Goodrich Tires. It is in the shape of a 1940 Massachusetts license plate. VINTAGE: Circa 1940. SIZE: Approximately 3/4" in height and 1-15/15" in width. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Painted brass...

ARTIFACT: This is a Derby Underwear twenty years of service pin in 10 karat gold by Balfour. The pin has a great design: a pair of boxer shorts sticking out of a derby hat gives the overall impression of a mushroom. There are three ruby chips in the...

ARTIFACT: This is an old Leominster, Massachusetts "Hudson Parer Company" cast iron apple peeler patented in 188The peeler has a crank handle that manipulates two gears attached to a three-pronged spindle onto which the apple goes. Another gear turns a...