Paper, Posters, Prints, Photos & Paper Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is an 1837 dated membership certificate for the Boston Marine Society, the oldest sea captain association anywhere. The group had already been known for 67 years as the The Fellowship...

ARTIFACT: Great, classic WWII Women's Recruiting Poster, showing Army, WAC, Navy Wave, Woman Marine, and USCG Spar. Great manageable size! Two small areas of foxing on edge could easily be bleached...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War I United States Marine Corps recruitment poster. Set off by a bold gold background, the head and shoulders of a Marine emerge beneath a caption reading E-E-E-YAH-YIP GO...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War II United States Navy recruitment poster asking the reader to BE A SEABEE, or a member of one of the Navy's Construction Battalions. VINTAGE: Circa World War II...

ARTIFACT: This is a large (almost five feet tall!) and early promotional poster for singer Elvis Costello. The poster is in arresting shades of yellow and green and shows a close-up of the slightly...

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...

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...

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...

ARTIFACT: This is a 261st Edition Northwestern Stamp Works catalog and price list. Established in 1882 in St. Paul, Minnesota, Northwestern was a supplier of many items, including police badges. At...

ARTIFACT: This is a great circa 1890s close-up cabinet photograph of a Haverhill, Massachusetts policeman. The photo clearly shows the sterling silver with hard-fired enamel radiator badge numbered...

ARTIFACT: This is a great circa 1890s close-up cabinet photograph of a Haverhill, Massachusetts policeman. The photo clearly shows the sterling silver with hard-fired enamel radiator badge numbered 5...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1920 photograph of the Massachusetts Metropolitan District Police Chief. This photograph shows a nice clear shot of the Captain's badge. VINTAGE: Circa 1920...