Paper, Posters, Prints, Photos & Paper Artifacts

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 out, or matted over. Poster read"For Your Country's...

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 OVER WITH U.S. MARINES. The soldier's bayonet stretches...

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. SIZE: Approximately 8-1/8" in width by 15-3/4" in height...

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 paranoid-looking singer in his trademark black-rimmed...

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 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 the time of printing, a nickel-plated German silver...

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 19 worn on the officer's breast. VINTAGE: Circa 1890s...

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 worn on the officer's breast. VINTAGE: Circa 1890s...

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. SIZE: Approximately 6-3/16" in height by 4-1/4" in width...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1900 cabinet card photograph of Jack Kilday, a Laconia, New Hampshire policeman. In the photo Kilday is displaying his radiator-style badge, and there is just a shadow of the word "LACONIA" at the top of it. It is also possible...