A wonderfully nostalgic look back in time to early education of the Depression era 1930's!
This 32 page, Pre-Primer called "Everyday Doings" written by Julia Letheld Hahn, was published in 1935 by the Houghton Mifflin Company, and was acquired for use by the York, Pennsylvania, School District in 1936 (see ink stampings to front cover).
In wonderful condition with absolutely no evidence of use, this booklet was one workbook within the Child Development Series of Houghton Mifflin Early Read...
Tibetan Silver Repousse Buddhist Pendant with Turquoise and Coral. The pendant is in perfect condition with inset coral and turquoise on a hand woven twisted link silver chain. The chain is 28" and the pendant is 3" by 21/4" weight is 150 g this piece is not a recent export made piece it is vintage to antique.
L.E. Smith #3 black cookie jar. 8" high 6 3/4" top diameter. Cap. 9lbs. Circa 1931.Hand painted floral decoration. Jar in very good to excellent condition. Some ware on the floral decoration. Weight is 6 lbs.
Measuring approximately 10.5 inches tall, these sweet, hand-made, circa 1930's, Great Depression era, Mammy and Pappy dolls feature dried apples as heads! Common household items such as chicken or turkey breast bones, dried corn cobs, old rubber baby bottle nipples, wooden clothespins and dried fruit were frequently employed to make play-dolls when money was tight and store-bought toys were beyond reach!
These two folk art pieces came straight from the 93 year old great grandma who played wit...
Pair of bronze rabbits running, their legs forming a round shape.
Made by Hiroharu Hiramatsu (1896 Hyôgo prefecture – 1971, Fukushima,平松宏春). Specialized in metal art, he is a councilor of the Japan Fine Arts Exhibition. He studied with Katsura Mitsuharu (1871-1962), one of the great metallurgists of the modern era...
Measuring 7 1/2 x 9 1/2, this lovely, 1920-30's, English or Continental origin, Black subject die cut features a very pretty, smiling young woman in a straw bonnet with unknown book in hand.
This die cut was manufactured to advertise a specific item, store or location but was never used for that purpose or otherwise personalized...
Very hard to find large candy tin, with a great caricatures of a Black bell Boy playing the saxophone.
There is a fair bit of wear to the tin, however it is a survivor and there are not many around now.
Tin measures approx - 10" in Diameter and 3.4" Deep
Measuring 9.5 inches long x 8 inches wide in its wooden ABC frame, this delightful, fine motor practice material was made in pre-WWII Germany, circa 1930's...
Federal Glass Pink refrigerator container. 8 inches by 8 inches. There is mold roughness on the base. In very good to excellent condition.
Measuring 4.25 x 4 x 1 inches, this all original cardboard display contains 24, full, bakelite capsules or tubes of EVERSHARPE RED TOP pencil-lead!
Interestingly, this display was found among the contents of an old North Carolina country store.
This product was made in the 1940's in the USA with tubes originally selling for 15 cents per tube...
The resplendent colors of this vintage, 1940's, all-hand-stitched, wool felt tote bag with rolled hand straps are pure eye candy!
This never-used tote bears the original paper tag which states, "Handmade by African Cripple; Ematupeni / Zimele Cripple Care Centers; Durban, England"...
Great Box with nice Mammy Graphics, box measures approx 7" x 4" x 1.5"
Made by The Savannah Bennie Candy Co - Savannah - GA
One Pound Box
Increasingly more and more difficult to find, this pot metal pencil sharpener was made in pre-WWII Germany in the 1930's.
Measuring 1.5 inches long x 1 inch wide, this sharpener depicts a derogatory caricature of a Black Man. The glaring eyes are painted a stark white with teeny black pupils, while the red painted lips surround the pencil sharpener blade which takes the place of the man's teeth. Curly molded hair and eyebrows are painted black, while the face is painted brown- inside and out...
These are lovely, consist of a 6 piece jazz band, and 5 Chairs, one the drummers can stand on its own.
Painted on metal, which is most likely to be lead.
Figure Measure approx 2"
Outstanding antique German snowman Christmas candy container. We've had many vintage Christmas candy containers, but never this design. The entire papier-mache container is covered with red and white chenille. The snowman straddles the container, making a sort of basket handle. His black eyes are glass and his nose is composition. The inside of the basket is marked "Germany."
Mayfair Open Rose Pink 3 inch footed sherbet. In excellent condition. Made by Hocking Glass. Circa mid 1930's.
Jeannette Jadeite lemon reamer. there is a 1/4 inch chip on the rim as shown in the picture. It is not very noticeable. In good to very good condition.
Measuring 9 inches high, these delightful examples of Folk Art styling represent three of a series of Black cloth character dolls made in Alabama in the 1930’s by unknown craftsmen/women employed under President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's (FDR) Depression era program, the Work Projects Administration (WPA), in existence from 1935-1943.
The Work Projects Administration was designed to provide jobs across the country during the Great Depression when hundreds of thousands were out of work...
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