Travelers! tourists!! railroad men !!! Dinsmore's new and complete Ame...
Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 122, Folder 21.
A handbill has been circulated this morning by a set of men who, to ac...
2582 E 21.; 12 Jy 46 Rec. 7-18-46.; $25.00.; On verso: 2582E21 12 Jy 46 Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemer... More
Union hymn. Greenwich:- Printed by John Howe, Price six cents, single....
Verse.; Imprint 3. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 48, Folder 8.
6 cents. Humbug glory bank
Another mock bank note parodying the "shinplasters" of the 1837 panic. Such small-denomination notes were based on the division of the Spanish dollar, the dominant specie of the time. Hence they were issued in ... More
Fifty cents. Shin plaster
Another mock shinplaster (see also nos. 1837-9 and -10 above). Again the artist attributes the shortage of hard money to the successive monetary programs of presidents Jackson and Van Buren, particularly to the... More
![Single meals 25 cents, at the Rail-road exchange, entrance Nos. 25 & 27 Maiden Lane, fronting on Broadway, Albany. ... Abner A. Pound [1847?].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NDcvMDEvMDEvc2luZ2xlLW1lYWxzLTI1LWNlbnRzLWF0LXRoZS1yYWlsLXJvYWQtZXhjaGFuZ2UtZW50cmFuY2Utbm9zLTI1LWFuZC0yNy1tYWlkZW4tMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/51/webp "Single meals 25 cents, at the Rail-road exchange, entrance Nos. 25 & 27 Maiden Lane, fronting on Broadway, Albany. ... Abner A. Pound [1847?].")
Single meals 25 cents, at the Rail-road exchange, entrance Nos. 25 & 2...
Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 120, Folder 13.
![Ambrotype house of James & Co., No. 4. Summer Street, .... Boston. Where pictures are taken for 25 cents and upwards ... Dauguerreotypes copies to Ambrotypes or photographs, in the best style, and satisfaction guaranteed. [185-?].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NTAvMDEvMDEvYW1icm90eXBlLWhvdXNlLW9mLWphbWVzLWFuZC1jby1uby00LXN1bW1lci1zdHJlZXQtYm9zdG9uLXdoZXJlLXBpY3R1cmVzLWFyZS0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/56/webp "Ambrotype house of James & Co., No. 4. Summer Street, .... Boston. Where pictures are taken for 25 cents and upwards ... Dauguerreotypes copies to Ambrotypes or photographs, in the best style, and satisfaction guaranteed. [185-?].")
![Exhibition. The balloon and flying dragon. The devil running away with the baker, upon a brook stick [and 24 others] Admittance 25 cents. [n. p. n. d.].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTUvMTEvMjUvZXhoaWJpdGlvbi10aGUtYmFsbG9vbi1hbmQtZmx5aW5nLWRyYWdvbi10aGUtZGV2aWwtcnVubmluZy1hd2F5LXdpdGgtdGhlLWJha2VyLTEwMjQuanBn/40/56/webp "Exhibition. The balloon and flying dragon. The devil running away with the baker, upon a brook stick [and 24 others] Admittance 25 cents. [n. p. n. d.].")
Shall I vote for ten cents a day?
A campaign parody somewhat favorable to Republican candidate John C. Fremont, but suggesting a conspiracy between Fremont and Millard Fillmore to defeat Democrat James Buchanan. Buchanan's nickname "Ten Cent Ji... More
Harbor sail! The Sloop Shave, will leave Long Wharf this evening, at o...
Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 64, Folder 38.
Franklin Trotting Park North Chelsea, near Boston. A purse of $100 two...
Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 64, Folder 43.
Pattern penny of Queen Victoria
Medalist: Joseph Moore (British, Birmingham 1817–1892 Birmingham)
Central Park Skate Emporium. Skates to suit everybody, from 50 cents t...
Advertisement for Conover & Walker ice skates. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1860 Jan. 14, p. 111.
To the forts. The steamer Argo! Capt. E.W. Davidson, leaves Foster's w...
Title.; Transportation. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 68, Folder 14.
portrait from "Histoire illustrée de la Corse, contenant environ troi...
This image has been taken from scan 000726 from "Histoire illustrée de la Corse, contenant environ trois cents dessins représentant divers sujets de géographie et d'histoire naturelle, les costumes anciens e... More
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![The attention of the patrons of the fair is respectfully called to the collection of antiquities and curiosities exhibited in the rooms in the rear of the organ ... Entrance, at left of organ. Admission, 25 cents. [1865?].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjUvMDEvMDEvdGhlLWF0dGVudGlvbi1vZi10aGUtcGF0cm9ucy1vZi10aGUtZmFpci1pcy1yZXNwZWN0ZnVsbHktY2FsbGVkLXRvLXRoZS1jb2xsZWN0aW9uLTEwMjQuanBn/40/64/webp "The attention of the patrons of the fair is respectfully called to the collection of antiquities and curiosities exhibited in the rooms in the rear of the organ ... Entrance, at left of organ. Admission, 25 cents. [1865?].")
![Sacramento City, K Street, looking West from the Masonic Hall - [W]averly House Meals 25 cents, several buildings](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjYvMDEvMDEvc2FjcmFtZW50by1jaXR5LWstc3RyZWV0LWxvb2tpbmctd2VzdC1mcm9tLXRoZS1tYXNvbmljLWhhbGwtd2F2ZXJseS1ob3VzZS1tZWFscy02NDAuanBn/40/37/webp "Sacramento City, K Street, looking West from the Masonic Hall - [W]averly House Meals 25 cents, several buildings")
Sacramento City, K Street, looking West from the Masonic Hall - [W]ave...
The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 1066. LOT subdivision subject: Sacramento. This record contains unverified old data from caption card.
A picture for employers. Why they can live on 40 cents a day, and they...
Caricature showing Chinese, living in very crowded opium den, eating rats; and American man arriving home from work to wife, children and normal household conditions.
The saving properties of the solar system! The law of necessity the la...
Title. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 76, Folder 12.
Two cents a week
From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)
Latest eruptions only two cents
(DLC/PP-1936:0089). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court / Samuel Clemens. New York : Charles L. Webster & Co., 1889, p. 331.
If you judge a cigar by its quality try a Black & White, worth 10 cent...
Title from item. Forms part of the Artist poster filing series (Library of Congress) Promotional goal: U.S. C82. 189-
"Football & love" A story of the Yale-Princeton game of '94 by Butt W....
Poster shows a woman and winged boy tossing a football. Title from item. Gift; Frances B. Johnston; 1920; (DLC/PP-1920:46065)
The best guide to Boston. Boston illustrated for sale here: price 50 c...
Print shows a woman, three-quarter length, facing front, wearing a striped dress with large sleeves, a hat, and carrying a purse; she is standing among trees reading "Boston Illustrated", with the new Massachus... More
Where 100 bananas are sold for 8 cents, Cordoba, hot lands of Mexico
H8088 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood.
![[Miss Bradley cheerfully paid ninety cents for the headgear]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDYvMDEvMDEvbWlzcy1icmFkbGV5LWNoZWVyZnVsbHktcGFpZC1uaW5ldHktY2VudHMtZm9yLXRoZS1oZWFkZ2Vhci02NDAuanBn/40/42/webp "[Miss Bradley cheerfully paid ninety cents for the headgear]")
[Miss Bradley cheerfully paid ninety cents for the headgear]
Title from mat. (DLC/PP-1933:0080). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "A Soul Above Buttons" by Myra Kelly, McClure's magazine, 27:342 (Aug. 1906).
Girl - Baner? Carswell. Been in mill 4 years. 12 years old. Runs 6 sid...
Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 274. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More
Boy on right Charlie Burton-9, Ozark Mill. This anaemic sic, hollow ch...
Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 277. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More
A Saturday ball game. Springstein Mills, Chester, S.C. Boy with glove,...
Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Mills. Hine no. 330. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the National ... More
![Boy on right Charlie Burton-9 Ozark Mill. This anaemic[sic], hollow chested, stoop shouldered under-sized and weight, said--"Been in mill 6 or 7 years. 12 years old. Haint grown none for 5 years. Doff at night and get 60 cents. Couldn't stand the sweepin' at the other mill, so mother moved us over here so I could get a job at doffin'." "Night work is 12 hours at a stretch." His sister (14 years old) has been spinning for 6 years. Makes 50 cents a day. (See small photo,--Maggie Burton). No. 315. Other boy--Frank Goodson--Been in mill 6 years. This mill was running nights at the time the photograph was taken. Location: Gastonia, North Carolina.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDgvMDEvMDEvYm95LW9uLXJpZ2h0LWNoYXJsaWUtYnVydG9uLTktb3phcmstbWlsbC10aGlzLWFuYWVtaWNzaWMtaG9sbG93LWNoZXN0ZWQtc3Rvb3AtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/28/webp "Boy on right Charlie Burton-9 Ozark Mill. This anaemic[sic], hollow chested, stoop shouldered under-sized and weight, said--\"Been in mill 6 or 7 years. 12 years old. Haint grown none for 5 years. Doff at night and get 60 cents. Couldn't stand the sweepin' at the other mill, so mother moved us over here so I could get a job at doffin'.\" \"Night work is 12 hours at a stretch.\" His sister (14 years old) has been spinning for 6 years. Makes 50 cents a day. (See small photo,--Maggie Burton). No. 315. Other boy--Frank Goodson--Been in mill 6 years. This mill was running nights at the time the photograph was taken. Location: Gastonia, North Carolina.")
Maple Mills, Dillon, S.C. Lonnie Baker (tallest). Has doffed 4 years. ...
Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 392. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More
![Springstein Mill, Chester, S.C. Malcolm Rogers (Boy with hat) 54 inches high. Be[e]n in mill 3 years. Started at 25 cents and now makes $1.00 a day. Spins part time and doffer part time. Other boy goes to school and helps in mill afternoons and Saturdays. Witness S.R. Hine. Location: Chester, South Carolina.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDgvMDEvMDEvc3ByaW5nc3RlaW4tbWlsbC1jaGVzdGVyLXNjLW1hbGNvbG0tcm9nZXJzLWJveS13aXRoLWhhdC01NC1pbmNoZXMtaGlnaC1iZWVuLTEwMjQuanBn/40/29/webp "Springstein Mill, Chester, S.C. Malcolm Rogers (Boy with hat) 54 inches high. Be[e]n in mill 3 years. Started at 25 cents and now makes $1.00 a day. Spins part time and doffer part time. Other boy goes to school and helps in mill afternoons and Saturdays. Witness S.R. Hine. Location: Chester, South Carolina.")
![Girl - Baner[?] Carswell. Been in mill 4 years. 12 years old. Runs 6 sides = 60 cents a day. Soon will run 8 = 80 cents a day. Father said "the wife of neighbor made $7.40 last week, $ 1.40 more than her husband. Women and girls makes more than the men." Child 8 yrs. old helps sister. Location: Gastonia, North Carolina.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDgvMDEvMDEvZ2lybC1iYW5lci1jYXJzd2VsbC1iZWVuLWluLW1pbGwtNC15ZWFycy0xMi15ZWFycy1vbGQtcnVucy02LXNpZGVzLTYwLWNlbnRzLTEwMjQuanBn/40/28/webp "Girl - Baner[?] Carswell. Been in mill 4 years. 12 years old. Runs 6 sides = 60 cents a day. Soon will run 8 = 80 cents a day. Father said \"the wife of neighbor made $7.40 last week, $ 1.40 more than her husband. Women and girls makes more than the men.\" Child 8 yrs. old helps sister. Location: Gastonia, North Carolina.")
Maggie Burton, 14 years old. A typical adolescent. Sister to Charley B...
Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 315. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More
![6 cents a gross. Make regularly from 10 to 12 gross a day. 122 Sullivan St. Mr. Malatesta - Helps because Health too bad work out. Mrs. Malatesta; Frank Malatesta, age 14; John Malatesta, age 11; Lizzie Malatesta, age 4. Boys w[or]k Sat. aft[ernoon] & evenings till 10 or 11. Lizzie separates petals. Location: New York, New York (State)](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDgvMDEvMDEvNi1jZW50cy1hLWdyb3NzLW1ha2UtcmVndWxhcmx5LWZyb20tMTAtdG8tMTItZ3Jvc3MtYS1kYXktMTIyLXN1bGxpdmFuLXN0LW1yLTEwMjQuanBn/40/28/webp "6 cents a gross. Make regularly from 10 to 12 gross a day. 122 Sullivan St. Mr. Malatesta - Helps because Health too bad work out. Mrs. Malatesta; Frank Malatesta, age 14; John Malatesta, age 11; Lizzie Malatesta, age 4. Boys w[or]k Sat. aft[ernoon] & evenings till 10 or 11. Lizzie separates petals. Location: New York, New York (State)")
![[Donald Mallick, (#1513.) And Myrtle Mallick. Myrtle is 8 years. Selling papers 1 years, average earnings 35 cents per day. Sells from choice. Begs pennies and works "last paper" scheme. Earnings not needed at home. Visits saloons. (general report for further information.) Edward F. Brown, Investigator ]. Location: Wilmington, Delaware / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTAvMDEvMDEvZG9uYWxkLW1hbGxpY2stMTUxMy1hbmQtbXlydGxlLW1hbGxpY2stbXlydGxlLWlzLTgteWVhcnMtc2VsbGluZy1wYXBlcnMtMS15ZWFycy0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/50/webp "[Donald Mallick, (#1513.) And Myrtle Mallick. Myrtle is 8 years. Selling papers 1 years, average earnings 35 cents per day. Sells from choice. Begs pennies and works \"last paper\" scheme. Earnings not needed at home. Visits saloons. (general report for further information.) Edward F. Brown, Investigator ]. Location: Wilmington, Delaware / Photo by Lewis W. Hine.")
![Adeline, 12 years old, earns more than her mother. Get 1 cents a pound for snipping beans[?] at the sheds at Hamburg Canning Factory. Geno was 8 years old, last summer. These two and mother and made 70 to 80 cents a day. Much of this money goes to pay rent for [...] in Buffalo, that is reserved through the summer. All three worked in sheds. They went to the country the last of May returned to Buffalo middle of October, losing about 9 weeks of school. Attend School #2. Location: Buffalo, New York (State)](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTAvMDEvMDEvYWRlbGluZS0xMi15ZWFycy1vbGQtZWFybnMtbW9yZS10aGFuLWhlci1tb3RoZXItZ2V0LTEtY2VudHMtYS1wb3VuZC1mb3Itc25pcHBpbmctMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/28/webp "Adeline, 12 years old, earns more than her mother. Get 1 cents a pound for snipping beans[?] at the sheds at Hamburg Canning Factory. Geno was 8 years old, last summer. These two and mother and made 70 to 80 cents a day. Much of this money goes to pay rent for [...] in Buffalo, that is reserved through the summer. All three worked in sheds. They went to the country the last of May returned to Buffalo middle of October, losing about 9 weeks of school. Attend School #2. Location: Buffalo, New York (State)")
![Nardie[?] Diffondall, 328 E. 8th St. 7 years of age. Selling papers 1 year. Average earnings 25 cents per week. Selling newspapers own choice. Don't smoke. Earnings not needed at home. Visits saloons. Works "last paper" scheme. Investigator, Edward F. Brown. Location: Wilmington, Delaware / Photo by Lewis W. Hine., May, 1910.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTAvMDEvMDEvbmFyZGllLWRpZmZvbmRhbGwtMzI4LWUtOHRoLXN0LTcteWVhcnMtb2YtYWdlLXNlbGxpbmctcGFwZXJzLTEteWVhci1hdmVyYWdlLTEwMjQuanBn/40/49/webp "Nardie[?] Diffondall, 328 E. 8th St. 7 years of age. Selling papers 1 year. Average earnings 25 cents per week. Selling newspapers own choice. Don't smoke. Earnings not needed at home. Visits saloons. Works \"last paper\" scheme. Investigator, Edward F. Brown. Location: Wilmington, Delaware / Photo by Lewis W. Hine., May, 1910.")
