Charter and Bylaws of the Germania Life Insurance CompanyCharter and Bylaws of the Germania Life Insurance Company, 1860.
Circular for the St. Louis College of Medical and Natural SciencesTitle page of 1855 circular for the St. Louis College of Medical and Natural Sciences. From James Moores Ball, “Dr.…
City Club political advertisement with Ike Kempner listed as a candidate for Galveston city councilCity Club political advertisement with Ike Kempner listed as a candidate for Galveston city council, c. 1907.
Civil Rights in Peril: Jews Excluded From A HotelThe Article discusses Joseph Seligman’s expulsion from the Grand Union Hotel in Saratoga, New York. The article notes the reaction…
Conspicuous Consumption: The Private Car “Spreckels”Beginning in the mid-1860s, travelling was a permanent part of Claus Spreckels’ entrepreneurial activities. During the last three decades of…
Constitution of the National Woman Suffrage AssociationA copy of the 1873 constitution of the National Woman Suffrage Association with listed Mathilde Franziska Anneke as one of…
Contemporary advertising poster for the city of New Ulm, MinnesotaContemporary advertising poster for the city of New Ulm, Minnesota. The poster highlights the city’s German heritage.
Coolie System and the Yellow Press: Criticism of the Spreckels Sugar PlantationsIn the fall of 1881, the San Francisco Chronicle, an early adopter of the so-called “yellow press” style of journalism,…
Coolie System and the Yellow Press: Criticism of the Spreckels Sugar PlantationsIn the fall of 1881, the San Francisco Chronicle, an early adopter of the so-called “yellow press” style of journalism,…
Core German Surnames Used in Contextual Essay on German Corporate EntrepreneursAppendix A: Core German Surnames Used in Contextual Essay on German Corporate Entrepreneurs
Cover and excerpt of Friedrich Wilhelm Christian Gerstäcker, Kaliforniens Gold- U. Quecksilber-District (Leipzig: Wilhelm Jurany, E. Po, 1849), a California gold rush booklet for prospective immigrantsCover and excerpt of Friedrich Wilhelm Christian Gerstäcker, Kaliforniens Gold- U. Quecksilber-District (Leipzig: Wilhelm Jurany, E. Po, 1849), a California…
Cover announcing George Gemünder's death, Violin WorldCover announcing George Gemünder's death, Violin World, February 1899.
Cover page of Mathilde Anneke’s <em>Deutsche Frauen-Zeitung</em>Cover page of Mathilde Anneke’s Deutsche Frauen-Zeitung, published on October 15, 1852, in New York.
De Lesseps' BubbleThe article discusses the failure of the De Lesseps Panama Canal scheme and notes that Frenchmen would lose considerable sums…
Death Found Business Holdings of F.W. Dohrmann in Good ShapeArticle from the July 20, 1914, Honolulu Star-Bulletin discussing F.W. Dohrman's commercial situation at the time of his death. The…
Directions for using Singer's Patent Straight-Needle, Transverse Shuttle Sewing MachinesDirections for using Singer's Patent Straight-Needle, Transverse Shuttle Sewing Machines. The instructions note that the machine must be oiled three…
