Bidspirit auction | An Assortment of Southeast Ohio

An Assortment of Southeast Ohio Ephemera, Raleigh Coupons, and Early Photography - This collection of American ephemera dates from the late 19th through the mid-20th century, with a regional focus on Southeast Ohio, including Nelsonville, Albany, and Millfield. Key items include a 1943 Daily Scriptural Verse hanging calendar issued by The Warren Funeral Home in Nelsonville, Ohio, which features color lithographs of religious and maternal imagery. The lot contains a township school district certificate ledger published by E. L. Barrett and Son of Springfield, Ohio, with a handwritten entry dated August 28, 1909, for Albany, Ohio. A large group of green and tan Raleigh tobacco coupons from the Brown and Williamson Tobacco Corporation is present. Photography includes a 19th-century tintype portrait of a woman in a paper mount inscribed Jennie Knight and a sepia-toned photograph depicting two performers in blackface theatrical makeup, one of whom is seated with an acoustic guitar. Additional items include mid-century die-cut greeting cards such as a Get Well card featuring a teddy bear and rotary telephone, World War I-era postcards titled Advice to Soldiers, and a 1917 postmarked envelope from the Post Office Department in Millfield, Ohio, addressed to Oscar Simpson. Burns in-house shipping is available. Pickup is Thursday, May 28 from 11 am to 7 pm at our gallery in Lancaster, Ohio 43130 or we will provide in-house shipping for this item. We will charge a $5 fee if you want to pick this lot up another day. Once packed up we will send you an invoice for shipping & handling. Shipping questions: shipping@burnsbid.com. Sales tax is collected on this auction. AB281