![Iowa and Nebraska Railroad Lands for Sale on Ten Years' Credit [caption title]. Burlington,...](/pictures/thumb/McBRB170_01.JPG?v=1546607854)
[Burlington, Ia.? 1872]. Large broadsheet, 21.75 x 31.25 inches. Old folds, minor wear. Large broadsheet advertising land for sale along the route of the Burlington & Missouri River Railroad, in which the company offers 2,000,000 acres of the "best prairie lands" for sale in Iowa and Nebraska. The broadsheet contains..... More
[Ottawa: 1881]. Broadside, 18.5 x 6 inches. One horizontal fold. Small chip at left edge, not affecting printed area. Light tanning. A rare illustrated railroad broadside that advertises an 1881 voyage from Ottawa and several other towns in Ontario via the Canada Central Railroad to Iowa, the Dakotas, and Minnesota..... More
Des Moines: State Register Print, 1876. Small folding pamphlet, with [8] panels. Small separation at foot of one fold line; slight biopredation at head of two panels. Light tanning. An unusual Iowa promotional, which charts the growth of the state over the 19th century through statistics and tables of its..... More
Chicago: Geographical Publishing Co., [1915]. Folding map, 20.75 x 27.75 inches. Original printed wrappers. Light wear and dust soiling to wraps. Several short separations along fold lines. Handsome map of Iowa, with each county printed in color, delineating all the automobile roads in green. Also titled "Premier Series Map of..... More
New York: C.S. Hammond & Co., 1912. Folding map, 17 x 28 inches folded to 7.5 x 3.5 inches. Map printed in color. Original printed card covers. Slight separations along a few folds, minor wear and soiling. A handsome map of Iowa, with each county printed in color and railroads..... More
Mt. Ayr, Ia. News Job Print, 1893. Broadside, 16 x 11 inches. Previously folded, a few small chips and tears at edges. Small repair on verso. Top corner torn away, contemporary remnants of glue on verso. Broadside advertising a farm auction in rural Iowa in the late 19th century, featuring..... More
![Two Letters to Thomas Goodwin with Advice on Settling in Iowa]. Iowa](/pictures/thumb/McBRB473.JPG?v=1563880896)
[Des Moines; Wilton: 1869]. Two letters, [6]pp. total. Previously folded. Light tanning. Two 1869 letters addressed to a Thomas C. Goodwin of Newburyport, Massachusetts, that supply advice on emigrating to Iowa. Goodwin seems to have solicited counsel from former Newburyport residents who made the move, as the letters make several..... More
![Manuscript Letter to Dr. William Maynard Describing Life in Denmark, Iowa]. Iowa, Timothy Allen](/pictures/thumb/McBRB555.JPG?v=1561853831)
Denmark, Ia. 1856. [3]pp. on a folded folio sheet. Old fold lines. Minor soiling. Letter written by emigrant Timothy Allen back to his friend, Dr. William Maynard, in the “Old America,” describing at length “the Promised Land” of Iowa. Writing in February 1856, he states that they are all well..... More
Anamosa, Ia. [1891]. 26pp. Original printed wrappers. Wrappers worn, spine and edges chipped, soiled. Contents with some wear and soiling, moderate at times. Illustrated catalogue for the mail-order elevator company of Kimball Brothers in Anamosa, Iowa. The company was founded in 1883 when a local grocer wanted an easier way..... More
[Garnavillo: 1893-1895, 1900-1902]. Two volumes, totaling approximately [994]pp. Quarto. Original half calf and cloth. Hinges cracked, corners heavily worn; one spine perished, the other heavily chipped. First volume clean internally with light wear. Second volume with some dampstaining around the edges, heavier to outer leaves; first few leaves chipped and..... More
Cedar Rapids: 1894. Small broadsheet, 10.5 x 6.75 inches. Previously folded. Minute closed tear at top edge. Light tanning. With accompanying transmittal envelope. Ephemeral, illustrated broadsheet advertisement for two agricultural machines for sale by the Hamilton Bros. company of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, in the mid-1890s. The "Sweep Feed Mill" promises..... More
Vinton, Ia. [ca. 1913]. [80]pp. Oblong octavo. Original printed wrappers. Light dampstaining and creasing to wraps. Light dust soiling internally. A scarce, profusely illustrated trade catalog for this Iowa harness company based in the town of Waterloo. The publication advertises and illustrates nearly forty different types of available harnesses, hundreds..... More
![Album of Photographs of Cuba from Just Prior to the Spanish-American War]. J. T. Long](/pictures/thumb/McBRB280_01.JPG?v=1550754527)
Des Moines: J.T. Long & Son, [1898]. Twenty-one mounted photographs on twenty leaves; five more loose and unsigned. All but one photo approximately 6 x 8 inches; first photo 4.75 x 4 inches. Loose images approximately 3.75 x 2.75 inches. Oblong quarto. Original green cloth boards, cover gilt; tied with..... More
Sioux City: 1878. Broadsheet, 6.25 x 5 inches. Minor soiling, lightly toned. Trimmed unevenly along bottom edge. Broadsheet advertising the land services of Daniel H. Talbot, a speculator and land agent based in Sioux City, Iowa. "Having but recently made a visit to the state, and with the aid of..... More
Dubuque: Herald Book & Job, 1861. 114pp. Original pink printed wrappers. Spine and covers lightly chipped, some light soiling. Minor foxing and soiling, minor wear to contents. Collected letters written by Francis Wilkie, a newspaperman who became the correspondent with the First Iowa Infantry at the start of the Civil..... More
![Diary of Orpheus W. Wilson Documenting His Activities for 1898 in Nevada County, Iowa]. Orpheus...](/pictures/thumb/McBRB1159_01.JPG?v=1579207573)
[Nevada County, Ia. 1898]. 452pp. 12mo. Original wallet-style limp calf. Light staining and wear to covers. Contemporary ownership inscriptions on front and rear pastedowns. Light, even tanning; a bit of dust soiling along top edge. In a neat, legible hand. Orpheus Wilson lived near the small town of Nevada, Iowa..... More