Box 1
Container
Contains 1 Result:
"Challenge court plaster" - Small envelope containing 3 adhesive bandages "prepared for Joseph Redegeld & Co." with larger envelope bearing text, "Being crippled in such a manner as to make it impossible for me to obtain employment, and in order for me to obtain an honest living, I am endeavoring to sell the enclosed package of court plaster", approximately 1906
File — Box: 1, Folder: 16
Scope and Content of the Collection
From the Collection:
Collection of more than 100 printed poems, postcards, photographs, and other ephemera with appeals to the public by people who are blind, deaf, or with other physical disabilities, offered in exchange for a small donation. The initial collection and later additions were purchased from antiquarian bookseller Marc Selvaggio, who acquired some of the materials directly from their creators or sellers. The collection materials were created and sold from the mid-19th century through the 21st...
Dates:
approximately 1906