Box 1
Container
Contains 1 Result:
Thompkins, Ralph D. - Postcard with portrait of Thompson wearing sign on his back reading "New York to Chicago in 60 days" with caption on verso "Ralph D. Thompkins, the only one-legged man that ever attempted to walk from New York to Chicago and return. Selling these cards to pay expenses", approximately 1900
File — Box: 1, Folder: 31
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 1900