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HISTORICAL PHOTOGRAPHS & PAPER
LOCAL & REGIONAL HISTORY ITEMS
CIVIL WAR ITEMS
DAGUERREOTYPES
LETTERS, MANUSCRIPTS & DOCUMENTS
OLD / RARE BOOKS


Proprietor: Howard R. McManus
Address: PO Box 2682 Salem, VA 24153
Phone: (540) 375-2152


My former store in downtown Roanoke was
Surrounded by stock brokers, real estate brokers & insurance brokers
hence the name "history broker"

hmcmanus@historybroker.com
[ I occasionally have some problems with email.
If you get no response in 2-3 days, try again or call. ]


ITEMS CURRENTLY FOR SALE OR TO BE OFFERED FOR SALE
AS OF 10/30/2024:



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Usually a selection of historical / collectible items are offered for sale on the internet auction website eBay.com (Username= hmcm).



Articles and Essays on:

JOHN WILLIAM DRAPER AND THE FIRST PORTRAITS



Click on any item to look at its complete description.

    HISTORICAL PAPER ITEMS FOR SALE
    (Click on item for full description, photo, & price):



  1. -- A rather amazing letter of TWENTY-FOUR (24) PAGES with a detailed Historical Account of the CODE DUELLO

    As Experienced on the American Military Frontier of GEORGIA IN 1807
    CHIVALRY -- HONOR -- BLOODSHED -- WRETCHED EXILE
    ALSO, a detailed description of traveling across the ISLAND OF JAMAICA IN 1808
    Click on this entry to see a full multi-page description

    (This item is offered for sale in an ebay auction. Ebay Item #: 365205321383 )


  2. -- New England Yankee Division (26th Div) WWI letter collection from a pro BASEBALL player.

    This collection consists of about 50 letters and typescripts, most written from a soldier in France back home to family and friends in Quincy, Massachusetts. It also contains a large folded wartime Map with handwritten annotations, a few military documents, and some typed or handwritten essays, songs & stories written about the War
    Click on this entry to see a full multi-page description

    (This item is offered for sale in an ebay auction. Ebay Item #: 365205321392)


  3. -- Old 1817 Northumberland County VA Diary, Edwards family papers,
    Genealogy Confederate Civil War Poetry and MORE
    Click on this entry to see a full description

    (This item is offered for sale in an ebay auction. Ebay Item #: 365205321390 )


  4. --OLD 1860 ANTISLAVERY LIBERATOR NEWSPAPER WITH MUCH ON AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY
    William Lloyd Garrison
    (624a1d)


  5. --1864 HEPWORTH - CARTER LETTERS - THOMAS STARR KING, CIVIL WAR, GOLD MINING IN CALIFORNIA
    (1119a1b)


  6. --1865 TEXAS US ARMY "COLORED LABORER" PAY DOCUMENT
    Houston, TX, Quartermaster's Department
    (paper25)



  7. PHOTOGRAPHIC ITEMS FOR SALE
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  8. --SIXTH PLATE TINTYPE OF A PENSIVE YOUNG AFRICAN AMERICAN GIRL FROM THE EARLY 1860s
    (522a1d)



  9. MISCELLANEOUS HISTORY ITEMS FOR SALE
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  10. --1854 FOLK ART Scissors Cutwork by Ms Sharp Watertown MA
    (519a1a)


  11. --NAVAL INSIGNIA ON ORIGINAL CARDBOARD c1898
    (paper8)


  12. --1928 AL SMITH ENAMELED POLITICAL PINS ON ORIGINAL STORE CARDS
    Herbert Hoover, election of 1928.
    (1010a1e)


  13. --OUT-OF-PRINT CIVIL WAR BOOK:
    THE BATTLE OF CLOYD'S MOUNTAIN

    The Virginia and Tennessee Railroad Raid April 29 - May 19, 1864. Battle fought in Pulaski County, VA
    (cloyds)
    Now available as a Kindle edition on Amazon for $9.99 -- click HERE.
 
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Usually a selection of historical / collectible items are offered for sale on the internet auction website eBay.com (Username= hmcm).



ORDERING INFORMATION



Glossary of photographic terms


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