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194882 pages. Articles: Low Man on the Wallace Poll - a study of third-party Vice-Presidential nominee Glen Taylor; Hate - With Russian Dressing - a report on the USSR and its reaction to the Marshall Plan; Cotton Gets a Beauty Treatment - it's now used for glamorous beach, streat and evening wear; Let's Stop Abuses in Veterans' Schools - how defects in the G.I. Bill of Rights can be remedied; Men, Mikes and Money - politicians and movie stars take to the air waves (conclusion); Fish-Pond Sailors - model-yacht racing. Fiction: Shadow of Fu Manchu (part 1 of 6); The Man Who Went Back; Who'll Sit with the Baby Sitter; My Friend Joseph (conclusion); Code of the West; Clear Havana Filler. Includes nice ads for: Studebaker; Pepsodent; Bell Telephone; Oldsmobile; Mennen Skin Bracer; Mallory hats (color photos); RCA Victor portable radios; Milky Way chocolate bars; Plymouth; Calvert Whiskey (featuring bears by lake); Rama Spin lighters; Dutch Boy paint; Solovox; Admiral radios, phonographs and tvs; General Electric Tastegard coffee makers; Roadmaster bikes; Winthrop shoes; Blatz beer; Botany slacks; Rummy beverage; Kaiser aluminum siding and roofing; MacMillan Oil (featuring service station owner W.F. (Bill) Brost of Los Angeles; Hamm's beer; Revere movie cameras and projectors; Drewry's Ale (featuring Mountie); Hamilton watches; Camel cigarettes (on back cover) featuring Clem Murdaugh, 1946-47 National Motorcycle Hill-Climbing champion. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
194874 pages. Articles: Inhuman Nature - defense against summer's pests; Fantasy in Flame - Clarence Cronkite and his colossal fireworks extravaganza; Barry Go Braugh! - the famous "Naked City" Fitzgerald is a modest, unassuming man; Ostriches Aren't So Dumb - a Los Angeles breeder of the big birds reveals their cute habits; The Secret Papers of Harry L. Hopkins (part 7) - The Great Coalition - hitherto unrevealed details of co-ordinating the Allied war effort after Pearl Harbor; Scandals in Veterans' Housing (conclusion); The Day it Almost Happened - the Bates family gets a lesson in car-driving safety. Ads include: Anso film; Ipana Tooth Paste; Borden products - with Elsie the Cow; Willys-Overland "Jeep" panel delivery vehicles; 1949 For cars; Great two-page color ad for International Harvester road-building equipment; Vitalis - with Bob Feller; Chesterfield cigarettes (back cover) featuring great illustration of Rosalind Russell. Unmarked with light wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
194690 pages. Features: Nice color Studebaker truck ad inside front cover; Photo of the NIM flying wing in flight; Nice Seabee airplane ad; There'll Come a Day (fiction); Atomic Age Navy - submarines may be the backbone of our future sea power; Escape at Noon (fiction); A Challenge to American Women - "American women are more cruel, more selfish and more material in outlook than American men"; Everything ShipShape (fiction); The Doctors Run the Show - the new Michigan plan offers veterans the best medical treatment in the world; You, Too, Can Drink Vodka (fiction); The Outraged Heart (fiction); Champagne Shower - Mitzi Green - article with many colour photos of ladies; Two of a Kind; Nice color one-page ad for the 1946 Ford Sedan Coupe; Running From Death - Charles Beaudry is America's greatest athlete; Nice one-page ad for the movid "Without Reservations" with photo of Claudette Colbert with John Wayne; Super color-photo centerfold ad for Schlitz beer shows hops being harvested; Nice one-page ad for movie "The Well Groomed Bride", starring Olivia De Havilland, Ray Milland and Sonny Tufts; The Happy Chance (fiction); Ad for movie "Her Kind of Man", starring Dane Clark, Zachary Scott and Janis Paige; Jungle Hoofer (fiction); Goodby, Berlin! - article with several color photos of war damage; Camel cigarette ad on back cover talks about how doctors enjoy their product; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Centerfold loose but present, otherwise a sound vintage copy. Book
194870 pages. Articles: Scandals in Veterans' Housing (part 1 of 2); The Secret Papers of Harry L. Hopkins (part 6) - Roosevelt's Greatest Dilemma; Six Artists and a Model - Edith Franklin's posing is a steppingstone to her stage career; Good-Time Street - the most raucous and colorful block in New York; Truman's recent troubles hurt his chance of election; The Hot-Potato Olympics - what price international amity at this year's Games in London; How to Catch a Husband - Mr. Lamb's job is to bringem' back when they stray. Fiction: Cupid with Celluloid Wings; Guirls Like Me; Squaw Medicine; The Bramble Bush (part 4 of 5); Sweet revenge; Errors of Judgment. Ads include: Old Thompson Whiskey; Pepsodent - with photo of Mary Louise Shine; Western Electric; Schlitz; beer; the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE); Ford cars (2 pages); Macmillan Oil - featuring Douglas Moone of San Antonio, TX; Samsonite Luggage; Pontiac cars; Milky Way chocolate bars (back cover). Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
1919réf. 1005240051Washington D.C. The Society of the Fifth division 1/1/1919. Hardcover. Very Good. Suede spine with map of the Meuse River and towns shown. Clean unmarked pages. Near fine binding and cover hint of rubbing to cover. Hardcover. 11 maps. 424 pp. See our pictures. This is an oversized or heavy book which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US. Washington, D.C., The Society of the Fifth division hardcover
2021réf. Gyan-9789353660161Facsimile Publisher 2021. Vol. 1-7. Hardcover. New. 25.13 x 18.78 x 12.32 cm. English Facsimile Publisher hardcover
2021réf. Gyan-9789353660161Facsimile Publisher 2021. Vol. 1-7. Hardcover. New. 25.13 x 18.78 x 12.32 cm. English Facsimile Publisher hardcover
191842 pages. Features: Cover illustration of President Woodrow Wilson; Nice illustrated ad for the Mitchell Six car inside front cover; One-page illustrated ad for Johns-Manville coal preservation products; Illustrated one-page Fisk Cord Tire ad shows natives carrying crude rubber to a waiting ship; "Over Here" - fiction by E.D. Biggers; The President - a profile of Woodrow Wilson by Richard Washburn Child; A Shipbuilder on the Job - photo-illustrated article on Homer L. Ferguson (with photo of black men hard at work above caption "Don't you dare come and tell us that the black man in the South is an industrial failure!"; Is There a Ukraine? - interesting photo-illustrated article; Editorial "Ships and the Submarine"; Photos of inventor William T. Donnelly and his 'buoyancy boxes' which were installed in ships to keep them buoyant even if torpedoed; Tremendous Trifles - photos of simple yet vital items needed to support the war effort; The Adventures of Colin O'Rell (Third Adventure - The Interrupted Tea); God Gave Them Youth (fiction); From Baseball to Boches (Fourth Inning); Ferry's Seeds ad; Classy half-page ad for Kahn Tailoring of Indianapolis; Nice one-page illustrated ad for Waltham watches; Dr. Eugene T. Hurd of Seattle - photo-illustrated article on this military surgeon; Nicely-illustrated quarter-page ad for Colt handguns appears to show WWI officer displaying pistol to Civil War veterans; Article on the French town of Bruay and wartime activities there, by Pierre Hamp; Interesting quarter-page ad for The Pullman Company includes photos of "The Men Who Serve You" - they are all black; Back cover two-color ad for the Victor (Victors and Victrolas) Company features illustration of Swedish opera singer Jenny Lind (Johanna Maria Lind); and more. Above-average external wear with coverfold mostly open. Binding intact. Bits of writing on front cover. A worthy vintage copy of this excellent WWI issue. Book
193170 pages. Features: Color Texaco ad inside front cover; Oakland 8 and Pontiac 6 ad on page 1; Classy color full-page ad for Maxwell House coffee; Mr. Peters makes his Train (short story); Where do we go from here? - an article about veterans and the nation's finances; Beginner's Luck - a short story about golf; What a Pal! (short story); A Way with the Women (short story); Yuan Hee See Laughs - continuation of short story by Sax Rohmer; Ridin' on Rubber - article and great photos of various types of transportation by bus and jitney - very nostalgic!; Gunsight Trail (short story); Through Russia Without a Guide - Lindsay Hoben recounts his 14,00 mile trip through the U.S.S.R. without a guide or supervision; Gorgeous full-page color ad for Life Savers candy; nice color full-page ad for the new Chevrolet six; Babies are Conservative (!) - practical advice for babycare by a lady doctor; April Prowess - predicting who will win the World Series; Nice Oldsmobile ad; The Sleeptalker (short story); Classy full-page ad for Hammond electric clocks; Smooching photo in Pepsodent antiseptic mouth wash ad; Spur Bow bowtie ad; Clicquot Club ginger ale full-page ad; B&O (Baltimore and Ohio) Railroad full-page ad; Bostonians shoe ad; Elgin watch ad; Nice 2-color Pebeco toothpaste ad; nice full-page color Arrow Shirts ad; Iver Johnson bicycle ad; Nice full-page color ad for Waterman's pens; Dixies drinking glass ad inside back cover; Nice Camel cigarette ad on back cover show's man lighting up with a candleabra. Above-average but not excessive external wear and soiling. Covers detached but present. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
194548 pages. Features: Rheingold lager beer ad features color photos of Jean Welch, Jill Darnley, Maggie Long, Helen Riickert, Dorothy Hart and Rita Daigle, the Miss Rheingold 1946 candidates; Illustrated ad for the Fairchild "Flying Boxcar"; We Enter the Atomic Age - the momentous story of the atom whose energy science has now unleashed; Two pages of fantastic photos illustrating the dramatic story of the atom - from radium to the atomic bomb, including the Curies, Einstein, Niels Bohr, Dr. E.O. Lawrence with a cyclotron, and the great factory at Oak Ridge, TN; Ernest Bevin - a new kind of statesman; When do we abolish (wartime) business controls: Germany is Not Yet Defeated - Senator Harley M. Kilgore argues her industrial power must be destroyed; China - Unless we preserve her full integrity we shall face still another war - Nathaniel Peffer's formula for peace in the Far East; One-page ad for Drene shampoo features three color photos of beautiful Bettina Bolegard, New York fashion model; Veterans storm the academic beachhead; Our music-loving Presidents; Benjamin ('Ben') Victor Cohen is expected to be a bridge from the President to Byrnes and Vinson; Jones & Laughline Steel ad includes sketches of Donald Gortner and Ralph Ardary; Vice Admiral Ben Moreell of the Seabees looks forward to moving his bulldozers into Japan; Boom in New Yorkers studying foreign languages; Interesting half-page ad for The American Mercury features heading "Can We Do Business With Stalin", with illustration of Stalin; Nice one-page Chicken of the Sea and White Star tuna ad; Two pages of photos of ladies in fashionable coats; and more. Average external soiling and wear. Unmarked. Opening to central portion of front cover mended with archival tape. Moderate age-toning to paper. A sound copy of this vintage WWII issue. Book
1984294 pages. Bibliography. Abundant archival black and white illustrations. Author's signature and inscription to relatives atop front free endpaper. "...An attempt to impart to the reader some of Elzevir's vast history, mixed with first-hand memories of the past as recalled by the contributors." - from Preface. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Excellent copy. Book
2002Signed and inscribed by author upon title page. 414 pages. Generously illustrated with black and white reproductions of archival photos and documents. A highly-informative history of this Northern Ontario Church and its members. Chapters include: The Rectors, Worship, Ecumenical Worship, Who is My Neighbour?, Youth Activities, Choirs, Women's Activities, Younger Women's Groups Through the Years, Confirmations, Nonagenarians, Some Snapshots, Remembering Pioneer Parishioners, Memories, WWI Veterans, and more. A helpful local history reference for the Dryden area. Attractive forest green boards adorned with gilt lettering. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. An excellent copy. Book
194766 pages. Short Stories: Queen's Gate Incident; Competition at Slush Creek; Big Game; Jacobs' Beachcombers. Articles: Basketball Beanpoles - with action photo of 6'-7" Howie Schultz of Hamline; Delayed Combat Fatigue - an alarming new trend in the increase of neuropsychiatric disorders among veterans who have been discharged for a year or more;; Inside Spain; I Deserted Franco - a Spanish Republican who was forced into Franco's Army goes over the hill and describes what made him desert; Eager Beaver - photo-illustrated article on playwright Garson Kanin - with sexy backdoor photo of Judy Holliday; Bradley's Beachhead - General Omar N. Bradley reviews his first year as chief of the VA (Veteran's Administration); How Job Training Became a Scandal; My Lost Division - John Hillard Dunn, his 106th Division, and the Battle of the Bulge; Robbers on the Racetrack - Don Meade says Arcaro and other jockeys will steal a horse race as quick as they flash a whip ; Murder in the Soap Operas - Dan Banion detects too many corpses among the cornflakes; Iron Roof Over Harlem - article on prospects for the people of Harlem, with photos of Billie Holliday, Canada Lee, Romare Beardon, Bert Alves, Kenneth Spencer and Vivian Richardson; You Don't Die Bored; Happy Landing - Gerald L.K. Smith is now on Los Angeles City Council - article with photos. Picture Stories: Anything Goes - great photo-illustrated feature of "The Painted Post - America's only True Western Dance Hall", in the San Fernando Valley; Hot on Ice - people pay big money to see figures skaters such as Donna Atwood, Phil Taylor, Don Condon and Mary Irwin. Labor's Publicity Battle - with sexy photos of Colleen Sullivan of Detroit, and Elayne Keenan of Detroit; Bergen College Boom - great photo feature on how this sleepy college suddenly snapped awake under the GI Bill of Rights; One Block West of Broadway. Special Features: Merry Christmas; Salute of the Month - one-page photo of Elliott Roosevelt; Reconverted; Photos of three vets in the new lives - Alan Rockwell, David Pressman, and Milton Burns; Pin-Up - Martha Vickers. And more. Ads: Great one-page ad for movie "Never Say Goodbye" with photo of Errol Flynn and Eleanor Parker; Lovely back cover color ad for Eagle Clothes features man and woman at airport. Light wear. Unmarked. Light age-toning to contents. A high-quality vintage copy. Book
194556 pages. Features: ; Nostalgic RCA photo-ad inside front cover shows civilian walkie talkies (early 'cell phones') at work; Why Do Men Strike, and What's To Be Done?; Fear Dominates Japan - a first-hand report by Frank L. Kluckhorn on the difficulties we face in remaking a whole people's way of life and thought - with photos; Teaching men to be free - in colleges today courses in basic human knowledge replace traditional electives; Winning the Peace - It is Our Job; Our New Concept of the Universe, by Harry M.Davis; Opportunities for Veterans with the help of the Veteran's Administration (VA); In Lisbon Falls, Maine a benefit is held to raise funds for Virgil Healey after his home was burned; S.J. Woolf Talks About New York; Hollywood Movies Defended - An American View; Nice one-page color ad for Elco, the Electric Boat Company; "Traditional Modern' home design photos; Moscow is not New York - all the differences between socialism and individualism are reflected in the streets; A Farewell to Ration Books, although in their use Americans found profit and a sense of sharing; Half-page of cartoons of GI life in occupied Japan; Color Super Suds ad features Mrs. Lorett R. Kelly; Nice one-page color ad for Sara Lee Fruit Cake; Delinquency has hidden roots; Attractive one-page color ad for Face Powder Tabu by Dana; Hope for the Home Laundry - washing machines and irons are being mass-produced; Two pages of attractive fashion photos for women called "The Importance of Details"; Nice one-page color ad for Chateau Martin wine; Nice one-page color ad for B. Altman & Co. hats for men; Back cover color ad for Knit-tex topcoats for men; and more. Average external wear and soiling. Unmarked. Moderate age-toning to paper. A sound copy of this vintage WWII-era issue. Book
194556 Pages. Features: Dramatic front cover photo of dozens of German POWs being marched through urban destruction; Commercial Travelers ad with color photo of man at green mailbox; One-page ad for General Electric medical products; Europe, The New Dark Continent - the task of restoration is formidable, but there is the old vital spirit; Large photos of German citizens in a captured town; Large photo of the utter destruction of Cologne, Germany; Inside a front-line hospital - a doctor's story as told in letters home from the Western Front; Goebbels is now a prophet without honor is his home town of Muenchen-Gladrach-Rheydt - article with photos; Britain's House of Commons is a Cockpit, Not a Forum; Old Jobs or New Ones for the Veterans?; Wonderful one-page color illustrated ad for the Electric Boat Company (EBCo) features submarine surfacing; Cuba Mail Line ad; There the Impossible is Done - photo-illustrated article on the strange planes which fly at Wright Field; Nice one-page color ad for Celanese shows ship being painted; Excellent color-photo one-page ad for McGregor Sportswear features golfers and dog with ball; The life and times of the Oscar award - article with many photos of stars receiving their awards over the years; Dmitri Shostakovich Listens for Victory - photo-illustrated article on how Russia's greatest living composer's ninth symphony, voicing Russia's joy, will complete a trilogy born of the war; Rinso ad features young John (Johhny) Craig of Arlington, MA who has appeared in War Bond ads and Treasury Department movies; Ceiling Price Court; Barmaids come back; Movie photos of Tallulah Bankhead; Presto Cake Flour color ad; Nice ad for Chantilly Bath Tablets; Fish recipes; Care of the neck; Nice color Crisco ad shows cake; Without a Rug; Aids to Family Life; Wheatena ad; Two pages of lovely fashion photos inspired by the Metropolitan Museum; Ad for Revere Ware copper-clad stainless steel pots; Nice one-page color-photo ad for new Chen Yu Sea Shell nail products; Andrea Radio ad for 'Sharp-Focus' Televisioin shows basketball game; Gem Razors and Blads ad shows intimate golf couple; Color ad for Sheaffer's Pens on back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage wartime issue. Book
2010595 pages. Index. Glossary. Bibliography. "Designed to introduce readers to the history of the ways in which combat stress reaction and its aftermath have been interpreted by soldiers and psychiatrists in the British Empire and Commonwealth... The authors' purpose is to illustrate the various approaches psychiatrists have employed in their attempts to understand causation, prevention and treatment of both immediate and delayed combat stress reactions." - from back cover. Light wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
1982818 pages. Abundantly illustrated in black and white. Topics include: The Early Days; Town Growth - hospital, businesses, recollections; The Halls of Learning - country and town schools; The Faith of Our Fathers - churches; Organizations; Sports and Recreation; Family Histories; Our Unsung Heroes - pictures of veterans; Memories. Decorated blue cloth boards. Endpapers illustrated with a wonderful photo of an obviously hardworking man posing proudly in front of his log house. Moderate wear. Unmarked but for two tiny ticks to index on the last page. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
194650 pages. Features: Silent Cities - Photo-illustrated article on Canadian military cemeteries abroad; Our Air Heroes - excerpt from play "Target for Peace" which was broadcast on the CBC; Photo of the 48th Highlanders of Canada pipe band playing in Italy; Top Priority on Homes for Heroes is Legion Demand; How the Town of Renfrew Solved its Housing Problem - article with photo; Education for Citizenship - Lieut. - Col. the Hon. Wilfred Bovey flays those who would throw away Canadian democracy for the way of the Russians; Photo and brief write-up of 93-year-old Sgt. Daniel Byrd Hoskins Power of the Ancient and Honourable Artillery Company of Boston, who explains the secret to his long life; Canada's Veterans in the U.S.A.; The Second V.C. of the R.C.A.F. - The Late Pilot Officer Andrew Charles Mynarski; Photo of Bailey Bridge inventor Sir Donald Bailey in Ottawa; Update Colonel Percy J. Philpott, Adviser to the Deputy Minister concerning Veterans of both wars; Review of book "Detour" which describes the life of Prisoners-of-war in Germany; Article on Legion Policies and Activities; Monthly notes on the great humanitarian work of the Dominion Service Bureau of the Canadian Legion; The World in Review - Part 12 - September 11 to October 10, 1946; The Small Holdings Plan; Photo of Victoria Legion's undefeated lacrosse team; Photo of the Jewish legionaires' basketball team of the Fredric Kisch Branch in Montreal; The Canadian Army at War - The Canadians in Britain, 1939-1944, 3rd part; Nice one-page cartoon-illustrated ad for Dawes Black Horse Brewery features hunter being chased by bear; Nostalgic colour ad inside back cover for Blue Top Brewing of Kitchener, Ontario features illustration and floor-plan diagram of an economical home. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. Front cover partially faded with mild undulations. Contents moderately toned with age. A sound vintage copy. Book
1988380 pages. Abundantly illustrated in black and white. Includes dozens of family histories plus sections on: Tie and Timber Camps; Homestead; Trapping, Hunting and Fishing; Early Community Life; Schools; Stores and Trucking; Forget Me Not; Wedding Anniversaries; War Veterans; Tragedies and Disasters; Pictorial; Memorabilia. Handsome decorated maroon cloth-covered boards. Very light wear. Clean, bright and unmarked. Excellent copy. Book
1994réf. __0309075297National Academies Press 1994. Paperback. New. revised ed. edition. 832 pages. 8.94x6.06x2.17 inches. National Academies Press paperback
1993réf. 84-508Turner 1993. 1993. Ltd ed. 184p. Photos. A consolidation of the histories written in the first three volumes of The Big Red One Yearbooks & the Spring 1970 edition of Danger Forward. Plus additional material. Pictorial cover. Oversize. As New Copy. Hardcover. As New. Book. Turner, 1993. Hardcover
1935réf. 9900045230Vancouver BC: Mounted Police Veterans Assoc 1935. Stapled Wraps. pp. 102. 4to. Cover shows creasing and tears and separated from text some loss to spine and first page cup ring to one page ink to foredge text shows marginal ride marks; fair. This edition of the magazine of the Mounted Police Veterans' Association published on the 50th anniversary of the North West Rebellion presents 'many interesting stories of that time written chiefly by the men who took an active part in this Canadian drama. We. believe that this issue should be treasuresd as an historical souvenir'. Articles include: 'Riel Rebellion of 1885' by Judge Forin 4 pgs; 'Pioneering in the West' by J B Ross 4 pgs; 'Toronto to Fort Garry' by James T. Fullerton 2 pgs; 'Prisoners with Indians' by Neil Brodie 4 pgs; 'Sergeant D B Smith Honored' 1 pg; 'With General Strange's Column in the Riel Rebellion': reprinted from the 1885 'The Souvenir Number of the Illustrated War News' 9 pgs; 'Charles Dickens' Son' by George Shepherd 1 pg; 'On the March with 'The Little Black Devils' ' by Monro St. John 20 pgs; 'The Trial and Sentence of Louis Riel' by George Bartley 5 pgs; and 'Jubilee Year of Loyalists' Victory Riel's Second Rebellion in 1885' by George Bartley 19 pgs. All articles are peppered with photos and illustrations. Last two pages appear in duplicate. Mounted Police Veterans Assoc unknown
1961réf. 2708Washington DC 1961. Very good. 88pp. Quarto. Original textured padded cloth printed in gilt and black with calendar designs on front cover. Minor edge wear rubbing and abrading to covers. Ink gift inscription on front free endpaper toning to endpapers but otherwise internally clean. A rare yearbook from Veterans High School Center - an segregated academic and vocational training high school for American servicemen and other non-traditional male African-American students in the District of Columbia. Veterans High School was started in the old Armstrong Manual Training High School building in 1946 and operated until 1964 at which time it became an adult education center. During its run Veterans High School Center graduated around a hundred students a year trained in various academic and vocational specialties. The range of study is reflected in the senior class section here noting that each student is graduating on an "Academic" track or gaining a diploma in such vocational avenues as Printing Radio-TV Shoe Repair Auto Mechanics Brickmasonry Barber Science Electricity Drafting and Tailoring. Other sections of the yearbook feature students in typical settings such as the classroom in clubs playing sports and so forth. There is also a list of school patrons followed by an eight-page section of advertisements for local businesses. We could locate no other yearbooks from the segregated all-male Veterans High School in Washington D.C. unknown
1961réf. 2708Washington DC 1961. Very good. 88pp. Quarto. Original textured padded cloth printed in gilt and black with calendar designs on front cover. Minor edge wear rubbing and abrading to covers. Ink gift inscription on front free endpaper toning to endpapers but otherwise internally clean. A rare yearbook from Veterans High School Center - an segregated academic and vocational training high school for American servicemen and other non-traditional male African-American students in the District of Columbia. Veterans High School was started in the old Armstrong Manual Training High School building in 1946 and operated until 1964 at which time it became an adult education center. During its run Veterans High School Center graduated around a hundred students a year trained in various academic and vocational specialties. The range of study is reflected in the senior class section here noting that each student is graduating on an "Academic" track or gaining a diploma in such vocational avenues as Printing Radio-TV Shoe Repair Auto Mechanics Brickmasonry Barber Science Electricity Drafting and Tailoring. Other sections of the yearbook feature students in typical settings such as the classroom in clubs playing sports and so forth. There is also a list of school patrons followed by an eight-page section of advertisements for local businesses. We could locate no other yearbooks from the segregated all-male Veterans High School in Washington D.C. unknown books
1973réf. 41784N.p.: Vietnam Veterans Against the War 1973. First Edition. Original offset lithographed poster in colors 56cm x 43cm 22" x 17". Fine fresh apparently unused example. Poster sold as a fundraiser for the defense of the Gainesville Eight a group of Florida Vietnam veterans who were accused on dubious evidence of conspiracy to disrupt the 1972 Republican National Convention in Miami Beach. All eight defendants including the reputed ringleader Scott Camil were eventually acquitted. A rare poster and this is a lovely fresh example. Not catalogued in OCLC; we note only one institutionally-held copy Library of Congress. Vietnam Veterans Against the War unknown
