Telegram sent by Kempner in Ghent discussing sales to buyers of July/August shipments and prices quoted by competitors.

Telegram from Witter & Pearson in Liverpool to H. Kempner in Ghent informing them that the interview has been arranged for the 13th with a hotel reservation at the Adelphi beginning on the 12th.

Leaf from a miniature prayer book in Old Dutch (The Netherlands, 15th-century). Text appears in a single column, late gothic script. The present leaf contains prayers for the "Heilige Jonc frauwen" Saint Gertrude and Saint Margaret. Note the scribe misspelled the girl's name as "Gertgtruyt" to which he/she/they made an unobtrusive correction. This item is unique in its collection, of the 37 leaves from this acquisition made in 2018, this is the only one on paper.

Leaf form a small prayer book from the 15th century in Old Dutch with text displayed in single column, late gothic script. The leaf in this item contains prayers to Christ who as "gheboren vander maget Marien" and also the prayer beginning "So wie dit gebet spreket heuet benedictus die xii."

15th-century Book of Hours originating from the Nothern Netherlands [Utrecht], ca. 1430s. Dutch text from the Long Hours of the Cross displayed in single column, 19 lines, gothic book hand. Rubrics in red, capitals struck with red, eight one-line initials in red or blue, verso with one three-line initial in burnished gold embellished with red penwork and extensions' full border composed of a vertical bar border of burnished gold and blue with white tracery, the bars with hairline stems emanating from each end and spreading across the top and bottom and along the fore-edge margin, these vines bearing burnished gold trefoils, delicate daisies, and pink and green buds, with the text opened by a 10-line initial "H" in highly burnished gold on a pink and blue ground with white tracery, in the center of the initial a draped flowering vine.

Photograph of a car being unloaded from a ship in Belgium. A sign on the ship reads "Beware of Propeller, Opgepast Voor De Schroeven." The note on the back reads, "The car being unloaded at Ostend, Belgium."

A program booklet for The Magic of Peter Pan: A Campy Musical Comedy, featuring the Little Rainbow Band.

Photograph of Roy Eldridge playing the trumpet. The photo is damaged, with a large piece missing. A note in Dutch on the back refers to a concert by Eldridge.

Map of the coastline along the western part of the Gulf of Mexico, starting in the south (left) at a point labeled "La Desconoscida" and ending in the north (right) at "C[iudad] Escondido." Segments of the coastline are shaded in red, yellow, and green, with labels for river mouths, ports, islands, and other points along the coast.

Recording of Carl Bergstrøm-Nielsen's "11 september." The text is from a document called "What is MIR?" which was sent out illegally in Chile in 1974 and from the appeal of MIR two years after the taking over by the junta, on September 11, 1975. A left-wing party, MIR stayed in Chile in order to contribute as efficiently as possible to the building of the opposition. Other sound material also includes sounds from a typewriter and a demonstration at Bastad, Sweden in September 1975 at a tennis match between Sweden and Chile with more than 4,000 participants. The text is taken in small excerpts from the document in Spanish, English, Swedish, Danish, French, Dutch, and Icelandic. The piece consists of three sections overlapping each other gradually, which shows the relationship between the spoken words and the immediate danger connected with that text. The first section "as a spontaneous statement," deals with the document at its direct background: the silence is broken, in spite of the danger connected with the writing, manifolding papers that criticize the politics and methods of the junta and discuss the strategy of the opposition. The second section deals with the document as a medium of discussion. At …

Photograph of a bridge in El Paso with a horse drawn carriage and people seen crossing. Handwriting on the back states the photo was taken at the Santa Fe International Bridge after a snow storm in 1911 while American troops were patrolling the border.

3D scanned models of a miniature Catholic prayer book. The object is bound in ivory silk with silver, gilt, red, and green embroidery and silver sequins and beads. Housed in red leather pull-off case simulating a book, with gilt decoration. Case with spine title "Annee Nouvell".

Postcard of the Amsterdam Fire Department aboard a boat. The boat has smoke rising from exhaust pipes, and it is towing a smaller boat seen behind it. The back of the photograph has a handwritten note from the sender that says, "Thanks for cards. I hope you like these. Many salutations [...]"

Postcard of Dutch firemen on a red auto fire engine. A single fireman is seen standing in the background to the left.

Postcard of the Amsterdam Fire Department evacuating a multistory brick building. The firemen have ladders set up along the side of the building, and a man is seen sliding down a cloth slide held by two groups of firemen.

Postcard of Dutch firemen on a horse-drawn carriage, riding across a bridge over a canal. A man is observing on the other side of the canal.

Postcard of the Amsterdam Fire Department in Holland. The firemen are seen in three red auto fire engines parked outside of the fire station's garage.

Postcard the Amsterdam Fire Department aboard a horse-drawn fire engine in a snowy park.

Postcard of fire fighters carrying ladders via handcarts. A handwritten message to the recipient on the back of the postcard says, "I was for a few days out of town. I could not answer directly. This is our old type of fire brigade, but we have also the newer auto steam brigade. Please send me some few about farming [...]"

Postcard of the Amsterdam Fire Department evacuating a building. Three men are at a second floor window, one of which is jumping down into a sheet held by the firemen below. The firemen have ladders set up on the sides of the building.

Postcard of firemen driving a horse-drawn fire engine in Amsterdam. The vehicle is equipped with a large, folded ladder, mounted above the cart. A wide, multistory building covers the background.

Postcard of the Amsterdam Fire Department driving two automobiles. The larger vehicle on the left is equipped with a water tank and hose, and the other vehicle has a ladder mounted on its side.

Postcard of the Amsterdam fire department on a boat, with flags of the Netherlands hoisted on the bow and stern. The firemen are spraying streams of water into the air with the ship's fire hoses.

Postcard of the Amsterdam Fire Department aboard a horse-drawn fire engine in Holland. The vehicle is fully occupied with seven uniformed men, two at the front, four in the passenger seats, and three standing on the back.