Traubel, Horace, 1858-1919

Announcement postcard, unaddressed, for Horace Traubel's lecture on Walt Whitman, presented in Steinert Hall, Boston, Massachusetts; plus three individual admission tickets to the lecture.

"....We have purchased the plates for publishing. When we transfer our Whitman [---] to Appleton August 1st next, some cheaper issue of the ten vol set will br made by the new publishers...."

Studio portrait, mounted on paper, and initialed by Paul Fournier in the lower right corner.

Reproduction of a portrait of Walt Whitman, originally signed and inscribed by Whitman, which reads: Walt Whitman, taken from life 1863 war time Washington DC. To Horace Traubel from his friend WW, June 1888.

Studio portrait of Walt Whitman, pictured in hat, suit coat, vest and tie; his open hand held up behind his ear, with his elbow on a desk top. Caption, handwritten on recto: Taken in Brooklyn 1871. On verso, a handwritten inscription: For Tom [Mosher] from Horace Traubel 1904...Given to H.T. by Whitman.

Portrait of Walt Whitman as an elderly man; pictured in hat, with long, untrimmed beard. Handwritten inscription on verso: Given by W.W. to H.T. and by H.T. again to Tom [Mosher] 1904. A [s---] portrait of Whitman.

Correspondence, minor writings, photographs, and ephemera all by or about Walt Whitman.

Typescript with autograph corrections by David Karsner. Includes bibliographical footnotes. Date taken from preface.