R. S. Peale & Co., St. Louis 1883- Title Page for Peck’s Compendium of Fun

1890’s.
The Albion Opera House was located in Albion, Michigan. This flyer advertises the Peck’s Bad Boy play. Geo. W. Heath managed this play in the midwest in the 1890’s.

For more information, see Atkinson’s Jollities

In 1883 Belford, Clarke & Co. published this book which contained 284 stories which had previously been printed in Peck’s Bad Boy, No. 1, Peck’s Bad Boy, No. 2 and Peck’s Fun.

A number of firms which specialized in subscription books also published this volume.
One of those outfits was Forshee & McMakin, a Cincinnati company. Below is a broadside which advertised for agents to sell this volume.

Forshee & McMakin, Cincinnati 1883- Title Page for Peck’s Compendium of Fun

This little 2.5” x 1.75” is an advertising card for Singer Sewing Machines. I have not seen other similar cards but it is probably part of a set that features movie stars.

On this card Jackie Coogan is pictured and several of his starring roles are noted. The latest movie, “Trouble” was released in 1922.

State Street M. E. Church was located in Charleston, West Virginia.

1883 dust jacket

The 1883 Peck’s Bad Boy books were both serialized in newspapers. Here is an example from the Meigs County Telegraph published in Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio. In the October 17, 1883 edition, Chapter 26 from Peck’s Bad Boy, No. 2: The Grocery Man and Peck’s Bad Boy was printed in its entirety.

When this book was released in September of 1883 it had 27 chapters.