Neverbird Antiques

Neverbird Antiques Welcome to Neverbird Antiques! P.O Box 479
Surry, VA 23883
phone: 757-870-6358

This July 4th marked the 250th anniversary of the US Declaration of Independence. Instead of remembering this as a past ...
07/10/2026

This July 4th marked the 250th anniversary of the US Declaration of Independence. Instead of remembering this as a past event, I prefer to think of this time as our beginning, our future, our National DNA.

So it is with the attached patriotic 1889 cabinet card of a boy dressed as "Miss Liberty," wearing a wig, a flag-inspired Liberty cap, and a patriotic jacket & flag-like skirt. He holds a Revolutionary War-era sword in his right hand and a vertical American Flag in his left.

The reverse has a pencil inscription, "Chas. Ginch / Washington Centennial / Apr 30th & May 1st / 1889." These two dates mark the 100th anniversary of George Washington's inauguration as our first US President and of his first meeting with his Cabinet the following day. The original event was held in Federal Hall in NYC, our temporary United States Capitol.

The boy is believed to be Charles Ginch (1882 - 1958) of New York City. The image was taken in an unnamed photographer's studio.
The photo measures 5 1/4 X 4 inches, and the mount 6 1/8 X 4 1/8 inches. The photo is in very good condition with a slight concave curvature.

This interesting photo is in inventory and is available. Message me for questions.

Today, on Memorial Day, I am sharing an extensive archive I own relating to Congressional Medal of Honor recipient First...
05/25/2026

Today, on Memorial Day, I am sharing an extensive archive I own relating to Congressional Medal of Honor recipient First Lieutenant Jimmie Watters Monteith (7/1/1917 - 6/6/1944). He was killed during the first US wave on Omaha Beach in Normandy, France, on D-Day, 6/6/1944. His heroics saved many lives that morning, and he was instrumental in the US establishing a foothold on the beach. He was one of four US service members to earn the Medal of Honor during the Normandy Beach invasion.

Jimmie was a resident of Richmond, VA, and a former VaTech student.

The archive consists of 17 personal letters from 1943 to 1944 to his mother back home in Richmond. Nearly all are handwritten, with the original mailing envelope, though a couple are V-mail microfilmed copies of original letters, which the US Army increasingly used as the war progressed for correspondence back to the USA. The last letter from Jimmie was on 5/31/1944, just a week before D-Day.

The archive also includes several family letters (one before the war) and many associated with Jimmie's death and his reception of the Medal of Honor.

Jimmie is buried in the American Cemetery, near Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy, France.

Monteith Residence Hall on the Virginia Tech campus was named for Jimmie. (Curiously, I resided in Monteith while I was a VaTech student.)

My own father, Louis W. Subjack, also landed on Omaha Beach on D-Day, though in the second wave, less than an hour later. He was uninjured.

I invite you to one of my favorite antique shows of the year—The Penn Dry Goods Market at the Schwenkfelder Museum in Pe...
05/10/2026

I invite you to one of my favorite antique shows of the year—The Penn Dry Goods Market at the Schwenkfelder Museum in Pennsburg, PA. It will be held on Friday and Saturday, May 15 & 16, in conjunction with a high-quality symposium with a textile emphasis.
As in the past, Neverbird Antiques will bring schoolgirl samplers from many states across the USA and a few from foreign countries, including a 1789 schoolgirl map of the British Isles, a ca 1825 cut-work textile honoring the Napoleonic era French Marshal Louis-Nicolas Davout, and a striking 1827 Hispanic sampler from Chicla, probably Peru.
In conjunction with the 250th anniversary of the United States, my booth will include a couple of patriotic pieces, including a sampler dated 1800 from Augusta, ME, memorializing George Washington, who died months earlier, and an 1826 house sampler from Wooster, OH, celebrating the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. I will be bringing an 1801 Quaker sampler from Westtown School in nearby Chester Co., PA, arguably the most popular sampler school in the USA. There will be a rare 1861 sampler by Ida Forney of Jacksonville, AL, whose family, amazingly, included 4 Confederate generals. Massachusetts will be represented by a fine 1822 family register sampler. There will also be interesting examples from Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, California, Delaware, New Jersey, and New York.
I will bring a few choice non-textile items as well, including an important 1788 Benjamin Franklin-signed document authorizing partial funding for a turnpike in western Pennsylvania, and a choice ca 1850 sixth-plate daguerreotype of a young girl with her doll.

Come one, come all to a pleasant little antique show at Hanover Tavern, along Route 301 in Hanover, VA, next weekend. In...
04/24/2026

Come one, come all to a pleasant little antique show at Hanover Tavern, along Route 301 in Hanover, VA, next weekend. In addition to my typical offering of rare early documents (Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, William Henry Harrison, etc.), my Neverbird Antiques booth will include rare early maps, important signed photographs, and this early 1850s oil painting of Eugenia Dickson (Murdaugh) (1834-1920) of Norfolk, VA. This show will not disappoint!

I will again be exhibiting at the annual Antiques at the Tavern show, held in the historic Hanover Tavern in Hanover, VA...
04/18/2026

I will again be exhibiting at the annual Antiques at the Tavern show, held in the historic Hanover Tavern in Hanover, VA. It will be May 1-3. The Tavern has roots dating to the 1750s. It is a small but rewarding show which all are invited to enjoy.

My booth will include historic documents, maps, and paintings. One special item will be a 1788 document signed by Benjamin Franklin, then President of Pennsylvania, authorizing payment toward a new turnpike that helped unite the newly minted state from East to West.

Other documents will include Virginia Colonial currency signed by Peyton Randolph (1st president of the Continental Congress), a 1785 letter docketed by George Washington, a 1804 document signed by future US president William Henry Harrison as administrator of the newly acquired Louisiana Purchase, and an important letter written by John Marshall, the longest serving Supreme Court Chief Justice.

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