Memphis, Tennessee: 1864-1866. Cord-bound. This standard-size carte-de-visite measures approximately 2.5” x 4”. The photo graph was taken by J. W. Taft at the Oak Gallery in Memphis, Tennessee. It is franked with a 3-cent, green Proprietary revenue stamp (Scott #R18) canceled with a single ink slash. Undated and unidentified. In..... More
Unbound. This cdv (carte-de-visite) measures 2.5” x 4”, its mounted albumin photograph approximately 2” x 3.25”. Text at the base of the card reads, “Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1865, by Francis / Hacker, in the Clerk’s office of the Circuit Court / of Rhode Island.”..... More
Californis: 1940s. Unbound. Each of these Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway photographs measures 10” x 8”. Both have rectangular handstamps on the reverse that read, “Please Credit / Santa Fe Railway.” The images in both are in nice shape with some slight curling, tiny stain spots and the margins..... More
Nevada: Circa 1905. Unbound. One photograph is captioned “Beatty, Nevada. / Year 1905.” It measures 4¾” x 3½”. Glue residue on the reverse. The second photograph, 5½” x 3¼”, is captioned on the reverse, “Outside Beatty / Rube Ryan’s Mine & / Hollywood Dry Store”. The third photograph is captioned..... More
Melanesia: Circa 1944. Unbound. These 20 photographs of Melanesian life in the Pacific, no doubt taken by an American serviceman during World War II, so probably from Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, or New Caledonia. All measure approximately 3½” x 2¾”. Mix of matt and glossy finishes. None are..... More
Brooklyn, Ten Mile River, Peekskill, and Warrensburg: circa 1900. Album. All but one of the images measure approximately 4.5” x 3.5”. The cyanotype on the front cover is approximately 3.75” x 2.75”. The images are glued to the album pages. The two pages with photos have been removed from the..... More
Lancaster and Akron Ohio: 1969-1970. Unbound. Includes many photographs of the national All-American Soap Box Derby finals at Akron, Ohio. This archive contains approximately 140 photographs ranging in size from 2.25” x 2.75” to 8” x 10”. Most are b/w (about 30) and color (about 110) 3.5” square or..... More
Fromberg, Montana: 1917-1920. Unbound. The one-page sales letter (appears to be a retained copy) is on Sunnyside Apiaries letterhead and dated October 9th, 1917. It is from B. F. (Benjamin Franklin) Smith at Fromberg, Montana, a small community near Billings. It reads in part: “Your favor of Oct 5th..... More
Notebook. The American Locomotive Company (ALCO) operated from 1901 to 1969, initially specializing in the production of steam locomotives but later diversifying and fabricating at various times diesel locomotives, generators, automobiles, steel, tanks, munitions, oil-production equipment, as well as heat exchangers for nuclear power plants. It was formed by the..... More
Notebook. Of the 33 items, all of which are in nice shape, there are Eight American Locomotive Company (ALC)-Ingersoll Rand-General Electric manufacturer’s photographs accompanied by photostatic specification cards Ten 8”x10” photographs of locomotive components from the Ingersoll-Rand Company One 8”x10” photograph of a huge engine casting by..... More
1917. Album. This large album measures 12” x 9.5” and contains well over 250 glued-in photographs, most measuring about 4” x 2.5”. The photographs are captioned in white ink on 46 of the albums 48 pages. Ten additional photographs are laid-in including a 10” x 8” official group..... More
Circa 1930. Stereoview. Homemade stereoview. Grimm was an early 20th century collector of Native American artifacts and a National Councilor for the Indian Confederation of America and the Indian Association of America. This card was passed through relatives to its last owner, Robert Panchison. In the photograph, Grimm has inserted..... More
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Death Valley, California: [Circa 1850] 1950. This lot consists of a one-page letter from the National Park Service at Death Valley National Monument, dated 17 February 1950, and two photographs of graffiti that read, “J W ADE”. The letter is signed L. F. Kellar, “Death Valley National Monument Park Naturalist”..... More
Vicinity of Ilion, New York: circa 1910. Album. Photograph album documenting improvement projects along the Erie Canal during the construction of the New York State Barge Canal system This album measures approximately 7½ “ x 10 ½“ and contains over 65 photographs ranging in size from 3½“ x 2½”..... More
Pennsylvania, California and Japan: 1968. Unbound. This collection of 20 b/w and color photographs ranges in size from 4.25” x 3” to 9” x 7.5”. 11 snapshots picture the dealer and his wife interacting with their hosts in Japan. One large b/w image shows all of..... More
Luverne, Minnesota: 1922- 1952. Unbound. The thirteen photographs in this lot range in size from approximately 4½” x 2¾” to 3½” x 3½” to 5” x 4”. All but two are captioned either on the reverse or in the image margins. Three are dated between 1922 and 1924. They..... More
New York, Pennsylvania, and Ohio: 1923 (from a vehicle license plate). Album. This 8” x 6” album contains 37 b/w photographs, each measuring approximately 4.75” x 3”. The crisp, well-composed snapshots are chronologically arranged and neatly glued to the album pages. Most have been captioned in white, but much of..... More
Tulsa, Oklahoma: [The War Department], 1942-1945. Unbound. All the photographs in this lot measure 10” x 8”, None are captioned. In nice shape. The photographs show: A completed A-24 Dauntless Dive Bomber hanging from an overhead hoist inside a huge construction above three unfinished planes and about..... More
St. Louis: 1936 (from the date of the advertisement's appearance in the newspaper). Unbound. The advertising proof shows a portrait photograph of Mr. August Siever and announces that he has left his position as the manager of the Geo. D. Fisher Optical Co. and is now associated with the Optical..... More
