Phonograph. March Brillante
by [Phonography – Ephemera – Sheet Music] Blake, Charles D.; [Roze, Marie]
Boston, Massachusetts: White, Smith and Company, 1878. Folio, 13 ½ x 10 ½ inches. 6 pp. Wraps fully split else near fine with some very light foxing and soiling to wrap, overall very attractive. Very good.. An early phonograph-related sheet associated with the French soprano Marie Roze (née Hippolyte Ponsin, 1846–1926), whose participation in early demonstrations of Thomas Edison’s tinfoil phonograph was widely publicized in 1878. Contemporary reports identify Roze as the “celebrated prima donna” depicted singing into... Read More
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Composite Photograph of 100 Portraits of Actresses, c. 1860
by [Photography] Moore, F. L.; Fredericks, Charles D.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1860. Carte de visite measuring 2 ¼ by 3 ½ inches on heavy cardstock. Wear to both photograph and mount, overall very good to excellent.. Though Dadaists are frequently credited with the invention of photomontage, techniques involving combining multiple photographs into a single composite image have been around since at least the mid-Victorian era.[1] These could be made by combining negatives, or by combining prints and then re-photographing the result so that it looked seamless. Offered... Read More
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An Unusual Outdoor Sixth Plate Tintype of a Zouave Soldier, Possibly from New York
by [Civil War - Zouave Regiments]][Vernacular Photography]
New York, 1860. An unusual image of a Zouave soldier in an outdoor setting, holding a horse. During the Civil War, roughly 95 Zouave regiments formed, adopting the names, uni-forms and sometimes fighting styles of the North African Zouave brigades. The bulk - about 70 of the regiments - fought for the Union cause. We were unable to determine anything else about this soldier, though the image was found in a New York estate. New York was home to... Read More
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Photograph Album of roughly 1,400 Pictures Taken by a Young Woman with a Connection to the Cabot Family of Boston, Showing a Modern Eye for Composition, Circa 1930
by [Women] [Massachusetts] [Boston Brahmin] [Photography]
Boston, 1930. Oblong quarto, 49 pp. With appx. 1,400 photos, most measuring less than an inch square, with roughly 175 in larger formats up to 3 ½ by 5 inches. Very Good. A wonderful labor of photographic love created by an unidentified young woman with ties to the Cabot family of Beacon Hill. The album, composed largely of tiny contact prints glued in neat grids. Off-kilter compositions - a portion of a steeple against the sky, the tail... Read More
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A Charming Album of Photographs Taken in Southern California in 1919 by a Michigan Photographer Touring with his Family in a Model T Ford
by [California - Photography]
Los Angeles and Environs, 1919. Photograph album measuring 6 ½ x 8 inches with fifty-one photographs, each 4 ⅜ x 2 ⅞ inches. Front page captioned “California 1919 / Flowers / Animals.” Fine condition, no visible flaws. A visually compelling and very charming relic of early motor tourism, this collection of photographs of the flora and fauna of Southern California was taken by a Michigan photographer, who judging by the quality of the images, was either a professional or... Read More
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Laminated Tintype Portrait of an African-American Man with the Prince Hall Freemasons Insignia, c. 1910s
by [African-Americana - Prince Hall Freemasonry - Photography]
American, 1910. Tintype measuring 8 x 6 inches with an African-American portrait, laminated at borders with a decorative frame with the insignia of the Prince Hall Masons. Some chips to lamination at corners, very good. Very Good. An interesting portrait of an African-American man with a decorative masonic border bearing the distinctive shape of the Prince Hall Masons emblem. Prince Hall Freemasonry stands as the earliest officially recognized and consistently operational organization established by individuals of African descent.... Read More
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Photograph of the Attendees of the Northern California Young People’s Christian Conference Fresno Sectional, March 1936
by [Japanese-American Christians – California – Religion] Unknown Photographer
Fresno, California, 1936. Approximately 7 x 30 inches. Some creasing, fine contrast; stored in tube with residual shape; overall excellent condition. A photograph of the attendees of a yearly meeting of an affinity group for young Japanese-American Christians in California. The first YPCC retreats were held in 1920 with the help of the Japanese YMCA and YWCA, and the group continued its meetings until about 1990. The retreats would include church services, speakers, discussion groups, and recreation, with... Read More
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Large Photographic Archive of the US Military in the Philippines, Likely Immediately Predating World War II, Including Many Photographs of Indigenous Tribes and Daily Life for Filipinos
by [Philippines – US Military Presence] Unknown photographer
Philippines and San Francisco, 1940. pproximately 205 photographs: twenty 5 x 7” and smaller, eighteen 3.75 x 5.5” and smaller, and 167 2.5 x 3.5” and smaller. Most are glued into a scrapbook with some loose. Some photographs bent or with tears; some marked with pencil. Generally very good. The US’s military presence in the Philippines is long-standing, beginning in 1898 with the Spanish-American War, which ended that year with a treaty that sold the islands to the... Read More
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Street View of Dance Halls in San Francisco’s Barbary Coast Neighborhood, c. 1910
by [African-Americana – Jazz – San Francisco] Unknown Photographer
San Francisco, California, 1910. Single photograph, approximately 6 ½ x 9 inches, manuscript verso reading “SF Barbary Coast 500 Block of Pacific ”THE SO DIFFERENT” now 550 Pacific Ave 1911”. Appears to be trimmed from a larger photograph. Portion of image cut and pasted with editorial overpainting. Some damage to edges and corners with one tear at right middle, some residue from pasting a now-missing object; overall very good.. A photograph taken on Pacific Street in about 1910,... Read More
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Real Photo Postcard of the Israelite House of David Ball Players
by [Baseball – Religious History – Communal Societies] Unknown Photographer
Benton Harbor, MI, 1920. Single 3 ½ x 5 ½ inch real photo postcard, captioned “House of David Ball Players”. Some damage to lower left side, mainly not intersecting with subject.. The Israelite House of David is a millenarian religious group, formed in 1903 by Benjamin and Mary Purnell. Its members are abstinent and vegetarian, and in its earlier days the group lived self-sufficiently and communally – in addition to running Eden Springs, an amusement park with a... Read More
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1890s Vacation Photo Album of Oregon, Washington, and California, Including Shots of Early Euro-American Architecture and Indigenous People
by [Washington – Oregon – California] Unknown Photographer
Oregon, Washington, and California, 1890. One forty-two page photo album with 9 ½ x 7 inch pages; 109 total photographs with eighteen 4 x 7 inch and larger and ninety-one 3 ½ x 3 ½ inch. Larger photographs captioned on negative and likely purchased while smaller ones are original. Album pages with chipping at corners and some repair with tape; photographs with some wear and very good to excellent contrast; overall very good to excellent.. A photo album... Read More
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Real Photo Postcard of an Asian-American Family Relaxing by Their Model T Touring Car, c. 1917
by [Auto Tourism – Asian-Americana] Unknown Photographer
United States, 1918. Real photo postcard measuring 3 ½ x 5 ½ inches. Excellent contrast. Near fine.. A real photo postcard with a photograph of an Asian family relaxing by the side of the road, near what appears to be a 1917 Ford Model T Touring car or similar (the stamp box dates the postcard to 1904–1917). The youngest child wears a pair of driving goggles. At the time, touring by car was a novelty, often involving navigating... Read More
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1925 Portrait of “Mike” Foon Kai-Kee of Yale, the Only Chinese Student Playing for an American College Baseball Team
by [Chinese-Americana – Baseball – Yale University] Unknown Photographer
New Haven, Connecticut, 1925. Single 8 x 10 inch photograph. Fotograms and date stamps verso with typed news caption affixed. Slightly curled with some folds at corners, editorial overpainting recto, excellent contrast; overall excellent.. A portrait of “Mike” Foon Kai-Kee (1903–deceased), a Chinese-American college baseball player at Yale University, from Dinuba, California (misspelled as “Dinerba” in the caption). The caption describes the third baseman as “the only Chinese playing on an American University baseball team [...] according to... Read More
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Three Photographs of Eugene Debs Speaking at a Railroad Depot
by [Eugene Debs – Labor History – Railroads] Unknown Photographer
Northeast US, Unknown year. Three photographs, two measuring 5 x 7 inches and one measuring 6 ½ x 8 ½ inches. All with Brown Brothers stamps verso. Portrait marked verso “Eugene V. Debs” with editorial overpainting recto. One other photograph marked verso “Debs speaking to workers”. Excellent contrast. Overall excellent to near fine.. Eugene Debs (1855–1926) was an American Socialist, trade unionist, and five-time presidential candidate of the Socialist Party of America—most famously in the 1920 election, when... Read More
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Fourteen Photos of Workers in a Shoe Factory, 1905–1910
by [Labor History – Manufacturing – Women] Unknown Photographer
United States, 1910. Fourteen photographs measuring approximately 6 ¾ x 8 ½ inch and smaller. Brown Brothers stamps and manuscript captions verso. Very good contrast; some photos with much marginal damage and chipping; overall very good.. Fourteen photographs of men and women at work in an unnamed shoe factory, dated 1905–1910. Most have captions at least naming the task that the workers are engaged in (mainly heeling), though some have more descriptive captions; one describes how the heeling... Read More
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Press Photo of MLK and Other African American Leaders at a Meeting Following the 1964 Harlem Uprising
by [African-Americana – Civil Rights Movement – New York City] Unknown Photographer
New York City, 1964. Photograph measuring 7 ½ x 10 inches. Editorial overpainting and caption recto; stamps and newspaper clipping verso. Excellent to Near Fine.. A photograph of, left to right: March on Washington organizer Bayard Rustin; NAACP Director of Counsel Jack Greenberg; Whitney Young, Jr., of the National Urban League; James Farmer of the Congress of Racial Equality; Roy Wilkins of the NAACP; Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.; Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee chairman John Lewis; and National... Read More
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Press Photo of Owen Whitfield During the 1939 Sharecroppers Protest
by [African-Americana – Labor History – New Deal Era] Unknown Photographer
Chicago, Illinois: International News Photos, 1939. Single photograph measuring 5 x 8 inches with typed caption affixed verso. Some wear; excellent.. A portrait of activist preacher Owen Whitfield (1891–1965), taken during the 1939 Missouri sharecropper protest. The caption reads in part: “Preacher Owen H. Whitfield, of La Forge, MO., negro preacher who is the leader of the sharecroppers in southeast Missouri, in their controversy with their landlord plantation owners. It is reported that more than one thousand... Read More
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Photo of Joyce Warner, Miss Black America 1971
by [African-Americana – Women – Beauty Pageants] Unknown Photographer
Tallahassee, Florida, 1971. Single photograph measuring 6 ¼ x 9 inches. Manuscript caption verso reading “Joyce Warner, Tallahassee, / Miss Black America” with newspaper article affixed and stamped “SEP231971”. Near Fine.. A press photo of Joyce Warner, who was crowned Miss Black America in 1971. The Miss Black America competition was founded in 1968 by entrepreneur J. Morris Anderson as a protest of Miss America’s whites-only policy; the first Miss Black America competition was held in Atlantic City,... Read More
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Eleven Photographs of 1950s NAACP Activities in California
by [California – African-Americana – NAACP] Unknown Photographers
Los Angeles and Santa Barbara, California, and others: McLain’s Photo Service, Bona Fide Photo Service, et al., 1950. Eleven individual photographs with one duplicate, measuring 8 x 10 inches. Slightly curled with wrinkling and some folds and tears; overall very good plus.. Eleven photographs showing NAACP activities in and around Los Angeles in the early 1950s. Most are uncaptioned; the one captioned photograph shows the organizers of a 1952 NAACP rally organized in collaboration with the AFL, CIO,... Read More
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Photo Album of the 1985 Pride Parade in West Hollywood
by [California – LGBTQ History – Pride] Unknown Photographer
Los Angeles, California, 1985. 131 photos measuring 3 ½ x 5 inches with fourteen pieces of ephemera, in a photo album. Near Fine.. A photo album documenting West Hollywood’s 1985 Pride parade. Eighty-seven photos are of the parade and forty-four are of the photographer’s trip to Ventura with, presumably, her girlfriend. Marchers include feminist lawyer Gloria Allred, The Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles, Gay Vietnamese of Southern California, actress and HIV/AIDS advocate Judith Light, and drag queen... Read More
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Inscribed Real Photo Postcard of Japanese-American Boxer Young Togo
by [Japanese-Americana – Boxing] Young Togo; Unknown Photographer
Muskogee, Oklahoma, 1918. Real photo postcard measuring 3 ¼ x 5 ½ inches. A real photo postcard depicting Japanese-American boxer Young Togo, inscribed verso: “To K. Iwana Muskogee Oklahoma / From Young Togo fighter and jiu jitsu wrestler Muskogee Okla”. Young Togo was a lightweight and sometimes featherweight or bantamweight boxer from Fort Smith, Arkansas, who debuted around 1907. He seemed to have been a popular fighter, based on contemporaneous newspaper articles. Following a draw with Togo, “Battling” Nelson... Read More
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1950s Scrapbook of Photos of Country Musicians
by [Music History – Country Music] Unknown Photographers
United States, 1950. Eighty-four photos, including real photo postcards, mainly measuring 3 ½ x 5 ½ inches. With manuscript captions under photos and many photos captioned on negative. Photos generally excellent to Near Fine; scrapbook pages delicate with some marginal damage. Excellent.. A scrapbook of photographs of better- and lesser-known country musicians, likely assembled in the 1950s. Subjects include the National Barn Dance Gang, the 101 Ranch Boys, the Carolina Sweethearts, the Bar X Cowboys, Gene Autry and... Read More
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Five 1920 Photographs of Texas Rangers, Including Frank Hamer
by [Texas Rangers – History of Policing] Unknown Photographer
El Paso, Texas: Underwood & Underwood, 1920. Five photographs measuring 7 ¼ x 9 ½ inches. Typed captions affixed and Underwood & Underwood stamps verso. One photo with large tear at corner, else excellent.. The Texas Rangers, now a statewide investigative law enforcement agency, was formed in 1823 to protect Euro-American settlers in Mexican Texas, and officially established in 1835. Throughout the 19th century, the Rangers, as an irregular military, defended Texians from attacks by Indigenous people as... Read More
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Press Photos of “The Paralyzed Industries of Japan” after the US and UK Froze Its Assets, 1941
by [World War II – Japan – Industrial History] Unknown Photographer
Japan: Brown Brothers, 1941. Five photographs. Photos measuring 6 ½ x 8 ½ inches. With typed captions previously affixed, typed captions verso, or manuscript captions verso; with Brown Brothers stamps verso. Fine contrast and slight marginal damage; overall excellent to Near Fine.. Following the outbreak of the Second Sino-Japanese War, the United States imposed a number of economic sanctions against Japan, including the 1939 termination of its trade treaty with the country, 1940 oil export embargo, and 1941... Read More
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Collection of Immigration Photographs, Mainly from Ellis Island, Early 20th Century
by [Immigration – Ellis Island – New York City] Unknown Photographer
New York City and Sterling, Pennsylvania: Brown Brothers, 1912. Thirty-nine photographs measuring 8 x 10 inches and smaller. With Brown Brothers stamps verso and many with manuscript captions verso. Conditions vary; mainly very good.. Thirty-nine photographs, mainly of Ellis Island, with one from Partridge Island, Saint John, New Brunswick. The photographs include exterior shots of Ellis Island—both its new building and its old one, which burned down in 1897—and shots of new immigrants on boats and inside the... Read More
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