![[Pair of Photographs Featuring Groups of Native Americans]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/874/958/1721958874.0.l.jpg)
[Pair of Photographs Featuring Groups of Native Americans]
by [Native American Photography]
[N.p., 1900. About very good.. Two silver gelatin photographs, each 4.25 x 6.5 inches, on mounts measuring 8 x 9.75 inches. Moderate foxing to mounts, some surface wear, spotting, and silvering to images. A wonderful pair of original photographs capturing two different groups of Native Americans in traditional dress. The first image features nine Native Americans, including men, women, and one young girl. The second captures seven men and women. All of the subjects in each picture stare... Read More
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![[Annotated Vernacular Photograph Album Documenting the Personal and Academic Life of a Young Japanese American Woman and Her Family in Japan and California]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/764/958/1721958764.0.l.jpg)
[Annotated Vernacular Photograph Album Documenting the Personal and Academic Life of a Young Japanese American Woman and Her Family in Japan and California]
by [Japanese Americana]: [Photography]
[Various locations, mostly Japan, but also California and Hawaii, 1947. Good.. [24] leaves, illustrated with 206 mounted black-and-white or sepia-toned photographs of varying sizes, most with manuscript captions in Japanese. Quarto. Contemporary maroon photograph album with floral design and "Photo Album" printed on front cover. Spine chipped, both boards and spine detached, minor rubbing to boards. Photographs generall well preserved. A well-annotated vernacular photograph album documenting the life, schooling, and early work career of a young woman in... Read More
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23d United States Infantry. 2d Inf Div. Camp Swift Texas 16 March 1946 [caption title]
by [United States Army]: [Texas Photographica]
San Antonio: C. Ekmark, 1946. Very good.. Panoramic photograph, 8 x 52.25 inches. Very minor wear. A dramatic panoramic image capturing the 23rd Infantry Battalion of the Second Infantry Division while training at Camp Swift, Texas in the wake of the Second World War. Four large groups of soldiers are ranged across the photograph, with the officers in the middle-front of the image, all standing in front of three long rows of jeeps and military transport trucks. Camp... Read More
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![Annual Banquet - Epsilon Nu Delta Mortuary Fraternity 19th Annual Osiris [caption title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/791/958/1721958791.0.l.jpg)
Annual Banquet - Epsilon Nu Delta Mortuary Fraternity 19th Annual Osiris [caption title]
by [African American Photographica]
New York: Verna, 1965. Good.. Panoramic photograph, 10 x 20 inches. A few heavy creases, two closed edge tears, small puncture at bottom left of image area. A striking panoramic photograph featuring the attendees of the national banquet of the Epsilon Nu Delta Mortuary Fraternity in New York City on August 7, 1965. Epsilon Nu Delta Mortuary Fraternity is a national support organization for African American morticians. The present photograph features about sixty members of the fraternity in... Read More
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Special Troops 2d Inf Div. Camp Swift Texas 18 March 1946 [caption title]
by [United States Army]: [Texas Photographica]
San Antonio: C. Ekmark Photo, 1946. Good plus.. Panoramic photograph, 8 x 48.25 inches. Minor staining and soiling, light creasing. A vivid yardlong image capturing the "special troops" of the Second Infantry Division while training at Camp Swift, Texas in the wake of the Second World War. Seven groups of soldiers are ranged across the photograph, with the band in the middle, all posed in front of a long line of tanks, transport trucks, and half-tracks. Camp Swift,... Read More
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![[Large-Format Photograph Picturing the Last Reunion of the Final Five Survivors of the Battle of San Jacinto, Posed with Colonel Fannin's Goliad Cannon and a Large Texas State Flag]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/660/958/1721958660.0.l.jpg)
[Large-Format Photograph Picturing the Last Reunion of the Final Five Survivors of the Battle of San Jacinto, Posed with Colonel Fannin's Goliad Cannon and a Large Texas State Flag]
by [Texas Revolution]: [Photography]
Houston: Nelson Art Studio, 1906. About good.. Albumen photograph, 9.25 x 7.25 inches, on a printed studio mount measuring 14 x 11 inches. Substantial rubbing and soiling to printed mount, with some loss of printed text, top two corners chipped, right corner chip costing a few words of text. Extremities of photograph worn and a bit chipped, with some soiling to the image area. Overall, a battered but charming survivor. A stunning original photograph of the final five... Read More
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Camp Wilson Fort Sam Houston Texas 1916 [caption title]
by [Texas Photographica]
San Antonio: Martin Blandford, 1916. Very good.. Panoramic silver gelatin photograph, 10 x 47.75 inches. Minor surface wear and soiling, light occasional wrinkling. An informative panoramic photograph picturing the breadth of Camp Wilson at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio at the outset of World War I and during the Mexican border troubles in 1916. Camp Wilson was established by the United States Army in the year the present photograph was taken as a staging ground for Army... Read More
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![[Four Cabinet Card Photographs of the San Juan Mission in San Antonio, Each With Identifying Manuscript Captions]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/816/958/1721958816.0.l.jpg)
[Four Cabinet Card Photographs of the San Juan Mission in San Antonio, Each With Identifying Manuscript Captions]
by [Texas Photographica]
[San Antonio, 1900. Very good.. Four silver gelatin cabinet card photographs, each 4.25 x 6.25 inches, each mounted on card, measuring 8 x 10 inches. Minor surface wear to photographs. Mild edge wear to card mounts. A handsome quartet of cabinet card photographs of San Antonio's San Juan Capistrano mission, with each photograph identified by a manuscript caption on either the front or back of the card mount. The captions of the four images read as follows: ... Read More
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![[Annotated Vernacular Photograph Album Featuring Scenes in Turn-of-the-20th-Century Southern Texas and Northern Mexico]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/168/959/1721959168.0.l.jpg)
[Annotated Vernacular Photograph Album Featuring Scenes in Turn-of-the-20th-Century Southern Texas and Northern Mexico]
by [Texas Photographica]
[Various locations in Texas and Mexico, 1901. Good plus.. Fourteen leaves, illustrated with twenty-seven black-and-white photographs inserted one per page into square picture windows. Oblong small octavo. Contemporary black textured cloth photograph album, string tied. Minor staining to boards, about two-thirds of rear cover clipped away. Minor wear to photos, short closed tears to a few photos. An engrossing collection of vernacular photographs capturing the locals, the sights and sounds, and some architectural landmarks in San Antonio, El... Read More
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![[Large Annotated Vernacular Photograph Album Recording the Lives and Travels of the Owners of a Colorado Ranch]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/049/959/1721959049.0.l.jpg)
[Large Annotated Vernacular Photograph Album Recording the Lives and Travels of the Owners of a Colorado Ranch]
by [Western Photographica]
[Various locations in Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Wyoming, and Utah, 1935. Very good plus.. Seventy-four leaves, illustrated with 485 photographs and picture postcards, between 2 x 3 inches and 4.75 x 6.75 inches, occasionally annotated in manuscript in white pencil. Oblong folio. Contemporary black textured cloth, string tied. Small stain near right edge of front cover. Internally very clean and well organized. A voluminous collection of photographs picturing the lives and travels of Pat and Marge Williams, centered... Read More
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![[Large Group of Rare Albumen Photographs, Mounted on Linen, Many Captioned, Featuring Native Americans of the Western Plains]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/945/958/1721958945.0.l.jpg)
[Large Group of Rare Albumen Photographs, Mounted on Linen, Many Captioned, Featuring Native Americans of the Western Plains]
by [Native American Photographica]: [Great Plains]
[Various locations, mostly Indian Territory, Kansas, and Nebraska, 1890. Good.. 127 albumen photographs, measuring between 3.75 x 2.75 inches and 8 x 5 inches, most around 5.5 x 4 inches, all but two affixed to original linen mounts, about half captioned in pencil on the mounts, a handful captioned in the negative. A well-worn collection of images, with occasional fading, and all of the images exhibiting varying levels of dust-soiling and staining to the images and mounts, about... Read More
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![Election 1960 [cover title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/709/958/1721958709.0.l.jpg)
Election 1960 [cover title]
by [Presidents]: [Election of 1960]
[Various locations in and around Chicago, Il: likely early November, 1960. Very good plus.. Title leaf, plus [25] leaves, illustrated with forty-seven silver gelatin photographs, pasted one per leaf or page, all about 5.5 x 7.5 inches, plus five loose images (two duplicates and three other images not pasted in). Square quarto. Contemporary tan cloth custom photograph album, metal-hinged spine, front cover printed with title reading, "ELECTION 1960." Minor wear and soiling to album. Light occasional thumb-soiling to... Read More
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![The Beautiful Valley of the Lower Rio Grande [cover title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/965/958/1721958965.0.l.jpg)
The Beautiful Valley of the Lower Rio Grande [cover title]
by [Texas]: [Promotionals]
St. Louis: John S. Swift Co, 1925. About very good.. 64pp. Original pictorial wrappers, string-tied. Some creasing and wear at wrapper edges. Light toning. First edition of this attractive promotional for the virtues of the Lower Rio Grande Valley, published by the Missouri Pacific Railroad in 1925. Chief among the attractions are the fertility of the region for agriculture and livestock, but the modern amenities and architecture of South Texas towns are also praised extensively. Extensively illustrated with... Read More
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![Kothmann Ranch in Frio County, Texas. FOR SALE [caption title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/599/682/1723682599.0.l.jpg)
Kothmann Ranch in Frio County, Texas. FOR SALE [caption title]
by [Texas]: [Land Promotional]
[N.p., presumably Mason or San Antonio, 1945. Broadside cadastral map, 12 x 9 inches. Heavily tanned, some chipping around edges, soft creases. Good condition. A very rare promotional broadside advertising the sale of the Kothmann Ranch southwest of San Antonio. A map of the ranch dominates about half of the broadside, showing the composition of the Kothmann Ranch as an amalgam of plots labeled with the names of the original grantees, including Stephen F. Austin and Samuel Williams. According... Read More
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![[Promotional Poster for John Armor and Peter Wright's Manzanar]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/865/958/1721958865.0.l.jpg)
[Promotional Poster for John Armor and Peter Wright's Manzanar]
by [Japanese Americana]: [Publishing]
[New York]: Times Books, 1988. Very good plus.. Photographically-illustrated poster, 19 x 24 inches. Minor wear. A promotional poster for the publication of John Armor and Peter Wright's Manzanar, a 1988 book that combined Ansel Adams' photographs with a powerful original essay by John Hersey entitled "A Mistake of Terrifically Horrible Proportions," along with a detailed account of life at the internment camp by Armor and Wright titled, "A Portrait of Manzanar." The promotional poster includes a large... Read More
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![[Manuscript Ledger Book Recording Three Years of Meetings for the Pine Tree Lodge of the Leesville, Louisiana Knights of Pythias]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/927/958/1721958927.0.l.jpg)
[Manuscript Ledger Book Recording Three Years of Meetings for the Pine Tree Lodge of the Leesville, Louisiana Knights of Pythias]
by [African Americana]: [Louisiana]: [Knights of Pythias]
Leesville, La, 1933. 135pp. Folio. Contemporary partially-printed ledger book, bound in half black cloth over maroon cloth boards, completed to various degrees in ink manuscript. Significant wear, dust-soiling, abrading, and staining to binding, with front joint partially split. Text block separated from spine, with a few leaves detached but otherwise intact in gatherings. Varying levels of toning and dust-soiling to text, but highly readable nonetheless. Fair condition. A unique and informative manuscript record book recording the activities of a... Read More
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![We Want Men from 18 to 55 Years. Do You Want to Join a Good Lodge? The Doors Are Opened for You That Will Never Be Opened Again... [caption title and first lines of text]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/904/958/1721958904.0.l.jpg)
We Want Men from 18 to 55 Years. Do You Want to Join a Good Lodge? The Doors Are Opened for You That Will Never Be Opened Again... [caption title and first lines of text]
by [African Americana]: [Louisiana]: [Knights of Pythias]
Shreveport: The Service Print Shop, July, 1926. Good.. Broadside, 12 x 6 inches. Old folds, small chip to upper corner, noticeable soiling and staining. An unrecorded broadside advertising a membership drive for the Damon Grand Lodge of the Knights of Pythias of the Universe in Shreveport, Louisiana in the midst of the Roaring Twenties. The text asks, "Do you want to join a Good Lodge?" before asserting that this present membership drive is a unique opportunity: "The doors... Read More
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![[Circular Letter Calling for a Convention in Mobile "For the Purpose of Advancing the Interests of a Projected Road to Connect the Alabama and Tennessee Rivers"]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/461/095/1730095461.0.l.jpg)
[Circular Letter Calling for a Convention in Mobile "For the Purpose of Advancing the Interests of a Projected Road to Connect the Alabama and Tennessee Rivers"]
by [Alabama]: [Railroads]
Mobile: December 12, 1849. Printed circular, , 9.75 x 7.5 inches, on a single folio sheet of blue paper, integral blank addressed on verso to R.B. Waller of Greensboro, Alabama, ink postmark from Selma. Old folds, minor staining, small hold to integral blank from removed seal. Overall very good condition. An unrecorded circular letter from 1849, calling for a convention in Mobile, Alabama to discuss provisions for a railroad line to connect the Alabama and Tennessee rivers. The document... Read More
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![Wanderlust [caption title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/977/958/1721958977.0.l.jpg)
Wanderlust [caption title]
by [Western Photographica]: [Travel]: [Railroads]
[Various locations in the American Southwest and West, 1923. About very good.. Two oblong folio photograph albums bound in brown pebbled leather, each titled in gilt on front cover, "WANDERLUST," containing a total of 266 full-page vernacular and professional photographs. First albums: [146] leaves, illustrated with 128 full-page landscape photographs, each around 6 x 8 inches or slightly larger, and occasional manuscript or hand-fashioned sectional title pages and maps. Second volume: [148] leaves, illustrated with 138 photographs and... Read More
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Under Sapphire Skies in San Antonio
by [Texas]: [Missouri Pacific Railroad]
[Chicago: Poole Bros, 1928. Very good plus.. 32pp. Original pictorial wrappers, stapled. Minor wear and dust-soiling to wrappers. Internally clean. A vibrant depiction of the great city of San Antonio, Texas produced by the Missouri Pacific Railroad during the latter part of the Roaring Twenties. The promotional work is profusely illustrated with photographs accompanied by text touting the many advantages of the Alamo City. The images feature well-known attractions such as the Alamo, Alamo Plaza, various missions, and... Read More
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![An Alphabetical List of Requisites to Success. Rice Farming Texas Industry [cover title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/835/958/1721958835.0.l.jpg)
An Alphabetical List of Requisites to Success. Rice Farming Texas Industry [cover title]
by [Texas]: [Southern Pacific Railroad]
Houston: Southern Pacific Sunset Route, 1900. Very good.. [4]pp., on a single folded sheet. Minor toning and creasing. A simple but still interesting promotional leaflet touting the advantages of rice farming in Texas. The text was taken from the Southern Pacific Rice Book, and lists twenty-six points of advice about the rice industry and how it is a good investment. These points are listed alphabetically by letter and each entry begins with that letter. For example: "H. Harvest... Read More
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![Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway Company. First Mortgage 5 Per Cent. 50 Year Gold Bonds of the Sherman, Shreveport and Southern Railway Company... [cover title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/205/959/1721959205.0.l.jpg)
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway Company. First Mortgage 5 Per Cent. 50 Year Gold Bonds of the Sherman, Shreveport and Southern Railway Company... [cover title]
by [Texas]: [Railroads]
New York, 1893. Very good.. [3]pp. on a bifolium, with map laid in. Old fold lines, minor wear and soiling. Prospectus advertising the sale of mortgage bonds for the Sherman, Shreveport and Southern Railway in Texas. The Sherman, Shreveport and Southern was organized in 1893, as a successor to the East Line & Red River Railroad. The text gives earnings and operating expense information, as well as the interest rates on the bonds in question. The map laid... Read More
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![[Small Group of Protest and Promotional Ephemera from Depression-Era Texas Railroad Employees Association]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/172/959/1721959172.0.l.jpg)
[Small Group of Protest and Promotional Ephemera from Depression-Era Texas Railroad Employees Association]
by [Texas]: [Railroads]
Big Spring, Tx: Jordan's Print, 1931. Very good.. Four small bifolia and one broadside, measuring 14.5 x 5.5 inches. Broadside folded; one short closed at lower edge of one pamphlet. One contemporary, pencil ownership inscription. Otherwise, minor dust soiling and light toning. An interesting assortment of protest and promotional literature promulgated by the employee's association of the Texas & Pacific and Abilene & Southern Railroads. Most of the material protests the perceived subsidies and other advantages given to... Read More
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![[Pair of Promotional Posters for the 101 Ranch, With Eight Illustrations of Western Scenes]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/579/827/1722827579.0.l.jpg)
[Pair of Promotional Posters for the 101 Ranch, With Eight Illustrations of Western Scenes]
by [Oklahoma]: [101 Ranch]
[Oklahoma, 1910. Two broadsides, each measuring 19 x 13 inches. Old folds, some marginal tears and staining, minor loss along central vertical fold of one broadside, light foxing to images. Good condition overall with images very good or better. A rather intriguing pair of promotional posters for the 101 Ranch, once located near modern-day Ponca City, Oklahoma. The 101 Ranch was once one of the largest farm and ranch operations in the United States, and became well known in the... Read More
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![Fair and Last Warning! All Persons are Henceforth Notified to Desist from Hunting, Foraging Their Stock, Stealing or Otherwise Trespassing on the Lands Belonging to the Estate of A.M. Lewis... [caption title and beginning of text]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/751/549/1737549751.0.l.jpg)
Fair and Last Warning! All Persons are Henceforth Notified to Desist from Hunting, Foraging Their Stock, Stealing or Otherwise Trespassing on the Lands Belonging to the Estate of A.M. Lewis... [caption title and beginning of text]
by [Alabama]: [Reconstruction]
Sumter County, AL: March 15, 1868. Broadside, 11.25 x 8.5 inches. Old folds and creases, a few tiny losses along folds. Expertly repaired along fold lines on verso. Good plus condition. The only known copy of a broadside from Reconstruction-era Alabama in which a landowner named A.M. Lewis threatens poachers, foragers, and thieves from trespassing on his lands "lying in the counties of Marengo, Sumter, and Choctaw." Additionally, Lewis provides a stern warning: "All those who disregard this emphatic... Read More
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