Apollo 15 the first manned surface vehicle on the Moon --the Lunar Rover
by NASA Apollo
[Space and Aviation][Science] Apollo 15 Press Kit. Prepared by Manned Spacecraft Recovery Force, Atlantic Task Force 140, Building SP-71 Naval Air Station. Norfolk: Manned Spacecraft Center, 1971. Approximately 80 Mimeograph pages . Measures 8" x 10.5". Original Softcover light blue wrappers, bound together with two power staples. Apollo 15, which lasted from July 26 through August 7, 1971, brought the first manned surface vehicle--the Lunar Rover--to the Moon. This press kit features the Apollo 15 mission statement, "recovery procedures",... Read More
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First Day Covers Apollo-Soyuz
by Apollo-Soyuz
1972. The Apollo program, which ended in a demonstration of détente in space: a joint orbital flight of the Apollo and Soyuz spaceships. Three space related FDC's and one air mail envelope, all with Russian postage stamps. The first is of Nixon on a visit to Moscow. He signs an agreement to dock an Apollo spacecraft with a Russian Sues space laboratory in 1972. Another of the FDC's depicts a launch of Soyuz-11 from Russia.
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Appalachian Coal Mining Photo Archive Includes Black Miners at Work in in Mining Shafts, 1910-1920
by Appalachian Coal Mining
1920. Appalachian Coal Mining Operations; Photo Archive of Five Original Gelatin Silver Photographs , ca. 1910s-1920s. Five gelatin silver prints, measuring betweenand 8" x 9" to 5" x 7" Striking vernacular archive documenting early 20th-century industrial coal mining practices through four large-format photographs capturing both above- and below-ground operations. One image depicts a smelter or foundry worker tending molten material in a heavy industrial setting, possibly related to coke production-a critical process in transforming coal into fuel for... Read More
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The Negro in the Civil War, Study of Black Resistance, 1938
by Herbert Aptheker
1938. Herbert Aptheker. The Negro in the Civil War. International Publishers: New York, 1938. First edition. 5.25 x 8 inches. 48 pages. Soft covers with navy blue text blocks. Part of a series of booklets written by Aptheker to describe the struggle for emancipation. "For two hundred years the American Negro people waged a persistent struggle against the diabolical system of chattel slavery, which was devised and continued for their super exploitation. For sheer courage and ingenuity this conflict... Read More
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Hand Colored Map of the Arabian Peninsula - 1710
by Cluverius Brun ; Arabia
1710. Arabia Eudaemon ex Plinio LibVI, Beautiful original, hand colored, engraved map of the Arabian Peninsula printed in 1710 by Cluverius Brun. (A Ptolomic map. Copper Engraved.) Saudi Arabia. Titled: Arabia Eudaemon ex Plinio LibVI. Condition: General age related toning, vibrant coloring. Size (in inches): Measures approximately 8 1/2" x 12."Overall in very good condition.
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Personal Account and Series of Adventures in Arabia, First Edition 1780
by Eyles Irwin; Arabia
1780. IRWIN, Eyles. A Series of Adventures in the Course of a Voyage up the Red Sea, on the Coast of Arabia and Egypt; and of a Route through the Deserts of Thebais, Hitherto Unknown to the European Traveller, in the year MDCCLXXVII, in Letters to a Lady. Dublin: Sleater, Whitestone, Potts, Colles, Wilson, Jenkins, Flin Etc. 1780. 4to, 576 pp. With the original attached fold-out map of The Red Sea, wants 2 other maps. Antique full leather binding,... Read More
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Popular Travel Account in Egypt and Syria, and The Holy Land Published 1838
by John Lloyd Stephens; Arabia
1838. [Arabia, Egypt, Syria, and The Holy Land ] Stephens, John Lloyd. Incidents of Travel in Egypt, Arabia Petraea, and The Holy Land by George Stephens. London: by Richard Bentley; 1838. 8" x 5," 317 pps. (vol I), 361 pps. (vol II). First edition, second print of John Lloyd Stephen's popular travel account in Egypt and Syria. Stephen's was an American traveller and archaeologist, (1805-1852). In 1834, he traveled to Egypt and Syria. On his return to New York... Read More
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Arab Summit Conference Photograph 1970
by King of Saudi Arabia
1970. King of Saudi Arabia at Arab Summit Conference. Original press Photo, 8.3" x 9.1 "Wirephoto from the Historic Archives of the Baltimore Sun. circa 1970's . Wire photos are different than traditional photographic prints! This print is the result of what used to be breakthrough technology (now completely obsolete) that allowed a photographic image to be scanned, transmitted over "the wire" (telegraph, phone, satellite networks) and then printed at the receiving location. These original press photo taken by... Read More
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Lawrence of Arabia Film Production Photographs 1962
by Lawrence of Arabia
1962. Lawrence of Arabia press release photo archive, 1962, recording the publicity and production record of Columbia Pictures' large scale film adaptation of T. E. Lawrence's wartime role in the Arab Revolt. Released in 1962 and directed by David Lean, the film became one of the defining historical epics of postwar cinema, built around location shooting, desert spectacle, and widescreen cinematography rather than studio bound reconstruction. These photographs document the film at the point where production labor, location staging,... Read More
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Arab Summit Conference Photograph of Naser and King of Saudi Arabia 1960'
by Naser; King of Saudi Arabia
1960. Wirephoto of Naser and King of Saudi Arabia from Arab Summit Conference Photograph from the 1960's . From the Historic Archives of the Baltimore Sun Arab Summit Conference, Size: 8.3" x 9.1". This WIREPHOTO is straight from The Baltimore Sun's historical photo archive. Wire photos are different than traditional photographic prints! This print is the result of what used to be breakthrough technology (now completely obsolete) that allowed a photographic image to be scanned, transmitted over "the wire"... Read More
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In Unknown Arabia, An Expedition to An Unexplored: Bahrain, Hufuf, Jabrin, OQair" First Edition, Includes Qatar..Trucial Oman
by Robert Ernest Cheesman; Arabia
1926. CHEESMAN, Robert Ernest. In Unknown Arabia, of an expedition to an unexplored tract of Eastern Arabia: Bahrain, Hufuf, Jabrin, OQair. London, Macmillian & Co., 1926. With 67 photo illustrations, 3 maps, including one large folding map of Arabia, 447 pages. First edition travel account of a previous unexplored tract of Eastern Arabia with large folding map of Arabia that illustrates Qatar and Trucial Oman. Major Robert Ernest Cheesman, was a military officer, explorer and ornithologist. In... Read More
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Arab Summit Conference Photograph Showing the King of Saudi Arabia and Other Arab leaders
by Saudi Arabia
1960. Wirephoto Showing the King of Saudi Arabia and other Arab leadesr. From the Historic Archives of the Baltimore titled Sun Arab Summit Conference Size: 8.3" x 9.1" This WIREPHOTO is straight from The Baltimore Sun's historical photo archive. Wirephotos are different than traditional photographic prints! This print is the result of what used to be breakthrough technology (now completely obsolete) that allowed a photographic image to be scanned, transmitted over "the wire" (telegraph, phone, satellite networks) and then... Read More
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Middle East Industrial Development and U.S. Corporate Presence Aramco Publications Documenting Tapline and Oil Infrastructure 1959 to 1960
by Aramco
1960. Arabian American Oil Company. Aramco publications documenting American oil operations in Saudi Arabia record the expansion of U.S. corporate and geopolitical influence in the Middle East during the Cold War. Produced between 1959 and 1960, these materials present the infrastructure, labor systems, and public messaging surrounding Aramco's operations, particularly the Trans-Arabian Pipeline, a major conduit linking Saudi oil fields to Mediterranean export routes. The archive provides primary evidence of how American industrial presence was framed for both internal... Read More
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Aramco and Its World: First Edition 1980 Issue Documenting Saudi Arabia's Culture, Geography, and Petroleum Industry with Folding Map
by Aramco
1980. Aramco and Its World: Arabia and the Middle East. Washington, D.C.: Arabian American Oil Company, 1980. First edition, blue cloth issue with folding map. Missing dust jacket.Large quarto. 275 pages. Profusely illustrated with full-color photographs, maps, and diagrams, many double-page and some folding. Bound in publisher's blue cloth with turquoise lettering. Includes large folding color map of The Arabian Peninsula (approx. 24 x 36 in.) inserted at rear. This first edition of Aramco's 1980 definitive corporate and cultural... Read More
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Aramco and Its World: Comprehensive 1980 Industrial and Cultural History of the Arabian American Oil Company and Saudi Arabia
by Aramco
1980. Arabian American Oil Company. Aramco and Its World: Arabia and the Middle East. Washington, D.C.: Arabian American Oil Company, 1980. Printed in the Netherlands. Profusely illustrated with full-color photographs, maps, diagrams, and calligraphic reproductions. Original dark green leatherette with gilt lettering and ruling, matching gilt-lettered slipcase. A lavishly produced corporate volume chronicling Aramco's global image at the dawn of the 1980s, Aramco and Its World represents a full-color evolution of the mid-century Aramco Handbook series. As the preface... Read More
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Aramco Handbook: Oil Industry, and Cultural Understanding in Saudi Arabia, 1960
by Aramco
1968. Roy Lebkicher, George Rentz, and Max Steineke, with contributions by other Aramco employees. Aramco Handbook. Dhahran, Saudi Arabia: Arabian American Oil Company, 1960. Printed in the Netherlands. 324 pp. Profusely illustrated with black-and-white photographs, maps (some in color), and diagrams. Original tan cloth lettered in black and brown with Aramco logo. The first major edition of Aramco's internally authored corporate reference work, issued at the dawn of the 1960s when the Arabian American Oil Company-then a consortium of... Read More
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Aramco Handbook: Oil Industry, Local Culture, and State Development in Saudi Development, Revised 1968 Edition
by Aramco
1968. Arabian American Oil Company. Aramco Handbook: Oil and the Middle East. Revised Edition. Dhahran, Saudi Arabia: Arabian American Oil Company, July 1, 1968. Printed in the Netherlands by Joh. Enschede en Zonen-Haarlem. 276 pp. Profusely illustrated with color maps, black-and-white photographs, and diagrams. Original red cloth stamped in gilt and black. A richly produced in-house reference volume issued by the Arabian American Oil Company (Aramco) at the height of U.S. corporate influence over Saudi petroleum production. This 1968... Read More
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South American Indigenous Archaeology and Scientific Exploration, d'Orbigny's Atlas Volume of L'Homme Américain, 1839
by Native American Archaeology
1839. d'Orbigny, Alcide. L'Homme Américain (de l'Amérique Méridionale) Considéré Sous Ses Rapports Physiologiques et Moraux, 1839, presenting visual documentation from one of the earliest large-scale French scientific expeditions to South America, with direct relevance to the study of Indigenous populations, archaeology, and nineteenth-century ethnographic practice. Based on d'Orbigny's travels across Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, Chile, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, and Colombia, the work assembles visual evidence used to classify human populations, material culture, and natural environments within contemporary European scientific frameworks.... Read More
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CoEvolution Quarterly Covering Solar Energy, Genetic Toxicity, Ocean Arks, Sausalito Houseboats, Mars Biology, and Network Culture, Archive of 13 issues, 1974-1979
by CoEvolution Archive
1974. CoEvolution Quarterly Collection, Stewart Brand's experimental 1970s periodical for the post-Whole Earth counterculture, a Sausalito-based forum where ecology, science, technology, land use, alternative energy, feminist thought, systems theory, and media criticism were argued in print media. This 13 issue run captures the magazine's strongest late-1970s editorial range, with Gregory Bateson's "The Pattern Which Connects," Carl Sagan and Lynn Margulis interviewed in "Rife on Mars," Stewart Brand's "Neighborhood Preservation is an Ecology Issue," W. C. Ellerbroek's "Language, Thought, &... Read More
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African American Jazz and Postwar British Record Culture in Jazz Journal's Inaugural Year, 1948
by Jazz Archive
1948. [1] Traill, Sinclair, ed. Jazz Journal issues, 1948, document postwar British jazz culture as readers, collectors, critics, and musicians rebuilt access to American jazz after wartime disruption and expanding record scarcity. Founded by Sinclair Traill in 1948, Jazz Journal became a major English-language jazz periodical; its inaugural year placed African American performers, blues aesthetics, revivalist debate, discography, and record reviews at the center of British jazz criticism. These issues support research into jazz reception in the United Kingdom,... Read More
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Women's LGBTQ Social Life. Mid Twentieth Century Photographs of Women Embracing, kissing and Dancing, 1950s to 1970s
by Lesbian Archive
1950. Mid twentieth century photographs of women in intimate social settings documenting expressions of same sex affection during a period when lesbian relationships were widely stigmatized and frequently concealed from public view. The images provide visual evidence of everyday emotional and social life among women whose relationships existed largely outside official documentation during the decades following World War II. Photographs showing women embracing, kissing, dancing, and relaxing together illustrate the presence of private networks of companionship and intimacy that... Read More
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7 Stereoview Photographs of Life in Egypt
by Stereoview Archive
1885. Original 19th century stereoviews depicting life in Egypt. Archive of Seven Underwood Stereoview Photos: Egypt. Depicts [1] the obelisk at Heliopolis, [2] a group of Egyptian women drawing water from the Nile, [3] an Egyptian drummer on his camel with palm trees in the background, [4] a mother camel with her recently born calf with the pyramids of Giza in the background, [5] some poor villagers sitting outside their tent captioned "Wretchedness of the People", a large crowd... Read More
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Pennsylvania Photo Archive of African American Women, 1950s-90s
by African American Pennsylvania Women Photo Archive
1950. [African American] Archive of 63 vernacular photos of African American women c. 1950s-90s. Images are in color and black and white with measurements ranging from 5" x 7" to 2" x 2" in. One color photo shows 4 generations of Black women posed on stairs outside a large concrete building with sign behind them reading, "Philadelphia Civic Cent[er]...Temple University Commencement Thursday May 27 1030." Two older women in suits pose with a little girl in pale blue bellbottoms... Read More
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Alaska Oil Boom Archive of 57 photographs documenting Cook Inlet Platform Transport, Assembly, Offshore Drilling Photographs, 1966
by Alaska offshore drilling archive
1966. Cook Inlet offshore drilling photo archive of 57 chromogenic color photographs documenting the transport, assembly, and field operation of oil platform equipment in Alaska in 1966, including derrick sections, drill pipe, draw works components, service trucks, staging yards, flare fire, and rig floor assembly during the period when offshore construction expanded rapidly across the basin between 1964 and 1968. Alaska's first offshore platform was erected in Cook Inlet in 1964, exploration drilling peaked in 1966, and the photographs... Read More
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Photo Archive of African American Family C. 1940s
by African American Family Photo Archive
1940. Original vernacular photograph archive of African American family c. 1940s. 21 silver gelatin photos ranging from 3.5 x 5 to 4.5 x 3 inches. 16 photo negatives, some are copies of the prints. Photos show family members posing individually and in groups, many in front of the same large white clapboard house with broad front porch, a garden to its side. In one photo two women in Sunday dresses and hats, one older, one younger, stand with linked... Read More
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