American: 1870s-1880s. 3 ½ x 2 ¾ inches. An uncommon early image of an Asian immigrant posed in front of a bakery. We find no record of a Blott St. or building besides the Blott block of Albion, New York, but the architecture and street numbers do not match the.....
Mostly California: Various Photographers, 1860s-1880s. First Edition. Albumen cartes-de-visite, generally 2 3⁄4 x 3 3⁄4 inches on larger mounts. The Chinese-American communities that existed prior to the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 were mostly on the West Coast, with a few others scattered throughout the country. This collection, assembled over.....
New York: D. O’Loughlin, Irish National Publishing House, 1877. First Edition. 8vo, decorative burgundy cloth, 106 pp. An uncommon work of fiction by the prolific religious writer about a banker who loses his way and then finds religion. A quite good copy with a tear to cloth at spine, a......
New York: Obermuller and Son, 1905. Silver gelatin print, 3 ¾ x 5 ⅜ inches on larger mount. Marie Bayrooty was the only female member of the Bayrooty Brothers Oriental Troupe, who performed on the Barnum and Bailey Circus sideshow. A famous 'whirling dervish,' - as members of the Mevlevi.....
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Baker & Elliot: Philadelphia, 1844. Cloth, appx. 2 ½ x 10 inches. The Philadelphia Prayer Riots, or Nativist Riots, were a series of anti-Catholic riots in Philadelphia in 1844 stemming from anti-Irish sentiment and driven by rumors that the new wave of immigrants were attempting to remove the bible from.....