V.P. 1960s-1970s. Fifty-one photographs, most measuring 3.5 x 5 inches, in hard plastic sleeves, as found. From the estate of Drew Bundini Brown. Generally fine condition with some normal fading to images, with subject identification stickers on sleeves. Drew ‘Bundini’ Brown worked as Muhammad Ali’s cornerman from 1963 onward, after.....
New York: UPI Roto Service, 1966. First Edition. Photocopy of a typed manuscript, 8-½ x 11 in., 12 pp., printed recto only, sl. chipping and toning at edges; together with an additional copy of the typed manuscript; a License to Use Your Head order form for Leary’s Future History book.....
Nara Prefecture: MGM Studios, 1956. First. Silver gelatin contact prints, measuring 5 x 4 inches. Minimal wear, fine condition overall. The legacy of Daniel Mann’s 1956 film Teahouse of the August Moon, which tells the story of a misfit American captain’s attempts to Americanize the village of Tobiki on Okinawa.....
Mostly Texas: 1930s-1940s. Twenty eight photographs, twenty of which are 8 x 10, the others 5 x 7 ½. Some light wear, near fine overall. We find scant information on W.I. Grieve, an aerial photographer who worked in Texas and the surrounding states in the late 1930s for the Kargl.....
New York, et al. 1940s-1960s. Five 8 x 10 and two 5 x 7 inch gelatin silver prints, with Bradley’s estate marks to versos. Jack Bradley was a Cape Cod native who, after graduating from the Massachusetts Maritime Academy, fell in love with Jazz after seeing Louis Armstrong perform at.....
New York and Environs: 1915-1930. We find scant information on Henry Reister, a professional photographer operating throughout the New York metropolitan region in the early part of the century. His studio moved several times, from the Bronx to Bridgewater, New Jersey, then to Woodlawn, New York. This interesting and varied.....
California and New York: 1960s. Silver gelatin prints on glossy stock, most 8 x 10 inches. A fine collection of press photos from an amazing period in American music, with many classic soul singers included, many of whom were represented by the William Morris Agency. Subjects include: Clyde McPhatter, Ketty.....
Massachusetts: 1898. The 2nd Massachusetts Volunteers mustered into service in May, 1898, and within a month saw significant action in Cuba at the Battle of El Caney. They were one of three volunteer units from Massachusetts to see action on the Santiago Campaign. The regiment was inexperienced - 55% were.....
New York: RCA Corporation, 1937-1940. In the late 1930s, television was in its experimental phase and radio dominated the American media landscape. RCA and its NBC network directed experimental broadcasts from their studio in Radio City, broadcasting from a transmitter at the top of the Empire State Building. The first.....
Island Pond: John Robaton, 1984. Over 500 Ektachrome 35mm prints and two hundred 35mm black and white negatives, housed in sleeves, with annotated contact sheets with Robaton’s notes to rectos explaining the negatives and appx. 25 enlargements on photographic paper. Minimal wear, fine condition and worthy of scanning and preservation.....
Mostly Denver: 1950s-1980s. Most 8 x 10 inches, most with verso marks of the Denver Post and other newspapers and various editorial marks and descriptions. Nearly fine, uncommonly well preserved with excellent contrast. This broad collection of protest photographs, from the collection of the Denver Post, provides a rare exhaustive.....
Physical Culture City: 1905. First Edition. Physical Culture City, Spotswood, New Jersey, 1905 or later. Thirty-one images in total, varying sizes, most 3 x 5 inches or smaller. Bernarr Macfadden was a proponent of Physical Culture, a movement combining exercise with nutrition and ascetic living that helped give rise to.....