New York: 1964. Thirteen gelatin silver prints on 8 x 10 paper, with images roughly 9 ½ x 6 ½, and two contact sheets printed full bleed. A scarce collection of photographs done for Playboy by the photographer Jerry Yulsman, a freelance novelist and photographer best known for his portraits...
Wyoming: 1903. First Edition. Gelatin silver prints, most photographs roughly 4 ½ by 6 ¾ inches, with sizes varying somewhat. With handwritten notations on versos in Buffum’s hand. A series of photographs taken by the range manager Bert C. Buffum during a street parade in Sheridan, Wyoming, in October of...
Fremont, Nebraska: Arundel C. Hull, 1889. 7 ¾ x 4 ½ inches on larger mounts. With thirteen credited to Hull on mounts. A very scarce collection of images from the southern part of the Black Hills during the pre-statehood period. Sioux and Cheyenne had long frequented the area, particularly for...
Ohio: 1887-1888. Albumen photographs measuring 7 ¾ by 4 ½ inches on larger mounts. The Miami Powder Company was founded in 1855 by Joseph W. King and produced Gunpowder until 1925. Its headquarters were on the Little Miami River, Ohio, in a company town known as Goes Station, and the...
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...
Tahlequah, et al. 1900. First Edition. Female seminaries - essential in the education of American women in the nineteenth century - spread westward with Euro-American settlement. The Cherokee Female Seminary in Tahlequah was owned and operated by the Cherokee Nation until 1909, when the Oklahoma State Legislature passed a law...