Tuskegee: 1930s. When Prentice Polk enrolled at Tuskegee Institute at the age of eighteen, he had every intention of becoming a painter. The staff at Tuskegee decided that his goals were impractical, and at the advice of the Institute’s official photographer, C.M. Battey, Polk instead decided to pursue a career.....
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.....
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.....
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.....
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.....
Mexico: 1929. First Edition. Album assembled later. Sixty-three photographs measuring 4 x 6 inches, housed in a limp green cardstock portfolio, with photographs loosely inserted into mylar-fronted portfolio pages with captions loosely laid in. The Escobar Rebellion was the final rebellion following the Mexican Civil War of 1920. General José.....
Various Places: 1880s-1920s. First Edition. Various sizes and formats, ranging from large mounted studio albumen prints (9-¼ x 7-⅜ in.) to small unmounted paper prints (3 x 2 in.), including more than 60 cabinet cards (approx. 4-½ x 6-½ in.), 100 real photo postcards (approx. 3-⅜ x 5-⅜ in.), with.....
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.....
Chicago: 1926. Sepia toned silver gelatin prints, 11 x 14 inches. Some with Atwell’s marks in negatives, some numbered, all with Atwell’s stamps to versos. The Miller Brothers 101 Ranch was a 110,000 acre ranch located in pre-statehood Oklahoma territory and a central point in the Oklahoma oil boom. The.....
Montana: 1920s. Sixty-three postcards measuring 4 x 6 inches, mixed media images some with graphite and watercolor over photographic exposures. Typewritten captions to versos. Christian F. Schuster was a lumber man, boy scout and amateur archaeologist from Holyoke, Massachusetts who spent a series of seventeen summers living with the Piegan.....
Kansas or Indian Territory: 1860s-1870s. Fourteen sixth-plate tintype portraits and a carte-de-visite housed in a cloth album, with identification of subjects on mats surrounding the images. The Sac and Fox of the Mississippi, one of three recognized tribes of Sac (or Sauk) and Fox, underwent a period of great upheaval.....
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.....
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.....
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.....