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.....
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.....
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: 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.....
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.....
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.....
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.....
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.....
Most Cuba or Jacksonville: 1898-1900. Silver gelatin or albumen photographs, various sizes ranging from 3 x 3 to 6 x 8, most captioned to verso. With handwritten manuscript, four leaves, discussing various diseases. The Spanish-American War was the first war in which nurses formed their own dedicated units, as well.....