Johnstown, New York: Karg Brothers, (n. d.). Ca 1920s. 8 photographs captioned, with white writing, in the image. 9 images operational in nature (e.g., "Clipping Room"), with the remaining 3 depicting office space & personnel (one of a great old walk-in safe). Image: 5-1/2" x 7-3/4". Mount: ~8-1/2" x 10-3/4"..... More
Dobbs Ferry: Morgan & Morgan, Inc., (1983). 1st edition. SIGNED by MacAdams. 11 pages of text. 116 b&w nude photographic images. 10-1/2" x (". Original white glossy covers with black lettering & photographic image to front cover. "Books of female nudes by women photographers are rare enough. ... For the[ir]..... More
(n.p.): 1982-1983. Tri-fold photo album. 37 color photographs. Folded: 7-1/2 x 4-1/2". Open: 7-1/2" x 18-3/4". Card stock, self wrappers, each quadrant numbered (1-10, 11-20, 21-30 and 31-40), printed in white. Photographs are scotch-taped in at head of each photo. Each photo has a handwritten caption either in blue or..... More
Portland, Oregon: Woodard Clarke & Co. Chemists, (n.d.). C. 1895-1898. [48] pp., ms annotations in pencil. 153 original b/w silver gelatin photographs, all about 4" x 3-1/4"-5” x 3 1/2”, mounted. Oblong format: 11 1/4" x 15-1/4". Period brown pebbled cloth album with blind-stamped panels, white moire paste downs. A..... More
Boston: Estes & Lauriat, Publishers. (n. d.). 1st edition, ca late 1880s. 61 images [complete], printed on satin, mounted and matted, boxed. Printed publisher label on inner box lid. Complete list of images supplied on request. Matte: 11" x 8". Images: 5-3/4" x 4". Publisher's drop-side box, marron faux leather..... More
Malden / Boston / New York: The Perry Pictures Company, (1898). 2nd edition, ca 1900. 32 ll: title leaf, followed by 31 leaves of b/w images. Each image [~ 4" x 6"] to leaf recto, captioned. Versos blank. Printed on glossy paper. Booklet with horizontal format: 5-1/4" x 8". Original..... More
Thomasville, GA: A. W. Moller. For Sale by J. E. Robinson, Broad Street. (n. d.). Ca 1890. Orange mount [recto], grey verso, rounded corners. Company stamp to verso. 5" x 8". Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. The Piney Woods Hotel opened in 1885, and was located between Broad..... More
San Diego: Coonley Photo "Pepper Tree" (1894). Rectangular creme-colored mount, round corners. "Loring's H St. Book Store" stamp in lower margin. Complete 6 line "Loring's H St. Book Store" stamp to verso. 5-1/4" x 8-1/2". Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. More
(n. p. (n. d.). Ca late 1860s / early 1870s. Rectangular creme-colored mount, square corners, no imprint. 4-1/2" x 7". Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. More
Los Angeles: Garden City Foto Co., (n. d.). Ca 1900? Company stamp, in pink, to verso. Image shows the house then present at this LA location. 5-3/16" x 8-3/8". Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. More
San Francisco: Taber, Photo, (n. d.). Ca late 1880s. Taber imprint in Mission photograph bottom band; verso with Adobe image [uncaptioned], and top of a cropped second photograph [tops of palm trees showing]. Mission Photograph: 5" x 8". Mount: 5-11/16" x 8-1/4". Mount now housed in an archival mylar sleeve..... More
(n. p.): (n. d.). Ca 1875. Image: 5-1/2" x 3-15/16". On a pink mount, with gold trim [6-9/16" x 4-1/4"]". No imprint, verso blank [also pink]. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. More
Oakland, California: William B. Ingersoll, (n. d.). Ca 1874. Stereo image mounted to deep yellow stiff-stock paper. Lettering in brown ink. Verso blank. Landscape format: 3-3/8" x 6-15/16". Rounded corners. Image size: 3-1/16" x 2-7/8". Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. "The 200-room Tubbs Hotel opened in 1871 just..... More
[Los Angeles ?]: (n. d.). Ca 1910. Single b/w albumen photograph, with dark brown mount. Verso blank. Landscape orientation: 10-1/4" x 13-3/4". Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. NB. We were able to locate an early 20th C. advert ["Land of Sunshine", v. 12] for this firm, which, at..... More
(various): c. 1946 - 1947. 29 leaves. Approximately 240 letters (on USO and U.S.S Alexander J. Luke letterhead) and 80 post cards. Many loose (and tipped in) ephemeral items as well. Illustrated post cards, some photographes in envelopes. Approx: 12-1/2" x 10". Brown faux leather boards, tan thick paper leaves..... More
Tacoma: Robt. W. Hulbert, Souvenir Booklet Service, 1918. 1st Printing. Photographer's imprint & pencil note to photograph verso. Oblong panoramic format: 7-1/4" x 18-7/8". Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Early image of the 38th Field Artillery Battery, which was formed just 3 months early (August 17, 1918) at..... More
Brooklyn, N. Y. C. H. Jordan, 485 Fulton Street, (n. d.). Ca late 1890s. Image portrays the nurse standing next to a small table, on which is found a jar of tonic, and a glass with pipette. Photograph: 5-7/16" x 4-1/8". Card: 6-1/2" x 4-3/16". Albumen photograph mounted on dark..... More
[Watsonville, CA ?]: (n. d.). Ca early 1900s? Divers sizes. 4 mounted. All now housed in archival mylar sleeves. Here offered a group of 6 early b/w photographs of the Watsonville Sanatorium, also known as the Watsonville Sanitarium. None are dated or credited but all provide exterior views of this..... More
1069 Broadway, cor. 12th Street, Oakland: Wm. B. Ingersoll, (n. d.). Ca early-to-mid 1870s. Stereo image mounted to deep yellow stiff-stock paper. Lettering in brown ink. Verso blank. Landscape format card: 3-7/16" x 6-15/16". Rounded corners. Image size: 3-1/16" square. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. "The 200-room Tubbs..... More
New York: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group. (2008). 1st Edition. 2 volumes. Profusely illustrated. 4to. Light brown composition binding with white lettering & photographic image to front board. More
Rouse, Colo. Silver State Photo Co., (n. p.). Ca 1890s? Image: 4-13/16" x 3-7/8". Mount: 6-1/2" x 4-1/8". Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. The town was named after S. F. Rouse of the Colorado Coal and Iron Company. This town was located six miles south of Walsenburg, Colorado..... More
(n. p.): Newark Photo Co., [1918]. Oblong photo: 7-5/8" x 43-1/8" Photograph housed in an early varnished brown wood frame. Rear exterior paper backing absent. Camp Hancock, active 1917 - 1919, was a U.S. Army World War I National Guard Mobilization and Training Camp established near Augusta, Richmond County, Georgia..... More
San Francisco: Taber, Photo, (n. d.). Ca late 1880s. Taber imprint in photograph bottom band; verso with large Taber imprint, including woodcut of his building, 8 Montgomery Street. Photograph: 4-7/8" x 8". Card: 5-5/16" x 8-3/8". Card mount with slightly rounded corners. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. This..... More
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[Sacramento]: 1898. Frame: 10-1/4" x 12-5/8". Photograph: 6-1/8" x 8-1/4". Housed in an old, faded black wood frame. "The Sisters of Mercy broke ground on Sacramento's first private hospital, Mater Misericordiae (Latin for "Mother of Mercy") in the mid-1890s. The hospital was one of the most modern and best equipped..... More
New York. 1972. 1st Printing. Unpaginated. Illustrated from photographs. Cover photograph by Jay Dusard (1937 -). 9-3/4" x 8-6/8". Original paper covers. Photographs and words by Ananda K. Coomaraswamy, Eric Schroeder, Roger Lipsey, Eric Johnson and Lincoln Kirstein. More
