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Panoramic photographic view of the mounted troops of the Fifteenth U.S. Cavalry; this being at the moment in history when the U.S. border was particularly troubled with the predations of Pancho Villa and where ranches and farms were attacked by the incursions of bandits from Mexico; very striking and good contrast, allowing terrific detail to be seen, even in the distant buildings of the surrounding area; typical photographer's handwritten indentifier in white ink on black ground on front foreground, giving title details; especially interesting is that each troop is identified, officers quarters, the Colonel, Adjutant, Lt. Col, Capt. of K. troop, with one member in particular, "Parker & Pancho (the horse?)", Sgt.'s quarters, "M.G.P. Machine Guns" all captions accomplished in a small, clear hand in black fine-lined ink and do not detract from the imagery and make the image more intriguing; size of photo: 10" x 53" length; Colonel George Horace Morgan was born in Canada in 1855 and Appointed from Minnesota, Cadet, United States Military Academy, June 1876; First Lieutenant, 3rd U.S. Cavalry, 12 June 1880 First Lieutenant, 26 November 1884 Captain, 15 March 1896 Major, 28th U.S. Volunteer Infantry, July 1899 Honorably discharged from the Volunteer Service, 1 May 1900 Breveted First Lieutenant, 27 February 1890 for 'gallant service in action' against Indians at Big Dry Wash, Arizona, 17 July 1882 where he was severely wounded and Awarded the Medal of Honor, 15 July 1892 for this distinguished conduct in action against hostile Apache lndians, holding his ground at a critical moment, and firing upon the advancing enemy until himself disabled by a shot; at the time he was serving as a volunteer with Lieutenant West's command of Indian Scouts and Troop I, 6th United States Cavalry; Colonel Morgan retired January 1, 1919 and besides being a holder of the Congressional MOH and every other honor possible to a distinguished cavalryman who participated in the Indian, Spanish and Philippine, and World Wars. On a contemporary note, Colonel Morgan is still thought of highly, so that 'Camp Morgan' was opened up in his honor in September 28, 2000, in Donja Slatina, near Samac in northeastern Bosnia and Herzegovina to aid the US forces there; The Colonel married Mary "Mollie" Brownson, who studied art and painting under the famed sculptor, Gutzon Borglum. (Mr. Borglum is noted most for his sculpting of the Mount Rushmore memorial) (Information: Arlington National Cemetery website); an interesting research sidenote for this photograph: one officer, the only one seated on a completely white horse in the foreground, who bears a striking resemblance to General Pershing; he was in the area at the time; also, Lt. George Patton is possibly located in this group shot, as he was sent to Fort Bliss in 1915 where he led routine cavalry patrols until 1916 when he accompanied General Pershing as an aide on his punitive expedition against Pancho Villa into Mexico. While on a foraging mission for the expeditionary force, Patton killed 'General' Cardenas, the head of Villa's bodyguard, and another Villista; Fort Bliss had a long military history in the Indian and Mexican conflicts and had been moved, built and rebuilt several times in the nineteenth century; it was predominantly a cavalry post from 1912 until 1942 when it became a center for antiaircraft artillery training; slight wear; end-tips creased slightly, now flattened out nicely; very slight 'roll' to the image, couple of tiny red spots, unobtrusive, may be wax; probably had been rolled for a long time; one 1/4" x 2" rub/scar to sky at one end; very good condition, a good Mexican border wars and Texas item and worthy of further research.
Panoramic Photographic View of the Fifteenth U.S. Cavalry Fort Bliss, Tex. Medal of Honor Winner Apache Wars Veteran Col. G.H. Morgan Commanding
(15th U.S. Cavalry Fort Bliss Texas)
El Paso Texas: J.U. Medley, 1915.
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19th Century Scrapbook Compiled in Southold Lond Island
(19th Century Scrapbook)
New York:
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19th Century Scrapbook from Southold Long Island New York with Local Articles
(19th Century Scrapbook)
New York: 1859.
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34 pages; advice for the parents - especially concerning the importance of training and 'education' of the child before they ever reach the formal schooling systems; original printed paper wrap covers; 3 1/2" x 5 1/2"; back cover with a list of other titles available from Houlston & Son; with some edgewear and much darkening, stained; contents in good condition, clean; interesting early 19th century educational and parenting ephemeral item.
Address to parents, on the Education of Their Children. By A Friend.
(A Friend)
Wellington, Salop England: Houlston and Son, 1827.
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Well-taken photograph of ships in the harbor in Genoa; a full broadside look at the Stromboli; albumen process; of German photographer Alfred Noack (Dresden 1833 - Genoa 1895); our research indicates that Stromboli was a protected cruiser, laid-down in 1886 and sold in 1907 and was of the Etna class; crew visible on deck, small boats in harbor approach; about 8" x 10" size; laid down onto new matte board; no date but circa 1890; photograph & studio identifiers at bottom of image, with number 6979; couple of old creases, do not detract from fairly sharp and detailed image; very good condition and interesting Italian nautical & photographic history.
Photograph of R. Marina Italiana. Stromboli. By A. Noack, Genova Image of Italian Naval Cruiser.
(A. Noack)
Genoa Italy: A. Noack,
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Albumen photograph, standard cdv format; with the Abel Lewis Photographer Douglas Isle of Man studio imprint on front and back; known Manx photographer; no date but circa 1870; light mount wear; in very good condition.
C. 1870 Carte-de-Visite Photograph Abel Lewis Photographer Douglas Isle of Man Portrait of a Seated Man
(Abel Lewis Photographer)
Douglas, Isle of Man: Abel Lewis Photographer,
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Volume I only of this two volume compilation; ii + (1) errata + 418 pages; the Translator's Preface notes "...The French monarch, in the publication now before us, has set an example to all Europe, well worthy to be followed. The advantages which are likely to accrue to the learned world..."; with contents with "An Historical Essay..." by M. de Guignes, "On the Origin of the Oriental Characters in the Royal Printing-House, on the Works which have been printed at Paris, in Arabic, in Syriac, in Armenian, &c. and on the Greek Characters of Francis I. commonly called the King's Greek" and other contributions on printing and much on travel literature and the history of science by the same author; "An account of an autographical chronicle of Bernard Iterius, librarian of the abbey of St. Martial de Limoges in the thirteenth century." & other pieces by M. de Breguigny, "An Account of a Greek Lexicon" by M. de Rochefort; "An Account of a manuscript of Eschylus in the king's library, No. 2789, compared with the edition of Paw" by M. Vauvilliers; "The book of councils, by Sheik Feriddin-Mahommed-ben Ibrahaim-al-Attar-al-Nischabouri." by M. Silvestre de Sacy; bound in later dark green textured cloth, brown leather spine, gilt spine titles; some edge, tips wear & scarring to leather of binding; title page foxed a bit; otherwise contents very clean and in fairly fresh condition; interesting French library history from the 18th century.
Accounts and Extracts of the Manuscripts in the Library of the King of France. Published Under the Inspection of a Committee of the Royal Academy of Sciences at Paris. Translated from the French. Volume I
(Académie Royale Des Sciences)
London: R. Faulder et al, 1789.
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3 images by this noted photographer, whose work has been recently featured in a forthcoming Harvard University Peabody Museum press book including her work," Human Documents - Eight Photographers" Compiled by Robert Gardner; 3 circus-themed images in black and white; approx. 11" x 14" size; one of which is mounted on board and with the studio stamp of the photographer on the back, along with some penciled notations; the other two photographs with no back information or stamps, and evidently of the same series - the mounted image of the same tight-rope walker as in one of the unmounted photographs; no date and circa 1960s; some wear to edges, corner wrinkling; nevertheless, in very good condition, dramatic and energy-filled imagery by this noted anthropological photographer.
3 Large Format Photographs By Adelaide De Menil
(Adelaide De Menil)
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Early Building U.S. Aeroplanes Factory Stereo View
(Aeroplane Manufacturing)
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A bound group of poetry on African-American themes, most probably corresponding to the edition credited to Howard Weeden published by Doubleday & McClure in 1899; containing 54 poems, typed, one side only; with blank pages interspersed between the poems; with some interesting ephemeral items laid-in, including: A typed note-sheet, stating "I shall read a group of Negro Poems from the pen of Miss Howard Weedon (Please Note: throughout the owner's commentary, the spelling of the name is 'Weedon' as opposed to 'Weeden' -also, the original spelling of the note is left as found) of Huntsville, Ala. Miss Weedon, lived on a great plantation and spent much of her time among the Darkies. She made a thorough study of their psychology and their phylosophy. In the writing of each poem, she had a specific Darky in mind, in fact when her book was published, each poem carried an original photograph of the Darkey by whom the poem was inspired. From Miss Weedon we catch the Negro in his every mood, his simple yet colorful nature is beautifully delinated by her. The collection from which I read is entitled "Bandana Ballads", and this copy from which I read I transcribed from one of only 100 copies published. Shortly after the publication Miss Weedon died, her brother because of sentemental reasons refused several of America's greatest publishing house, and a very substantial remuneration for the privilege to reprint. I, of course, am very happy to claim this copy." (with) another typed sheet, one side with "Program of Negro Literature Mrs. Nelly Lane Reader" in three Parts, listing 6 numbered selections with sub-selections giving 10 total, of pieces by Louise Ayers Garnett, Keith Preston, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Beatrice Ravenel, Ruth McEnery Stuart, Joel Chandler Harris, James Weldon Johnson - on the back of this page are penciled notations: (at top) "Sidney Homer (Louise Homer & Daughter) and the rest reflecting the same information in the previous, typed version; (with) laid-in at the page for the poem "Left Behind" a slip of paper with pencil notations regarding performance of the reading of the poem; on the front endpaper is penciled, "Miss Howard Weedon Huntsville, Alabama"; bound in polished black leather, with a red bandanna pasted-down across the front of the top board, title (somewhat crudely) stamped in gilt; top board detached as is front free endpaper (still present), spine ends covering chipped away at top and bottom 1 1/2"; boards rubbed, edgeworn; contents generally very clean; in good condition, an interesting compilation of African-American lore and poetry more well-known in it's published form; especially interesting for the laid-in materials; there is no indication why the noted opera singer Louise Homer and her composer husband Sidney Homer are briefly mentioned here.
Bandanna and Other Ballads
(African American History)
Huntsville Alabama:
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A glossy real photo postcard of the crowned happy beauty contest winner, seated on her throne of ice; approx. 3 1/2"" x 5 1/2" size; with photographic studio name of Frashers Photo of Pomona California and identifiers on front, no. F. 9099; postally unused; with some later pencil notes on back; light wear and in very good condition; an interesting beauty contest photograph, from the Alaska entry at the middle part of the 20th century.
1960 Real Photo Postcard of Maxine Cothern Fairbanks Winter Carnival Queen First Miss Alaska to go to Atlantic City
(Alaska)
Pomona California: Frashers Photo, 1960.
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(40) pages; inscribed in a friendly way by the illustrator in the year of publication on the front endpaper, "To my pal Eddie Diehl C.H. de Witt Oct.4.40"; nicely lithographed color and sepia-tone illustrations throughout; a childrens 'introduction to Alaska' in a very readable format, approx. 10"x 11" large size; much on travel, sections on the Inside Passage, airplane use, Bears, Northern Lights, Matanuska Valley, Salmon industry, glaciers, gold mining, logging, trapping & hunting; reindeer & Eskimo crafts; Indian artists; illustrated endpapers; hard cover pictorial boards, blue cloth spine; some edge, tips wear and rubbing to binding; good condition overall, especially nice for the illustrators' inscription.
The Story of Alaska with Pictures By C.H. De Witt and Text By Clara Lambert
(Alaska)
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1940.
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Albany High School
(Albany)
New York & Chicago: A.C. Bosselman & Co., 1910.
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Albany, N.Y. Western Stair Case, Capitol Building. Postcard
(Albany)
Portland, Maine: Hugh C. Leighton Co., 1908.
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Albany, N.Y. Western Stair Case, Capitol Building. Postcard
(Albany)
Portland, Maine: Hugh C. Leighton Co., 1908.
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New State Normal College, Albany, N.Y. & New Educational Bldg. Albany, N.Y. Postcard
(Albany)
New York & Chicago: A.C. Bosselman, 1910.
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With a 13 page booklet, German text, accompanying the portfolio of tipped-on color plates by Durer; 11 plates, collated complete as per the accompanying list which gives titles and sizes, location of the works illustrated; each color plate tipped-on to a larger stiff paper surround, approximately 9" x 12 1/2" size; each artwork averages about 6" x 9" size, some smaller; all contained in a 9 3/4" x 13 1/4" approx. hardcover portfolio, covered in beige linen and with a small color Durer pastedown illustration; some edge, tips wear and fraying to the cloth; contents in very good condition; a good reference for the watercolor work of Albrecht Durer, (1471-1528) German painter, printmaker and theorist from Nuremberg, one of the most important figures of the Northern Renaissance.
Albrecht Durer Lanschaftsaquarelle Elf Farbige Tafeln Und Eine Textabbildung Herausgegeben Und Eingeleitet Von A.E. Brinckmann.
(Albrecht Durer)
Berlin: Die Silbernen Bucher Woldemar Klein, 1934.
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Document states: "Queens county Common Pleas Whitehead Cornwell vs. Isaac Hendrickson Plea And the said Whitehead by Alexander Hamilton his Attorney comes and defends the force and injury when (?) and Says that he is not guilt of the said trespass as the said Isaac above complains against him and of this he puts himself upon the Country and the said Isaac likewise Hamilton for Def't Queens County for Whitehead Cornwell puts him in his place Alexnder Hamilton his Attorney at the suit of Isaac Hendrickson in the plea aforesaid" (on back) "Queens County Com. Pleas Whitehead Cornwell vs Isaac Hendrickson Plea Hamilton Atty." (and in another hand) "with leave by consent to give the special matter in evidence."; 6 3/4" x 8" approx. size; no date but circa 1802; Alexander Hamilton (1755 or 1757-1804) American statesman; light browning along old fold lines; very good condition. Interesting documentation of an Alexander Hamilton case. Comparison of signatures from other documents does not conclusively indicate that this is his writing hand, nevertheless this piece is certainly worthy of further research; we note a small reference in the Aaron Burr papers to a Whitehead Cornwell and the Library of Congress Hamilton papers show the case as part of his legal history; perhaps there is a connection here between these two men and to Hamilton and his subsequent death in the duel that ended his life.
C 1802 Manuscript Legal Document Concerning Alexander Hamilton
(Alexander Hamilton)
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Exhibition catalog for this 20th century Russian artist; biography, list of works, followed by 16 black and white plate pages; text entirely in Cyrillic; some wear & chipping to soft cover self-wraps; good condition, good reference to this artist & his works.
Alexandr Isaakovich Rusakov 1898- 1952
(Alexandr Isaakovich Rusakov)
Leningrad: Kamalog, 1957.
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Vitamin chart notes vitamins A, B, C, D, E, G, with sources, cautions, storage and cooking temperatures, more; black and white portrait of Laughran, with promotional blurb for Sunsweet Prune Juice on back; with remains of original brown mailing envelope (in pieces, chipped); vitamin sheet (approx. 9" x 12") a little creased and browned, portrait (approx. 8" x 10") very good; good condition, good early radio & vitamin industry history ephemera.
Alfred W. McCann Laboratories, Inc. Boiled-Down Vitamin Facts Reminding You of the Information Imparted By Alfred W. McCann Laboratories Over WOR (with) a Portrait of WOR Radio Announcer John X. Laughran Promoting Sunsweet Prune Juice
(Alfred W. McCann Laboratories, Inc.)
New York & Chicago: Alfred W. McCann Laboratories, Inc., 1934.
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