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Matte-finish black and white photo of a row of 4 old flat-bed potato trucks, laden with tons of sacked potatoes, just visible to left of image is warehouse or garage; image approx. 7" x 10" approx. size; good heavy-quality photo stock; "Orient, N.Y. and "C.A. Barwise" written on back in pencil; light wear, one corner with old crease; a nice image with a nostalgic east end Long Island agricultural business theme, the potato still grown in the area for market, although much of the agricultural lands left are now devoted to commercial cultivation of the grape.
C 1920s Large Format black and White Photograph of Loaded Potato Trucks at Orient, Long Island
(Long Island - Photography)
Orient, Long Island New York: Not Published, 1920.
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A dancing nude woman posed with flowing fabric with stark dead tree as accompaniment; With the photographer's hand-written label taped to the back of the mounting cardstock, giving the type of camera (4 x 5 Korona View) and lens, aperture, exposure and other details; signed by him and noting the address of the Art Center School 2544 West Seventh Los Angeles, California; not dated and the Art Center moved from this location in 1946; image in black and white, approximately 10 1/2" x 13 1/2"; tipped-on to cardstock mount, which is stained, darkened and soiled; image in very good condition.
C. 1940s Large Format Photograph of Untitled Nude By Norman Lindblom Art Center School Los Angeles California
(Photography)
California: Artist Published, 1945.
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A press photograph of an active operating room scene with surgery taking place, 5 doctors and nurses visible, instrument tray, dramatic focused lighting; black and white, approx. 7" x 9" size; with the Bob Leavitt 921 Wash'n Av. Brooklyn, N.Y. studio stamp and "Not released B.L." in pen below along with request for credit, also in ink; a few pencil numbers; no other identifiers; image with a little edgewear, back with some soiling; in very good condition, good photographic & medical history ephemera, especially with photographer Leavitt's personal initial & markings.
C. 1940 Press Photograph of an Operating Room with Surgery Underway By Bob Leavitt Brooklyn New York and Initialed by Him.
(Photography - Medicine)
Brooklyn, New York: Bob Leavitt, 1940.
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A press photograph of Churchill, while riding; with the Assoc. News. Ltd. group stamp on back; no date, circa 1930s; approx. 5" x 7" size, crudely trimmed-down at the corners and bottom by a previous owner; image with some yellowing at edges; back of photo spotty; in about good condition, a good image of a sprightly-looking Churchill on horseback.
Circa 1930s Photograph of Winston Churchill on Horseback
(Photography - Winston Churchill)
Northcliffe House, London Engl: Associated Newspapers Ltd., 1930.
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Black and white image of deep- sea fisherman and author Farrington & his wife (also a world-record holder angler) holding large placards which advertised theatre seating for the Dowling show at the John Drew Theatre in East Hampton; no photographic studio noted, not dated and circa 1950; approx. 5" x 7"; very good; interesting photographic East Hampton theatre & social history ephemera, with genealogical interest, from the middle part of the 20th century.
C. 1950 Candid Photograph of S. Kip Farrington & His Wife Chisie Selling Tickets at the John Drew Theatre in East Hampton Eddie Dowling in "Border Be Damned"
(East Hampton - Photography)
East Hampton Long Island New Y: Not Published, 1950.
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Portrait image of this fashionably-attired young woman, with the identifier hand-written on back in a contemporary hand; our research indicates that Blanche (L.) Babcock was educated at State Normal School (now SUNY Cortland) and went on to teach high school at Sag Harbor & Sayville on Long Island, before accepting a teaching position at the House of Refuge on Randalls Island, the Manhattan reformatory for children; approx. 4 3/4" x 6" size overall; black and white; Hyatt & Tooke Cortland N.Y. photographer's blindstamp imprint at base of mount card; some soiling in margins; image very good; interesting photographic Sag Harbor & New York educational history ephemera, with genealogical interest, from the first part of the 20th century.
C. 1900 Cabinet Card Photograph of Blanche Babcock, Sag Harbor Long Island By Hyatt & Tooke, Cortland N.Y.
(Sag Harbor - Photography)
Sag Harbor Long Island New Yor: Not Published, 1900.
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Postally used, with 1961 cancel and user dating; card entitled A Caravan - Une Caravane; with the "Photo Sport Bab Edress Souk Seyour Beyrouth" imprint; light wear, wrinkling; in very good condition, interesting image.
1961 Real-Photo Postcard of a Camel Caravan on the Road to Damascus By Photo Sport - Bab Edriss -Souk Seyour Beyrouth
(Photography - Beirut)
Beyrouth Beirut Lebanon: Photo Sport, 1961.
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Group includes: a large albumen photograph of a group of 12 men, seated and standing, with the stamp of Logan Photographer Fargo, N.D. on back and also with several men identified via pencil notes: Dr. Starling, (Dr.?) Guptil, Frank White, Dr. Hall, A.G. Clark; with the added notation that the photo was "Presented by Mrs. A.B. Welch Mandan N.D. April 5 1930" - our research indicates that A.B. Welch was a local collector. Image on mount card, approx. 11" x 14", nearly to the edge of the backer, which is gilt-edged. Some wear to edges, one corner creased, a bit of spottiness and fade to the image, still about very good condition; (with) C. 1910 17 men and what appears to be a live camel on stage, all men in their full Masonic Shriners garb approx. 7 1/2" x 9 3/4" (image) and 11 1/2" x 13 1/2" overall mount size, with Dewey's Studio Fargo, N.D. Studio imprint below the image on the mount - with some wear and soiling, discoloration to mount card, image very good; (with) another Dewey's Studio image, of about the same period, with a much large group of men onstage, at center foreground a young boy (or girl - long hair) in a uniform; about 100 participants, all in full Masonic garb of various kinds, man in center on (live?) camel, with 5 different Masonic banners, Auvergne Commanderie, Rex Regnum et Dominus Dominorum, others; photo not mounted - bottom right corner with Dewey's Studio imprint in the plate; one corner chipped away, bottom edge with abrasions, loss - no perceivable loss to the sense of the image's contents; (with) 1913 Shriner's Banquet El Zagal Temple Fargo N.D. June 5 1913 a dinner or banquet portrait of a roomful of hundreds of men and women (and a few children visible) in dinner attire for this event, approx. 9" x 11 3/4" size, not mounted, with the Camera Craft studio imprint in the image and the title of the event; light creasing, wear, very good; (with) Ladies Night El Zagal Temple Fargo N.D. June 5 1913, showing a stageful of male Masonic members in uniforms, approx. 6 3/4" x 11 1/2" size, with the Camera Craft MPLS imprint and title in the image as in the other, light wear and creasing, very good; an interesting group of Fargo, North Dakota photographic imagery from the early part of the 20th century, especially showing the popularity of Masonry in the area and for genealogical, historical research.
C. 1890 - 1913 Group of 5 Large-Format Photographs from Fargo, North Dakota Especially Related to Masonic Membership and Events
(Photography - North Dakota)
Fargo, North Dakota: Various Photographers, 1890.
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Black and white cabinet-card style image of a man & woman, three small children, all in Turkish native garb of the earlier part of the 20th century, the man wearing a fez, woman with half-veil; taken with a primitive backdrop and with crude furniture, decoration & furniture, dirt floor - the photograph sealed within a standard 'window' photo-mount of the time, with textured finish, having the studio imprint printed on the front; if not for this studio's location in Massachusetts, the photo could have been taken in Turkey - the image clearly belonging in the mount and found as such; no identification of the subjects, no date and circa 1920s or so, most probably before the fez had been outlawed in 1925; image approx. 4" x 6"; mount 6" x 9"; some edge wear to mount card, may have had hinged covers at one time; the image very good and interesting ethnic ephemeral item taken in the U.S.
C. 1920 Cabinet Card Style Photograph of a Turkish Family in Native Garb By Zaza Photo Studio 203 Winter St. Haverhill, Massachusetts
(Photography)
Haverhill Massachusetts: Zaza Photo Studio, 1920.
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Black and white cabinet-card image of this shoe store's Easter holiday display, with dozens of this emporium's wares visible on tiered displays and stands in the window, decorated with lights and lilies on an elaborate arched frame - men's & women's shoe styles, most with visible pricing cards and at center, an expensive-looking camera with lens facing towards viewer; back of mount card with date and identification of store, from an (indecipherable to us) town in Ohio; image approx. 5" x 6 3/4"; mount 8" x 10"; some wear & one corner cracked on back of mount card; the image very good and an interesting window-display and advertising ephemeral item from the earliest part of the 20th century.
C. 1909 Millers' Shoes Easter Window Display Cabinet Card
(Photography)
Ohio: Millers' Shoes, 1909.
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A somewhat pale albumen cabinet card photograph of an unidentified sitter, the card mount trimmed with the bottom inserted within the back of the frame, having the Devenport Waxahachie Texas studio imprint; in an elaborate period wooden frame, with a raised wooden surround having gilt scrolling borderwork done by hand, an inner gilt framing and a 1" approx.. brown velvet surround and another gilt frame around the photo itself; the frame with the printed label on the back of Spaulding & Co. Books, Stationery, Albums, Pictures, Picture Frames...daily, weekly and monthly periodicals furnished at Publisher's prices Rutland Vermont"; the label darkened and with about a line of text chipped away, all the previous text visible & readable; overall size of frame approx. 9 1/2" x 11 1/4"; some scratching, wear to frame; in very good condition and an interesting, decoratively custom-made photo-frame from the latter part of the 19th century; (with) a small portrait of a woman on celluloid, image rubbed and worn, in a metal frame, acquired from the same estate.
C. 1890 Portrait Photograph of a Gentleman, Photograph By Devenport of Waxahachie Texas in a Hand-Painted Decorated Wooden Frame By Spaulding & Co. Books, Stationery Rutland Vermont, with Their Label at Back
(Photography)
Waxahachie Texas: Devenport Photograph, 1890.
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Image in sepia tones; showing the storefront of this manufacturer of umbrellas & parasols, with 7 men and 5 women, and a baby in the forefront in high chair; most of the men holding an example of their craft; a sidewalk display case with various of their wares to right of image; no street name visible, this address numbered prominently '28'; no photographer or date, no place listed, circa 1890s, probably New York City; not examined out of frame, back cover still sealed; approx. 4 1/2" x 6" (sight): framed and glazed to approx. 9 1/2" x 10 1/2"; with original matte; black wooden frame, gilt inner border; some wear and a little chipping to frame, photo with some pencil(?) marks visible under a loupe; in very good condition and an interesting trades & occupational photograph from the latter part of the 19th century.
C. 1890 Cabinet Card Photograph F. Lichtenfeld Bros. Umbrellas & Parasols
(Photography)
No Place Noted: Not Published, 1890.
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Depicting the interior & exterior of this archaeological site; Alinari photographer studio indicated below image (No. 6451); the other (exterior) without the studio name; c. 1880; images approx. 7 1/2" x 10", tipped-on to cardstock mount approx. 11" x 14" overall; some fading to images; mount with wear, dustiness and darkening, rippling to card, one with corner chipped, one with closed tear in image; in good overall condition.
(2) C. 1880 Albumen Photographs of the Anfiteatro Flavio o Colosseo Coi Nuovi Scavi By Alinari
(19th Century Photography)
Italy: Fratelli Alinari, 1880.
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Depicting the ossuary beneath this Rome church; the bones of the monks artfully arranged and displayed, skull decorations, standing, robed forms; an interesting, if macabre display; no photographer or studio indicated however our research indicates Alinari, c. 1880 period; image approx. 8" x 10", tipped-on to cardstock mount approx. 11" x 14" overall; some fading to image; little chip to bottom margin of photo, no loss to photographic image; mount with wear, dustiness and darkening, rippling to card; in good overall condition.
C. 1880 Albumen Photograph of the Ossuario (Ossuary) at the Santa Maria Della Concezione Dei Cappuccini Rome
(19th Century Photography)
Italy: Fratelli Alinari, 1880.
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Group of 17 images: two identified on back as "Matt Crowley Ranch" - Crowley a late 19th & early 20th century North Dakota Territory rancher and inductee of the Cowboy Hall of Fame - and a few others probably from the same location; with another identified as the Buchli ranch, another Fargo ND area family with additional shots taken there; a group of 4 snapshots of a 'covered wagon' constructed on the body of a child's wagon, (in two levels) with drawers and cubbyholes and posed with lariat and boots, holster and big cowboy hat as props, a charming piece of child's folk art of the American West; and a few miscellaneous shots, one appears to be of a cattle branding, with one man wearing a jacket identified as "Funk's Inc. "Butch"; another of children in a farm vehicle which looks like it's been set up to be a play theatre and another picture of an small explosion or result of gunfire in a barnyard, a lone hen in the middle ground seemingly unperturbed; one photo at 4 7/8" x 6 3/4"; a few 3 1/2" x 5 3/4"; and the rest 2 3/4" x 4 1/2" apart from the 4 'wagon' shots at 2 1/2" x 3 1/2"; light wear, generally taken well and with good detail; very good condition and interesting photographic ephemera from the 1930s Dakota area.
Circa 1930 Group of Photographs from North Dakota Including Matt Crowley Ranch, Buchli Ranch, Livestock and Horses and Several Shots of a Homemade Miniature Covered Wagon
(Photography-United States)
North Dakota: Unpublished, 1930.
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A sharp black and white photograph of an Indian, probably Plains tribe; visible on his left shoulder is a badge or ribbon, with only the words "...Beach - Cowboy Country of Teddy Roosevelt" - we infer that this is Beach, North Dakota an area that Roosevelt had ranched and that the sitter was perhaps a member of one of the Native American shows for tourists in the area; approximately 7 1/2" x 9 1/2" size; hinged at top back only to a sheet of heavy paper; "Old Elk" written at bottom of mount sheet; on back of photograph in pencil, "Elk"; no studio or photographer noted; no date, circa 1920s; light wear, wrinkling; in very good condition.
C. 1920 Photograph Native American in Plains Indians Garb, "Old Elk" Having a Badge or Ribbon from "Beach - Cowboy Country of Teddy Roosevelt"
(Photography)
United States: Not Published, 1920.
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An albumen-process photograph, approximately 4" x 6" size; with the title below the image, "191. Costume bernois. J. Moegle, Thoune."; picturing an idealized studio-shot of a pleasantly-featured Swiss shepherd-girl, complete with crook, flower-bedecked hat by her side; contained in the original purchaser's envelope from Koehler'sche Buchhandlung - Librairie Bookseller Marktgasse 1 Bern beim Zeitglocken; who were evidently catering to the tourist trade, with offerings in German, French and English; light wear to photo edges; envelope with a little wrinkling, otherwise both items very good.
C. 1880 Albumen Photograph Costume Bernois By J. Moegle, Thoune (Thun), with Original Purchasing Envelope from Koehler'sche Buchhandlung
(Photography)
Thoune, (Thun) Switzerland: J. Moegle, 1880.
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Sixteen images, including: Lambeth Palace London No. 1747 (with the sidewheel steamer Prince Arthur at dockside, loading passengers), West Front Westminster Abbey No. 3586 both 5 1/4" x 8" and by G.W.W. - George Washington Wilson (1823-1893) One of the early royal photographers and the photographer whose images were first sold in Cabinet size. By the 1880s his was one of the largest photographic publishers in the world. (Robert Leggat, 1999); London Bridge No. B10, Westminster Abbey No. 11, both by L. S. & P. Co., 5 1/4" x 7 3/4", the London Stereographic and Photographic Co.; No. 3512 West Abbey Jerusalem Chamber, No. 3252 Houses of Parliament, No. 725 Royal Academy, No. 3264 Albert Hall, all F.G.O.S., 5 1/2" x 8 1/2"; No. 89 Westminster Abbey Chapel & Shrine of Edward the Confessor and No. 96 Westminster Abbey Tomb of Henry 7th, both with Frith's Series blindstamp, 5 3/4" x 8 1/4"; and St. Paul's Cathedral, the Chapel in the Tower of London, Crown Jewels of England, and two others, unidentified and also with no studio indicated, similar sizes to the preceding; not dated, circa 1880; some wear and wrinkling to photographic paper, not mounted and do not ever appear to have been; in good plus condition overall and an interesting photographic group.
C. 1880 Group of 16 Photographic Architectural and City Views of London and Its Monuments By Frith, G.W.W. & L.S. & P. Co.
(19th Century Photography)
Great Britain: Frith, 1880.
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Group of 7 photographic images includes: No. 161 Paris L'Hotel de Ville et le Pont d'Arcole X. Phot.; No. 227 Hotel de Cluny L.P. Phot.; the uncredited image of the Eiffel Tower, about 1/2 built, taken from the river side across bridge, with promenade of pedestrians and horse-drawn traffic passing below, dredge-boats in river, construction of other buildings in the distance, most probably for the 1889 World's Fair - the tower was being built as the entry to that; No. 194 Paris. La Sainte-Chapelle et le Palais de Justice L.P. Phot.; No. 142 Paris La Tour St. Jacques et la Rue de Rivoli X. Phot., the street populated with crowds, Credit Lyonnais to right of image - edge loss in a thin triangle at bottom; No. 135 Interieur de la Sainte Chapelle X. Phot.; No. 140 Palais du Trocadero L.P. Photo. - with a tiny side-chip; all of about the same size, approx. 8" x 10 3/4"; all mounted on black paper stock in a in a black period-style album, approx. 11" x 13 1/2", grained 'leatherette' finish with light wear; some fading to images, defects as noted; some wrinkling from laying-down to pages; good to very good overall, the tower photograph particularly arresting.
C. 1888 Group of Large Format Albumen Photographs Including the Eiffel Tower While Under Construction
(Photography- France)
France: 1888.
Price: $750.00
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An interesting photograph, well taken; no photographer or studio noted; approx. 3 ½" x 5 7/8" size approx., Velox paper; crates stamped "Florida" are roped to the outside of the car, orange grove visible in the background; At least they look like they're transporting orange crates and maybe that's an orange in one of the men's pockets; at the same time, they may be moving something else, given the time period; light wear; '1929' in pencil on the back; very good condition and a good image.
1929 Snapshot Photograph of a group of men in a Florida Orange Grove, with their vehicle loaded down with crates of Oranges
(Photography)
Florida: 1929.
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