France. A very good photograph of this street scene, pedestrians visible below, appears to have been taken from the third or fourth story of another building; no date and circa 1880, no photographer or actual location given; 7 5/8" x 11 3/8" image size approximate, mount card adds about 2.....
Florence Italy: Typographie Galileienne, 1861. F. 20 pages; biographical, scientific information on Galileo, text in French throughout: "...suivantes ont ete ecrites pour ceux qui desireront visiter et voir avec ordre ce nouveau sanctuaire scientifique, en suivant la pensee de celui qui l'a imageine..."; original paper wrap covers; light wear; very.....
1885. Carte-de-visite format images; "Gen. McClellan" and "Mrs. Gen. McClellan" printed below images; somewhat glossy photographs of engravings of the couple, a photolithograph or other photoengraving process; George Brinton McClellan (1826-1885) major general during the American Civil War, here in his uniform, with his wife, Ellen Mary Marcy McClellan; no.....
1885. Carte-de-visite format images; "Gen. Washington" and "Mrs. Martha Washington" printed below images; somewhat glossy photographs of engravings of the couple, a photolithograph or other photoengraving process; no photographer or studio credited; approx. 2 1/2" x 4" size; very good condition; interesting American history and 19th century illustrative photographic printing.....
Berlin, Germany: Wertheim, Zeidler, Roloff, Strom & Walter, Conrad, Wilhelm Stein, Globus, Jandorf, Gulzer, Wenzel, Bohme, Appel, Fuchs et al, 1880. F. Group includes (7) cabinet cards and (60) cartes-de-visite. Portraits are mostly of young men and young women, with a few older adults & children; one cdv of a......
New York: Gessford Photography, 1910. F. A large-format mounted black and white photograph of 29 young women and their (presumed) teacher or maestro, the only male in the image; an entirely stringed instrument orchestra, with 22 violins, 2 bass viols, 3 cellos and a large standing harp; the laides all.....
Firenze Italy: Giacomo Brogi Fotografo-Editore. Albumen photographs, standard cdv format; with the Giacomo Brogi Fotografo-Editore studio imprints on backs; images include an identified Pisa Area del Campo Santo (studio title strip) and Monument Da Vinci (pencil); no date but circa 1870s, with a few contemporay notations on backs; fairly clean.....
New York: Stroefer & Kirchner, 1880. F. Photograph of a portrait of Giovanni Bellini (c. 1430-1516) Venetian painter, teacher of Giorgione and Titian; part of Bruckmann's Portrait Collection; not dated, circa 1880 albumen process photo on mount card, with the publisher's printed details; approx. 4 1/2" x 6 3/4" overall.....
Glen Cove L.I. New York: Frank G. Smith. Albumen photograph Carte-de-Visite; Identified on back of mount as from the studios of Frank G. Smith, Portrait Copyist, Glen Cove, L.I.; no dates or identifiers, probably mid-nineteenth century; fairly clear image, looks like a "picture of a picture" or copy of a......
Brooklyn New York: 1992. Color cross-the-street photograph of the front of the Globe Drug Store, a Bay Ridge personal-service prescription venue for many years; approx. 5 1/4" x 3 3/4" format; light wear; identified on back; AGFA paper; very good condition.
Atlanta Georgia: Fall Line Press, 2012. F. 112 pages; signed by the photographer on the title page; illustrated in black and white photography throughout,"...subjectively and insightfully plumbs America's cultural DNA..." Number line # 1 and "First Edition" stated on copyright page. Approx. 11 7/8" size, square format; patterned-paper endpapers; illustrated.....
24, Ryder Street S.W. 1. Londo: Kenneth N. Collins, 1930. F. Photo shows the interior of the church; not dated, circa 1930; Kenneth N. Collins photographic studio stamp on back, along with pencil description. Signed in black ink at the lower right margin, front of image by the photographer, in.....
South Shields England: Frank & Sons, 1922. F. Photograph depicts this cable maintenance steamship underway; identified in the plate at lower left margin; Built in 1922 by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd. for the Commercial Cable Company and based at Halifax, Nova Scotia on Atlantic repair duties (see History.....
London, UK: Orient Steam Navigation Company, 1895. F. Photograph of this steamship at anchor; identified on the bow as the Ophir and also below the image, on the window-matte surround, written in a decorative calligraphic hand in ink as 'RMS Ophir.' The image approx. 5 1/2" x 10 1/4" (sight);.....
New York: NBC Studios, 1936. Black and white photograph of the soprano; was a graduate of Juilliard School of Music with two fellowships, for voice & violin; approx. 7" x 9" size; matted and shrinkwrapped and with biographical information and NBC attribution on sheet on back; little wear; very good.....
Hicksville Long Island New Yor: Frank Brown. Sepia-toned photograph; with the photographer's stamp on back of Frank Brown, Photographer, Hicksville, L.I.; 7" x 9" size of photograph, about 8 1/2" x 10" with mount card; some fade to image, still fairly clear; light wear to mount card; good condition...
Early small Cabinet Card Photograph approximately 5" x 4 1/4" size, identified on back of mount as 'On the Amstel Holland'; view from the water of builidngs; no photographer or date noted, circa 1890's; just a bit of fade to the image, fairly sharp detail of the barge; very good.....
New York & Chicago: Bonanza, 1955. 244 pages; index, picture index, bibliography, source notes; black and white illustrated throughout with over 500 Brady pictures; (From the dustjacket information): "...had a sense of history unequaled by an other cameraman...recognized the importance of the picture as a document, and his career was.....
Houlgate-sur-Mer (Calvados): Madelaine. Cabinet-card size view; photograph of chateaux; with the photographer's imprint of Madelaine Houlgate-sur-Mer (Calvados) on back; no date but circa 1880s; fairly clear image, some fading; light wear; very good condition, interesting historical Calvados France view.
Isle of Wight, England: C. Oakeshott, Photographer, 9, Pier Street. Ryde, I.W., 1862. F. Two carte-de-visite photographs; accompanied by an old mount-surround identifying both. Studio identified on the backs of the mounts. Approx. 2 1/4" x 4" size; some light wear, soiling, Mrs. Smith card top corner tips rounded; in.....
Milano Italia: Casa Editrice Universo S.R.L., 1954. F. 26 pages; color illustrated covers and a couple of color images within, the balance in black and white; large format 9 1/2" x 12 1/2" approx.; an Italian fumetti (comic) book which combines the 'photoromanza' photonovel - a romantic story illustrated with.....
Milano Italia: Casa Editrice Universo S.R.L., 1954. F. 26 pages; color illustrated covers and a couple of color images within, the balance in black and white; large format 9 1/2" x 12 1/2" approx.; an Italian fumetti (comic) book which combines the 'photoromanza' photonovel - a romantic story illustrated with.....
Hokkaido Japan: 1945. 9 Black and white photographs, no photographer or studio credited, no date however most probably circa 1945, at the time of the U.S. occupation after the Second World War; approx. 4" x 6" format; images show male and female workers, some in local costume, kimono and coolie.....
Tokyo Japan: Fujicolor Photo Co. Ltd. F. Short printed text page in Japanese & English; folowed by 10 original Fuji color slides of Kyoto, in a custom holder; including: Shishin-Den Hall of the Kyoto Palace; interior of same; Hiun-Kaku Hall; Nijo Castle; Main gate of Katsura Palace; Garden of Moss.....
Tokyo Japan: Fujicolor Photo Co. Ltd. F. Short printed text page in Japanese & English; folowed by 10 original Fuji color slides of Tokyo, in a custom holder; including: Twin Bridges of the Imperial Palace; Street cars run from Hibiya Park; the Ginza cross roads; Kabuki Theatre; Meiji Shrine; Yasukuni.....
