![Aloha Hawaii. [Hawaii Postal Envelope with Panoramic and Other Views from Photographs]. Hawaii Promotion Committee.](/pictures/thumb/3726760_1.jpg?v=1530631751)
Aloha Hawaii. [Hawaii Postal Envelope with Panoramic and Other Views from Photographs]
A tourist item, functioning as both a means to communicate, and mail a brief message from Hawaii (in this case in 1909), and as a.... Read More
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![[Ca. 1915 Sentinel Butte, North Dakota Ranching Photograph Album.]. Unk.](/images/noimage-req.png)
[Ca. 1915 Sentinel Butte, North Dakota Ranching Photograph Album.]
A pre-First World War album of photographs taken in Sentinel Butte, North Dakota in the area known as the Golden Valley. “Sentinel” originated from two... Read More
![[WWII Submarine Album: “Photographic History of the 5th War Patrol of the SS241.”]. Ciro Parisi.](/pictures/thumb/3726740_1.jpg?v=1530631738)
[WWII Submarine Album: “Photographic History of the 5th War Patrol of the SS241.”]
World War II photograph album documenting the fifth war patrol of the Gato-class submarine U.S.S. Dace. The vessel sailed out of San Francisco on April... Read More
![In Memoriam [Confederate Flag CDV by Photographer J. F. Coonley of Savannah, Georgia]. J F. Coonley, Jacob Frank “Jay” Coonley, 1832–1915, John C. McRae, fl.1850–1880.](/pictures/thumb/3726719_1.jpg?v=1530631736)
In Memoriam [Confederate Flag CDV by Photographer J. F. Coonley of Savannah, Georgia].
Post Civil-War, Confederate mourning photograph memorializing those who died in the war. The Confederate second national flag with its broad white field—“The Stainless Banner”—features prominently... Read More
Christmas. Good Things Attend Thee Everywhere.
Beautifully preserved chromolithographic Victorian Christmas greeting card. Its intricate, fold out panels wish the recipient “Good Fare,” “Good Friends,” “Good Fortune,” and “Good Fun.” The... Read More
[C.1890s American Sporting Camp Photograph of Young Men and Women and Their African American Cook.]
Interesting photograph of an American camping party of young men and women posing with sporting equipment and hunting and fishing gear. Joining them, but on... Read More
![The White Slave. [Stereoview Card]. Dealer in.. Stereoscopes William Harrison, Views.. Philadelphia.](/pictures/thumb/3726682_1.jpg?v=1530646029)
The White Slave. [Stereoview Card]
Stereoview photograph of an African-American dandy having his shoes shined by a little white boy. The caption title, The White Slave, archly refers both to... Read More
Boston Saxophone Orchestra. Abdon Laus, Director using Buescher True Tone Saxophones.
Excellent circa 1920s photograph of the Boston Symphony Orchestra advertising Buescher True Tone Saxophones: In late 1924, the first bassoonist of the Boston Symphony Orchestra... Read More
![[C.1880s Albumen Photograph of Cadets at Cayuga Lake Military Academy, Aurora, New York]. Cayuga Lake Military Academy, Walter Douglas Young; 1870–?](/pictures/thumb/3726652_1.jpg?v=1530631724)
[C.1880s Albumen Photograph of Cadets at Cayuga Lake Military Academy, Aurora, New York].
Photograph of a group of military cadets in uniform at Cayuga Lake Military Academy in Aurora, New York. A drum head or shield in the... Read More
[Three Real Photo Postcards of Lewistown, Pennsylvania, ca. 1910s.]
Three images, all lettered in the negative: An image of a civic celebration in downtown Lewistown, Pennsylvania. A large Welcome banner can be seen. Lettered... Read More
![Night in Los Angeles. [Promotional Advertorial]. Newcomb Publishing Co.](/pictures/thumb/3726580_1.jpg?v=1531168180)
Night in Los Angeles. [Promotional Advertorial]
A unique advertisement piece, “issued under the auspices of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce,” to showcase electrified Los Angeles in 1912. Each leaf contains... Read More
Photographs. Newburyport of Other Days [Vernacular Photo Album].
A team of oxen is hitched to and moving a building down the street on a rolling platform through Market Square, jockeyed by a man... Read More
The Home of Cooper and the Haunts of Leatherstocking.
Description of a visit to the Cooperstown, New York home of American novelist, James Fenimore Cooper (1789–1851). The author explored Cooperstown and its environs, which... Read More
1903 South Omaha Live Stock Exchange Photograph—“The Second Market of the World.”
The Union Stockyards of South Omaha, Nebraska were founded in 1883 and soon became a rival to the great Chicago stockyard and meatpacking industry. This... Read More
![[Autographed Cabinet Card Photograph of Carnival Entertainer Chiquita, The Doll Queen]. Mrs. Anthony C. Woeckener; Espiridena Alize Cenda1870–1928.](/pictures/thumb/3725702_1.jpg?v=1530631637)
[Autographed Cabinet Card Photograph of Carnival Entertainer Chiquita, The Doll Queen].
Chiquita, The Doll Queen was a dwarf. Born in Cuba, some sources say Mexico, she was a very successful entertainer with the traveling Bostock-Ferari Carnival... Read More
Archive: Byrdcliffe (Art Colony) Records, c.1869–Early 20th Century.
The Arts and Crafts utopian art community Byrdcliffe was founded in 1902 near Woodstock, New York. The principal founders were Ralph Radcliffe Whitehead and his... Read More
Two Family Photograph Albums of prominent Boston African American Woman, Eolyn Klugh Guy, 1910–1933.
The Eolyn Carolyn Klugh Guy photograph collection and archive document the family, travels, college education, and marriage of an early twentieth century, upper middle class... Read More
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