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1890s Labor Disaster Amputee Portrait Mounted Photo
$295.00
Striking and poignant in equal measure. Identified Alex Miller in pencil on reverse, the source of his injury is not easily researched. Given the proximity to the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) hub from Johnstown and the...
1900s Chinese & Native American Western Social History Photo
$1,200.00
Compelling portraits of under represented cultures in the development of America's Western history.
Nice condition with only smudges at margin and minimal corner chipping.
Mount measures 5.25 x 7.25".
1900s Compelling African American Family Photo
$295.00
Haunting face may be a portrait of a very young mother or sister. Victorian embossed mount measures 4.5 x 5.5", nice condition with curve.
1910s American Folk Art Weathervane Factory Interior Photo
$900.00
Exceptionally rare subject. Full bodied American eagle weathervane posed for the photograph and a running horse in progress behind, the other two men work on cupolas. Region not known. Body shapes of both animals suggest...
1910s Chinese Immigrant Railroad Labor Photo Pasadena CA
$2,000.00
Arresting image. Signed Lewis R. (Ransome) Freeman / Pasadena California paid on August 19, 1913 by Brown Brothers NYC. Freeman was a gentleman traveler and photo journalist who ran the gambit from Geological...
1910s Finely Dressed Man w/ Amputee Props Studio Cabinet Photo
$375.00
Exceptional example of a rarely photographed circumstance.
Signed West Side Studio, Iowa. Very nice condition.
1910s Sepia Gothic African American Railroad Labor Train Car Photos
$1,200.00
Startling tones and composition, text book images. Earl M. Tucker reverse (almost certainly the Caucasian man), found in NC. ____ Sight size 5 x 7". One photograph shows edge chipping but mounts suffer heavy damage. ...
1930s Factory Employee Passport Photos Photographers Archive
$1,200.00
Westinghouse Air Brake Company (WABCO) was an early titan in the fields of electricity and transportation, by this time with projects all over the world. Presumably shot by the Westinghouse commercial / factory photographer for...
1930s Integrated Butcher Shop Consumer Photo
$550.00
Speaks loudly. Captures the tension of the shop owner at register, the photographer who rather progressively for the time includes the African American customer (likely a domestic) and she with down turned eyes and folded hands who seems...
1950s Integrated Women Camera Club Nude Models Snapshot Photos
$750.00
Scarce and poignant. When read closely, these are a seldom captured portrait of American womanhood and then in comparison between two parallel cultures. One woman much more in control of this low budget photo shoot...
19thc African American Woman Domestic Labor Portrait Photos
$1,500.00
Highly unusual. Elder wearing a homespun calico uniform and apron posed in a dignified 3/4 portrait. In the companion piece, her employer reads to her aloud from the bible. The race roles we expect from...
WWI Munitions Pittsburgh Factory Women's Labor Photo Archive
$3,500.00
Meticulous documentation of the Homefront / Military Industrial Complex War Effort with heavy focus on the female work force. Attributed to Westinghouse Electric Manufacturing Company (Pittsburgh PA) which according to research, is said to have...