Strong images that have remarkably survived together. One, a very purposeful view with the doll and the companion image captures how familiar and loved the object was to this child. Signed J.H. Lamson...
The height of British Victorian society photographed in the Indian colony. Signed G. W. Lawrie (Lucknow - Northern India). Exquisite detail and colors, particularly in the textiles. ___ Board measures 12...
Outstanding caregiver portrait, barefoot girl with doll held by Julia Bowne of Roosevelt Hospital who shows in the Children’s Ward by the mid 1890s. Beautiful condition image with wear to card stock, mount measures 5.5...
Fine dress and corsage or purse stand in stark contrast to her empty countenance. Posed against a house on stilts, this may well be the first photograph of her life. Pale blue mount measures 5.5...
Titled 3 Generations Mountain Faces (1901), Bridge (1896), Girl Schoolers (1900) and From Hills to South (1895). Established on the Eastern Coal Region and heavy timber, the earliest of these image is only thirteen years...
Remarkably straight forward, the dolls are both quite pricey toys (European - perhaps French / German) and photographed prominently. This is a statement made by socially progressive parents, the child’s face is joyous and it’s...
Striking composition. Integrated Caucasian, African American, Native American and Mexican children in various states of dress (and enthusiasm) outside a well appointed school house. Signed Wesner / 120 N. Spring St. Los Angeles California. ...
Striking incongruity amongst her pioneer guardians, the young woman in high Victorian fashion entirely pulling focus. She is stoic and exquisitely beautiful, likely from the Chickasaw tribe. Signed Jenkins Studio in Ardmore / Indian (Oklahoma)...
Situated on the deep head waters of the Cowlitz River, the town that became Kalama Washington had long been settled by the Chinook. The first recorded white settlers appear there in the 1850s courtesy of...
Heart stopping. Prisoner is hooded, executioner bent tying his feet while two priests deliver last rites and a crowd of officers watch. Stationed below the gallows is a regiment that appears largely African American (American...
Exceptional collision of energy, historic import and composition. Identified reverse “General Garcia Funeral celebrations.” García’s family had been fighting for independence and abolition since the beginning of the 19thc first in Venezuela and then Cuba....
1795 Maryland Sampler embroidered by Miss Rebecca Cromwell as photographed and archived by Douglas E. Brinton (Oxford Pennsylvania) in the year 1900. Outrageously cool. Sight size measures 4.5 x 5.75”, mount 7.5 x 9.75”. Nice...