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19thc Egyptian Slave African Woman Tribal Scarification Cabinet Photo
$1,000.00
The pose focused on her facial scars suggest more of an inventory photo than a portrait. Milky eyes and open mouth seem more hesitant than anything that could be construed positively. Though abolition began in Egypt...
19thc Ohio Stoneware Pottery Labor Folk Art Jug Photo
$800.00
Trade Stimulator Stoneware jug and the factory craftsmen. Logan Pottery / Manufacturers of Stoneware and Clay Specialities / Logan Ohio. Very good condition with soft focus / blur faces at left and minute...
19thc Religious River Baptism Sepia Photo
$1,200.00
EARLY evidence and a strong anchor to any collection on the subject.
Dates to the 1880s. Measures 6 x 8.25" w/ damage. Please refer to photo details.
19thc Removed Black Nanny White Child Tintype Photo
$1,500.00
A significant image, the painstaking intent to erase speaks volumes. The following measures have been taken to obfuscate any hint of the Reconstruction Era nurse beyond any I've ever seen employed in a 'Hidden Mother'. ...
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19thc Students Carlisle Indian School Cabinet Photos (3) Signed J.N. Choate Studio
$4,000.00
Quoted from the Smithsonian's own archival entry: John N. Choate (1848-1902) was a commercial photographer in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. The United States opened its first non-reservation government-supported school there in 1879 under...
19thc Studio Photo Collage w/ Folk Art Chalk Family Portrait
$1,500.00
Die-cut w/ vibrant hand coloring. Folky drawn carpet and back drop design. Removed from the original walnut cove frame and tannic backing, photograph has been bagged on archival board. Measures 11.75 x 14.75". ...
BEST 1910s African American Child Nanny
$1,500.00
Her beauty and her lack of years, a teenager herself, are striking. That gaze would hold our attention even if the photograph had not been so expert. But it is. There is...
c1917 WWI Liberty Loan Poster Woman Artist Discovery Photo
$600.00
Appears to be one of a kind. Identified Eugenie DeLand Saugstad, the artist responsible for the Before Sunset poster she is posed with here. Water damage has caused emulsion damage and wrinkles. Measures 6.5 x 7"...
c1940 Circus Sideshow Couple Intimate Discovery Photo
$1,000.00
‘Jeanie’ Smith (b. 1916) was first exhibited by her parents at the age of three as the world’s only living half girl. In later interviews she remembers that time and her whole career in the...
PR Gas Light Fixtures Industrial Catalog Cyanotype Photographs
$800.00
Exceptionally large / striking cyanotype product shots. Unidentified, though an expert may recognize either the style or the line description in plate. PR measures 8 x 10” (each w/ 11 x 14” rag...
Smoking Robot Industrial Age World’s Fair Press Photo
$1,200.00
Though the sculpture looks like something Duchamp may have built, it’s actually showcasing some ground breaking science. One of the earliest robotic prototypes was developed as an advertising stunt by Electrical Engineers at Westinghouse’s...
Victorian Child British Colonial India Nanny Cabinet Photo
$800.00
Strikingly disparate dress is heightened by the familiarity and warmth. Ayah is not young, but beautiful in an indigo sari with intent gaze. Boy identified Guy Langford Yonge and signed W.J. Bell of Torrington...