Founded just three years into Reconstruction, Hampton Institute / University, has always stood stalwart in African American education. The school houses the oldest African Diaspora museum in the country, notably rose to the education of...
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...
Marvelous capture. St. Dunstan’s Hostel began serving just over a dozen men in their re-education of a trade after loss of sight. By the end of World War I and amended for Blinded Soldiers and Sailors it aided...
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...
Caucasian, African American, Native American, Asian Descent (Chinese I believe) and possibly Mexican or Mexicali children. Many girls wear flour sack dresses and a few of the boys are bare foot. Found in Texas and...
Astounding colors and detail, seemingly undocumented form. Expert photograph (exceptional lighting / details) laid on artists board and executed as though an oil painting. This is not just heightened color - the only remaining photographic...
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. ...
Striking composition with the owner stepping in and the gaze of the excluded woman.
Measures 3.25 x 5.5”, mailed from Cambridge MA.
Nice condition with minimal wear to edges.
Individual work stations and lathes stacked with blanks; one man shapes a wooden leg at center. Includes before & after photographs of a beneficiary. Measure 5 x 7” and 2.5 x 4.5”. ...