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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...
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1900s Booker T. Washington Tuskegee Institute Foundational Staff Photo
$5,000.00
Remarkably intense portrait of Dr. Washington w/ unusual inclusion of female staffers in a school image. Important and early capture. Washington flanked by Emmanuel Jay Scott (nicknamed the Architect of the Tuskegee Machine), Nathan...
19thc Abolitionist Quaker Woman African American Freed Slave Kansas School Advert
$750.00
Elizabeth L. Comstock (1815-91) a British native raised in Quaker schools immigrated to Ontario to join her sister when her husband died. It was there that Comstock became a Quaker minister, quickly moving to Michigan...
WWI Ambulance Drivers Uniformed Women’s Corp w/ Flags Press Photo
$800.00
National League for Women’s Service (NLWS) // Motor Corps // Brooklyn Division w/ insignia and American flag. Identified as Fort Totten Long Island base. Nearly 6 x 8.5” photo released by the Committee on...
WWI Women in Service Telegraph Telephone Operator Press Photos (2)
$800.00
Uniformed women w/ Telegraph Office arm bands. Issued by the Committee on Public Information // Signal Corps A.E.F. // U.S. Army Photo Lab // Brown Brothers NYC. Unmounted photograph w/ sign measures 6.25...
WWI Allied Victory Homefront Pictorial Soldier Lacework Doily
$300.00
Exceptional.
Measures 7 x 8.5” w/ even toning in person.
1910s Well Executed Boats & Dock Drawings Philadelphia PA w/ Artist Photo
$750.00
Pencil Dock St. Pier (5”), Vine St. Pier (4.5x6”) & League Island Docks (3.25x6.25”) show the hand of a trained draftsman, the miniature watercolor of Tug Passyunk defies its size (5.5x6.5”) w/ detail. To...
1920s Skyscraper Construction Photographer Daredevil
$1,000.00
Incredible aerial view with striking deep contrast. Likely New York City, signed original press / wire photo. Minimal scuffs to gloss. Measures 4.5 x 6.5".
1950s African American Womens College Barber Scotia HBCU Brochure
$400.00
Scotia Seminary was the first female HBCU founded after the Civil War (1870) by the Presbyterian Church to educate the daughters of slaves into the roles of teachers and social workers. It was modeled on...
Depression Era Pacific Garden Mission Chicago’s Hobo Church Flyer
$400.00
Few landmarks are so memorable as this one, a neon JESUS SAVES sign beaconing the downtrodden for over a century. The famous preacher Billy Sunday claimed this place as his savior. Two printed photographs inside....
1896 Political Americana Grover Cleveland Broadside w/ Polish Text
$300.00
Angel presents a Polish proverb of wealth and abundance over a vignette of Columbus discovering America and fantasy Grover Cleveland & George Washington jugate. Strong red, white and blue theme printed on folded (blank interior)...
1920s Movie Theatre Posters Handmade Folk Art Drawings Book
$2,000.00
Remarkable and beautifully compulsive little object, no doubt by the hand of a young man working as a projectionist between reels. In addition to the movie posters and favorite scenes, there are cut times...