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1850s P.T. Barnum Museum Circus Sideshow Newspaper Ads
$295.00
(1) Double column advertisement illustrated with famous elephant train advertising the 1854 season with a team of eight elephants (a baby for General Tom Thumb), Cortege of 140 horses and 100 men, Living Animals Menagerie includes a...
1890s African American Domestic Servants Children Dogs Portrait Photo
$550.00
Heart warming (and unusual) mementos. Each man and woman recorded holding a cherished child or family pet.
Cabinet photo cut into three individual portraits, likely for a CDV album.
Found in Georgia.
1890s Child Nurse Roosevelt Hospital NYC Portrait Photo
$295.00
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...
1890s Victorian CAT & Moon Sheet Music Kodak Vernacular Photo
$125.00
Wonderful!
Burgundy and gold edge Kodak pocket camera mount measures 4.25 x 5.25” with nothing more than edge chips.
1890s Victorian Japanese Art Dealers Gallery Photos
$195.00
Aesthetic period Asian antiquities or importers shop including samurai armor, porcelains and masks. Five photographs measure 4 x 4.5" with chips and loss at corners. High gloss in person. Scarce reference.
1890s West Virginia Homesteader Baseball Player Photo
$295.00
Remarkable details and circumstance. Rough shod plank home identified Howesville West Virginia, early bib uniform reads B.C. / R.F. Three young girls, perhaps a mother missing or that young girl on his right is the...
1900 Indian Native Trackers Guides Scout Photos
$5,500.00
Six figures in total, mounted on horseback, in three distinct pairs. From left: Frontier archetypes (possible military chevron / calvary jacket far left) with rifles; Native American men (Lakota / Sioux dress?) and men at right...
1900s African American Woman Western Clothing RPPC Photo
$195.00
Western dress and hat with Victorian gloves and boots, she is remarkably compelling. Rich sepia tones.
Measures 3.5 x 5.5", nice condition with edge chips and finger prints (background) in the negative.
1900s Coal Mine Interior Photo RPPC
$95.00
RARE view, considering the early date (1906) of camera / lighting technology. Postally sent from Mount Pleasant PA, which likely means a Henry Clay Frick mine. Measures 3.5 x 5.5”, nice condition with tear /...
1900s Compelling African American Family Photo
$135.00
Haunting face may be a portrait of a very young mother or sisters. Victorian embossed mount measures 4.5 x 5.5", nice condition with curve.
1900s EARLY Animal Conservation Natural History NYC Zoo Photo Album
$7,500.00
Assembled in the opening years of the twentieth century from inside in the field of taxidermy and / or preservation, seemingly working with America’s first zoos in New York City. Identifications: 1903 Captive Giraffe (signed M.M. Strickler), Captive...
1900s Electric Motor Mechanic Labor Shop Photo
$125.00
Bizarre contraption and incredible details. Labeled only 'building a motor'. Rare glimpse, dates to 1900/10.
Measures 3.75 x 4.75”, thin paper with crease top right and edge tears repaired with archival tape.