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.
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...
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 /...
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.
Wonderful!
Measures 3.5 x 5.5”, sunlight sepia real photo postcard in nice condition with soiling at margins. Identified on reverse in modern hand, Cassandra PA.
Likely around the Homesteader Acts that preceded the Dust Bowl. Man on right appears to joke with a gold pan on his head. One of the largest and hardest to document migrations in American history....
Scarce glimpse into work space. Identified Ganado (Arizona) on reverse. May date earlier. Albumen measures 4.75 x 6.5”, nice condition with gelatin glare and rolled edge left. Dime sized thin spot bottom right corner from previous...
William Rau was a seminal name in the opening decades of the early 20thc. He photographed Teddy Roosevelt's Inauguration, the Eruption of Mount Pelee and was the OFFICIAL photographer of the St. Louis World's Fair....