Biographic & Vernacular Photos
Father & Child Anonymous Master Portrait Photographer
$295.00
Distant gaze, pulsing veins and dirt under nails all harken to Dorothea Lange and Walker Evans to come. Evocative work deserving of a five figure signature. Pencil dated 1912 and identified Woody. Paperboard mount trimmed...
Mother, Daughter, Cat & Kitten Interior Portrait Photo
$125.00
Electricity and the flash (necessary to photograph in the home) both new when this was taken. LOOK at those eyes, humans and pets! Sight size measures 3 x 4”, sloppily mounted on original trimmed board....
Victorian 1910s Sour Faced Girl w/ Pet Rabbit Photo
$195.00
Fabulous incongruity of the delicate details of her dress and that FACE. To say nothing of an enormous white rabbit stuffed into a doll carriage! Dreamy matte silver gelatin from another time, mounted on original board...
Vintage 1910s Farm Child Sunday Best Medical Portrait RPPC Photo
$295.00
Extreme foreshortening below the waist. Striking composition, dignified portrait against a scrub farm backdrop.
Very good condition with gloss break bottom left and inoffensive stub top right. Measures 3.5 x 5.5".
Vintage 1920s American Gothic Screaming Color Farm Kids Snapshot Photo
$175.00
Simply another world. Tiny gem measures only 2.25 x 3" in very nice condition.
1910s Liberated Woman Lingerie Boudoir Studio Photo
$125.00
Wonderfully incongruous. Stockings, garters, heels and jewelry make this seem more like small town risque than a swimming ensemble. Found undelivered in a Victorian photographer's estate near Pittsburgh PA. Measures 4 x 6”, spots in development and gelatin...
Vintage 1920s Carousel Horse Folk Art Carver Occupational Labor Photo RPPC
$295.00
Proud man is either carousel technician or carver, found in a CW Parker archive. Rather glorious stargazer just behind and ornate detail carving shows everywhere. Trimmed to 3” x 5.5”, rich sepia tones and sunlight exposure....
Vintage 1920s Broken Down Wood Carousel Horse Model T Snapshot Photo
$95.00
Front legs have been sured up with iron brackets, the muzzle looks like its been salvaged and the tail is just plain GONE. Propped against a Model T fender as curb side company documentation (found in a CW...
Vintage COOLEST 1920s Indian Motorcycle Family Dog Photo RPPC
$225.00
Victorian frame house, rocking chair, the woman in high button boots at the intersection of modern transportation modernity and driving goggles. Pup steals the show. Measures 3.5 x 5.5", nice condition with light bar that...
1920s African American Caretaker Boy Child Antique Tinted Color Photo
$450.00
Outstanding. The details of early enlargement photos like this can easily become folk art representations, but the snapshot ushers us right back into reality. It is with relative certainty that I say those hands saw...
Vintage 1920s Street Sweeper Trash Cart City Sanitation Labor Photo
$295.00
Textbook occupational portrait, trash can painted Menzies (sp) Street Cleaners, Glenn Falls New York.
Sight size measures 3.75 x 5.5” on original mount. Bright, striking image with only minor foxing top edge and along paste line.
Vintage 1910s Baby Giantess Sideshow Performer Candid Home Photo RPPC
$195.00
Ella Ewing, the Missouri Giantess, a woman whose gigantism sealed a fate of performing and death by forty years old. Seen here sweet as anything with a baby on the threshold of her custom built...