Ute tribal elders seated against modern lawmen. Company town government or reservation, deserves research. Dates to c1915.
Very nice (uncirculated) condition measures 3.5 x 5.5" with flash top right.
Calling for a strike on November 4 (1918) if pay demands during the war (and to meet those of Scottish and English teachers) were not met. Rare example. Print line Curtis, Temple Lane, Dublin. Measures...
It is tempting to label these young faces early Girl Scouts or Girl Guides (a less famous predecessor), but there is no evidence to support the claim other than a common bias. The uniforms seem more...
Tarantula was built as a gilded age motor yacht by George Lawley and Son of Massachusetts. Lent to the US Navy by Cornelius Vanderbilt’s grandson in 1917 to patrol the Northeast and Mid Atlantic, it crashed...
Regale and ornate gates from production to installation, thought to be commissioned by Alexander III around the year 1884. These were the gates that the Bolsheviks stormed in 1905 and stood when the Provisional Government...
Hand painted signs remind us that the study of germs and bacteria, disease prevention and sanitation (no gloves) were all nascent territory in 1925. Moving photographs. The last image, the professionals pose like (and were) super...
This development was extraordinarily costly at the time and suggests a very prominent project / commission. These images were found in an Eastern Pennsylvania where the Erie or Hudson River Canals seem most likely. Three equipment mounts measure...
International Labor Defense (ILD), advocates of the American Workers Party, publication. While the magazine ran from 1926 to 37, few issues remain. Volume 1: No 6 spotlights the events and arrests of the Passaic (NJ)...
Evidence of an expert and large scale operation. Remarkable Blacksmith and Carpenter Barge with tools & supplies, Elevated Iron Rail Bridge, Raw Timber Rail w/ Short Line Supply Train Cars, Tunnel Entrance and Bridge Expanse...
Stoner and Kennedy men hold tools, a Glauber Brass Works poster advertises Stop Waste Cocks (faucets) and all manner of sinks and pumps line the sidewalk. Boiler at right is stenciled Pittsburgh PA. Fantastic and...
The town of Imperial California was incorporated along with others in the Mexicali Valley by the Imperial Land Company beginning in the year 1900. Our sitter may well be local authority given his stature, the manner of...
Gypsy encampments in the UK are centuries old occurrences but photographic evidence is beyond rare. Signed J.W. Houlker and identified Loughborough England we can assume these are professional shots with an air of candid happenings and...