A collection of photographs, clippings and memorabilia which belonged to Thelma Montojo, a Cuban woman wrestler in the 1950s. Other names that she went by include Telma Montojo Ramons, Herna, and Mima. In this grouping there are 65 photographs, 3 official documents (I.D. and official sports cards),10 newspaper clippings, pamphlets.....
A skinny young man and his plump wife are pillars throughout this photo album. The first page is a photo of the couple, behind them sits a factory or industry of sorts, “[?] Pansy Flour”… (perhaps in Pansy, Ohio - an unincorporated village in Clinton County). Another photo of the.....
Inside cover reads: 1940 Cruise of the New Mexico April 27 to ? Oct. 7, 1941 Bremerton, Wn. Pearl Harbor, T.H. Lahaina Rds, Maui, T.H. Latitude 00,00’00” Longitude 158,22’00” 18 leaves/ 30 pages, 108 photos This album begins with photos of Native hula dancers.....
Written on the first page of this album is “Miss Elizabeth R. Hotchkiss, her book - 1900. (She became Mrs. Ed R. Johnson in 1901). Photos most all by Ed R. Johnson, also prints.” Bess (short for Elizabeth) is pictured on the first page beside a view of the railroad.....
This stunning circa 1890 photo album with early Kodak photos, is complete and in good overall condition. It belonged to Cyrus and Elizabeth (King) Bentley of Chicago and Elmhurst, IL. It includes approximately 300 Cyanotype photographs. The album was purchased from a dealer who bought it from Cyrus and.....
35 photos document nautical and terrestrial travel. If you want to see the world, this is the photo album for you! 8” x 5 3/4” album, 15 leaves, 27 pages. Half of the photos measure 3 1/4” x 2 1/4” while the other half measure. 4 1/2” x 3”. In.....
12” x 10” album with 25 leaves/35 pages, and 159 photographs depict a wealthy couple from the North Shore of Long Island and New York City, during the 1930’s. The album belongs to JD Tew, whose name is on some of the ephemera in the album. A member card for.....
46 leaves/ 80 pages, 270 photographs. Photos vary in size. Album measures 14 1/2” x 9”. WAR is written on the front cover. “War ’18-’19” written on the spine. The album also contains a few photos from after the war. During World War I, American soldier of New Haven.....
Two albums of two women, Adeline and Kay, possibly lovers, travel west to California by train and by automobile. There is a third, un-named woman in a few pics. Photographs alternate between one woman, then the other, and photos of both of them. Beneath or beside each photograph is a......
Mackinac Island, Michigan is situated in Lake Huron at the eastern end of the Straits of Mackinac, between the state’s upper and lower peninsulas. This photo album of 28 leaves/48 pages carries one photo per page (48 photos) each with a telling caption. This album prominently features relics.....
9.5” x 13.5” book with faux leather, flexible covers with “CARDINAL FASHION STUDIO, 1472 BROADWAY, NEW YORK CITY” printed on the cover. Inside this circa 1960s book, there are nearly 200 pages of photo-mechanically reproduced sketches by well-known fashion designers of the day. The first page lists different designers, some.....
Early 1900 11” x 14” photo album with twenty-nine photos. Most of the photos measure about 7 1/2” x 9 1/2,” with some smaller and a few panoramic images. The the covers are detached from the photos which are still bound together. The album is not annotated, but it is.....
The Seventh Day Baptists’ Missionary in Jamaica, is documented in this 12 1/2” x 8 3/4” photo album, with 23 leaves, 36 pages and 177 photos. The album is annotated and many, not all, photos are provided with caption, and often people in the photographs are named. Snapshot.....
“Some Attempts in Photography by Dennis Fisher Strong, 1897” is written on the first page, along with a photo of a pretty young woman. Inside, you will find many of the photographs are of the staff and patients at the “General State Hospital for the Insane” in Middletown, Connecticut, 1896-1897.....
10” x 11.5” spiral bound photo album with 16 leaves/ 32 pages. There are 98 photos of various sizes, including 29 color photos of the Islamic Revolution, that are date stamped February, 1979 and measure 5” x7.” The album is a typical 1970s album with the sticky pages with plastic.....
6" x 7.5" red covered photo album, with twenty mostly 3.5" x 4.5" snapshots from a bizarre fertility festival in Japan. Known as the Kanamara Matsuri, ("Festival of the Steel Phallus"), this yearly festival takes place each spring at the Kanayama Shrine in Kawasaki, Japan. The festival started in 1969.....
This breath-taking photo album, is a scenic route through mostly Colorado, Wyoming, and Utah. There are photos are of peaks, valleys, canyons, and lodging, with appearances from friends and family signing the register at the peaks of mountains, posing for a group photo, pursuing a rescue mission, goofing around, and standing.....
Seven early 1900s mounted photos, showing different street scenes in Boston. Each is identified and include Long Wharf, South Ferry, Quincy Market, Atlantic Avenue, Custom House, North Ferry, and Boston Music Hall. Each image measures 3.5" x 4.5" and with the mount they measure 4.5" x 7." They were.....
A collection of twenty-five 8" x 10" photos from the Miss America, beauty pageant from 1959. The winner that year was Miss Mississippi, Mary Ann Mobley, who went on to become actress and television personality. The photos come in an envelope from the Miss America Pageant, and "Miss Rhode Island".....
Large, black photo album which measures: 15 1/4” x 11 1/4”, 3” thick, with 80 leaves/160 pages. Numerated on the top right corner of the right-hand pages (up to 76). Photos vary in size. A proud American, Fred. E. Elder from Coshocton, Ohio, volunteered with the allied forces against a......
There are 148 color Polaroids and Polacolor instant photos from around 1970 of a man cross-dressing in the privacy of his own home. Included are 73 Polaroids, which measure 3.5" x 4.25," and 75 Polacolor photos, measuring 3.25" x 3.375." Most of these photos are self-portraits, and in.....
11 x 14 1/2” photo album with 7 rigid leaves with ten photos of various sizes, pasted to the page. The photos show a protest in New York City, which an internet search finds was an Anti-Apartheid Rally held on August 13, 1985. This is a march of solidarity with.....
"Oxford Plains 1970, 1971" is written on the cover of this 10" x 11.5" spiral bound photo album with sticky pages covered in plastic. There are 70 photos inside from stock car racing in 1970 and 1971 at the Oxford Plains Speedway in Maine. Photos include black and white Polaroids.....
Sixty-eight 3.5" x 5.5" real photo postcards from circa 1910s. About half are identified, mostly on the front, and include places in Colorado, Washington state and Idaho. A few people are identified and include de Margerie, W.M. Davis, de Martonne, Chisholm, Martell, etc. Places include: Marcos Shale Badlands, Washboard Rock.....
Ten color snapshots from the aftermath of the September 11th terrorist attack in New York City. Eight photos measure 4" x 6" and two are trimmed and measure 3" x 4.625" and 3.5" x 4." Some of the photos are date stamped 9/19 and 9/24. All are shown...