A group of fourteen 8” x 10” images of magicians, including 13 photos and one photo mechanical print. Nine of these images are autographed. The 11 magic acts that I can identify are: Claude Winner, Jack Chanin, Sakoutis, Jimmy Shannon, Evans Brown, Keith Clark, Willian Frazer, Jerry Bergman, Sir Edwards.....
Yellow folder holding three different sets of family letters/notes from the late 1980s and early 1990s. The family was from around Concord, California. The breakdown: Fourteen, mostly handwritten letters from a young woman named Shanda to Erik, some written while she is in school. The girl who seems to.....
There are thirty-four 4.25" x 6.5" mounted photos from the 1893 Columbian Exposition or the Chicago World's Fair. Thirty-two are identified on the verso with a handwritten annotation in ink and some have "Chicago World's Fair, 1893" written in pencil. Two also have "I think" written next to them, but.....
Edith Sarah Watson (1861 CT – 1943 FL), was an American photographer and watercolor artist who was active from 1891 to the 1930s. She spent a good deal of time in Canada, photographing scenes, and is known for her portraits of woman in rural life. Watson also spent many winters.....
Eleven beautiful, descriptive though fading sepia-toned photos, depicting ordinary life in a district of Michigan renowned for paper mills. Plainwell is located in the lower left corner of the mitten, between Grand Rapids and Kalamazoo, not far from Indiana state line. The current population is about 4,000 souls, but.....
Carnival Story, released in 1954, is a film based on a story by C.B. Williams. This melodrama was made in collaboration between the United States and West Germany. Carnival was filmed on site in Munich, Germany with the Munich Film Studio under King Brothers Productions. Carnival Story’s leading.....
Newly surfaced and previously undocumented archive of National Child Labor Committee (NCLC) material, comprising approximately 980 individual items, including photographic prints, negatives, caption cards, and two printed Legends of Photographs. This rare and historically significant collection continues the NCLC’s visual record beyond previously known and cataloged material, with numbered items.....
Urban photographer William “Bill” Angotti snapped these twenty photographs on the streets on New York City. Twelve 8”x10” prints are contained in a single plastic sheath. Six images which vary in size are glued to 11”x14” watercolor paper within a watercolor pad of seven sheets. Two additional photos are mounted.....
A compelling selection of documents, photographs, and ephemera relating to the wartime and immediate postwar service of Theresa “Tess” Nathanson, identified as a Hospital Social Worker with the American Red Cross. The collection opens with a letter from the American Red Cross ordering thirty-seven nurses, including Nathanson (her name.....
Marguerite Dial/Ward: 4-Volume Journal & Scrapbook Set, 1925–1936. Texas Panhandle to California. Dust Bowl Migration, Movies, Popular Culture. Four stuffed volumes documenting the life of Marguerite “Marge” Dial (later Ward), born c.1913 in the Texas Panhandle, following her from girlhood in Running Water to young married life in Brawley.....
A substantial and multi-generational archive documenting the life, community, and civic engagement of Olie V. Gregory (1885–1970), an African American leader in Springfield, Ohio. Gregory was a central figure in the city’s Union Gospel Choir and the Colored Men’s Council, where he served as president and later as a charter.....
A dazzling set of twelve original salon hair color guides and swatch books from the 1960s — complete with mounted hair samples, glamorous models, and bold mid-century graphics. Includes: Rayette “Luster Tint / Luster Tone” fold-out swatch book (Basic Shades, Fashion Reds, Pastel Toners). Clairol “High Fashion.....
The Gordon Webb Wares Astrophysics and Photography Archive Astrophysicist – Yerkes Observatory / Adler Planetarium / Manhattan Project Personal photographic archive, c. 1928–1942 (with later slides from the 1960s) Approximately 750 original photographs (ranging from 1” × 1” to 8” × 10”). Most of the photos are smaller, and.....
**For additional photos, please ask.** A small but exceptionally charged group of mid-century New York State psychiatric institutional records from Creedmoor, the vast Queens facility established in 1912 and reaching a peak census of roughly 7,000 inpatients by 1959. Contents (as present) 29 patient identification cards /.....