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Original sepiatone photograph, 6" x 8" (mounted to 10" x 12"), showing a production line of female workers at sewing machines
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1890. not bound. Very Good. This manufacturing scene in a spartan factory shows the female operators and attendants at work, with male supervisor watching. 10" x 12". more information
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Two cabinet cards of little girls in period clothing
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Wilmington, DE: A.P. Beecher, Photographer, 1890. not bound. Very Good. These are full-length studio portraits. The little girls (4 or 5 years old) are posed, each resting an arm on a table covered in tapestry cloth, flanked by a drapery. One wears a dress with leg o'mutton sleeves and inset bodice; her blonde hair is done in bangs with a side curl. The other girl wears a sombre dark dress and headpiece; her dark hair is curly and she carries a basket. Quite charming. 6.5" x 4.25". more information
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Group of three professional cabinet photos showing two girls and a boy in their Roman Catholic Confirmation outfits, ca. 1890s
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Lancaster, PA. not bound. Fine. The Victorian furniture, decorative table coverings, and attire worn by the kids suggest American immigrant backgrounds. The photographs are by: A.M. Lease, 22 N. Queen St., Lancaster, PA; Dengler's Studio, 14 So. Queen St., Lancaster; and Saylor of Lancaster. 6.5" x 4.25". more information
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FIFTY DOLLARS A WEEK WITH CAR AND CAMERA ... a delightful out-of-doors occupation for the amateur with his camera
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Boston R. Snyder (1926)., 1926. Hardcover. Binding and contents in very good condition. 7.5" x 5" 99pp Offers instructions to "any young man or woman who can take average good photographs with a simple hand camera, who can make prints from photographic negatives, who can follow my easy selling methods" to make "a very nice little income" by traveling around and taking photos of people's homes and then selling the pictures to the homeowners. Illustrated by 10 plates from photographs. 4th printing edition. Binding is cloth/boards. more information
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ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH OF THE JAZZ FLUTIST, INSCRIBED & SIGNED
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1955. Framed. Very Good. Original b&w photograph, framed and glazed. Horn is in a dark suit, white shirt and tie, holding his flute. Written in blue ink along the side: "To Tony--With warm regards and good wishes always--Paul Horn." Horn also played alto sax and clarinet, and composed music. 10" x 8 more information
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Original photographic cabinet card of a woman ("Mrs. Kenney - Evangelist") in elegant dress, holding a prayerbook or hymnal
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Philadelphia, 1890. not bound. Very Good. Full-length portrait, mounted on photographer's card. On the verso is printed: "H.B. Hansbury, Artist in Photography, Successor to O.B. DeMorat, 914 Chestnut St., Philadelphia." Written at top in pencil: "Mrs. Kenney-Evangelist". She wears a long, dark dress with leg o' mutton sleeves and a large bow in her upswept hair, holding an open book. [Provenance: Lancaster County, Pennsylvania]. 6.5" x 4.5". more information
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Group of two cartes de visite and one cabinet card, all by photographers of Lancaster, Pennsylvania
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Lancaster, PA, 1880. not bound. Very Good. Three photographs, mounted as cabinet cards. One shows two children in period dress, one seated in an elaborate Victorian-era chair, the other standing. The others show a man in suit and bow-tie, and a woman in white collar, earrings, a medal on a chain, and roses at her neck (identified on verso as "Grandma Eshbach"). The kids on the cabinet card are named on the back as "Brother Harry Eshbach" and "Sister Grace Eshbach". The photographers are: Hubley, 45 West King St.; Cummings, No. 6 North Queen St.; and B. Frank Saylor, 42 West King St.--all of Lancaster. various sizes. more information
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OUT OF THE FORTIES
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Austin, TX: Monthly Press, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 149pp; illus throughout from WWII Homefront pictures by some of America's greatest photographers; connective text. 10.25" x 10". more information
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PICTURE CATALOG OF THE SOPHIA SMITH COLLECTION
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Northampton, MA: Smith College, 1972. First edition. Stiff Wraps. Fine. 128pp, index; illustrated throughout. Samples the large number of vintage photographs in the Sophia Smith Collection, representing many aspects of women in history. 8.75" x 5.75 more information
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NEW YORK STATE SOLDIERS' AND SAILORS' HOME, BATH, N.Y.: Photo-Gravures
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Brooklyn, NY: A. Wittemann, 1904. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good. Illus from Photographs. Comprises a brief history of the elaborate Home and 16 photo-gravure views printed by the Albertype Co. of Brooklyn. Paper covers with engraved picture and title on front, ribbon-tied spine. 5.25" x 7.25". more information
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NEW YORK STATE SOLDIERS' AND SAILORS' HOME, BATH, N.Y.: Photo-Gravures
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Brooklyn, NY: A. Wittemann, 1904. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Illus from Photographs. Comprises a brief history of the elaborate Home and 25 photo-gravure views printed by the Albertype Co. of Brooklyn. Bound in textured paper over boards, cover title stamped in silver, ribbon-tied spine. (This book was also issued in paper covers, containing 16 views.) 5.25" x 7.25". more information
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NIGHTS IN BIRDLAND: Jazz Photographs, 1954-1960. With an Essay by Jack Kerouac
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NY: Simon & Schuster, 1987. 2nd printing. Pictorial wraps. Fine. Illus from Photographs. 125pp; illus throughout from photographs. Includes Kerouac's 1959 "Escapade" piece, "The Beginning of Bop," along with many Carole Reiff photos of jazz performers. 10.75" x 8..5". more information
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Original tinted photograph of a WWII sailor and a soldier, flanking a woman in "jitterbug" garb of the day, all seated at a table
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Keansburg, NJ, 1945. not bound. Very Good. In the original matte with printed cover: "Jerry Sheehan's.Dining and Dancing.Floor Shows Nitely.`Showplace of the Jersey Shore'.Keansburg, NJ." 6.5" x 8.5". more information
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ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH OF THE JAZZ SAXOPHONIST, INSCRIBED & SIGNED
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1955. Framed. Very Good. Original b&w photograph, frame and glazed. Woods in dark slacks and turtleneck sweater sits in a stairwell, eyes closed, playing his alto sax. Written in blue ink at bottom: "Tony--My very Best, Phil Woods." Swiss critic Peter Ruedi called Woods "the most complete alto player in today's jazz." NOTE: The actual image is much sharper than the scan shows. 10" x 8". more information
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