Redlands: Jim Sloan, 1968. Hardcover. Not a book. Original black & white portrait of the great American photographer Ansel Adams with original presentation signature by Adams, dated 11-11-68 and taken by Redlands, California, photographer, Jim (James) Sloan, to whom the portrait is inscribed with narrow black felt pen. Image size.....
Portland OR: Midwest Portrait Studios, 1936. No Binding. Hand-tinted convex photograph under glass of a hunter holding a rifle with a dead cougar laying on a rack behind him. Frame size 12" x 18". Small chips to the frame. The framing was done by Midwest Portrait Studios in Portland, Oregon.....
Rapid City: The Rise Studio. Soft cover. Glossy small b/w photos with narrow white border, ten of them, 2 3/4" x 3 1/2". Circa 1950? In original pink printed folder with window on one side and mailing address blanks on the other. Photos fine; folder vg.
Dodge City: Boot Hill Museum, 1990. Soft cover. Circa 1990 black & white 8 1/2" x 11" photographic print of Boot Hill Museum gunfighters. This is a glossy print, nicely done, but likely a lot were printed. But find 'em! Signed by ten of the gunfighters. We can't decipher every.....
n.p. Denver & Rio Grande RR, 1916. First Thus. Soft cover. Not a book. A color picture folder, postmarked/mailed from Twin Lakes to someone in Washington State. Red/pink ink stamp of "Top of the World" Tennessee Pass, etc. Folder has 23 brilliantly, but not garishly colored photos of Colorado scenes.....
Nassau, The Bahamas: n.p., 1941. Soft cover. Original photograph & letter framed in gilt wood under glass. Photo & letter custom mounted side by side. The two documents: an original association letter (TLS - typed letter signed, 3 5/8" x 5 1/4" showing) and an original b/w - tending to.....
Witzel Studio, L.A. Soft cover. Not a book. THREE ORIGINAL BLACK & WHITE GLOSSY PHOTOGRAPHS of the screen actor of many Westerns. Matted & framed in a "triptych" presentation in one frame. Showing sizes (what you see) 7 1/4" x 9 1/8" (middle photo is 7" wide). Two are portraits.....
1885. Soft cover. Not a book. Circa 1880s Frazee, Minnesota cabinet card, image 3 7/8" x 4 5/8". Albumen. Set on mat in side a "log" type frame. No glass over the photo/mat. Not photographer identified. We identify this photo as highly likely of Frazee, MN, because the tall building.....
San Francisco: Funny Foto Studio, 1940. Hardcover. Original photo in custom mat from the Funny Foto Studio in Playland at the Beach, circa 1940 (educated guess). Mat size 3 1/2" x 5 1/2". Photo showing in frame is 2 1/8" x 3". This humorous photo has a man and a......
NY: Falk, 1890. Soft cover. Original cabinet card photograph of Walter Quinton Gresham, born 1832. Gresham was elected to the Indiana Legislature in 1860, served in the Civil War (Vicksburg, Atlanta Campaign, was defeated twice of HR & once for Senate. In 1883 Pres. Arthur appointed him Postmaster General, then.....
n.p. Haynes Inc. Soft cover. Original litho colored "A" Series set of Yellowstone photos of the noted Yellowstone photographer, F. Jay Haynes in folder form & attached cover for mailing. Brilliant color, circa 1940? 18 photos postcard sized. Printed text on inside of mailing folder. Vg+.
n.p. Haynes Inc. Soft cover. Original litho colored "D" Series set of Yellowstone photos of the noted Yellowstone photographer, F. Jay Haynes in folder form & attached cover for mailing. Brilliant color, circa 1940? 18 photos postcard sized. Printed text on inside of mailing folder. Vg+.
n.p. Centralia Publicity Committee, 1943. Soft cover. Original 8" x 10" photograph of the famous comedian, Bob Hope, on one of his USO tours, either in 1943 or 1944. Many years ago I purchased two photos in New York State attributed to a freelance photographer named Connolly. We have not.....
Detroit & Gardner: Detroit Photographic Co & H. L. Beery, 1905. Soft cover. A set of 12 chromolithographically colored post cards, unused, dated (when date printed) roughly 1904-06. Ten cards are from photographer William Henry Jackson's Detroit company, and two by H. L. Beery of Gardner, MT. Near fine condition.....
ca 1900. Keystone View Company. 1900. Soft cover. Not a book. This cowboy (wearing chaps) is working on the hind quarters of a very uncomfortable steer as his trusty hoss holds the lariat taut. Numerous bovines are waiting in the background for their turn. Back of the card gives latitude.....
Meadville, et. al. B.L. Singley & Keystone View Co., 1902. Soft cover. Not a book. Keystone View Company copyright, 1909. Posed b/w image of cowboy on horseback with looped lariat in hand, facing away from camera toward herd of cattle. Nice composition, but which cow will he rope? Vg.
Lookout Mountain, Tenn. G. T. Linn, 1910. Soft cover. Professional photo album. Nine (9) sepia photos 3 1/2" x 5 3/4". Album size 5 3/4" x 8". Gilt wearing from cover, else fine condition. Contents page lists, all present: Lookout Mountain from Chattanooga, Moccasin Bend and Lookout Mountain Battlefield, Umbrella.....
Michigan: n.p., 1920. Soft cover. Original b/w photo, 8" x 10". Group photo taken outdoors (trees in back ground) of 16 nurses all dress in white with white caps. We are presuming they are nurses. Written in pencil on the back all 16 are named. All the names are written.....
Ann Arbor: Kelley, 1890. Soft cover. Original cabinet card of a good-looking young man dressed in a nice perhaps Western style suit and bow tie, and a broad brimmed cowboy Western hat. Photography studio is Kelley, located at 6 Huron St., Ann Arbor, MI. #6 no longer exists, but is.....
Portland: Sandy's Camera Shops, 1981. Hardcover. Original photograph collection. Oblong textured simulated leather decorated hard binder 10 1/2" x 13/34", with 20 metal ring snaps. 1 page double column printed introduction. Laid in: a small plastic container of volcanic ash from Mt. St. Helen's. This is a remarkable collection of.....
n.p. various, 1930. Soft cover. Twelve old color litho post cards of American Indians. Circa 1930-40. (1) A Native Papoose (Santa Fe: Southwest Arts and Crafts). (2) Navajo Rug Weavers in Summer Type Hogan (Esther Henderson Photo). (3) Navajo Indians On Reservation (Southwest Post Card Co.). (4) Warm Meals at.....
Oregon: no publisher stated, 1910. Hardcover. This is an approximately 2 7/8" x 3" color tinted mounted glass slide showing the Columbia River somewhere along Oregon and Washington. The mount is 3 1/4" x 4". Very lovely. Circa 1910?
Oregon: no publisher stated, 1910. Hardcover. This is an approximately 2" x 2 3/4" color tinted mounted glass slide showing Mount Hood, Oregon from across a valley (not sure if part of Columbia River is in foreground). The mount is 3 1/4" x 4". Gifford, Portland, Ore., appears along the.....
n.p. unknown publisher. Soft cover. Original litho colored photos in folder form & attached cover for mailing. Brilliant color, circa 1940? 18 photos postcard sized. Printed text on inside of mailing folder. Vg+.
Salem: Pacific Photo Co., 1940. Soft cover. A nifty little set of b/w photos, slightly sepia, of scenes along the Columbia River Highway showing waterfalls and other landmarks. These little gems are each 1 3/4" x 2 3/4" and come with the original printed brown envelope. Each photo has a......