Collection of 75 Loose Original Gelatin Silver Photographs, Showing the Destruction in Santa Barbara and Environs after the Earthquake on June 29, 1925.
Collection of Thirty-Eight Original Gelatin Silver Photos of California, Taken during a Honeymoon Trip by a Pharmacist from Orange City (Ca), Showing Los Angeles and its Environs (San Juan Capistrano Chapel, the County Jail, the Court House in Santa Ana; the Port of San Pedro; Busch’s Gardens in Pasadena, a Powerhouse & Mountain Cabin in San Gabriel Canyon, a Steamer Entering Avalon, etc.), the Former Mining Town of Placerville (Train Passing through the Tehachapi Loop & Early Logging Operations), Santa Barbara (Santa Barbara Mission & Santa Ynez Valley), San Diego (Horticultural Building & Children’s Swimming Pool), etc. Ca. 1913.
Interesting Album with ca. 260 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs of the Caribbean, Taken and Collected during a Cruise of S.S. “Moltke” with Amateur Snapshot and Studio Photos of Destruction of St. Pierre (Martinique) after the Eruption of Mount Pelee in May 1902, and Lively Views of Havana (Cuba), Charlotte Amalie (Saint Thomas), San Juan (Puerto Rico), Fort-de-France (Martinique), Nassau (Bahamas), Portraits of the Locals and Tourists, &c. Ca. early 1910s.
Album with 106 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs, Documenting an Early Travel up the Congo and Ubangi Rivers to Fort Crampel in French Congo (now Kaga-Bandoro, Central African Republic) and Showing Boma, Matadi, Bangui, Ibenga Village, Ubangi, Nana and Chari Rivers, Fort Crampel, French Fortifications, a Hotchkiss Gun, Bush Camps during the Suppression of Local Tribes, Village Scenes, Portraits of Bondjo (Ekonda), M’Bres, M’Gaos and Ouham People, Members of Native Militia, a Doctor Pulling a Teeth, a Local Chief, &c. Ca. 1900s-1910s.
[Ezra, Alfred] (1872-1955). Album with 78 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs of Mostly Central Asia, Taken During an Overland Travel from India to England and Showing Srinagar (Khanqah-e-Moula Mosque, Hindu Raghunath Temple, Sher Garhi Palace), Kashgar (Afaq Khoja Mausoleum), Fort Verny (Almaty), Pamir Mountains, Scenes of the Party Crossing Mountains and Rivers, Portraits of Central Asian Tribesmen, a Chinese Elder, Criminals with Their Heads Locked in Pillories, Street and Market Scenes, &c. Ca. 1904.
[Panov, Ivan Nikolayevch] & Others. Collection of Thirty-Eight Original Gelatin Silver Photographs of Soviet Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan, Showing Ashgabat before the 1948 Earthquake, the Ruins of Merv, Tashkent, Andijan, Bukhara, Przhevalsk, Koisara Resort on Lake Issyk-Kul, Portraits of Local Carpet Sellers, Families, Baloch People, &c. Ca. 1928-1930 (with several later imprints, possibly made in the 1950s).
Leblanc, Félix (active ca. 1865-1910s) & others. Album of 14 Albumen Studio Photographs of Chile, Showing Valparaíso, Santiago, the Magellan Strait, and the Andes. Ca. 1891-1893.
Album with Forty-One Albumen Photos of China, Mostly of Hong Kong (Victoria Peak, Hotel and Tramway, the Public Garden, Praya Waterfront, City Hall, Catholic Cathedral of Immaculate Conception, “Leeung Ma Temple,” Queen’s Road, Racetrack, “Recreation Club,” “Water Police Station,” &c.); With Three Views of Canton (Guangzhou) and One Image of a Consul’s House in Formosa (Taiwan). Ca. 1890s.
Collection of 79 Loose Original and Studio Gelatin Silver Photographs Showing Beijing, Including the Forbidden City, Temple of Heaven, Great Wall of China, Summer Palace (Marble Boat), Yonghe Temple, the Beijing Guozijian, Beijing City Fortifications, Miaoying Temple, Zhenjue Temple, Beihai Park (Nine-Dragon Wall), Peking Union Medical College, Street Scenes, and Portraits of Vendors, etc. Ca. 1946-1947.
Album with ca. 296 Original Gelatin Silver Photos of China and the Philippines, Showing Qingdao, Mount Lao Valley, Hong Kong, Beijing, the Great Wall of China, Manila, Olongapo Naval Station, Ships and Military Exercise of the U.S. Naval Battle Force, Admiral Harris Laning, American Enlisted Sailors, Chinese Policemen, Passers-By, Families, Beggars, &c., Titled: James A. Smith Tsingtao. China. Ca. 1930s.
Interesting Collection of Twelve Original Gelatin Silver Photos of Shanghai, Showing Longhua Temple Pagoda, Willow Patern Tea House and Nine Curve Bridge, Several Views of the Bund (Street View with the Original Building of the Shanghai Club, Bandstand in the Bund Public Garden, Various Parts of Bund Riverfront), &c. Ca. 1900s.
Collection of Twenty-one Large Albumen Photographs of Classic Period Sights in Greece with Eighteen Taken in Athens with an Emphasis on the Acropolis Including Photos of the Parthenon, Olympieion, Erechtheion, Theater and the Temple of Athena Nike. Ca. 1890.
Album of 48 Original Gelatin Silver Snapshot Photographs of a Hunting Trip in the Colorado Rocky Mountains, Including Campsites, Their Horses and Carriage, a Rural Post Office, and Hotel Colorado Titled: Off for the Rockies – Two Spike Club 1901
Robertson, James (1813-1888); Beato, Felice (1832-1909), attributed to. Collection of Six Loose Salt Paper Prints, Showing Sevastopol and Environs During the Crimean War and in the Aftermath of the Capture of the Malakhov/Malakoff Redoubt on September 8, 1855. Ca. 1855-1856.
Album with 394 Original Amateur Gelatin Silver Studio Photographs of Ecuador, Showing Rio Napo, Coastal and Riverside Villages, Snow-Capped Mountains (most likely, Cotopaxi), Cattle Ranches, Banana and Papaya Plantations, a Bullfight in Quito, a Pottery Workshop, Market Stalls, “Handicraft/ Art-Workshop, Arturo Kiewe,” “Hotel de Palace,” “Pension Federico,” Scenes of Transportation and Installation of a Tank, Possibly for a Brewery, Portraits of German Residents, Ecuadorian Mule Drivers, Loaders Carrying Wooden Casks, a Show Polisher, Children at a street Christmas Celebration, Native Species of Mammals, Birds and Turtles, &c. Ca. 1950s.
Beato, Antonio (after 1832 – 1906; active 1862- ca. 1900); Sébah, Pascal (1823-1886); Rae, Gray Kynoch Leathart “Bino” (1887-1947). Two Albums with 144 Original Albumen and Gelatin Silver Photographs, Documenting a Nile River Cruise and a Trip to the Holy Land in 1908, and Showing Ancient Temples and Sites of the Upper and Lower Egypt, River Nile and Boats, Al-Azhar Mosque in Cairo, Edinburgh Medical Mission in Damascus, and Several Locations of the Holy Land (Nazareth, River Jordan, Capernaum, Tiberias, the Sea of Galilee, &c.); the Albums are Titled: I. The Second Cataract to Karnak; II. Karnak to Syria & Constantinople. Albums: ca. 1908; most studio photos: ca. 1880s-1890s.
Hammerschmidt, Wilhelm (ca. 1830 - d. 1869); Désiré, Ermé (fl. ca. 1864-1885); Royer & Aufiére (fl. ca. 1860s), Délié, Hippolyte (fl ca. 1860-1880s), De Michele, Luigi/Fotografia Egiziana (fl. ca. 1850-1890), Neurdein, Étienne (fl. ca. 1870s-1900s), Deplanque, Jules, & Others. Album of Sixty Early Original Carte-de-visite Albumen Photographs of Egypt - Mostly Portraits of the Locals (Water Carriers, Musicians, “Bedouins from Giza,” Camel, Oxen and Donkey Riders, Sellers of Oranges or Sugar Canes, a Beggar, a Barber and His Client, a “Tobacco Cutter,” lsmail Pasha, Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt, Arab and Nubian Women with Water Jugs, Smoking Hookah, Posing in Traditional Dress, with Covered Faces, and Others), Also Views of Cairo (Muhammad Ali Mosque, Mosque of Qani-Bay, “Houses of Copts,” &c.), Suez Canal, Pompey’s Pillar, &c. Ca. 1860s.-1880s.
Hammerschmidt, Wilhelm (ca. 1830 - d. 1869), Maison Bonfils (1867-1909), and others. Album with Twenty-One Original Albumen Photos of the Ancient Temples of Egypt (Djoser Pyramid in Saqqara, Temples in Dendera, Karnak, Luxor, Abu Simbel, Philae Island), Nile’s First Cataract, Tombs of the Califs and Sultan Hassan Mosque in Cairo, the Bacchus Temple in Baalbec, Wailing Wall in Jerusalem, the Valley of Josaphat, and others, Titled: Documents Archéologiques sur la Egypte. Nubie. Syrie. P. Verdier de Latour, 1875. Ca. 1870s.
Collection of Twenty Early Original Albumen Stereoview Photographs of Egypt, Showing Cairo, Ancient Egyptian Temples and Sites along the Nile and Suez Canal Under Construction. Ca. 1860s.
Zangaki Brothers (ca. 1880s-1890s); Beato, Antonio (-1906); Maison Bonfils (1867-1939); Sébah, Pascal (1823-1886); Sébah, Johannes Pascal (1872-1947); Arnoux, Hippolyte (active ca. 1860s-1900); Lékegian, G. (active ca. 1887-1925); Fiorillo, Luigi (active ca. 1870s-1890); Maison Garrigues (active ca. 1870s-1911); Neurdien Fréres (active ca. 1870s-); Perdis, P. (active ca. 1890s-1905); & others. Album of 139 Albumen Studio Photographs of Egyptian Cities (Cairo, Alexandria, Port Said), the Suez Canal, and Egyptian Temples (Philae, Dendera, Luxor, Karnak, Wadi es-Sabua, Edfu), etc. Ca. 1870s-1890s.
Zangaki Brothers (ca. 1880s-1890s); Sébah, Johannes Pascal (1872-1947); Sébah, Pascal (1823-1886); Beato, Antonio (-1906); Schroeder & Cie (active ca. 1870s-1890s); Béchard, H. (active ca. 1870s-1880s); & others. Album of 78 Albumen Studio Photographs of Ancient Egyptian Temples and Their Bas-Reliefs. Ca. 1890s.
Collection of Sixty-Nine Early Original Albumen Stereoview Photographs of Egypt, Showing the Alexandria Waterworks and Kom Ad Dikah Neighbourhood, Almost Certainly Taken by European Associates of the Waterworks and Their Servants, Views of Cairo, and Ancient Egyptian Temples and Sites along the Nile. 1863-4.