Skeen & Co (ca. 1860s-1920s) & others. Album of 12 Albumen Studio Photographs of Colombo, Showing Its Harbour and Breakwater, Chatham Street, Mount Lavinia, Kelani River Pontoon Bridge, a Hindu Temple, a Religious Procession, etc. Ca. 1890s.
Album with 56 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs, Showing British Rubber and Tea Plantations in the Kelani Valley, Sri Lanka, Including the Kiriporuwa Estate of the “Nagolle Rubber and Tea Plantations Ltd.” and Halpe Estate of the “Ceylon Rubber Co. Ltd.,” Their Managers, Native Workers, Rubber Harvesting Operations, &c. 1913-1914.
Historically Interesting Private Album with 314 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs, Likely Depicting the Daily Life of a Middle-Class Family in St. Louis, Missouri, During and After the 1918 Influenza Pandemic; titled: “Photographs”. Ca. 1917-1920s.
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 Twenty-four Original Gelatin Silver Photos Documenting the 1919 Voyage of S.S. Boveric Through the Strait of Magellan Starting in the South Atlantic and Ending in Iquique, Chile. September - October 1919.
[Baker, Charles]. Historically Significant Album with 31 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs of the Arrival of One of the First Royal Air Force Fairey III F. Floatplanes to the 47th Squadron in Khartoum in 1929, As Well as Images from the 1929 RAF Cairo-Cape Flight, Titled: Fairey III F. Aircraft at Khartoum, February 1929. Ca. 1929.
Historically Significant Album with 171 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs, Taken and Collected by a German Doctor, Who Worked for the Bethel Evangelical Mission in the British Tanganyika Territory in the 1930s, Showing Tanga (Monument to Fallen German Soldiers, “Yakobo Ngombe […?], pastor in Tanga”), Mlalo (Church and Guest House), Bumbuli (Hospital, Clinic, Patients, Nurses), Vuga (Mission House and “Pastor Steiss”), Kamachumu (Church Construction and Consecration, Patients and Nurses), Kagera River, Lake Victoria, Bukoba Harbour, Tutsi People, Lupembe (Mission House, German School), Kidugala (Mission House), Ilembula (Synod Meeting in the Lutheran Church), Dar es Salaam, the Compiler Distributing Medicine in a Village, &c. Ca. early 1930s.
[Hill, James, Attributed to] (Ca. 1836-1881). Historically Significant Pre-Civil War Letter by a Pioneer Gilmer Businessman, Discussing the 1857 Congressional Elections in Texas, the Recent Debates between Democrat Candidate J. Reagan and Know-Nothing Candidate L. Evans, and Revealing Democratic Party Allegiance Despite Personal Sympathy for Evans. Gilmer, Texas: 16 July 1857.
Original Autograph Manuscript Letter Written by German Immigrant Mother and Daughter in Early Fredericksburg, Texas, with Observations on Pioneer Life of Children and the California Gold Rush. [Fredericksburg], Texas: 20 June 1850.
A Historically Interesting Original Letter by an Early Texas Resident, Reporting a Horse Theft by Shawnees in the Frontier Town of Preston, Grayson County, TX, and Asking Col. Arthur Upshaw, an Indian Agent and Former Superintendent of Indian Removal, to Help Recover the Lost Property “Without Trouble and Difficulties.” Preston, Grayson County (Texas): Ca. 1846-1850.
Postlewaite, Margaret Alice (ca. 1871-1955). Album with Ninety-Eight Original Gelatin Silver Photographs of an Early Cruise from New York to the Black Sea & the Mediterranean, Showing Constantinople (Istanbul), Trebizond (Trabzon), Tiflis (Tbilisi), Sebastopol, Yalta, and Odessa; also with the Photographs of Madeira, Gibraltar, Algiers, Palermo, Nice, Genoa, and Contrexéville; titled: Margot Alice Postlewaite Views Taken on our Two Months Trip on the Prinzessin Victoria Luise. Leaving New York Wednesday, March 12th 1902. Ca. 1902.
Historically Interesting Album with Ninety-Six Original Gelatin Photographs of an Early Cruise from Marseille through the Mediterranean and along the Nile River, Showing Lebanon (Beirut and Sidon), Palestine (Haifa), Syria (Hama and Aleppo), Sudan (the Newly-Established City of Kosti), and Egypt (Luxor); also, with the Photos of Marseille, Pompeii, Izmir, and Istanbul; titled: “En Orient.” Ca. 1900.
Schmidt, Yakov Ivanovich (Isaak Jakob) (1779-1847). Tibetsko-Russky Slovar c Prisovokuplyeniyem Alfavitnogo Spiska [Tibetan-Russian Dictionary with Addition of the Alphabetic List [of Russian Words]. St. Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences, 1843.
Danford, Charles George (fl. 1870s-1890s). Collection of Twenty-Seven Original Watercolour Views of Dalmatia and Transylvania, Modern Croatia and Romania. Ca. 1870s.
Lindsey, Lilah (1860-1943); Lindsey, Lee (1845-1920). Original Handwritten and Notary Certified Deed of the Early Sale of a Town Lot in Tulsa, Indian Territory, Signed by Lilah Lindsey, a Pioneer Muscogee Women’s Activist, and Her Husband Col. Lee Lindsey. Tulsa, Indian Territory: 31 October 1899.
Reade, Sir Thomas (1785-1849). Official Decree by the Bey of Tunis Appointing George William Crowe His Plenipotentiary in Order to Compile a Treaty of Friendship and Commerce with the City of Hamburg; With: Separate Document Containing the Italian Translation of the Decree Signed by Hassuna Morali, First Interpreter of the Court of Basha Bey of Tunis; Both Documents are Certified as Genuine by the British Consul General, Sir Thomas Reade (on verso of the leaf with the Italian text). Two documents, both Tunis, 1828.
Historically Significant Album with 97 Original Gelatin Silver Vernacular Photographs, Taken by French Travellers in Tunisia, Showing Tunis (Al-Zaytuna Mosque and Minaret, French Gate, Cathedral of Saint Vincent de Paul, Hotel Eymon, Medina), Saint Louis Cathedral in Carthage, Chapel Saint-Louis de Carthage, Borj Cedria (School, Mansion of Paul Potin, Winery), Kairouan (Great Mosque, Tunis Gate, Street Views), Sousse (Port, General and Street Views), Bedouins, &c. Ca. 1900s – early 1910s.
Maison Garrigues (fl. ca. 1870s-1911); Soler, F. (fl. ca. 1892-1930). Album of 92 Albumen Studio and Amateur Photographs of Tunis and Environs, Including Carthage, La Goulette, Le Bardo; Portraits of Tunisians, etc. Ca. 1890s-1910s.
Hammer-Purgstall, Joseph Freiherr von (1774-1856). [Autograph Letter in Secretarial Hand Signed by Hammer-Purgstall to “Charles Fellows, Esquire” Regarding the Latter’s Book. Vienna, 12 January 1841.
Rubellin Père Et Fils (fl. ca. 1880s-1890s); Lind, Jules (fl. ca. 1890s-1910s). Interesting Collection of Eight Early Original Albumen Studio Photos and One Gelatin Silver Photo of Turkey, Showing Smyrna/Izmir, One of the Gates to the Yedikule Fortress in Istanbul and a Scene with a River, a Grove of Poplar Trees and Distant Waterfalls. Ca. 1880s-1890s.
Leroux, Alexandre (1836-1912); Rhomaïdès Frères (fl. ca. 1868-1910s); Neurdien Frères (fl. ca. 1850s-1900s). Album of 93 Original Studio and Amateur Gelatin Silver Photographs Showing Countries in the Mediterranean, Including Greece (Acropolis of Athens, Mycenae, Panorama of Nafplio), and Turkey (Izmir, Ephesus, Honaz), and Algeria (Algiers, Biskra, Roman Ruins, Portraits of Algerians), etc. Ca. 1890s-1900s.
Album of 173 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs Showing Greece, Including Athens (the Acropolis, Temple of Olympian Zeus, Church of Panagia Kapnikarea, Royal Palace, Kerameikos, Street Scenes), Sparta (Street Scenes), Meteora Monasteries, Temple of Hera Olympia, Temple of Apollo Delphi, Delos, Knossos; Turkey, Including Istanbul and Smyrna, etc. Ca. 1910-1912.
Berggren, Guillaume (1835-1920); Abdullah Frères (active ca. 1858-1899); Sebah & Joailler (1888-1908) & Others. Album with 65 Original Albumen Photographs of Ottoman Istanbul and Its People. Ca. 1890s.
Ames, Sullivan Dorr (1840-1880), Lieutenant Commander, Executive Officer of U.S.S. Constellation. Historically Significant Original Letter Book, Assembled by the Executive Officer of the U.S.S. “Constellation,” Sullivan Dorr Ames, and Documenting the Preparations for her First Cruise along the East Coast of the United States and Canada, As a Training Ship for the Midshipmen of the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, in the Summer of 1871; WITH: Three Notebooks with Lections of Nautical Astronomy and Naval Tactics, Recorded by S.D. Ames during his Studies at the U.S. Naval Academy, 1856-1860. Letter book: ca. 1871.
Album with Eight Original Albumen Photos Documenting the Svyatohirsk Lavra a Few Years before its Closure by the Soviet Authorities; with Rare Photos of the Now-Destroyed Arsenius Skete and the Holy Gate.; titled: Vidy Uspenskoy Svyatogorskoy Pustyni [Views of the Holy Mountains Pustyn of the Holy Dormition. Ca. early-1900s.
Nixon, Joseph (ca. 1824-1892). Historically Important Original Letter Signed by Joseph Nixon, a Pioneer Hotel Owner in Oregon Territory, and Addressed to Daniel Hubbard, an Early Farmer from Washington Territory, Discussing the Nearing Completion of the Famous Umatilla Hotel in the Dalles, Two Successful Balls Held in Celebration of its Upcoming Opening, and News of the Fraser River Gold Rush. The Dalles, Oregon Territory: 12 September 1858.
[Kingsly, Colonel; McNamee, William]. Original Manuscript Bond Regarding a Sale of a “Pack Train” to Run Along the Oregon Trail Between Either Umatilla or Dalles City (Or) and Idaho City (Id) During the “Packing Season” of 1865. [Oregon, 1865].
Historically Significant Album with 100 Original Gelatin Silver Amateur Photographs, Documenting Construction of Cast Iron Metallurgical Factories on the Vishera River and Its Tributaries (Kama River Basin, Eastern Urals), belonging to the French-Owned Volga-Vishera Mining and Metallurgical Joint-Stock Company or Société Minière et Métallurgique Volga-Vichéra, Titled: Vizhaika – Kutim, Vels – Chuvalsk. Reka Vishera i Zavody Obschestva “Volga-Vishera.” Vyaika – Koutime. Velce – Tchouvalsk. La Vichéra et les Usines de la Société «Volga-Vishera». Ca. 1890s – early 1900s.
Reconnaissance of the Western Coast of the United States (Northern Sheet) From Umpquah River to the Boundary, by the Hydrographic Party under the command of Lieut. James Alden U.S.N. Assistant. Geographical positions by G. Davidson, Assistant / J. # 7. U.S. Coast Survey. A.D. Bache Superintendent.
Collection of 14 Real Photo Postcards of a Equatorial Line-Crossing Ceremony, Showing Crew Members in Costume as King Neptune and His Retinue, Ceremony Rituals (“Equatorial Baptism,” Being Sprayed in the Face), and Officers and Sailors in Uniform. Ca. 1920s.
Album with 66 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs and Cyanotypes of Utah, Showing Salt Lake City (South Temple Street, Downtown, LDS Business College, Tabernacle), Mining Industrial Facilities, Surveyors, Native Americans, Homesteaders, &c. Ca. 1900s.
[Great Game: Khanate of Kokand] Nazarov, F.M. Zapiski o nekotorykh narodakh i zemliakh srednei chasti Azii Filippa Nazarova, otdel’nogo Sibirskogo korpusa perevodchika, posylannogo v Kokant v 1813 i 1814 godakh [i.e. Notes on People and Lands in the Central Part of Asia by Filipp Nazarov, a Translator of the Special Siberian Corps Who was sent to Kokand in 1813 and 1814]. St. Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences, 1821.
Bornas, Aug[ust?]. Album of Ten Original Pen and Wash Sketches of Military Fortifications, Villages and Mountainous Views of Tonkin (North Vietnam) Taken by a Participant of the French Military Campaign on Pacification of Tonkin (1886-1896). Ca. 1891.
[Ross, George Olen, Colonel, G-5 III MAF Headquarters] (1920-1994). Extensive Private Archive of Over 420 Mounted and Loose Gelatin Silver Photos (Including over a Hundred Panoramas) taken and Collected by Colonel George O. Ross During His Service in the Headquarters of the III Marine Amphibious Force, Da Nang, in the Vietnam War, and Showing Da Nang Military and Air Base, Numerous Military Planes and Helicopters, Commanding Officers of the III MAF at Reviews, Award Ceremonies, Dinners and Social Events, Korean and South Vietnamese Military Commanders, Open-Air Catholic Mass Led by Cardinal Francis Spellman in Vietnam, Views of Da Nang, Portraits of Vietnamese Civilians, School Children, &c.; With Eight Official Invitations to Military Ceremonies and Dinners in Da Nang. Ca. 1965-1967.
Thomas, M. Historically Important Album with Sixty-Five Gelatin Silver Photographs and One Real Photo Postcard Taken by an American Officer, “Major Thomas,” during the Allied Intervention in Vladivostok, Showing Golden Horn Bay with Allied Naval Vessels Navigating Along the Waterfront, Bustling Scenes of Svetlanskaya Street with Pedestrians in Traditional and Western Attire, and Rare Early Views of the Railway Station, and the Now-Demolished Triumphal Arch and the Church of the Intercession of the Theotokos; Also Documenting the Philippines, with Images of American Soldiers’ Quarters in Manila, Indigenous Filipinos Holding Shields, and Iconic Landmarks (the Minor Basilica and National Shrine of Saint Lorenzo Ruiz, Plaza San Lorenzo Ruiz, and a Buddhist Sculpture); titled: Scrap Book. Ca. 1919.