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$ 5250.00
[Whitaker, Ewen Adar] (1922-2016). Historically Significant Collection of ca. 409 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs of the Moon (Views from Space, Closer Images of the Lunar Surface and Craters), Taken by Several NASA Spacecrafts - Ranger VII (1964), Surveyor I (1965), Ranger VIII ad IX (1965), Lunar Orbiter III and IV (1967), and by Apollo 15 Mission (1971). Ca. 1960s – 1970s.
Gsell, Émile (1838-1879), Attributed to, & Others. Album with 72 Original Albumen Photos of French Colonial Cambodia, Cochinchina and Annam, Showing Angkor Wat (Western Entry Gate, Main Entrance, Central Tower, Library, Cruciform Terrace, Porticos, Inner Galleries), Angkor Thom (Entrance Gates, Bayon Temple, Phimeanakas Temple), Phnom Penh (Botanical Garden), Saigon (Chinese Firefighters in Cholon District, River Views, French Gunboats), Po Nagar Temple Tower, the Town of Rach Gia, Villages in Nha Trang and Khanh Hoa Provinces, French Explorers, Cyclists, Vietnamese Cham People, &c. Ca. 1860s-1880s-1890s.
$ 4500.00
Reserved
Historically Significant Extensive Collection of Five Albums, and Loose Gelatin Silver Photos (altogether over 680 Images), Taken and Collected by U.S. Military Men During Their Service in the Korean War and Showing Military Actions, Seoul after its Capture by the UN Forces in September 1950, Service on the Border with North Korea during the Stalemate (Chuncheon, Kapyong Headquarters, Kumhwa), a Visit of South Korean President Syngman Rhee to the Positions in Kumhwa, American Military Bases and Field Camps, Everyday Life of American Soldiers, Operations and Activities of the U.S. Air Force in Korea and Japan, Hardships of Korean Civilians, Views of Seoul, Busan, South Korean Towns, Villages and Countryside, Portraits of Families, Peasants, Artisans, &c. Ca. 1950s.
$ 3250.00
Historically Significant Album with 132 Original Gelatin Silver Amateur and Studio Photographs, Taken and Collected by a Serviceman of the Yokohama Headquarters of the Eighth U.S. Army, Showing U.S. Military Camp and Headquarters in Yokohama, the Compiler and His Fellow Servicemen, Japanese People and Girls in Western Clothes, Streets and Sites of Yokohama and Tokyo, Scenes of Atomic Destruction in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, &c.; With: An Original Blue Cloth "Air Police" Armband. Ca. 1945 – late 1940s.
$ 3250.00
Historically Significant Album with 72 Original Photos of a French Military Hospital Camp for Serbian Soldiers Recovering in Tunisia after the Great Retreat or Serbian Golgotha; the Photos Show Starved Serbian Soldiers in a Hospital at Vido Island (Greece), Their Arrival and Disembarkation at the Camp, Disinfection, Interior of Hospital Rooms, Medical Operations, Patients, Doctors and Nurses, Recovering Soldiers Dancing and Playing Musical Instruments, Official Visits and Reviews, Possibly by the Maritime Prefect of Bizerte Admiral Guépratte, Serbian Orthodox Funeral Service and Internment, Serbian Cemetery near “Sidi Yaya,” &c. Ca. 1916-1917.
$ 3250.00
[Woodbury, George Edward] (1902-1973). Historically Significant Collection of 61 Original Gelatin Silver Photos, 95 Film Negatives and Three Glass Plates, Showing the Excavation of Native American Burial Mounds on Cape Canaveral, in 1933-1934: Mounds in their Original Stage, Excavation Process, Workers and Anthropologists, Unearthed Remains Identified by Numbers. Ca. 1933-1934.
$ 2950.00
Reserved
Historically Significant Album with 83 Original Gelatin Silver Photos, Illustrating the Life and Work of a Young Chinese American Graduate of the “Curtiss-Wright Technical Institute” in Los Angeles and Showing the Compiler and His Friends next to Planes, in Workshops, with their Cars, Partying on Los Angeles Beaches, Their Families and Girlfriends, &c. Ca. 1929 – early 1930s.
$ 2500.00
[Simms, H. W.] Album of 79 Albumen and Gelatin Silver Photographs Showing Saint Helena (Jamestown, Breakneck Valley, Sandy Bay, Plantation House, Longwood House, etc.) and Ascension Island (Georgetown, Green Mountain), the HMS Sparrow and its Officers and Crew, Group Portrait of the Members of the 1892 “Gambia Expedition,” West Africa (Fernado Po, Annobón, Sierra Leone), Jamaica after the 1907 Earthquake (Kingston, Port Royal), etc. Ca. 1890s, 1907.
$ 2500.00
[Arndt, Max E., Dr.] Historically Significant Album with 110 Original Gelatin Silver Photos, Compiled by a German Engineer, Including 87 Images Taken during His Work in Elisabethville, Belgian Congo (now Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo) and Showing Railway Construction, First Buildings of Elisabethville (Railway Station, Radio Station, Governor’s House, “my house,” “Bucherie, W. Ulmann,” “Carlton Hotel”), Facilities of the Etoile du Congo Copper Mines, Local European Residents, Congolese People, &c.; With Photos of His Work on Repair of Infrastructure in Belgium, Occupied by Germany, in 1914. Ca. 1911-1912, 1914-1915.
$ 1750.00
Helsel Photo (fl. ca. 1940s); Ordway Photo (fl. ca. 1930s). Album of 123 Gelatin Silver Photographs Showing Naval Air Base Kodiak (Planes on Tarmac and in Hangar, Control Room and USO Show Audience in Base Theatres, Building Exteriors, Portraits of Sailors), Kodiak (Local Businesses, the Harbour, etc.), and Landscapes of Surroundings. Ca. 1940s.
Album of 450 Original and Studio Gelatin Silver and Platinum Photographs Showing French Troops in Algeria and Morocco During the Early Years of the Conquest of Morocco, Including Military Activity (Battle of Menabha, Oran Military Hospital, Reconnaissance, Reviews, and Camps), the Cities of Béchar (Algeria), Boudenib, Ain Chair, and Takoumit (Morocco), and Portraits and Snapshots of Indigenous Algerians and Moroccans. Ca. 1900s-1910s.
$ 2500.00
Interesting Album with 233 Original Mounted and Loosely Inserted Gelatin Silver Photos, Including 112 Images of Bermuda, Showing St. George’s (St. Peter’s Church and Clock Tower, Salvation Army Church, Stewart Hall, Harbour, Streets), Hamilton (Princess Hotel, Wharf), Private Residences, Roads, Local People, &c.; The Album is Titled: Bermuda. 1906. Ca. 1900s.
$ 3250.00
Album with 110 Original Large Gelatin Silver Photos, Illustrating the Second Annual American Express Cruise to South America and Showing Havana, Panama Canal and Panama City, Lima, Mollendo, Tacna, Arica, Antofagasta, Valparaiso, Santiago, Rio Blanco, Trains of Ferrocarril Transandino Chile, Buenos Aires, Petropolis, Santos, Sao Paolo, Rio de Janeiro, Bridgetown, Scenes of Crossing the Equator Celebration on Board the S.S. “Ebro”, &c.; the Album is Titled:] American Express Tour in South America.
$ 2750.00
[Hinchman, Edward E., Captain]. Historically Significant Album with over 360 Original Gelatin Silver Snapshot and Studio Photos and Real Photo Postcards, Taken and Collected by E.E. Hinchman, Captain of Company F, 5th Infantry Regiment, National Guard of California, With a Detailed Documentation of Company F’s Training in the Keddie Camp (Feather River Canyon, Plumas Co., Northern California) in 1917, Showing the Camp, Company’s Officers and Recruits (Many Identified), Nearby Keddie Town, Feather River Inn, Lake Almanor, &c.; Also 5th Infantry Regiment’s Camps in Nogales (Arizona), Sacramento, Fort Mason (San Francisco), and Camp Kearney (San Diego); With Studio Images of Actions on the Western Front of WW1 and Photos of Family and Friends. Ca. 1916-1917, 1920s.
$ 2500.00
Reserved
Extensive Collection of 14 Original Gelatin Silver Photos and 87 Phototypes of Imperial China and Its People, Showing the Sites of Beijing, Hong Kong, Guangzhou, Shanghai, Tianjin, Nanjing, Wuhan, Yichang Gorge, Yangtze River Rapids, Portraits of Prince Gong, Chinese Statesman Li Hongchang, “Jui-Lin, Governor General,” “Chinese Coal Miners,” Peasants, Beggars, Boatsmen, Musicians, Buddhist Priests, a Painter, a Barber at Work, a Cotton Spinner, a Weaver, “Tientsin men,” Families, Children, People Looking inside a Magic Lantern, a “Mendicant Priest,” a “Manchu Soldier,” a Firewood Carrier in Sichuan, &c. Ca. 1890s-1900s.
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.
Historically Interesting Private Album with 239 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs of a Wealthy German Family in Beijing, Showing Western Children at a Fascist Youth Camp, Christmas Celebrations at a Local German School, Buildings with Fascist Flags, Chinese Nannies and Coolies, and Beijing Streets; also with the Photos of the Compiler’s Family with Other High-Profile Europeans, Miaofeng Mountain, and Tan Zhe Si. Ca. 1920s-1930s.
$ 2250.00
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.
$ 2500.00
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.
$ 2250.00
Zangaki brothers (fl. ca. 1880s-1890s); Beato, Antonio (-1906); Arnoux, Hippolyte (fl. ca.1860s-1900); Maison Bonfils (fl. ca. 1860s-1939); Sebah, Jean (1872-1947); Maison Fiorillo (fl. ca. 1870s-1915). Album of 74 Albumen Studio Photographs of Egyptian Cities (Cairo, Luxor, Alexandria, Tell el-Kebir), the Suez Canal (Suez, Port Said, Construction of the Canal, Suez Company Offices), Portraits of Locals (Nubians, Merchants, Vendors, Street Scenes, etc.), and Ancient Sites (Pyramids of Giza, Karnak Temple, Philae Temple Complex). Ca. 1880s-1890s.
$ 2500.00
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Bourne & Shepherd; Paar, T[heodore] H. (fl. ca. 1890s); Kaufluss, Ernst August (1861-1908); Lambert, Gustave Richard (1846-1907). Album with 42 Original Albumen and Gelatin Silver Studio Photos, Showing Agra (Delhi Gate of Agra Fort, Diwan-i-Am, Taj Mahal), Delhi Durbar of 1903 (Official Procession, Viceroy’s Howdah Carriage), Central Police Station in Singapore, Views and Portraits from Darjeeling, Portraits of Malay, Dayak and East-Indian People, &c. Ca. 1890s-1900s.
Interesting Album with 105 Original Gelatin Silver Snapshot Photos of Jamaica (Kingston Streets and Residences, Pier of the “Standard Fruit and Steamship Company,” Road Sign of the Hardwar Gap in the Blue Mountains), Haiti (Port-au-Prince, Interior of Catholic Cathedral, Sans-Souci Palace, Citadelle Laferrière) and Atlantic Colombia (Port with a Pier and Plane Hangar, Coastal Villages, a Road Sign to Tubara, Portraits of the Locals, &c.). Ca. 1937.
Fallon, J. H. Album of 99 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs Documenting a Cruise to Panama (Construction of Panama Canal and Railroad, Workers’ Lodgings, Panama Railroad Company’s Pier 4, Native Panamanian Huts), Cuba (Jose Marti Monument in Parque Central, Mausoleum of the Firefighters, Havana Streets), and Jamaica (Kingston Streets) Titled: Cruise 1912 – Cuba, Panama, Jamaica. Ca. 1912.
$ 3250.00
Collection of Two Albums with 248 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs and 144 Real Photo Postcards Showing Japan, Including Tokyo (Ōmori, Ueno Park, Tsukiji, Street Scenes, Portraits of Locals), Hakone Hot Springs, Karuizawa, Mt. Asama, Gotemba, Shrines and Temples, Countryside Views, Portraits of Geisha, etc. Ca. 1919-1920.
Logan, F.R. (fl. ca. 1930s). Album of 40 Gelatin Silver Studio Photographs Showing Edward, Prince of Wales on a Early Automobile Safari through Kenya, Uganda, Congo, Sudan, etc. in 1930 Featuring a Convoy of Wolseley Cars. Ca. 1930.
$ 6500.00
[Stephens, George John Frederick] (1873-1966). Historically Significant Extensive Archive of an Early Klondike Gold Miner and Enthusiast Photographer, George Stephens; the Archive includes Over 220 Original Gelatin Silver Photos and Twenty-Six Amateur Real Photo Postcards, Showing the Site, Premises and Operations on the No. 11 Mining Camp on Eureka Creek (where Stephens was a Partner), His Business Partner and Klondike Pioneer Charles Fraser Hill and Fellow Miners (Martin Pekoe, John Martin, Geo. A. Philbrook, Albert McDonald, Ove Knudsen, Jonas Smith, Gus Wikstrom, Edward Lund and Many Others); Other Mining Camps in the Klondike Goldfields and Surrounding Scenery, Klondike Mines Railway, Dawson City, the Town of Grand Forks (Demolished in 1921), Indian River Bridge, Fishing and Hunting Scenes, &c.; With Two Business Cards of Charles Hill, Period Newspaper Clippings and Ephemera. Ca. 1900s. – early 1920s.
$ 3500.00
[Bartet, Albéric Joseph Alfred Louis] (1871-1968); Maison Bonfils (1867-1909); English Photo Co. & others. Historically Significant Album with over 280 Original Studio and Amateur Photos and Collotypes, Over 60 Printed Postcards, Magazine and Book Clippings and Ephemera, Documenting A. Bartet’s Service as a Naval Doctor on board the French Cruiser “Pothuau” in the Mediterranean in 1901-1902 and Showing Negotiations with the Moroccan Ambassador Si Abdel Kerim ben Sliman, Capture and Occupation of Turkish Customs House in Mytilene (Lesbos Island), French Naval Ships, “Pothuau” Officers, Views, Scenes and Portraits from Turkey, Lebanon, Israel, Greece, Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria, &c.; The Album is Titled:] Souvenir du Levant; Le Conflit Franco-Turc, Envoi de la division du Contre-amiral Caillard à Mithylène, Occupation de la Douane Séjour à Syra (Cyclades), November 1901; Vingt-quatre Heures a Tanger avec une division navale Russe, 10 Avril 1902. Ca. 1880s-1890s, 1901-1902.
$ 1250.00
Historically Interesting Album with Sixty-Four Original Gelatin Silver Photographs of Lithuania, Mostly Kaunas, Showing Local Landmarks (Historical Presidential Palace, Church of St. Michael, Holy Cross & Pazaislis, Town Hall, Lithuanian Air Force Headquarters, Kaunas Castle, Maironis Lithuanian Literature Museum, War Museum, and Art Museum & School Palace), Hotels (Vesbutis), Shops (S. Kacenelbogenas, Manufaktūros, Automatas), Bridges (Petras Veleisis Bridge), Avenues (Laisves Aleja) and Streets (Daukantas, Luksio, Carmelitu, etc.), and Scenes from a Local Market; also with the Photos of Train Depots in Meskuciai and Joniskis Villages. Ca. 1930s.
$ 2250.00
Graham Photo Company. Album with 36 Original Gelatin Silver Studio Photographs, Showing Los Angeles (Figueroa Street, a Street in St. James Park, House of Harrison Gray Otis), Pasadena (Orange Grove Avenue, Raymond Hotel, Mansions of William C. Stuart and Charles Richardson), Arcadia (Baldwin’s Ranch), Altadena (House of Colonel George G. Green), Redlands (Brookside Avenue, House of Albert C. Burrage), Riverside (Magnolia Avenue), San Gabriel, a Portrait of Actress Helena Modjeska in her “Arden Forest” House near Silverado, a Scene at an Ostrich Farm, &c. Ca. 1900s.
$ 1250.00
Buchanan, William Insco (1853-1909). Attractive Collection of Eighteen Albumen, Gelatin Silver and Autochrome Studio and Amateur Photos of Moscow and Saint Petersburg, Collected and Taken by an American Diplomat William I. Buchanan during His Trip to Russia in Summer-Autumn 1909. Ca. 1900s.
$ 1500.00
Collection of 96 Loose Gelatin Silver Photographs Showing Panama, Including US Army Air Base France Field (Airplanes on Tarmac, Base Headquarters, Base Chapel, Bachelors’ Quarters, “France Field Exchange,” Group Portraits of Officers), Colón (Balboa Avenue, Washington Hotel, Municipal Palace), Cristóbal (High School, Fire Station, Union Church, Christ Church by the Sea), Street Scenes, etc. Ca. 1945.
$ 1500.00
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Album of 37 Gelatin Silver Photographs Showing Patagonia and the Strait of Magellan, Including Punta Arenas, Ushuaia, Rio Gallegos and Monte Sarmiento, Cockburn Channel, Beagle Channel, Lago del Toro, Mount Balmaceda, Sheep Farming, and Ethnographic Portraits of the Selk’nam (Ona) People, etc. Ca. 1920s.
$ 2750.00
Album with 130 Original Photos of the 1939-1940 Soviet Oil Exploration Expedition to Nordvik Bay, Showing the Expedition Base Camp (General View, Bathhouse, etc.), Construction Works (Rotor No 2), Team Members (Including the Compiler and his Wife), Equipment (Boiler Room, Rotor Drilling Rig, Oil Drilling Rigs, etc.), and Infrastructure (Meteorological Station, Tankette, etc.); also, with the Photos of a Local Fire, Funeral of Deceased Explorers, Rallies, and Native Yakuts; titled: Alʹbom dlya malyuvannya [Album for Drawing]. Ca. 1939-1940.
$ 3250.00
[Burton, F.] Album of 143 Original Amateur and Studio Albumen and Gelatin Silver Photographs of Cape Colony, Showing Cape Town (House of Parliament, the Original St. George’s Cathedral, Adderley Street, the Castle of Good Hope), Suburbs of Cape Town (Claremont, Newlands, Tokai, Muizenberg, Simon’s Town, Kalk Bay, etc.), and Environs (Table Mountain, Lion’s Head, Cango Caves, Knysna Forest, etc.). Ca. 1897-1902.
$ 2750.00
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.
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.
$ 2500.00
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.
$ 4500.00
[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.
$ 2500.00
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.
