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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.
$ 1250.00
Album of Five Indian School Watercolour, Ink and Pencil Portraits Signed “CP,” Showing the Traditional Dress of People and Leaders in the Kingdom of Caubul [Kabul] During the Durrani Dynasty (1747-1842) Perhaps used as the Original Archetype Illustrations for Montstuart Elphinstone's, 1815 Book:] “An Account of the Kingdom of Caubul, and its Dependencies in Persia, Tartary, and India; comprising a view of the Afghaun Nation, and a history of the Doorauni Monarchy.” Ca. 1815.
$ 1500.00
Neurdein Frères (active ca. 1860s-1890s). Historically Interesting Album with Forty Original Albumen Studio Photos of French Algeria, Showing Algiers, Constantine, Tebessa, Biskra, Staouelli, Laghouat, Chiffa, and Souk Ahras. Ca. 1860s-1890s.
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.
$ 950.00
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Dimick, Essie E., née Frakes (1891-1973). Album with ca. 190 Original Gelatin Silver Snapshot Photographs and 11 Real Photo and Printed Postcards, Showing Melbourne (South Wharf, Business Sector), Samoa, Fiji (Ovalau, Rotuma, Portraits of Locals), etc. Ca. 1928-1936.
$ 2250.00
Album with One Hundred Original Vernacular Gelatin Silver Photographs of California, Showing Los Angeles and Environs (Mission San Gabriel Arcangel, Pasadena, Cawston Ostrich Farm, Deadmans Island near San Pedro, Long Beach), San Francisco (Ferry Building, Market Street, Golden Gate Park, Lands End Park), Portland (Union Railway Station, Streets, Willamette River, Washington Park), Victoria (BC Parliament Buildings, Government Street), Railway Tracks, a Swing Bridge, Port, &c. Ca. 1900.
$ 750.00
Chandler, Charles (ca. 1928-2001); Chandler, Edwin (ca. 1898-1973). Album with Thirty-Nine Original Photographs Collected by an 11-Year-Old Camper at YMCA Camp Fox on Catalina Island, Capturing Early Views, Daily Activities and Portraits of Campers Just Before WWII. Ca. 1938-1949.
$ 3250.00
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.
$ 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.
$ 1250.00
Hammerschmidt, Wilhelm (ca. 1830 - d. 1869); Maison Bonfils (1867-1909) [Attributed to]. Historically Significant Album with Twenty-Three Original Albumen Photos of Egypt, Showing the Early, Pre-Restoration Views of Ancient Landmarks in Cairo (Mosque of Sultan Hassan, Mosque of Mahmud Pasha, Tombs of Caliphs & Mamluks, Funerary complex of Sultan Qaytbay), Luxor (Temple of Khonsu, Grand colonnade of Amenophis), and Nubia (Temple of Al-Maharraqa Temples at Wadi es-Sabua, Abu Simbel Temple, Kiosk of Qertassi, Trajan’s Kiosk). Ca. 1860s.
$ 3500.00
Historically Significant Extensive Collection of Three Albums with over 200 Original Gelatin Silver Studio and Amateur Photographs, Taken and Collected by a Pilot of the Royal Air Force during His Service in the 208th (Army Cooperation) RAF Squadron, Stationed on the Ismailia Air Base near Cairo in the 1920s – early 1930s. Ca. 1920s – early 1930s.
Album of Over 130 Albumen Cartes-de-Visite Photographs and Over 45 Pieces of Travel Ephemera from a Grand Tour of Europe, Showing Italy (Rome, Florence, Venice, Ravenna, Siena, Perugia, Bologna), Britain (London, Oxford, York, Stratford-on-Avon, Country Estates), France (Paris, Strasbourg), Austria (Vienna, Gratz), and Germany (Nuremberg, Passau); the Album is Titled: From Rome Dec 15th, 1869 to Edinburgh May 27th, 1870. Ca. 1869-1870.
[Laerberg, Heinz]. Historically Significant Extensive Collection of Five Albums with over 250 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs, Taken and Collected by an Officer of the 13th Machine Gun Company of the VII Corps of the German Imperial Army during His Service on the Eastern and Western Fronts of WW1; the Photos Show German Occupation of Pinsk and Nearby Villages in the Minsk Governorate of the Russian Empire (Modern-Day Western Belarus) in 1916 and Trench Warfare in Northern France (Chermizy-Ailles, Arras) in December 1914 - August 1915. Ca. October 1914 – 1916.
$ 2500.00
Interesting Album with 58 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs, Taken by Soviet Tourists during Hiking Trips in Georgia and North Osetia, Showing Terek River, Dariali Gorge, Gergeti Glacier, Mount Kazbek, Krestovy/Jvary Pass, Batumi Seafront and Botanical Garden, Mamison Pass on the Ossetian Military Road, Tseydon/Tsey River, Tourist Base in Tsey, “Devil’s Bridge” over the Ardon River, Upper Reaches of the Rioni River, Ossetian Villages and People, Tourists Hiking, Resting, Posing next to Sites, &c., the Album is Titled: I my… po Kavkazu. 1936 [And we are… in the Caucasus. 1936]. Ca. 1936-1938.
Album of 111 Original and Studio Gelatin Silver Photographs of Burma (Irrawady River, Pyaungshu Forest, Shweli River, Goteik Viaduct, Mingun (Hsinbyume Pagoda), Mandalay, Magway, Sagaing) and British India (Dalhousie, Bettiah, Dehradun, Lucknow, Lahore, Delhi, Agra, “Dholi,” “Birowlie,” “Bowarrah”), etc. Ca. 1910s.
$ 1250.00
Heider, Karl G. (b. 1935). Album with 36 Original Vernacular Gelatin Silver Photographs, Showing Persepolis (Aerial View, Entrance Hall, Apadana Palace Columns and Reliefs, Throne Hall, the Tachara, Tombs of Darius I and Xerxes I at the Naghsh-e-Rostam Necropolis); Titled: Persepolis or Tacht-i-Jamshid, from the Travels of KGH, April 11 and 12, 1957.
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.
$ 1250.00
Japanese Lacquered Album of 52 Hand-Coloured Albumen Photographs of Japan, Showing General Views and Street Scenes (Yokohama, Nagasaki, Mt. Fuji, etc.), Temples and Shrines (Ginkaku-ji, Nikkō Tōshō-gū, Buddhist Temple), and Scenes of Life (Portraits of Geisha, Wedding, Funeral, Agriculture, etc.). Ca. 1900s.
$ 3250.00
Historically Significant Album with ca. 330 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs, Documenting Oil Drilling and Transportation by the Texas Company of Mexico in the Amatlan and Tepetate Oil Fields South of Tampico, Veracruz. Ca. late 1910s – early 1920s.
$ 1750.00
Album of 107 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs Showing French Military Activity (Camps, Camp Raids, etc. in Casablanca; French Soldiers and Officers in “Dar el Baroud”), the Bombardment of Casablanca (Preparations, Aftermath), a “Nzaha” in “Dar el Baroud,” Moroccan Sultan Abd al-Aziz in Rabat. Ca. 1907-1908.
$ 1250.00
Historically Interesting Album of 215 Original Photographs Taken by a Middle-Class American Family during a Road Trip to Oregon in the 1920s, Showing the Oldest Staying Bridge in Lake Creek, State River Hatchery in Leasburg, Fischer’s Flouring Mill and a Dam in Silverton, the first Santiam Fish Hatchery, and Candid Travel Scenes; also, with Rare Views of Yale-Duryea Mill in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. Titled: Photographs. Ca. 1920s.
Smith, William Thomas (1919-1978); Smith, Mary Louise (née Mason) (1925-?). Album of Over 390 Original and Studio Gelatin Silver Photographs Showing Panama (US Navy Shore Patrol, a Naval Banquet, Portraits of Shore Patrol Officers; Boating on the Panama Canal; Portraits of Indigenous Panamanians; Panamanian Cities (Colon, Cristobal, Balboa, etc.)), an Inspection of the Fifth Naval District Shore Patrol (Virginia), Shooting Range Practice for the US Secret Service Uniformed Force Pistol Team, etc. Ca. 1940s.
Historically Interesting Album with 286 Original Photographs (Including One Real Photo Postcard) from a 1915 Railway Trip Through the American West (Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, California), Mexico, and British Columbia, Featuring the Pikes Peak Railway, Isleta and Albuquerque Depots, Tijuana Fair, and Over Ten Close-Up Portraits of Native American Men and Children in Patterned Dress; also with the Photos of the Panama International Pacific Exposition in California and Fairmont Empress Hotel in Victoria, British Columbia. Ca. 1915.
$ 6500.00
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Historically Significant Extensive Collection of Six Albums with over 850 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs and Five Original Drawings, Taken and Collected by an Officer of the 28th Landwehr Infantry and 411th Infantry Regiments of the Imperial German Army during His Service on the Eastern and Western Fronts of WW1; the Photos Show Trench Warfare in Northern France (Liancourt, Parvillers, La Chavatte) in October-November 1914, German Offensive to Poland (Tomaszow, Babiec, Bzura River) in April-June 1915, German Offensive and Occupation of Courland/Southern Latvia (Schmarden/Smarde, Tuckum/Tukums, Mitau/Jelgava, Libau/Liepaja) in November 1915 – July 1917, Capture of Riga and Further Occupation of Courland (Kemmern/Kemeri, Hinzenberg/Incukalns) in August-October 1917, Military Actions in Alsace-Lorraine (Küttingen/Cutting, Wich/Vic-sur-Seille, Bitsch/Bitche) and Northern France (Noyon) in December 1917 – August 1918. Ca. October 1914 – August 1918.
