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PHOTOGRAPHY Vintage    Vernacular  Antique     Archives Historical One of many categories of collectible paper featured. More than 1,000 items offered for sale, Next Market February 5-7 website 1952 PHOTO ALBUM GREENLAND - Ships, Ice Floes, Indigenous Inuits, Danish Royalty, Military (200+) PHOTOS DETAIL THE VOYAGE & TRAVELS THROUGH GREENLAND BY H. LOHMANN-KRAGH AND COMPANY.  Photos taken one year after the US & Denmark concluded the Defense of Greenland Treaty in April,1951. Two Photos of the Japanese Destruction of Buildings in Manila, Philippines, in an Attempt to Stop the U.S. and Filipino Liberation Forces in February, 1945. War Pool Photo. Two (2) original unmounted photographs, each with long typed descriptions attached to them, showing ruins of buildings and other structures in Manila after the U.S. Army and Filipino liberation forces entered the capital city of the Philippines on February 4, 1945, which at the time was occupied by Japanese forces.  Two (2) Real Photo Post Cards Featuring Four Identified Yakama [Washington] Tribal Members in Full Regalia, circa 1928/1950s. Plus, A Museum Catalog on Patriotic Symbols in American Indian Art that Includes Another Photo of One of the Tribal Leaders in His Same Outfit Scenes of Old Cairo Vintage Photographs early 1900's Anonymous   WOMEN IN JAZZ CHEESECAKE—"Maureen Franks" Trumpet Glamour Montage Photo, 1956 Striking mid-century novelty photo montage featuring multiple cut-out portraits of the same young woman posing with a trumpet.   Woman Holding Child with Congenital Deformity (c. 1920s–40s) A striking early-to-mid 20th century studio snapshot of a woman holding a young child whose lower body shows a pronounced congenital malformation / limb difference, with legs not visibly present. The directness of the pose and the careful studio setting give the image an unusual documentary weight—part family portrait, part medical-social record—while remaining deeply human and intimate.  Rare Epreuve Movement (Proof of Movement) 19th-Century French Stereoview of a Craftsman at Work. France, 1860-70s, stereoview An "Epreuve Movement" " (proof of movement) stereoview is a 19th-century French stereoscopic photograph series that captured sequences of action on a single card using two lenses, creating a primitive form of 3D animation or motion study, often featuring figures or objects in motion. Johnny Baker Archive--Wild West Show Performer and Foster Son of Buffalo Bill Johnny Baker's devotion to Buffalo Bill was forged in a relationship that proved to be stronger than most blood ties. Baker, who would become Buffalo Bill's "foster son" was born in 1869 at North Platte, Nebraska, one of seven children of Lew Baker, a popular saloon owner.  Harlem 1900-1929A Visual Archive of the Spiritual Home of Black America  New York, Schomburg Center / NYPL, 1974, Portfolio / Loose Plates First Edition, Very Good - Plates Fine A comprehensive visual archive documenting the 'Golden Age' of Harlem. Published by the renowned Schomburg Center, this portfolio was designed as a portable exhibition, containing 50 high-quality reproductions of rare photographs, broadsides, and street scenes that define the Harlem Renaissance. Higgins Lake, Michigan and Some Canada Photo Album 920-1922. 149  black and white photos ranging from 3 x 2 inches to 5 x 7 inches with the majority being captioned on the image or border. American Missionary in Korea, 1970s; photographs, notebooks, reminiscences. Arthur Stanley, a Presbyterian Reverend, and his wife Barbara served in Seoul through the 1970s as missionaries. This collection of related notebooks documents his time there, and his influence upon the people he worked with and inspired. Nearly 250 photographs, both color and black-and-white Archive Diary Journal Captain G.W. Leale San Francisco California. An important archive from Captain G.W. Leale of San Francisco, California from the late 1800s into the early 1900s.  Leale was ferry captain for the Steamer Caroline that took supplies and prisoners to and from San Quentin prison.  There are several photo albums of his ship and others including one given to him by the California Camera Club.  There is an amazing manuscript journal from 1907-1912 of his time leading the Caroline and talking about his work with San Quentin Prison.  Lot of (15) 1960's Snapshot Photographs of Cars & Trailers SAILOR - AUTHOR'S COLLECTION Of MANUSCRIPT And ARCHIVAL MATERIAL Documenting Life in the Merchant Marine during the Depression. Including an Unpublished Autobiographical Story, MS Correspondence, a Yearbook, and 250+ Photographs. Special Multi-generational Archive of Correspondence and Photographs of the Newton-Verbeck Family of Ballston Spa, New York. Including Abba Newton, PhD in Mathematics University of Chicago and Taught at Vassar College for 29 Years. Approximately 110 manuscript letters (most with envelopes), scores of photographs, including negatives, postcards, plus some family papers and newspaper clippings chronicling the lives of an upscale New York family. A wonderful large archive from Thelma Lewis while at the Apostolic Evangelic Mission in Nicaragua from the 1910s. It includes a wonderful and long 100+ page diary of her leaving home in New York for Central America in 1917 and then detailing her work with the natives in Central America.  Large Collection of Pan American World Airways Public Relations Photographs and other materials. 1935 - 1954 For much of its storied 44-year existence, Pan American World Airways (Pan Am) played a pivotal role in the expansion and popularization of international air travel, serving as the U.S.' primary international carrier. Original Snapshot Photo Album JAPANESE ABOVE-GROUND RAILWAY CARS 1950s-1980s. Contains fifty-eight (58) original 3 ½" x 5" Kodachrome and black&white snapshots of rail cars that appear to date from the 1950s through the 1980s. Photographic archive of Salvation Army activities in California and the Northwestern United States, Fresno, Seattle, and other Western locations, 1904-1953, Various loose items, not bound. Fifty-seven photographs: thirty-two large photographs (8 x 10" or larger); three oblong photographs (6½ x 10½" or larger); twenty-two smaller photographs (3 x 4" to 5 x 7"). GEM TINTYPE ALBUM, ATHOL DEPOT, MASSACHUSETTS, 1868 — 144 PORTRAITS incl. CIVIL WAR SOLDIER + DOG The portraits span men, women, children, and group scenes, with standout subjects including a Civil War soldier in uniform and a dog posed alone—a charming and less-common inclusion in these tiny-format albums. 1922 – A Consular Investigation into the murder of a long-time China missionary, Albert Leroy Shelton, while trying to enter Tibet. Chunking, China, U. S. Consular Service, 1922, Pin-bound After graduating from the University of Kentucky in 1903, Shelton became a missionary for the Disciples of Christ and joined the Foreign Christian Missionary Society. Robert Tilton COOLIDGE (1915-1955) An album recording Coolidge's time at Tufts University, Medford, Mass During his undergraduate years at Tufts, Coolidge served as president of the Pen, Paint, and Pretzels (3 P's) student theater organization. Manuscript Letter, Newspaper Account, and Cabinet Card Photograph of a U.S. Soldier, 1899–1900 A small but powerful group of primary materials relating to the Philippine–American War, consisting of an original soldier's letter written during active operations in 1899, a later published newspaper narrative describing combat encounters in the same theater, and a cabinet card photograph of the soldier identified as Joseph M. Hays, inscribed on the verso "Taken when home from Cuba."   Portrait photograph of Valentino  (1895-1926) half-turned looking to his right, wearing a bow-tie,    Photograph of the frozen waterfall on the Housatonic River. 1895 mounted photograph 8.5"5.15" of a frozen waterfall, identified on back: "Falls on Housatonic River between Amesville & Falls Village Sept 1895. This is in Litchfield County, Connecticut, just south of the Massachusetts line. This period was still part of the "Great Freeze" of 1895-1895 that in the winter had ravaged the southern Atlantic coast WWI-Era Vernacular Photograph Album A Comparative Visual Record of Colonial Administration, Labor, and Transport in India and South Africa (c.1913–1919) The album contains approximately 140 original photographs, most captioned in contemporary manuscript, documenting colonial labor systems, cantonment life, transportation infrastructure, and urban and rural landscapes.  FREE WEBINAR REGISTER HERE for the free virtual Ephemera Society of America February 2026 Preview Event On Wednesday, February 4th in anticipation of our March 2026 Annual Conference, we are pleased to preview two presentations that align with our theme, "250 Years: Ephemera Shapes America." 2:30 pm Before 250: The Colonial Post and the Making of America Presented by Daniel Piazza 3:30 pm Posters for the People: How WPA Graphics Tell the Story of the New Deal Presented by Ennis Carter   Forward this email to a friend Update your Profile