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Circa 1940’s Photograph of New Guinea or possibly Philippines Tribal Woman with Tattoos on her chest. This region is known for the fierce headhunters.

Malay [...]

Malay Archipelago was a region that still had some of the most gruesome Headhunters in the world up until around WWII and a little beyond. [...]

Coney Island Pitch Card for Alzoria The Turtle Girl
Circa 1950's
Printed Postcard/ Pitchcard for The Cavalcade Variety Show
Signed on the right side in [...]

A great photographic postcard, used for advertising.
Image on the front with stamped name of studio and address.

Baltimore Photograph of African American Musician playing [...]

Unused Union Case Littlefield, Parsons & Co. manufacturers of Daguerrotype Cases.
Also known as Thermoplastic Union Cases
Original label with glass and mat. The velvet is [...]

Circa 1920’s Photogravure Nude of Woman Ethnographic Nude Series


Size: 8 ¼ x 10 7/8 inches

Condition: near fine with slight edge bumps. The image is near perfect [...]

The archives of old newspaper houses were once filled with files of photos from the men and women who contributed to the paper’s visual. [...]

Two Women
2 Guys
One Donkey
A great photograph of two women dressed as Cowboys waving their guns, one woman sits on top of a donkey. [...]

A very nice, early edition Jock Sturges, circa 1991 of Misty Dawn, Northern California.
This pencil signed, on the back with title is numbered, 7/40.
Medium: [...]

The Art Deco frame is circa 1930's. Reverse painted glass with chrome edges.
The French Erotica Postcard is circa 1900 and is from a series

Maker: [...]

A Tintype, crisp image of man standing next to table with books.
Amazing clarity and detail, not always present in tintype photography but this one [...]

A great ambrotype with original seals intact.
One boy is tall and thin while the other boy is slight hunched over and looking closely, you [...]

Real Photograph of Museum of Mummies circa 1920
Coffins, and wrapped mummies line this wall
Under a magnifying glass, the detail is crisp.

The back of [...]

One part of photo collecting I have been interested in was what I have called "Ethnographic Exploration".
Here is a example of what colonization brought [...]

"The‘Relievo’ portraits were introduced in England in 1857 by Thomas C. Lawrence, a Greenwich photographer.
The ‘Relievo’ ambrotype was based on the relief effect that [...]

Baltimore Md had many industries such as early Banjo making, inventing the Linotype machine and had a strong presence in the field of Photography, especially [...]

A nice crisp image of a young man with large bow tie.
Image is in good condition with some lose of black lacquer on the [...]

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Circa late 1850- early 1860's, a late period Daguerreotype
A decorative stamped mat case image. The case is unhinged but intact felt and in good [...]

Hand Colored Ambrotype of Family. Two Men, Woman and a Child. The Child and the chair are hand colored. The Men's pocket watch are colored. [...]

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Kodak 2D View Camera with Manhattan Optical Lens.
Full adjustable wood tripod included.

Bellows do not appear to have [...]

A Rare and very nice Cartes De Visite CDV of Two Young Chinese Boys.
Back is marked with photographers stamp in Baltimore, Baumgarten. His studio [...]

Real Photographic Postcard, WWI of Dead Soldier
PostMortem of dead soldiers and friends surrounding him in a field coffin.

Size: 3 1/2 x 5 1/2
Condition: minor [...]

Rare China Photograph of Tientsin Peking Chinese Execution Scene Circa 1912

A wonderful and rare snap shot, original photo, no markings or date, but the scene [...]

2 great and fine detailed photogravures of the waiting room and also the examine room.
The Table room image is striking and crisp imaging.
The Waiting [...]