White House Stereoview
American Scenery stereoview card. President's House, Washington, The White House. Circa 1900, Sepia toned, 3" x 7". In excellent condition.
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Large 19th Century Photograph of a Venice Canal under the Bridge of Sighs
Original 19th Century photograph showing a venice canal with a bridge reflecting into the water and gondolas docked to the side. The photograph is very large, measuring 10-1/2"x14" and mounted on heavy cardboard to an overall size of 14"x20". The Ponte dei Sospiri (or "Bridge of Sighs) which is the.....
Historic 1945 Newspaper Reporting on the Collapse of Nazi Germany, Including Hitler's Last Photo Outside Bunker
World War II Newspaper. Daily Express (London), Wednesday, March 28, 1945. Tabloid-format wartime newspaper. Bold front-page headline: “GERMANS IN THE WEST ARE WHIPPED – AT LAST – COLLAPSE.” This late–World War II issue of the Daily Express captures a decisive psychological and military turning point in the European theater, appearing.....
African American Military Family Life and Middle-Class Formation in Los Angeles Photo Album Archive, 1940s–1960s
African American family photo album documents military service, educational attainment, and middle-class life in Los Angeles from the 1940s through the 1960s, a period shaped by wartime participation, postwar migration, and the expansion of Black urban communities in the American West. Centered on members including Herman, a World War II.....
Photo Archive of African American Family C. 1940s
Original vernacular photograph archive of African American family c. 1940s. 21 silver gelatin photos ranging from 3.5 x 5 to 4.5 x 3 inches. 16 photo negatives, some are copies of the prints. Photos show family members posing individually and in groups, many in front of the same large white.....
African American Social Life Vernacular Photography Archive Brooklyn and Beyond Family Education and Civic Life 1910s to 1950s
Vernacular photograph archive. 1910s–1950s. This grouping documents African American social life across domestic, educational, and public settings during the first half of the twentieth century, with strong ties to Brooklyn and indications of broader geographic movement beyond New York. The photographs provide primary visual evidence of Black family structure, educational.....
Pennsylvania Photo Archive of African American Women, 1950s-90s
[African American] Archive of 63 vernacular photos of African American women c. 1950s-90s. Images are in color and black and white with measurements ranging from 5" x 7" to 2" x 2" in. One color photo shows 4 generations of Black women posed on stairs outside a large concrete building.....
African American Social Life Great Depression Era Missouri --Family Photo Album of Berry Family and Domestic Labor, 1930s
African American family photograph album, 1930s, Mt. Hope, Missouri, documents the daily life, social relationships, and labor conditions of a Black family during the Great Depression and provides direct evidence of both domestic life and employment structures in a rural Midwestern setting. Centered on the Berry family, including Helen Berry.....
Colonial India, Army Air Forces Encampments, Rail Lines, and Colonial Labor Systems Photo Album of Kenneth L. Hoff with 206 Photographs, 1942-1945
Kenneth L. Hoff photo album of U.S. Army Air Forces service in India during World War II, comprising photographs of camps, rail lines, port cities, urban staging points, and repeated movement between American military spaces and Indian civilian environments. Hoff is identified by the cover inscription and by preserved newspaper.....
Original Albumin Photo of the Ruins of the Greek Theater at Taormina, Sicily 1880s
Original Albumin Photo 7-1/2 "x 9-1/2" on a 9-1/4" x 12" photo mount. View of the ruins of the Greek Theater in Taormina with the bay in the background left and the town of Taormina in the background right. Circa 1880's. Very Good Condition.
Women’s Medical Labor and Hospital Life Nursing Photo Album Bay View Hospital many with handwritten captions, 1920s
California Bay View Hospital photograph album, circa 1920s, documenting hospital-based nursing labor, clinical environments, and domestic social networks within an early twentieth-century medical setting. The album provides visual evidence of women’s professional roles in institutional healthcare during a period of expanding nursing formalization, while also capturing physician authority, patient care.....
Black Film and Television Performance Across Hollywood Genres, 1950s–1990s
Unknown photographers, group of film and television press photographs, circa 1950s–1990s, documenting African American actors and performers across multiple decades of American cinema and broadcast media. The material operates in Cultural/Representational Mode, illustrating the evolution of Black screen representation through commercial film, television, and experimental media, with relevance to African.....
Women's Labor in Bookbinding Manufacturing, Captioned Photo Archive, 1900s-10s
Bookbinding factory image archive documenting women’s labor inside an early twentieth century printing and bindery plant, showing how blank book and stationery manufacture had been divided into specialized departments by the 1900s. Caption labels on the versos identify the coordinated production chain through printing, cutting and trimming, office and accounting.....
Boyz n the Hood Original Photo Archive
Boyz n the Hood Original Photo Archive. Archive of 8 original silver gelatin prints from the 1991 film including one duplicate. The story follows the lives of three young black males living in the Crenshaw ghetto of Los Angeles, dissecting questions of race, relationships,and violence. It is a coming-of-age hood.....
California Travel Album Filled with 256 Photographs, 1914-1920
[Photo album] [California] Vernacular Photo album of travels and vacations, filled with 256 images from around California. 1914-1920. Original cloth boards. 11.5 x 15.5 in. “Photographs” in gilt on front cover. 256 original silver gelatin print photographs of various size, from 2 ½ x 2 ½ inches to 5 ½.....
Gender Nonconformity in the Progressive Era: Margaret Cartwright of Albion Michigan Photo Album 157 photographs, Documenting Cross Dressing and Youth Culture, circa 1914 to 1923
[Women’s History] [Gender and Sexuality] [Photography] Cartwright, Margaret. Photograph album, circa 1914 to 1923 documents female youth culture, wartime social life, and gender nonconforming expression in Albion, Michigan during the World War I era. The album records a network of young women associated with local school and community institutions and.....
Bridal Drag Cross-Dressing Performance and Gender Nonconformity Archive of 22 Photographs, 1950s-1970s
Gender nonconforming and drag performance photo archive documenting queer social gatherings, costume performance, pageantry, and private queer community life from the 1960s through the 1990s. The photographs preserve a period when drag culture existed simultaneously in nightlife, informal house parties, outdoor gatherings, and small community events, often outside mainstream visibility.....
Photo Archive of 9 stereoview of Egyptian Landmarks, 19th Century
Archive of 9 stereoview photographs bearing a double 6" x 3" inch photograph showing various scenes from turn of the century Egypt. 1896-1900. Images include the Temple of Luxor, village women carrying pitchers of water on their heads, a caravan at the Tomb of the Khalif's, the Virgin's tree, and.....
Early Motorized Fire Department Photo Album Apparatus and Firefighting Technology California, 1912
Fire department photo album, ca 1912, a visual record of early motorized firefighting that documents the transition from horse drawn apparatus to mechanized emergency response in California. The album centers on a small town department identified by the uniform insignia “CCFD,” capturing a moment when motor vehicles were beginning to.....
Harlem Renaissance Era Photographs of Black Education, Music, and Street Life in New York 1900s to 1940s
Photographers unknown. Harlem photographs (circa early 1900s–1940s). This group documents African American community life in Harlem across the early twentieth century, including education, music, recreation, and street activity within one of the most significant centers of Black urban life in the United States. The images record scenes of schoolchildren, musicians.....
Hindu Ritual Life Along the Ganges at Benares, Temples, Bathing Ghats, Cremation Rites, and Ascetic Practice, Archive of 28 Photos circa 1900s
Hindu religious life in India photo archive showing temple approaches, Ganges riverfront ghats, public ritual bathing, cremation rites, ascetic practice, and pilgrimage activity at Benares around the turn of the twentieth century. Benares, now Varanasi, has long been one of Hinduism’s sacred cities, with miles of steps descending to the.....
Great Depression and Postwar Urban Homelessness Press Photo Archive United States 1930s to 1960s
Photographer not identified. Archive of press photographs documenting urban homelessness in the United States, 1930s to 1960s, a visual record of poverty, relief infrastructure, and social control across the Great Depression and postwar decades. The images capture men living on the margins of urban society, including scenes of soup kitchens.....
Caribbean and Panama Canal Travel Photography Album Documenting Colonial Infrastructure and Jamaican Village Life 1930s
Caribbean and Panama travel photograph album. circa early 1930s. This album documents interwar travel through the Panama Canal Zone and Jamaica, recording maritime transit, canal infrastructure, and rural Caribbean life as observed by Western travelers. The photographs provide primary visual evidence of the Panama Canal as a site of industrial.....
Documentary Album of Lesbian Couple and Identity Expression 1981 Color Photographs
Lesbian couple photo album, 1981, documenting intimate interaction, self-presentation, and identity expression between two women in a private photographic setting. The album records a sustained sequence of posed and candid moments, providing visual evidence of same-sex affection and partnership during a period when such relationships were often constrained in public.....
Documentary Record of Lesbian Relationships and Friendship Networks, Snapshot Archive from Long Beach, California, 1983–1990
Unidentified photographers. Lesbian photograph archive, 1983–1990, documents everyday social life, relationships, and community formation among women in late twentieth-century LGBTQ+ contexts, primarily in Long Beach, California. The material provides primary visual evidence of sapphic identity, friendship networks, and informal expressions of intimacy during a period of increasing visibility following the.....