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Howard Easterling in Cuba
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Mounted photograph 1950
A Hot and Tired Gabby Hartnett
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Gabby Hartnett can barely think as he walks the front of the dugout carrying a towel. Ever been in Chicago in August? The humidity is 110%. And this photo is…
Debutantes – Politics of Beauty
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Just look at these luscious Viennese debutantes. Every one of them is beautiful. For that to happen is in itself a rare feat. But imagine what the photographer had to…
Baseball Boys From Alabama – The Rucker Archive
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Many a carte-de-visite with baseball imagery has passed before my eyes including these baseball boys from Alabama. I have seen outdoor scenes, studio tableaus, teams in all possible configurations, players…
Your Smiling Face – The Rucker Archive
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Your Smiling Face…Is that Henrick Ibsen lurking in the background of this carte-de-visite photograph? Did he set up this scene in Silkeborg, Denmark? If he did, I’m sure the dialogue…
Wood Shop
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Real photo postcard 1910
Watching the Foreigners
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Stereoview panel 1900
Washington Spring
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Stereoview 1860
Vivandiere
Sheet music cover illustration 1860
Union Hall Porch Saratoga
Stereoview 1870
Temple of 500 Genii
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Stereoview panel 1903
Suffering Suffragettes
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Postcard 1910
Strumpet
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Advertising trade card 1880
Stick on Fire
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Carte-de-visite 1860
Soldiers in Oliver BC
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Photographic print 1909
Shaghai Traders
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Stereoview panel 1901
Rooms for Allied Soldiers
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Stereoview panel 1902
Rich Hooligan
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Book illustration
Red Deep Sea Diver
Magazine cover illustration
Puritan Daughter
Sheet music cover illustration 1860
Prince Charlie Quadrille
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Sheet music cover illustration
Priests Great Lama Temple
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Stereoview panel 1901
Order of the Red Men March
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Real photo postcard
Official Interior China
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Stereoview panel 1900
New Hampshire Train Wreck
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Cabinet photograph 1880
Mocking the Chinese (racist)
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Advertising trade card
Mary and the Lamb
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Cigar box label 1870
Marine Officers
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Book illustration
Marcantonio Calonna
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Book illustration
Li Hung Chang
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Stereoview panel 1900
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