![Item #8326 [Photograph of a youth gospel group at practice.]. Anonymous photographer](https://jamesarsenault.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/8326_1.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1692305641)
A captivating image of a youth gospel group of the mid-twentieth century, apparently showing them at practice with the church pianist—a typical scene out of the fertile musical tradition of the Black church. This evocative photo, seemingly taken in a church music room, shows a woman seated at the pianoforte.....
A view of the Buckminister house, built in 1720, with a timeline of ownership written at verso. Photographers Charles and Lewis Davis, born in Ripley, Maine, operated their Portsmouth studio (Davis Brothers) from 1856–1903, producing portraits, cartes-de-visite, cabinet cards, and stereoviews. 160 of their photographs were published in the book.....
An image of Haymarket Square in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, showing the Middle Street Baptist Church, which was subsequently lost to a fire, and the Ebenezer Thompson/Alfred Runleth House that once stood at 147 Middle Street. Photographers Charles and Lewis Davis, born in Ripley, Maine, operated their Portsmouth studio (Davis Brothers).....
A rare and impressive locomotive trade catalog illustrated with original photographs of engines and parts, providing comprehensive and detailed photographic documentation of locomotive construction. The photographs were taken by the firm of noted New York City photographer George Rockwood. Included here are portraits of the Lake Shore & Michigan Railroad.....
An impressive image of Yellowstone Park’s Giant Geyser, with a burst of steam surrounded by mud and snow. F. Jay Haynes (1853–1921), nicknamed the Professor, was the official Yellowstone photographer from 1884–1921 and took the first known winter photographs of Yellowstone Park in 1887 on a 29-day, 200 mile epic.....
A strong image of Yellowstone National Park’s Minute Geyser, with a silhouetted man in a cowboy hat observing. F. Jay Haynes (1853-1921), nicknamed the Professor, was the official Yellowstone photographer from 1884-1921 and took the first known winter photographs of Yellowstone Park in 1887 on a 29-day, 200 mile epic.....
An evocative photo taken in Yellowstone Park’s Upper Geyser Basin. Steam rises in a landscape where two people have fallen in the snow, both of whom appear to be skiers. F. Jay Haynes (1853–1921), nicknamed the Professor, was the official Yellowstone photographer from 1884–1921 and took the first known winter.....
An exceptionally rare and important photographically-illustrated work documenting President Chester Arthur’s legendary trip to Yellowstone National Park at a critical moment in its history, featuring photographs by expedition member Frank Jay Haynes, who would subsequently become the official Yellowstone photographer. Just twelve copies of this album were made, one for.....
A splendid image of the Lower Falls of the Yellowstone River from the U. S. Geological Survey series. J. K. Hillers (1843-1925) was an important early photographer of the West, and one of the first to photograph the Grand Canyon region. He began his career as a boatman on John.....
A set of four dramatic images of Luray caverns, entitled (clockwise from upper left): Throne in Cathedral, Saracen’s Tent; Campbell’s Hall; and Brand’s Cascade.Two of the cavern titles reflect their discovery and early exploration. Local tinsmith Andrew Campbell and nephew Billy discovered the draft of cool air leading to the.....
A sweet photo of a handsome Black boy on a donkey, intended to riff on a popular comic trope, although we find no trace of humor in the image. North Carolina photographer Thomas Lindsey included this photo in the “Character and Comic” section of his Western North Carolina views: “In.....
A rare and captivating set of photographs by a little-known photographer who worked among the Assiniboine and Sioux, comprising eight striking studio portraits of chiefs and braves, as well as one full-length portrait and six group shots taken in the field. S. W. Ormsby (American, active ca. 1900) maintained a......
A stunning and important set of eight photo albums documenting Japanese life, scenery, and culture, as well as the activities of two American expatriate brothers in Japan and the foreign community to which they belonged. Also included are images of China, Hong Kong, and Formosa (Taiwan). These albums, compiled by.....
![Item #5853 The Log Book of the Northern Cavern and Fell Club 1934. [cover-title]: Cavern and Fell...](https://jamesarsenault.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/5853_1.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1590858603)
A very fine and unusual typescript journal of the Northern Cavern and Fell Club of Yorkshire, including typescript accounts of spelunking adventures and sixteen striking original photographs. This remarkable journal consists of lists of the officers of the Northern Cavern and Fell Club (est. 1928); a list of over a......
![Item #7062 [Glacier National Park photo album]. Unknown compiler, postcard photographer T. J....](https://jamesarsenault.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/7062_1.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1630879055)
An impressive Glacier National Park photo album, apparently compiled by a woman during a visit in the 1920s, providing ample documentation of the park’s extraordinary natural beauty and early buildings, as well as the compiler’s peregrinations, various companions, people encountered along the way, etc. Mounted at the beginning of the.....
![Item #7889 Harvard College Class of 1854 [cover title]. John Whipple, photographer](https://jamesarsenault.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/7889_1.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1681154770)
The first photographically-illustrated Harvard class album to include outdoor views, and an important example of early American paper photography. Photographs were first used to illustrate Harvard class albums beginning with the class of 1852. Boston photographer John Whipple, the official Harvard class photographer from 1852 to 1859, made daguerreotypes of.....