EXTENSIVE PHOTO ALBUM OF NEW ENGLAND
BANK INTERIORS AND EXTERIORS, 1920s

An unusually rich document of bank architecture and bank interiors in New England and elsewhere, evidently for the use of a firm involved in bank design. Stamps on the versos of several photos suggest that this album was compiled and owned by the General Bank Equipment Co., which at the.....

PHOTO OF CORNELIA A. FASSETT’S PAINTING
OF THE 1877 ELECTORAL COMMISSION,
WITH A BROADSIDE KEY

A scarce photograph of Cornelia Adele Fassett’s noted painting of the meeting of the Electoral Commission of 1877, accompanied by a broadside key. The 1877 Electoral Commission was a temporary body created by Congress to resolve the disputed 1876 presidential election between Republican Rutherford B. Hayes and Democrat Samuel J......

DEAD CHICKEN IN THE DOORYARD

A striking stereoview by Savannah photographer O. Pierre Havens showing a black woman in her dooryard regarding a dead chicken at her feet, with a gently satirical caption in the image reading “Who Kill Dat Chicken.” After the Civil War a considerable genre emerged depicting African Americans in stereoviews, often.....

A CZECH AMERICAN FROM CHICAGO TOURS THE WEST

A photo album documenting a 1905 western tour undertaken by a Czech American from Chicago who was active in the Freethinkers Movement. Adolf Hrusa was one of many Czechs who belonged to the Freethinkers Movement (or Society of Free-Thinkers), an organization that split from the Catholic Church as a result.....

OUTSTANDING PANORAMIC PHOTO OF BLACK FREEMASONS IN KENTUCKY, 1925

A captivating image of seventy-three Black freemasons of Lexington, Kentucky taken in 1925. Judging by their fine attire and distinguished appearance it seems likely that many of the men pictured here were prominent figures in their respective Kentucky communities. Indeed, Black freemasons historically have tended to be leaders in churches.....

MUTINY AT THE LEAVENWORTH COAL MINE.

Pictured here are the men involved in crushing a mutiny carried out by 356 inmates at the Kansas State Penitentiary Coal Mine on 17 March 1901. They are shown proudly posing with their pistols, all but one in uniform, apparently standing in front of the prison, two of them African.....

ALONG THE UNION PACIFIC
AT BITTER CREEK VALLEY, WYOMING
BY A. J. RUSSELL

A rare and evocative photo juxtaposing gritty laborers in the foreground with the transcontinental railroad in the distance at Bitter Creek Valley, Wyoming. This captivating image shows five railroad construction workers or possibly miners beside a wheelbarrow loaded with rock situated on a pathway cutting across a mountainside. In the.....

MORMON TURNPIKE BRIDGE IN
WEBER CANON, UTAH AS RAILROAD CONSTRUCTION ARRIVED

An important photo of the Mormon Turnpike Bridge and Weber Canyon in Utah, just prior to the laying of Union Pacific Railroad tracks through the canyon. Two men stand between a log cabin and the wooden bridge crossing the Weber River.  Forty miles long and named after the fur trapper.....

NEW YORK’S 8TH INFANTRY REGIMENT
DURING THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR, 1898

An extensive portrait of New York’s 8th Infantry Regiment while stationed at Camp Thomas in Chickamauga National Military Park, Georgia during the Spanish-American War, including many lively scenes, as recorded by well-connected officer Captain Charles P. Staubach. The 8th was one of twelve New York National Guard infantry regiments federalized.....

NYC CURB BROKERS HIT THE STREET

A scarce photograph by noted New York City commercial photographer Irving Underhill (1872–1960) showing curb brokers trading stocks in the outdoor market on Broad St. in Manhattan’s financial district. During the late-1800s and early-1900s, curbstone brokers conducted trading on the actual street-curbs of financial districts—the most famous curb market being.....

HARVARD UNIVERSITY CLASS ALBUM, 1872,
WITH OVER 200 PHOTOS

A marvelous two-volume Harvard University class album comprising 205 original photographs, picturing the administration, faculty, students, and campus scenes, including images of a number of notable figures. Vol. 1 features photographs of 124 members of the class; Vol. II comprises photographs of the administration, including the president, the ex-president, the.....

IMAGES OF SAN GERONIMO DAY FESTIVITIES
AT TAOS PUEBLO, NEW MEXICO

A lively and evocative group of five images showing the events of San Geronimo Day at Taos Pueblo by the western photographer William A. White, who was active in both New Mexico and Colorado. On 29 and 30 September, Taos Pueblo—the ancient settlement of the Taos-speaking Puebloan people—celebrates the Pueblo’s.....

ALASKA PHOTO ARCHIVE COMPILED
BY PIONEER MINING ENGINEER BART THANE

A substantive archive of 147 photographs of Alaska primarily documenting the Alaska-Gastineau Mine and the historic construction of the Salmon Creek Dam, built by the Alaska-Gastineau Mining Co. to supply electricity to its mining operations. These images are from the collection of mining engineer Bartlett L. Thane (1877–1927), who pioneered.....