![John Marin, Cape Split, [Maine,] ‘51. George Daniell, photographer](/pictures/thumb/6991_1.jpg?v=1628195425)
A beautiful example of this remarkable photograph of modernist painter John Marin (1870–1953) on the porch of his summer cottage at Cape Split, Maine, taken by Daniell in 1951, just two years before Marin’s death. George Daniell (1911–2002) was born in Yonkers, New York, studied painting at Yale and.....
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.....
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 uncommon view of Yosemite Valley from the U. S. Geological Survey’s California series. J. K. Hillers (1843-1925) was an important early photographer of the West, one of the first to photograph the Grand Canyon region. He began his career as a boatman on John Wesley Powell’s Second Expedition in.....
A view of El Capitan from the U. S. Geological Survey California series. J. K. Hillers (1843-1925) was an important early photographer of the West, one of the first to photograph the Grand Canyon region. He began his career as a boatman on John Wesley Powell’s Second Expedition in 1871-2.....
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.....
Sixth edition. First issued in 1867, this fine guide-book went through six editions, only four of which (the third through the sixth) were illustrated with photographs. The five images in this sixth edition are different from those that appear in the other photographically illustrated editions. The photographs are large half.....
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 c. 1900) maintained a......
![A set of photo albums comprising over 2000 photos taken in Japan, as well as China and Formosa]....](/pictures/thumb/5867.jpg?v=1595280028)
A stunning and important set of eight photo albums documenting Japanese life, scenery, and culture, as well as the activities of an American expatriate in Japan and the foreign community to which he belonged. Also included are images of China, Hong Kong, and Formosa (Taiwan). These albums, compiled and.....
![The Log Book of the Northern Cavern and Fell Club 1934. [cover-title]: Cavern and Fell 1934...](/pictures/thumb/5853_1.jpg?v=1591046230)
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......
![Glacier National Park photo album]. Unknown compiler, postcard photographer T. J. Hileman](/pictures/thumb/7062_1.jpg?v=1630879084)
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.....
![Lot of Leadville, Colorado silver-mining boom cabinet cards.]. G. D. Wakely, photographer](/pictures/thumb/6033_1.jpg?v=1595366644)
A lot of four cabinet cards capturing the burgeoning town of Leadville, Colorado at the zenith of the silver-mining boom in the area, featuring an image of the Grant Smelter. Leadville was founded in 1877 by mine-owners Horace Tabor and August Meyer amid the Colorado Silver Boom, which came.....
![Photographs of the Nunamiut people of Alaska.]. Ward W. Wells, photographer](/pictures/thumb/6513_1.jpg?v=1613593086)
A collection of press photos of the Nunamiut people of Alaska in the early 1960s, with sharply shot, thoughtfully composed scenes of life during a period of great change, including several shots of important Nunamiut guide and educator Simon Paneak. Eleven of these photos were taken in 1962 by.....