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Each of the four original postcards were never mailed which because of their size (10 3/4" x 3 1/2") would not have survived postal handling. The Harwood Photo Service was in Medford, Oregon in 1925 and lasted until 1933 though these photographs would have been taken circa 1925-1930) [see Rogue Valley Photographers website]. The costs of travel made the photographs of sites in Oregon and California unprofitable so he devoted himself first to family photographs and then commercial work in and around Medford. An advertisement in the Central Point American, April 12, 1934 reveals he sold his photo equipment to Mr. Ray Anders as he prepared to move to Santa Cruz, California to retire.

4 pages (five with overwriting on page 3). Edward Pickering had just graduate from Harvard and became a Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He later made the Harvard College Observatory known and became a leading writer on astronomy and after questioning Niels Bohr on atomic structure, he became convinced of Bohr's theories. He is writing to his friend Conwell who was classmate from the Lawrence Scientific School. He writes of his collection of photographs of bridges, he notes he has over 100 stereoscopic views from Europe (courtesy of Anthon in New York), He notes a Professor E. is interested in the project. He inquires about the bridge at St. Paul over the Mississippi as well as the Railroad Bridge, notes the one destroyed by weather, notes the Bangor Bridge in Maine with nice description, says class he is teaching has twenty promising young men, a very nice letter. Later this fascination with photography led to his method to photograph the spectra of multiple stars by putting a… Read More

. M.B. Marcell of Oregon was the photographer who had already photographed the 1911 Pendleton Round up. He was famous for taking images of the horse both at his success and also of those shots as the horse dislodged him. He came in 1914 to take images of the Miles City Round-Up which was becoming the premier event of the period just before World War I. The event was so popular that the local newspapers blamed the loss of the baseball team in two games due to three players who were rodeo participants who at least temporarily forsook the team. The four photograph images with details etched in white on the postcard with each identified as being by Marcell and Miles City round Up 1914 are: (1) Unloading Time (as cowboy is thrown from bronco); (2) Spinning Horse (with cowboy holding cloth to his face); (3) Ben Ford on Moose Bay [his number 53 is plainly seen on photo]; and (4) Good Night I'm Gone (as cowboy is being thrown to ground]. A very nice collection from what was one of the great rodeo events… Read More

Berkeley: Wildwood Arts, 1990. First Edition. Folio. 106pp. Illustrated by Alma Laveenson. Biographical; chronology 1897 - 1989. Selected exhibition history 1929- 1990. Selected bibliography. Special collections. In silver lettered grey cloth, without dust jacket.

Minocqua, WS.(1998): Willow Creek Press. First Edition. Quarto. 159pp. Inscribed by the author to Sandra Day O'Connor...."Here's to the great outdoors/Ben. Again, signed and dated 2007 by the author below his name. The author was a noted photographer, author, bird hunter and dog breeder. His work had appeared in several prominent sporting magazines. He ventured in the grasslands, foothills and farmlands photographing the beauty of the land. Bound on green paper covered boards lettered in gilt, spine lettering gilt. A fine bright copy in unclipped pictorial dust jacket.

New York; (1957): Dover Publications. First Dover Edition. Quarto. edited by Lewis S. Brown, 74pp., text and 182 plates depicting various animals in motion, bound in brown cloth, spine lettering gilt. A near fine copy in very good pictorial dust jacket with two closed tears to head of jacket. This new edition of Animals in Motion contains a selection of plates from the eleven volume work, Animal Locomotion, first published in 1887.

San Franciso; (1963): Sierra Club. First Edition. Folio. Volume one. 174 pp. A biography of the work of Ansel Adams by the Sierra Club who who meant so much to what the club was for. Ansel Adams came to be recognized as one of the great photographers of those century is a tribute to the places that informed him. It can also bring pleasure to those people whom he instructed and who helped delineate him. A very nice near fine copy bound in green cloth lettered in gilt, spine lettering gilt, in a very nice, unclipped black and white pictorial dust jacket near fine.

Boston; (1981): New York Graphic Society. First Edition. Quarto. 4th printing. Signed by Adams on the half-title. Edited by Liliane De Cock and with a foreword by Minor White. Illustrated with 117 duotone illustrations. This book shows the growth and range of Adams' career across the decades since 1920. Little know images are brought together with many of Adams's most famous pictures to provide a treasure for photographers, collectors, and those who cherish the American scene. An extensive chronology and bibliography along with a full list of plates are included. A fine bright copy bound in black cloth lettered in silver, spine plain, in a fine unclipped pictorial dust jacket.

New York: (1978): E.P. Dutton. First Edition. Quarto. 168 pp. with a foreword by Walter Sullivan. 87 four-color photographs & Porter's narrative of his difficulties in photographing the continent. Beautiful and very interesting photographs which include glaciers, animals, birds and includes photographs of Shackelton's stove, supplies and his wireless and includes maps. Bound in white cloth lettered in black, spine lettering black, endpapers are maps, a very nice copy in pictorial dust jacket lettered in black spine lettering black, one short closed edge tear and wrinkle.

A pristine stereographic card taken by Daniel Francis Mitchell who photographed Arizona views for sale from 1877. Mitchell also was in partnership with Baer and remained active in the territory until at least 1883. Accompanied with an envelope from the War Department Headquarers of Arizona addressed to Major A.J. McGonnigle, Chief Quartermaster, [Fort] Whipple, postmarked March 16, 1885. This was a turbulent time since on July 13 he had to report to the Quartermaster General of the U.S. about Samuel Drachman's failure at Fort Huachuca where what the latter did amounted to taking kickbacks of more than $40 on each 100 pounds of hay. Eventually, Drachman was only sued for $475 but it was a blot on his record. Of course, it should be noted that the parade of quartermasters at Fort Whipple were accused of the same thing such as declaring weapons obsolete and then selling them to the local Prescott merchants. This charge was never proved and since the Fort was considered essential in suppressing… Read More

1946. First Edition. Quarto. Thirteen black and white photographs by the author. Bound in black and white pictorial paper covered boards backed in red cloth. A very good copy.

While there are articles in the Arizona Republican on February 9, 1910 about the aviation event at the Territorial Fairgrounds, there are no photographs of the event. Card #1 postmarked Phoenix Feb 13, 1910 is a cyanotype photo of Louis Paulman "Making his record breaking flight for altitude 4600 feet" showing the crowd below, on the verso of the card the writer notes: "saw the airship today, Phoenix 2-11-10. Card No. 2 shows "Glenn Curtiss on his great Flight at [place scratched out] Arizona. Verso of Card states it was at the Ball Park, Douglas, Ariz, 2-27-10; Item #3 is an original photograph with verso noting view of an areoplane ? in Douglas Arizona to fly over the desert. signed Aloysius Coll. the later was a publisher and writer for the Weekly Journal Miner and involved with the Douglas Chamber of Commerce [top edge trimmed about 1/16" after removal from an original photo album].. These items are rare and in remarkable condition.

1927. An 8" x 10" vintage movie photograph of Babe Ruth and his co-star Anna Q. Nilsson in the now lost film "Babe Comes Home". The photograph has attached the information from the Movie Company First National Pictures, Inc. with a short summary of the story. First National found this film was a huge hit at the box office. It was filmed at the Los Angeles Wrigley Field (then a minor league stadium) owned by William K. Wrigley and later films made there included The Pride of the Yankees, The Stratton Story, and Damn Yankees. The film was made in the spring of 1927 with co-star Anna Quirentia Nilsson who also was the first Swedish actress to receive her own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. What makes this especially scarce is the attached label which gives added provenance to a very rare Babe Ruth photograph.

Tucson, AZ: Center for Creative Photography / University of Arizona, 1981. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Crane, Barbara. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 8vo., 124pp. Photography exibition catalogue, with essays by Estelle Jussim and Paul Vanderbilt. Illustrated wrappers.

(Lepp and Associates, Los Osos, CA: 1997). First Edition. Quarto. 159pp.. Exquisite color photography of the most remarkable wildlfe scenes andthe author show how he took these shots. Bound in white pictorial paper covered boards lettered in blue and yellow, spine lettering blue. A near fine copy. Very nice.

Cincinnati (1911): Jennings and Graham. First Edition. Octavo. 469pp. illustrated by the author with photographic images of various birds. The author "furnishes a historical and geographical setting for her study of what "Moses recorded in history, what Solomon said in his wisdom, what David sang in ecstasy and what Job cried out in his agony." Along with several other birds. A very good copy bound in a cloth binding resembling a tree with a bird peeping out, lettering yellow, spine lettering yellow, top edge gilt, some chipping or fraying to spine ends, light wear to corners, pictorial endpapers. Previous owner's name in pencil date 1917. [MacLean 22].

(Lausanne, 1966): Ami Guichard. First Edition. Oblong Octavo. 126pp. Illustrated by Jacques Henri Lartigue. An enchanting book of images of the early 20th century, with various sized photographs hand-mounted of early bicycles, gliders, airplane flight in France, and clothing fashions. and more. All captions penned in the humorous glib of a young boy. Bound in maroon cloth lettered and decorated in gilt, childhood photograph in black and white mounted to front cover. A near fine copy.

London: Almark, 1975. First American. Very Good/No Dust Jacket as Issued. Pictorial Cover. 8"x8". 80 pp. Extensively photographed with illustrations from the era. Includes photo and brief sketch of Florence Nightingale.

Madrid, 1997. Quarto. 2nd edition. 156 p. a history of movie making in Spain from 1896-1997 and the books upon which they were based; intended as a thorough guide to research on the Spanish film, directors, production, etc profusely illustrated with black and white photographs. A handsome near fine copy bound in pictorial stiff paper wraps.

H. N. Abrams, 1978. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 252p. index. Profusely illustrated with paintings, photographs of the city of New York from the beginnings to the World trade Centers.