Authors beginning with C from Daniel / Oliver Gallery (7 items)

Vintage silver print 6 5/8 x 9 7/8 inchesWith Cartier-Bresson's hand stamp and an affixed caption label and date stamp verso.

Vintage silver print 6 1/2 x 9 3/4 inchesWith Cartier-Bresson's hand stamp and various notations and date stamps verso.

Photo album; linen-backed silver prints (60) Each 7 x 9 inchesEach with date in negative; some with photographer's credit negative.
A handsome and tidy album documenting construction of the "New" Morrison Hotel and Boston Oyster House, which was located on the southeast corner of Madison and Clark Streets in Chicago's downtown loop. The earliest photos in the album, dated 1914 , show an empty lot with large banners and signs hanging overhead which advertise the forthcoming structure. The photos go forward chronologically until 1917, thoroughly documenting the impressive architectural endeavor. The album's cover is embossed with a title that reads "Morrison Hotel 1st-and 2nd Section / John Griffiths and Son Co. / Builders"In 1838, Orsemus Morrison, Chicago's first coroner, purchased the site of the Morrison Hotel, constructing a three-story hotel there in 1860, which was destroyed by the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. It was replaced with an eight-story hotel and two years later Colonel John S. Wilson… Read more

Albumen prints (10); ink drawings (2); manuscript and typescript pages (approx. 47); and engravings (12).
A fascinating collection pertaining to philanthropical deeds and missteps blunders of Henry D. Cogswell, a California pioneer and a dentist by profession, as well as an inventor, a real estate manipulator and investor, entrepreneur, philanthropist, temperance advocate, and egomaniac.
The collection of CDV and cabinet card portraits of Cogswell and his wife Caroline (one a daguerreotype copy); a CDV of a bust of Cogswell; engraved portraits of Cogswell; photographs of his temperance fountains including the fountain in Washington D.C. (often called "The city's ugliest statue); two original hand-drawn designs for temperance fountains; a photograph of a fountain design; manuscript and typescript outlines for a proposed biography, written by J.H. Culver; manuscript material pertaining to his lawsuit with the trustees of Cogswell Polytechnical College; and a bit of ephemera related to Cogswell… Read more

Silver prints (158); 3 x 5 and 7 x 9 inches; Some with identifying locations recto, and others with photographer's hand stamp verso.

This compelling photo album, compiled between 1948 and 1957, offers a view into the rapid development of roadside infrastructure that took place in California during the transformative period of post-war prosperity.As California experienced a surge in car ownership and a growing reliance on automobiles for transportation, the need for accessible and conveniently located gas stations became increasingly apparent. The album shows how Associated Oil Company (by this time a subsidiary of Tidewater Oil, owned by Getty) strategically positioned their now-iconic "Flying A" gas stations to cater to the burgeoning market up and down the West Coast. This album presents prospective locations (some depicted with realtors' advertising boards), scenes of construction and improvements, and views of recently completed service stations spanning from the Southern Bay Area to Los… Read more

A handsome advertisement, measuring 6 x 8 inches, for an evening with Captain Jack Crawford, the adventurer, educator, author, and master storyteller of the Wild West. There is a manuscript date of October 31, 1895. While the advertising text simply indicates the lecture is to take place at "The auditorium," the leaflet was printed by A.F. Fisk, who operated out of Helena, Montana, at the time.

Photo album; silver prints (12) Each 7 1/2 x 9 1/2 inchesEach with affixed caption label on page verso; some with manuscript captions to print recto; a few with Curtis's credit in negative.Location and date in manuscript to paper cover. Well-shot promotional album showing the mining town of Lead, South Dakota, in the early 20th-century, with a focus on the Homestake Mine.There are a few different photos of the Homestake Mine, including a view of the feed floor, a shot of gold being weighed in the assay office, one of the slag floor, one of the collection house, and one of workers drilling in the mine. There is also a bird's eye view of the eastern side of town, one of Spearfish Canyon, one showing a cut in the mountain, one of the Star Mill, and a dynamic composite photo.From the Lead Historic Preservation Society:"The Homestake Mine was once called the "Richest 100 Square Miles" on the Earth. The original ore body was discovered in 1876, in Bobtail Gulch south of present day Central City, by the… Read more