1890s die-cut of a kitten in a basket
Measures approx. 5.5 x 4.5 inches, mounted on embossed bordered sheet that itself is mounted on a black sheet. Probably Austrian or German.
Measures approx. 5.5 x 4.5 inches, mounted on embossed bordered sheet that itself is mounted on a black sheet. Probably Austrian or German.
Very good, signs of removal from an album on verso, a couple tiny flecks to front side.
Very good, mounted to a sheet of now yellowed paper.
Roughly 12.5 x 10 inches, light wear, mounted on old black craft paper. The cat looks a little like Trump getting a dose of hydroxychloroquine.
12 x 10 inches (roughly), on a clipped out album page, thus there are some die-cuts on the other side, too. Light wear.
Measures approximately 13 x 8.5 inches, mounted to an old sheet of black paper, some light rubbing and wear.
Approx. 12.5 x 6 inches, mounted on turquoise old paper, with acetate covering, very good with light wear, including top quarter inch of the broomstick detached from the rest (but still there).
Approx. 14.5 x 6 inches, very good, light wear and rubbing, mounted on sheet of old black paper.
Measures approx. 13 x 5.5 inches, very good, light wear, mounted to old turquoise sheet of paper, covered with acetate sheet taped to verso. Charming image.
Roughly 12 x 9 inches, very good, mounted on old black craft paper.
Approx. 12.5 x 6 inches, mounted on turquoise old paper, with acetate covering, very good with light wear. Possibly a character from a Mother Goose rhyme, but who?
Measures approx. 12 x 6.5 inches inches, very good, light wear to crown of his head and lower right, mounted to old turquoise sheet of paper, covered with acetate sheet taped to verso. Charming image.
Approx. 12.5 x 7 inches, mounted on turquoise old paper, with acetate covering, very good with light wear.
Roughly 13 x 10 inches, very good, light wear, mounted on an album page, so there are a few die-cuts pasted to the other side, too. There are two extra little die-cuts of a boy and a girl that are really not part of the image.
Measures 10.5 inches tall, leather with clasp, very good, general rubbing and light wear, with contents intact: 26 CDVs of people, 24 larger sized cabinet photos. No one is identified by name, studios are Gettysburg and Altoona mainly but we have not removed any to look for studio names. Note.....
Kimberley, South Africa: ca. 1890s. 2 photos actually, identifical. Photos measure 6 x 4 inches and are mounted in stiff paper measuring 10 x 8 inches, with "With Best Wishes / From Kimberley, S.A." printed and a decorative red border around the photos. The mounting sheets are in fair condition.....
Each measures approx. 5 x 4.5 inches, mounted on craft paper; not a complete set. Captions in German. Included is a seventh one in English, same image as the first.
Approx. 6 x 4.5 inches each, six images, mounted two-to-a-sheet of old craft paper. Assume there should be more. Probably German.
Each measures approx. 11.5 x 5 inches, both show that they were originally pasted in an album, but in very good overall condition, with some glitter mixed in with the final coating, light wear to tip of girl's wing.
Hardcover. 10.5 x 8.5 inches, deep burgundy velvet plush pillowed binding, good with much of the plush rubbed and worn off, many of the windows for the photos broken. With 30 cabinet sized photos (5.5 x 4 inches) and mainly from Altoona with some from Johnstown, Bellefonte, Hollidaysburg -- few.....
(Boston): 1891. Hardcover. Half leather and marbled boards, good to very good, leather a little dry and rubbed, crack lines along joints but still firmly bound. With bookplate of James I. Buchanan and his signature. Buchanan (1853-1931, prominent Pittsburgh banker, businessman and financier). 417 pp., illustrated with engravings in the.....
(Chicago): 1893. Trade card measures 6 x 4.35 inches, very good, with gold bordered chromo of a steamship on the front and a list of lines of express and mail steamers in greentone on rear. Postcard from Norddeutscher Lloyd titled "Gruss von Bord des Dampfers "Zieten" with note on front.....
(Masontown WV: 1894-1903. Hardcover. 8 x 5.5 inches, cloth, good with some wear and soil to covers, recent black cloth reinforcement to spine, contents very good, with 46 pages filled out with minutes of Epworth League meetings, roll book, records, election of officers, etc. Very early Epworth League book --.....
Elizabeth, PA: 1963. 9.25 inches tall, wraps, 36 pp, mainly ads, sponsored by the Elizabeth Fire Department, held August 11-17, 1963.
Hardcover. Probably the album of Elsa Thusnelda Foerster before she met her husband. Foerster, 1881-1951, Allegheny County, was daughter of composer Adolph Foerster and grand-daughter of artist Emil Foerster. She married Ernest Jennings Michael (1881-1971), and they had one son, Robert Hartley Michael (1912-1973), and lived most of their lives.....