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 | WHOLE PLATE DAGUERREOTYPE OF THE MEINECKE FAMILY OF SOUTH ORANGE, NEW JERSEY AND NEW ROCHELLE, NEW YORK
American School (USA, 1848 - 1850)Whole plate daguerreotype, American, circa 1850. Measuring 8 x 6 inches the image contains two men and three women. In what appears to be the original wooden frame. In very fine condition. Included is a detailed travel manuscript in the hand of Rose Meinecke, of a trip to Holland in 1908. This was purchased from the same family as the daguerreotype.
$3,500 |
Gutzon Borglum Dangles Precipitously from George Washington’s Lower Eyelid on Mount Rushmore
Charles d'Emery (USA) Gelatin Silver Print; 9 5/8 x 7 3/4 inches
Circa 1929
Borglum worked on Mount Rushmore from 1925 until he died just before it was completed in 1941. It was the largest and most remarkable sculpture ever crafted in this country and has been visited by Presidents and Kings. Over 450,000 tons of rock was blasted away and incredibly there were no fatalities during the many years it took to complete. Charles d’Emery, a Connecticut photographer, chronicled the project through the years of construction.
Other examples of his photographs showing Borglum’s progress can be seen in Mount Rushmore by Gilbert C.Fite (Norman, Oklahoma, 1952).
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 | Cabinet Photograph of Rabbi Moses Gaster
Elliott & Fry (England, 1880 - 1890)Photograph mounted on card, 6½ x 4¼,with imprint of Elliott & Fry Ltd, Photographers, 55 Baker Street, London, S.W. On verso is written, "Rabbi Moses Gaster, Chief Rabbi Spanish and Portuguese Jewish Congregations, London". Sharp impression.
$550 |
 | Amelia Earhart
Ben Pinchot (USA, 1937)Amelia Earhart. Pioneer woman aviator; first woman to fly Atlantic solo; lost on flight in 1937. Lovely 8 x 10 inch vintage photograph of her smiling; stamp of the photographer, Ben Pinchot, on verso.
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New York World Photograph of Theodore Roosevelt During His Progressive Party Campaign of 1912
New York World (USA, 1912)Historically significant 8 x 10 vintage photograph of ex-President Theodore Roosevelt; with the handstamp of the New York World Photographer, C.Legendre on the reverse.
When Roosevelt returned from his world travels in 1911 he was quite disturbed at the conservative path taken by his successor, William Howard Taft. Despite a promise not to seek a third term, he declared his candidacy and lost the Republican nomination to Taft. He then decided to bolt the Party and formed the Progessive or Bull Moose Party. By doing so he split the Republicans and threw the election to Woodrow Wilson.
Ex-collection Herbert Bayard Swope, Editor in Chief of The New York World, purchased directly from his estate.
An American Photograph of Major Importance: A Full plate Ambrotype of the First Serious 19th Century American Composer, Louis Moreau Gottschalk, Housed in the Best Thermoplastic Historical Case Depicting the Landing of Columbus
American 19th Century (USA, 1862 - 1963) Louis Moreau Gottschalk (1829-1869)
Full plate ambrotype; in original brass frame measuring 8 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches. Probably taken in New York, circa 1862. Gottschalk is the center figure surrounded by two other men, one of whom, to the viewer’s right, resembles his brother Edward. The third person could be Emanuelle Muzio, Verdi’s friend and Gottschalk’s impresario. In immaculate condition.
The entire portrait is contained in a spectacular and the most important full plate daguerreotype double-sided thermoplastic case. It is impressed on both sides with the image of the famous Vanderlyn painting of Columbus Landing at the Island of Guanahani, October 12, 1492, and is signed twice, “F.B.Smith & Hartmann, NY”. Along the edges are vignettes of a ship, a wheel and anvil, a Native American and his family in a canoe, and farm implements. Small corner chip and a light crack on one side, not affecting the beauty of this rare case. Rinhart #1, and Krainik #1.
Louis Moreau Gottschalk was the first American musician to truly have an international following. He was born in New Orleans and although he lived to be only 40, his popularity throughout the world was phenomenal. Drawing from the many melodies he heard growing up in Louisiana, Gottschalk composed over 300 works. During the 1850’s he traveled across the United States sometimes performing three times in a day, and often to huge festivals. He performed for Chopin, was praised by Berlioz, played some of his compositions for President Lincoln and was received by the Presidents of five South American countries. His personal life was chaotic and some thought perverse; he died of yellow fever in Brazil.
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 | Early Panoramic View of a Pioneer French Flight
French School (France, 1909 - 1910)Panoramic photograph of a pioneer flight, probably around 1910, on the coast of France. As the plane flies overhead, we see several period automobiles in the foreground with people watching the event. Measures 10 ¾ x 3 3/8 inches.
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