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1914réf. 60836San Francisco CA: The Architect and Engineer of California 617-619 Monadnock Building Dec. 1914. Tall 8vo. 7 x 10.25 in. 56 pp unpaginated. With over 100 text illustrations photos colour-illustrated insert pp. 25-32 decorative & illustrated borders. Colour-illustrated softcovers cover art by Perham Wilhelm Nahl 1869-1935 of the famed “Thirteenth Labor of Hercules” forcing the giant cliffs apart with a hazy view of the PPIE in the background colour plate of the Exposition & the Tower of Jewels on back cover minor age toning slight shelfwear rubbing still VG copy from the library of Prof. Marvin Nathan. Second edition of this fairly uncommon promotional souvenir for the famed 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition including a colour-insert series of pages and extensive photo-illustrated sections on the largely rebuilt San Francisco along with other California attractions including the Missions & Chinatown. The Architect and Engineer of California, 617-619 Monadnock Building, paperback
1876réf. 60907Philadelphia & Buffalo NY: Clark & Co. Manufacturers of Builders’ Hardware Potsdamer & Co. 1876. Oblong 12mo. 5.5 x 3.25 in. One colour-chromolithographed trade card w/ illustrations of Buildings on recto emulating a stage with a central Birds-eye image of the Exposition advertising for the firm in English French German & Spanish on verso slight shelfwear very minor age toning still NF copy from the library of Prof. Marvin Nathan. A fantastic chromolithograph birds-eye promotional trade card issued by the Clark & Co. Hardware from Buffalo New York who embraced the international flavor of the 1876 Centennial by advertising in four different languages. Potsdamer & Co. operated from the mid 1870’s until Ketterlinus acquired the firm in 1885 and has as stage framing the miniature birds-eye the Machinery Hall Government Building Agricultural Building Art Gallery Women’s Pavilion and the expansive Main Building. No copies in Worldcat. Clark & Co., Manufacturers of Builders’ Hardware, Potsdamer & Co., unknown
1901réf. 60753Buffalo NY: Charles Ahrhart Gies & Co. Printers & Engravers 1901. 12mo. 5 x 7 in. 176 pp. 1 large folding colour map frontisp. Plan of the Pan-American Exposition drawn by C.E. Pelz numerous photo illustrations and plates 1 large folding map “New Map of the City of Buffalo.” Embossed forest-green softcovers raised & embossed gilt lettering & globe medal on front cover embossed fir & palm trees old tape repairs to closed tears at fold creases on frontisp. map some dustsoiling edgewear still VG- copy from the library of Prof. Marvin Nathan. First edition of this fairly uncommon travel guide book to the Pan-American Exposition featuring both the large folding maps. Included are descriptions of the range of acts and attractions featured at the Exposition which included Bostock’s Trained Wild Animals Akoun’s Beautiful Orient Venice in America with Italian Gondoliers Roltair’s House Upside Down or “Palace of Illusions” the “War Dance of Cape Lopez Blacks” the Philippine Village the Hawaiian Village which featured a representation of the Kilauea Volcano ever erupting and the Battle of Missionary Ridge Cyclorama. Augmenting the City of Buffalo map is a directory to all of the streets and cross streets and hotels restaurants and other services also receive mention. Sadly the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo New York is best remembered today as the site of President McKinley’s assassination Sept. 6 1901. This guide book was released with issues containing just one plan to the exposition as well as this version which featured the City of Buffalo map as well. Charles Ahrhart, Gies & Co., Printers & Engravers, paperback
1894réf. 61007San Francisco: H.S. Crocker Co. 215-219 Bush St. 1894. Fifteen parts in one vol. Oblong folio. 14.5 x 10.75 in. 240 pp unpaginated. 227 photo plates 13 double-page. Recent black cloth Portfolio No. 7 cover mounted on front cover as title endpapers renewed all fascicles were bound in adjustable slide post-binder as evidenced by discrete slits at gutter margin some occasional minor tears slight edgewear to textblock from thumbing still a VG copy from the library of Prof. Marvin Nathan. First edition of this exceptional and complete photographic souvenir series capturing the California Midwinter International Exposition which was the first World’s Fair in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park prior to the Earthquake & Fire. Taber 1830-1912 was the official photographer of the Fair and he has captured with vividness the excitement and variety of the events in the Fair with night shots of the Electric Tower piercing the darkness the action in the Forty-Niner Mining Camp which featured “Monarch” the stuffed Grizzly Bear who was showcased in the venue along with logging scenes at Lake Tahoe Hopfields in Ukiah CA the bedraggled Apache confined to the “Arizona Indian Village” along with a portrait of a Chinese Opium Den in San Francisco’s Chinatown. H.S. Crocker Co., 215-219 Bush St., hardcover
2015réf. 60992Berkeley & San Francisco CA: Heyday & California Historical Society 2015. 4to. ix 1 379 3 pp. Title in gold & black. Lavishly illustrated throughout in colour and black & white. Decorated blue publisher’s cloth colour plates mounted front & back covers map illustrated endpapers slight shelfwear very slight crease to lower corner of rear plate still VG bright copy without dustjacket as issued from the library of Prof. Marvin Nathan. First edition 1st printing of this well-illustrated one-volume history of the historic 1915 PPIE including extended descriptions of the efforts to land the fair possible postponement the stunning light effects subsequent demise and demolition of the site. Heyday & California Historical Society, hardcover
1901réf. 60904Buffalo NY: Wagner Typewriter Co. 241 Broadway 1901. One chromolithograph cabinet-sized card 4.25 x 6.25 in. printed photo on verso minor dustsoiling slight edgewear still VG bright copy. First edition of this scarce promotional trade card from the Wagner Typewriter Co. which not only featured an elaborate display of their latest mechanical and electrical “Underwood” typewriters but also featured the prodigious competition by two Massachusetts women Mary Esther “Mae” Carrington 1878-1944 and Alice Mary Schreiner 1878-1961 renowned competitive speed typists earning $ 100.00 per week typing up to a 144 words per minute with accuracy. “Lady Betty” columnist of the Buffalo Evening Times wrote that the “exhibit of American typewriters at the Exposition was the most elaborate and comprehensive ever attempted at any exposition and that augmented by the presence of these two wizard-like operators.” No copies in Worldcat U of DE does hold a 4 pp. Underwood Typewriter Catalogue; See: Richard Polt The Classic Typewriter Page Underwood No. 5 2020; Buffalo Evening Times Women’s Realm May 18 1901; Robert Messenger ozTypewriter April 18 2019. [Wagner Typewriter Co.]., [241 Broadway], unknown
1896réf. 61002Atlanta GA; Littleton NH & New York: B.W. Kilburn James M. Davis; Cotton States and International Exposition Co. 1896. Two original albumen stereoview photographs sized 6 x 3 in. mounted on pink-tinted studio board sized 7 x 3.5 in. photographer’s imprint & captions in blank alongside image and on verso former ownership markings in Spanish on one minor soiling to fore-edges of 2nd image some shelfwear still VG- exemplars from the library of Prof. Marvin Nathan. Two scarce original albumen stereoview photographs of livestock and horse tricks at the 1895 Cotton States & International Exposition which featured the resurgence of the “New South” including the first pavilion sponsored for and by African-Americans the Atlanta Negro Building which covered 25000 square feet and was filled with exhibits of Black workers artists authors and introduced by a Jubilee Singers performances. Unfortunately their accomplishments were largely overshadowed by Booker T. Washington’s notorious “Atlanta Compromise” speech which opened the Fair counseling African-Americans to seek economic security before political or social equality. Benjamin Kilburn 1827-1909. and his brother Edward b. 1830 initially operated their business together until Edward retired in the 1870’s and by 1872 they had a large photographic stereoview card factory one block from the Littleton trains station. Young salesmen carried the stereoviews on the trains and by the early 20th-Century the company was the most extensive producer of stereoview photographs purchasing images from such photographers as William H. Rau the Kiser Bros. and others. B.W. Kilburn, James M. Davis; Cotton States and International Exposition Co., unknown
1898réf. 61000Omaha NE & Medford OR: F.H. Hull photographer 1898. One original albumen stereoview photograph sized 7.25 x 3.75 in. scalloped upper fore-edge mounted on 7.25 x 4.25 in. gray studio board photographer’s imprint and image number on verso minor scuffing minor edgewear still a VG exemplar from the library of Prof. Marvin Nathan. A very scarce original albumen stereoview of the 1898 World’s Fair which like the 1894 California Midwinter Fair was inspired by the 1893 Columbian Exposition and spread across 184 acres at the northern edge of Omaha near the Missouri River. The Grand Court known as “The New White City” consisted of majestic temporary structures and statuary largely covered in plaster along with lush gardens and a canal with fountains and gondolas in contrast to Omaha which was still a fairly small frontier city. Hull 1880-1949 was an 18-year-old Kansas photographer who subsequently moved with his mother Sarah Adeline Hull 1843-1932 to Medford Oregon where he established himself as a scenic photographer & printer for over 20 years before moving to Chico CA. F.H. Hull, photographer, unknown
1938réf. 60962San Francisco CA: Golden Gate International Exposition Ticket Sales Headquarters 1938. Two pies. 1st - Small 4to. 5.5 x 7 in. 6 pp unpaginated. triptych colour-printing illustrated in yellow & blue offset glue marks on back cover; 2nd - 1 oblong 12mo. promotional ticket 3.25 x 5.5 in. printed & illustrated recto & verso in blue & gold slight shelfwear VG pair from the library of Prof. Marvin Nathan. First editions of these promotional items intended to boost ticket sales and regular attendance at the 1939 GGIE which encouraged subscribers to buy “Sponsor’s Season Passes” and “39er Scrip Books” the year before the Fair was held in order to gain a substantial discount. They were available for early buyers at $ 20.00 and $ 5.00 respectively for each package. Although not recognized by the Bureau of International Exhibitions the GGIE organizers were hoping for a banner tourist season in 1939 for San Francisco but the onset of World War II and excessive costs resulted in over $ 4 million in losses the first year even with a court-ordered bankruptcy stay allowing the Fair to run until Sept. 1940 and 17 million visitors it still finished in the red. No copies in Worldcat. Golden Gate International Exposition, Ticket Sales Headquarters, unknown
1915réf. 60910San Francisco CA & Oakland CA: Panama-Pacific International Exposition The Wahlgreen Co. Official Publishers 1915. Three pieces. 1st two - 8vo. 11-132 pp. w/ clipped Exposition map backed in linen mounted onto title page photo & text illustrations throughout. Colour-illustrated softcovers covered in white linen manuscript annotation of J.F. Rodgers 853-36th St. Oakland CA on front cover minor edgewear creasing; with large 28 x 8 in. Map of the Exhibition grounds issued by the Southern Pacific backed in linen on verso w/ extensive ink manuscript notes of itinerary and visits on verso list of 17 dates neatly written in upper fore-edge of recto some dustsoiling at fold creases edgewear still G set; 2nd - 8vo. 160 pp. With 1 large folding 4-panel frontisp. map of Exposition on recto birds-eye of San Francisco Bay on verso w/ photo ads at margin illustrated ads at front & rear. Colour-illustrated softcovers cover art of the City of Domes colour ad for Southern Pacific on back minor chipping head & foot of spine some creasing edgewear still VG- copy all from the library of John Francis Rodgers 1863-1932 and Prof. Marvin Nathan. First editions stated of these uncommon guidebooks to the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition together with the well-used map and manuscript notes of the Southern Pacific Railroad’s “Lost Properties” department head who attended the Fair 17 times through the year. These offer an intimate historical portrait of the frequency and popularity of visits by many fairgoer’s during the run of the PPIE. The neat manuscript notes list all the band performances he managed to catch through the year of festivities including John Philip Sousa conducting his popular marching band; the Philippine Constabulary Band which had originally played in 1904 at the St. Louis World’s Fair and whose performances at the PPIE proved very popular including 1 conducted by Sousa; and the Marimba Band “of Honduras” which was actually the Hurtado Brothers Royal Marimba Band the official Guatemalan Representatives at the PPIE who performed standing room only and wildly popular packed concerts; as well as the U.S. Marine Corps Band Arizona 1st Infantry Band St. Vincent’s Orphan Asylum Band Oakland School Band and more. He was also actively interested in the aerial shows performed at the PPIE featuring flights by pioneering aviators four of whom would not see 1917 as Silas Christofferson 1890-1916 perhaps best remembered for his dramatic leap off of the roof of the Multnomah Hotel in downtown Portland; Lincoln Beachey 1887-1915 who drowned while performing loop aerial maneuvers in a test Beachey-Eaton Monoplane crashing into San Francisco Bay in front of the PPIE crowd; Art Smith 1890-1926 who replaced Beachey and pioneered sensational aerial displays with fireworks and magnesium flares over the night skies; Charles Niles 1868-1916 who performed with Petrossi only to die a year later in OshKosh WI; and finally the Paraguayan daredevil Silvio Petrossi 1887-1916 noted for his illuminated night flights as well and even survived a crash in San Francisco Bay only to die in 1916. Rodgers also attended the PPIE during Contra Costa Day March 3 Tuolumne Day April 14 an Oakland School concert in Festival Hall April 16 Japan Day August 31 Liberty Bell Day July 7 and even Illinois Day - held July 24 1915 in honor of the Chicago Limited SS Eastland disaster after the ship rolled over at the pier killing 844 passengers & crew. Panama-Pacific International Exposition, The Wahlgreen Co., Official Publishers, paperback
1901réf. 60932Buffalo NY & Littleton NH: C.D. Arnold B.W. Kilburn 1901. Nine original stereoview albumen Woodburytype photographs sized 6 x 3 in. mounted on beige-coloured studio boards sized 7 x 3.5 in. all w/ printed captions & photographer’s imprints a couple w/ former ownership markings on versos in ink manuscript 7 w/ scalloped upper fore-edges minor dustsoiling minor wear to fore-edges still a VG set of images from the library of Prof. Marvin Nathan. Nine scarce and original albumen stereoview photographs detailing the exhibits sights and the sensational lighting effects achieved at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo NY in 1901. Many of the Exposition buildings including the prominent Electric Tower were covered in approximately 2 million 100 watt incandescent light bulbs producing an incredible display when turned on each night attracting millions of people who visited. This Exposition marked a defining moment in Buffalo history with the city becoming the focus of international architectural artistic technological and industrial attention at the Fair. Arnold 1844-1927 was previously the official photographer of the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago and it appears Kilburn contracted to produce and distribute stereoview images using Arnold photos. See: The Pan-American Exposition: Selected Sources in the Grosvenor Room RBR T485.C1 F5; Opening of the New York Electrical Society Season Electrical World & Engineer Vol. XXVIII No. 17 Oct. 26 1901 p. 674. [C.D. Arnold], B.W. Kilburn, hardcover
1893réf. 60899Chicago & Philadelphia PA: Globe Bible Publishing Co. 1893. Thick oblong 4to. 11.25 x 9 x 2.25 in. 528 2 pp. including over 250 photo plates all w/ facing explanatory text and Exposition map. Half-black embossed calf over blue cloth gilt lettering front cover spine decorated in blind gilt lettering decorated endpapers expertly rebacked very minor chipping loss head of spine some scuffing offsetting from inner-joint glue at gutters still a VG copy from the library of Prof. Marvin Nathan. First edition of this splendidly illustrated photographic guidebook of the 1893 Columbian Exposition and perhaps the most detailed of all of the illustrated view books to the Chicago World’s Fair. The majority of the pavilions are well-detailed and the Arnold photographs meticulously document the splendor of the Fair. Along with the immense Ferris Wheel which towered over the Exposition there also are images of the Street in Cairo Egyptian Wedding Sudanese villagers Egyptian belly-dancers the Chinese theatre and the Alaskan Kwakiutl Indians together with their totem polls and native dress. See: Dybwad & Bliss Annotated Bibliography: World’s Columbian Exposition Chicago 1893 1992 1667. Globe Bible Publishing Co., hardcover
1894réf. 60784San Francisco CA: Harvey Whitcher & Allen Publishers to the California Midtwinter International Exposition 1894. 12mo. 69 3 d pp. Including the 4 page added “Additional List.” Printed & illustrated tan sofcovers lettering in red & black edgewear chipping ghosting from old tape repairs archival tape repair to spine still G- copy. First edition of this very scarce handbook catalogue to the fine arts on display at the 1894 California Midwinter International Exposition the first International Fair held in Golden Gate Park San Francisco which lists featured artwork from California the rest of the U.S. Canada England France Germany Italy Poland Russia & Spain. California artists displayed included R.D. Velland William Keith L.Z. Sleeth John Stanton Ernest Narjot Ernest Peixotto and more. Harvey, Whitcher & Allen, Publishers to the California Midtwinter International Exposition, unknown
1904réf. 60952Portland: Secretary and Director of Exploitation Press of the Irwin-Hodson Co. 1904. 12mo. 96 pp. With photo plates text illustrations double-page centerfold birds-eye view of the Lewis & Clark Centennial by James Harvey Rollin Caughey. Illustrated softcovers cover art front cover lettering in red minor creasing folds couple minor closed tears slight foxing still a G copy. First edition of this very scarce land promotion prospectus and souvenir touting Oregon the year prior to the 1905 Lewis & Clark Centennial Exposition marking the anniversary of the famed exploration across the North American continent after the Louisiana Purchase. The photo plates depict areas around the Pacific Northwest the steamships plying the Columbia and Willamette Rivers and the iconic birds-eye illustration by Caughey. Secretary and Director of Exploitation, Press of the Irwin-Hodson Co., paperback
1915réf. 60845San Francisco CA: Panama-Pacific International Exposition Co.; General Electric Co. 1915. 12mo. 3.8 x 8.2 in. 8 pp unpaginated. Self-printed softcovers black lettering on front cover minor shelfwear slight toning still VG copy from collection of Prof. Marvin Nathan. First edition of this rare lighting program detailing how D’Arcy’s lighting by refracting light through mirrors and thousands of Austrian Novagems and a myriad of searchlights enhanced and enthralled visitors to the buildings and courts of the famed Panama-Pacific International Exposition held in San Francisco 1915. The created effects included special nightly light shows featuring the “Birth of Light” “Nebular Hypothesis” “The Aurora Borealis” “Fireless Fireworks” “Steam Serpents” “Spirit of the Twentieth Century” and “Birds of Paradise” featuring spectacular lighting across the Exposition and San Francisco Bay. Worldcat locates 8 copies Columbia CA State Lib. Sutro Autry Museum Bancroft Center for RL Ill Lake Forest Nat. Lib. of Australia; See: Gray Brechin The Architecture of the Fair: Lighting and Color Historical Essay Found SF Shaping San Francisco’s Digital Archive 2021; John Winthrop Hammond Lighting the Panama-Pacific International Exposition Museum of the City of San Francisco 2021. [Panama-Pacific International Exposition Co.; General Electric Co.], paperback
1893réf. 60902Chicago IL & Philadelphia PA: George Barry 1893. 8vo. 383 1 pp. Map frontispiece’s. With 336 black & white plates text illustrations. Half-calf over contemporary marbled boards black & gilt spine label minor scuffing to marbled boards pastedowns & inner hinges repaired still VG copy from the libraries of Franka Johnson and Prof. Marvin Nathan w/ ownership markings on ffep. First edition stated of this relatively uncommon guidebook to the paintings and art exhibited at the 1893 Columbian Exposition. The Art Gallery featured an impressive international group of artists including Winslow Homer William Chase Walter Crane Childe Hassam Adeolphe Marais Amanda Sewell Kenyon Cox and over 100 others. Charles McMeen Kurtz 1855-1909 at the time was one of Halsey Ives’s Assistants in the Fine Arts Department of the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition Art Director of the 1894 St. Louis Exposition and later Museum Director at the Buffalo Museum of Art 1905-1909. See: Dybwad & Bliss Annotated Bibliography: World’s Columbian Exposition Chicago 1893 1992 907 1st ed. George Barry, hardcover
1921réf. 60991San Francisco CA New York & London: Published for The Panama-Pacific International Exposition Co. by G.P. Putnam’s 1921. Tall thick 8vo. 8.5 x 10.8 in. xvii 1 387 1; x 416; xi 1 410; xi 1 397 1; vii 1 266 170 pp. With 1 large folding colour panoramic view of the PPIE 60 colour plates 539 photo plates & illustrations. Uniformly bound in brick-red cloth lozenge gilt illustration front cover by Perham Wilhelm Nahl 1869-1935 of the famed “Thirteenth Labor of Hercules” forcing the giant cliffs apart gilt lettering on spines t.e.g. minor shelfwear occasional light foxing & toning still a VG bright set from the library of Prof. Marvin Nathan. First edition of this expansive and lavishly illustrated report on the very successful 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco CA which managed to attract not only 19 million visitors some of them on weekly or monthly basis but also squeak out a profit of $ 1 million or approx. $ 35 million in 2024 dollars just a rounding error for one of the Bay Area tech giants. Along with extensive details on the organizing construction operations and advertising for the Fair the author has included extended sections on examining the role of Women and the Women’s conferences and building at the PPIE as well as the impact of significant breakthroughs in treating infectious diseases such as Yellow Fever and the Plague and their importance to San Francisco as well. Published for The Panama-Pacific International Exposition Co., by G.P. Putnam’s, hardcover
1939réf. 60963San Francisco CA: n.p. 1939. 8vo. 4 x 9 in. which folds out leporello accordion-style into 8 pp unpaginated. printed in red & black photo illustrations map Self-printed softcovers colour-illust. of dancer & the Pavilion at the GGIE NF copy from the library of Prof. Marvin Nathan. First edition of this promotional brochure touting the French Indo-China exhibition at the GGIE featuring examples of sculpture Vietnamese Cambodian and Laotian culture as well as entire room devoted to big game hunting. Worldcat locates 4 copies Bancroft Cal State Fresno Monash Wolfsonian. n.p.], paperback
1909réf. 60778Seattle WA: Seattle Electric Co. Publicity Dept. 1909. 12mo. 64 i.e. 62 pp. w/ 1 “memoranda” leaf removed. With numerous illustrations and maps including map keys. Illustrated softcovers A-Y-P Exposition logo on front cover lettering in red & black minor dustsoiling edgewear still G copy w/ pencil annotations prices and remarks in last few leaves and itemized lunch for $ 2.25 on back cover by Amelia S. Sullivan Helen Sullivan or Mrs. William Sullivan w/ additional notes on steamship visit to Vancouver and Victoria B.C. First edition of this rare souvenir handbook guide detailing how to see the sights in Seattle and at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition. The maps include those for the Exposition Ballard Edgewater & Union Bay Queen Anne Hill Capitol & Renton Hill along with West Seattle and Beacon Hill. Worldcat locates 3 copies U of AK Fairbanks Claremont WA State Lib. Seattle Electric Co., Publicity Dept., paperback
1876réf. 60903Philadelphia: Centennial Views New Excelsior American Views Peoples Series Underwood & Underwood George Barker H.L. Roberts & Co. American Scenery et al 1876-ca. 1926. Twenty-six albumen stereoview photographs 1 coloured sized 5.75 x 3 in. mounted on assorted stereograph boards sized 7 x 3.5 in. many w/ captions faintly w/in negative at lower fore-edge some w/ photographer’s imprint lower fore-edge of board many w/ decorative borders some w/ ink or pencil MS on verso occasional dustsoiling minor edgewear just a couple slightly over-exposed otherwise a good collection from the library of Prof. Marvin Nathan. The Centennial Board of Commissioners awarded the sole license for photography at the exposition just prior to the exhibition to Edward L. Wilson editor of The Philadelphia Photographer who partnered with his good friend William Notman a Scottish-Canadian Photographer as well as Adams of New York and John Fraser. The views included here include the Agricultural Building; Board of Finance Buildings; Machinery Hall interior with the Corliss Engine operating ni the distance; Horticultural Hall along with the Main Entrance and the Exposition grounds. One of the most interesting of the series shows the vast Main Building pavilion under construction with drainage pipes strewn around in the fore-ground while the immense trusses and structural elements slowly march towards the viewer. Most of these images were originally shot by the Centennial Photographic Co. who had proved to be quite successful during the Centennial and the photographers were in great demand through and after the Exhibition which featured over 10 million visitors. Released in a slightly reduced format and licensed out to Underwood & Underwood later Keystone and many others these offered visitors a cut-rate viewing experience. Barker 1844-1894 gained renown originally working for one of Ontario Canada’s leading photographers and later became well-known for his majestic photos of Niagara Falls before a Feb. 1870 destroyed his photo studio although the 800 stereoview negatives were preserved. He later began traveling to shoot views around the United States and released Exposition related images. See: Centennial Photographic Co. Free Library of Philadelphia Digital Collections 2022; James Cremer Woodmere Art Museum 2023; John L. Puckett Centennial Exposition of 1876: An Evolving Cultural Landscape 2023. Centennial Views, New Excelsior, American Views, Peoples Series, Underwood & Underwood, George Barker, H.L. Roberts & Co., Ameri hardcover
1862réf. 61001Rochester NY: C.W. Woodward 1862. One albumen stereoview photograph sized 5.75 x 3.25 in. mounted on beige studio board sized 7 x 3.5 in. w/ photographer’s imprint and caption on the board VG exemplar from the library of Prof. Marvin Nathan. An unusually scarce original albumen stereoview photograph capturing the prize-winning stand of decorative art glass offered by the famed Victorian china and glass manufacturer’s W.P. & G. Phillips located on Oxford Street & New Bond Street. They catered to a well-to-do class of clients and their displays offered intricate and beautifully made designs. The Great London Exhibition of 1862 emulated the original 1851 Crystal Palace Great Exhibition featured over 28000 participating vendors and set on the present site of the Natural History Museum and Science Museum in London’s South Kensington. Woodward 1836-1894 first established himself as a photography dealer and decorative arts and glass dealer in Orange MA before locating his firm in Rochester in 1862 where continued operating under his own imprint before becoming director of the Union View Co. in 1882 producing landscapes and architectural views. C.W. Woodward, unknown
1916réf. 60887San Francisco: Paul Elder & Co. March 1 1916. 8vo. xiii 1 79 5 pp. Tipped-in photo frontisp. 32 tipped-in photo plates. Original gray publisher’s boards w/ tan printed d.j. attached & spine and on flaps as issued minor chipping head of spine minor creasing couple very minor closed tears still VG/VG- copy from the library of Prof. Marvin Nathan. Second edition of this nicely illustrated Paul Elder title celebrating the continuation of the Panama-California International Exposition held in San Diego to celebrate the opening of the Panama Canal and San Diego as the first port-of-call. This Exposition was famed for its Mission Revival Style Architecture which over a decade later would inspire the architect Richard Requa. See: Paul Elder Two California Expositions 1915. Paul Elder & Co., hardcover
1893réf. 60898Chicago & New York: Rand McNally & Co. 1893. Oblong 4to. 11.75 x 9.2 in. 100 pp unpaginated. with photo plates throughout. Cloth-backed publisher’s boards printed cyanotype lozenge illust. of the Columbian Exposition front cover decorative blue & white lettering minor soiling scuffing expertly rebacked rear flyleaf renewed faint tidemark to some leaves at fore-edges still G copy from library of Prof. Marvin Nathan. First edition of this nicely illustrated photographic souvenir of the 1893 Columbian Exposition including many depicting the ethnic villages and groups which acted as curiosities on the Midway Plaisance including West Africans Syrians Inuit the Turkish bazaar tent Ceylon tea house and more. See: Dybwad & Bliss Annotated Bibliography: World’s Columbian Exposition Chicago 1893 1992 1723. Rand, McNally & Co., hardcover
1936réf. 60783Dallas TX: Texas Centennial Central Exposition 1936. 8vo. 2 112 pp. Colour Frontisp. TLS on Exposition letterhead photos illustrations throughout with 1 large folding colour map at rear. Colour-illustrated softcovers Art Deco cover art of cowgirl on rearing horse w/ Art Deco Exposition buildings in background photo illustrations of Hollywood Stars making movies on the Midway minor creasing to couple corners edgewear slight scuffing to spine annotations for attractions visited within still VG- copy from library of L.L. Pflueger w/ ownership marking on first leaf. First edition of this uncommon souvenir guide to the 1936 Texas Centennial Exposition held to commemorate the 100th Anniversary of Texan Independence and after Dallas had won the right to host the Exposition over Houston & San Antonio because their leadership team was superior. The Exposition coordinated with the WPA to erect permanent buildings monuments statues and grave markers and the Hall of State was part of the funding. Billed as the first World’s Fair in the Southwest the Cavalcade of Texas and The Hall of Negro Life proved to be two of the most popular attractions. The unofficial Fort Worth Texas Centennial was a competing attraction produced by Billy Rose with nearly 1 million attendees while the Dallas Texas Centennial achieved nearly 6.4 million visitors. Texas Centennial Central Exposition, paperback
1893réf. 60749New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons 1893. 8vo. 10 123 1 pp. Title w/ sepia-tinted vignette. With frontisp. plates and illustrations throughout. Beige-coloured softcovers w/ gray illustrated linen d.j. flaps folded and affixed on versos of front & back covers cover art of young woman at the 1893 World’s Fair fresh in Morning tired and seated at Noon and asleep in a chair by Night minor dustsoiling thumbing splitting at joints of spine ex-lib stamps on pastedown title and rear still G/G- copy w/ The Library Company of Philadelphia bookplate on front pastedown dated 12/5/1893 stamped “Duplicate Sold” from the library of Prof. Marvin Nathan. First edition of this nicely illustrated anthology detailing each artist’s experiences and visits to the Columbian Exposition. Millet 1848-1912 displayed work at the 1893 Columbian Exposition and died with the Titanic; Mitchell 1845-1918 was a publisher architect & artist who records his observations of Fair visitors; Low 1853-1932 was a noted Albany NY muralist and Barbizon landscape painter; Gibson 1850-1896 was a noted magazine artist and natural history illustrator whose illustrations graced Harper’s Weekly Scribner’s Monthly and Century magazines and noted for his drawings of the buildings and landscape at the 1893 World’s Fair published by Scribner’s; Smith 1838-1915 traveled extensively exhibited later at the 1901 Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo and also had contributed earlier to the 1876 Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia. See: Dybwad & Bliss Annotated Bibliography: World’s Columbian Exposition Chicago 1893 1992 930. Charles Scribner’s Sons, paperback