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1920rif. 6535Various locations near San Diego 1920. Good. 48 leaves containing 344 photographs. Oblong octavo. Original black cloth gilt. Light wear to covers rubbed. Black paper leaves many loose or crumbling at edges. Many images captioned in white ink throughout. A fascinating vernacular photo album that contains nearly 350 well-executed images of agricultural California in the years before the Great Depression. The album depicts San Diego-area farmers of the 1920s and illustrates rural life of early ranchers in the surrounding areas of Escondido San Pasqual Valley Julian and Ramona. The compiler was a young woman whose family was working at or with the Linton Ranch in North San Diego County. The Ranch was locally famous as a pioneering livestock and homesteading hub where its managers oversaw tens of thousands of head of sheep horses and cattle across the regional valleys. The album mostly features vernacular photos of the compiler her relatives and friends next to their properties such as fields or ranches amidst livestock and engaged in various agricultural activities such as pitching hay casting a bovine handling mules harnessing animals etc. Several photos show them during leisure time hiking posing for photos and the like. Several show sporting events such as basketball or men in football kit. One odd image is captioned "China" and depicts a group of Chinese children; the image below it has street signs in English and Chinese and might be from a local Chinatown. About fifteen rare amateur photos show the newly-commissioned North Island Naval Air Station during or shortly after the end of World War I. The compiler apparently took the photos while visiting her friends in naval service. The images show aerial views of the North Island Battle ship Oregon sea planes and group portraits of UN Navy Sailors. The California series also includes photos of an Escondido dam Lake Wohlford Dam "basketball game at Ramona" Balboa Stadium and the Bishop's School in San Diego. Overall a very interesting and detailed series of vernacular photographs that depict agricultural life in Southern California prior to the transformational Dust Bowl period. unknown books
1942rif. 222721942. Japanese InternmentWWII Framed original broadside issued April 24 1942 by the Western Defense Command enforcing Executive Order 9066 by the compulsory removal of Japanese Americans from a designated district of Los Angeles. The broadside directs "all persons of Japanese ancestry both alien and non-alien" to present themselves for relocation initiating their forced transfer to government custody. This document dates to the first phase of the federal mass incarceration program that uprooted more than 120000 Japanese Americans approximately two-thirds of whom were United States citizens. Civilian Exclusion Order No. 41 Large format broadside framed. Western Defense Command and Fourth Army. San Francisco: U.S. Army April 24 1942. The notice mandates that a "responsible member of each family and each individual living alone" report to a designated Civil Control Station between April 25 and April 26 1942 and warns that failure to comply would result in criminal penalties under Public Law No. 503 and possible immediate apprehension. The text specifies the geographic boundaries of the exclusion zone within Los Angeles and outlines the administrative procedure for removal including reporting instructions and compliance requirements. The exceptionally fast pace of mass incarceration is especially evident here as the poster issued April 24 commands representatives to report immediately over the following two days for instruction and mandates all Japanese and Japanese-Americans be vacated from the area by May 1 the following week. During this period immigrants and citizens alike were suddenly ripped from their homes schools and jobs forced to say good-bye to neighbors loved ones and pets and pack whatever belongings were permitted by the U.S. government for internment of an indeterminate length of time. Posted publicly in affected neighborhoods across California Oregon and Washington exclusion orders such as this were a key part of the first phase of Japanese American mass incarceration. They introduced military command into neighborhood-level enforcement and a suspension of civil liberties for the West Coast Japanese immigrant population. The order is dated less than five months after the attack on Pearl Harbor when the U.S. was rapidly expanding federal emergency powers on the home front parallel to increasing involvement in WWII abroad. Exhibiting some damage including folds creases pinholes and several small tears at edges with a some in the center many have been repaired with acid-free archival tape en verso. No loss to paper. Overall good condition. A rare and historically significant artifact of wartime racial profiling and a sobering reminder of the fragility of constitutional protections during times of crisis. unknown
1942rif. 222721942. Japanese InternmentWWII Framed original broadside issued April 24 1942 by the Western Defense Command enforcing Executive Order 9066 by the compulsory removal of Japanese Americans from a designated district of Los Angeles. The broadside directs "all persons of Japanese ancestry both alien and non-alien" to present themselves for relocation initiating their forced transfer to government custody. This document dates to the first phase of the federal mass incarceration program that uprooted more than 120000 Japanese Americans approximately two-thirds of whom were United States citizens. Civilian Exclusion Order No. 41 Large format broadside framed. Western Defense Command and Fourth Army. San Francisco: U.S. Army April 24 1942. The notice mandates that a "responsible member of each family and each individual living alone" report to a designated Civil Control Station between April 25 and April 26 1942 and warns that failure to comply would result in criminal penalties under Public Law No. 503 and possible immediate apprehension. The text specifies the geographic boundaries of the exclusion zone within Los Angeles and outlines the administrative procedure for removal including reporting instructions and compliance requirements. The exceptionally fast pace of mass incarceration is especially evident here as the poster issued April 24 commands representatives to report immediately over the following two days for instruction and mandates all Japanese and Japanese-Americans be vacated from the area by May 1 the following week. During this period immigrants and citizens alike were suddenly ripped from their homes schools and jobs forced to say good-bye to neighbors loved ones and pets and pack whatever belongings were permitted by the U.S. government for internment of an indeterminate length of time. Posted publicly in affected neighborhoods across California Oregon and Washington exclusion orders such as this were a key part of the first phase of Japanese American mass incarceration. They introduced military command into neighborhood-level enforcement and a suspension of civil liberties for the West Coast Japanese immigrant population. The order is dated less than five months after the attack on Pearl Harbor when the U.S. was rapidly expanding federal emergency powers on the home front parallel to increasing involvement in WWII abroad. Exhibiting some damage including folds creases pinholes and several small tears at edges with a some in the center many have been repaired with acid-free archival tape en verso. No loss to paper. Overall good condition. A rare and historically significant artifact of wartime racial profiling and a sobering reminder of the fragility of constitutional protections during times of crisis. unknown books
rif. 100720The photographs cartes de visite and cabinet cards depict Annie Griffith Roberts her first husband Dr James Hawkins her second husband Dr Edward Bruce Robertson and Oriana one of the children of the second marriage. The Robertsons came to Australia in 1887; Oriana married into the Moodie family of 'Wando Dale' Coleraine Victoria. Of primary importance are the approximately 50 portraits featuring prominent members of pioneering Western District pastoral families: the Camerons of 'Dunan'; the Edgars of Pine Hills; the Gardiners of Nangwary; the McConochies of Konongwootong; and the Trangmars of Burswood. The photographs are contained in five full-leather quarto albums and an attractive arch-topped six-panel folding panoramic frame for cartes de visite in full morocco. 6 items. unknown
1923rif. 5280Various locations in the American Southwest and West 1923. About very good. Two oblong folio photograph albums bound in brown pebbled leather each titled in gilt on front cover "WANDERLUST" containing a total of 266 full-page vernacular and professional photographs. First albums: 146 leaves illustrated with 128 full-page landscape photographs each around 6 x 8 inches or slightly larger and occasional manuscript or hand-fashioned sectional title pages and maps. Second volume: 148 leaves illustrated with 138 photographs and occasional manuscript or hand-fashioned sectional title pages. All contents mounted one per page to recto of each leaf. Spines perished but holding strong boards worn scuffed and soiled. Contents noticeably curled with minor to moderate dust-soiling throughout. A studio photograph of a young man is laid-in to the first album likely the compiler of the albums but sadly unidentified. An elaborately-produced pair of vernacular photograph albums documenting an epic cross-country train excursion in 1923 by a well-to-do but anonymous traveler from New York comprised of over 260 full-page photographs. The photographs are a mixture of silver gelatin images printing out paper prints handcolored photographs and a handful of cyanotypes. Most of the images appear to be taken by the traveler en route but some images may have been bought along the way. The images largely picture the landscape or architecture seen along the way with a healthy number of images showing the railroad and the railcars themselves with many images taken at train depots. The occasional manuscript sectional title pages denote the regions of travel as the compiler moved west to California and then eventually back east towards home. The first album begins with a manuscript title leaf quoting the text of Gerald Gould's poem "Wanderlust" supplemented by two small drawings and two thumbnail photographs. A map on the second leaf traces the voyage from New York down through the American South and Southwest to California and back to New York through Arizona Colorado and the Midwest. Thereafter the album is comprised mostly of full-page photographs grouped together by location with anywhere from a few to several images per section. The first section in the first album shows the first major stop on the trip -- Washington D.C. and Mount Vernon; this section contains photographs of the Capitol the Lincoln Monument other D.C. buildings and several on the grounds of George Washington's home at Mount Vernon. The album then includes sections featuring New Orleans six photographs; the route between New Orleans and El Paso five images including the train depot at Langtry Texas; El Paso five shots featuring the city and street views; Juarez Mexico eight shots mostly either street scenes or a bullfight; "Thru New Mexico and Arizona" four images; The Apache Trail in Arizona nineteen shots mostly desert landscapes but with some buildings along the trail; and onward through the Carriso Gorge seven photos to California beginning at Coronado Beach eight photographs. The remainder of the first album features California locations namely San Diego sixteen images mostly missions; Pasadena ten photos mostly featuring gardens; Catalina Island eight shots of the island scenery or the bay; Los Angeles eight views in Santa Monica Venice and Ocean Park; and ending with fourteen images featuring missions and other notable structures in Santa Barbara. The second volume picks up the excursion in Del Monte California featuring fifteen scenes in Carmel by the Sea and Monterey. The photographic journey of California then continues to Santa Cruz and the Big Trees five shots; San Francisco eleven views around the city and in the Japanese gardens; Mt. Tamalpais a dozen shots of elevated vistas big trees and forests; Yosemite National Park twenty park views; Mariposa Big Trees seven shots; and ends with the Glenwood Mission Inn in Riverside twenty-two images of the hotel grounds and other local scenery and missions around Riverside. The remainder of the album features photographs from the Grand Canyon in Arizona twenty-six images mostly landscapes but with a few featuring Native American ceremonies and Colorado Springs twenty landscapes and other views of the city surrounding desert Pikes Peak and so forth. Concerned mostly with scenery of the American South Southwest and West Coast the compiler did not see fit to record photographs of the remainder of his trip back home to New York. In addition to the information contained in the photographs here the elaborate materiality custom matching albums with matching gilt titles to the front board handcrafted sectional title pages the hand-drawn and traced map and the nature of the organization of the albums arranged in the order of travel from east to west and back east again speaks volumes about the importance the compiler placed on the trip. Substantially documented western travel albums are growing rare in the market and the present example is one of the most carefully-assembled examples we have ever seen. unknown
1923rif. 5280Various locations in the American Southwest and West 1923. About very good. Two oblong folio photograph albums bound in brown pebbled leather each titled in gilt on front cover "WANDERLUST" containing a total of 266 full-page vernacular and professional photographs. First albums: 146 leaves illustrated with 128 full-page landscape photographs each around 6 x 8 inches or slightly larger and occasional manuscript or hand-fashioned sectional title pages and maps. Second volume: 148 leaves illustrated with 138 photographs and occasional manuscript or hand-fashioned sectional title pages. All contents mounted one per page to recto of each leaf. Spines perished but holding strong boards worn scuffed and soiled. Contents noticeably curled with minor to moderate dust-soiling throughout. A studio photograph of a young man is laid-in to the first album likely the compiler of the albums but sadly unidentified. An elaborately-produced pair of vernacular photograph albums documenting an epic cross-country train excursion in 1923 by a well-to-do but anonymous traveler from New York comprised of over 260 full-page photographs. The photographs are a mixture of silver gelatin images printing out paper prints handcolored photographs and a handful of cyanotypes. Most of the images appear to be taken by the traveler en route but some images may have been bought along the way. The images largely picture the landscape or architecture seen along the way with a healthy number of images showing the railroad and the railcars themselves with many images taken at train depots. The occasional manuscript sectional title pages denote the regions of travel as the compiler moved west to California and then eventually back east towards home. The first album begins with a manuscript title leaf quoting the text of Gerald Gould's poem "Wanderlust" supplemented by two small drawings and two thumbnail photographs. A map on the second leaf traces the voyage from New York down through the American South and Southwest to California and back to New York through Arizona Colorado and the Midwest. Thereafter the album is comprised mostly of full-page photographs grouped together by location with anywhere from a few to several images per section. The first section in the first album shows the first major stop on the trip -- Washington D.C. and Mount Vernon; this section contains photographs of the Capitol the Lincoln Monument other D.C. buildings and several on the grounds of George Washington's home at Mount Vernon. The album then includes sections featuring New Orleans six photographs; the route between New Orleans and El Paso five images including the train depot at Langtry Texas; El Paso five shots featuring the city and street views; Juarez Mexico eight shots mostly either street scenes or a bullfight; "Thru New Mexico and Arizona" four images; The Apache Trail in Arizona nineteen shots mostly desert landscapes but with some buildings along the trail; and onward through the Carriso Gorge seven photos to California beginning at Coronado Beach eight photographs. The remainder of the first album features California locations namely San Diego sixteen images mostly missions; Pasadena ten photos mostly featuring gardens; Catalina Island eight shots of the island scenery or the bay; Los Angeles eight views in Santa Monica Venice and Ocean Park; and ending with fourteen images featuring missions and other notable structures in Santa Barbara. The second volume picks up the excursion in Del Monte California featuring fifteen scenes in Carmel by the Sea and Monterey. The photographic journey of California then continues to Santa Cruz and the Big Trees five shots; San Francisco eleven views around the city and in the Japanese gardens; Mt. Tamalpais a dozen shots of elevated vistas big trees and forests; Yosemite National Park twenty park views; Mariposa Big Trees seven shots; and ends with the Glenwood Mission Inn in Riverside twenty-two images of the hotel grounds and other local scenery and missions around Riverside. The remainder of the album features photographs from the Grand Canyon in Arizona twenty-six images mostly landscapes but with a few featuring Native American ceremonies and Colorado Springs twenty landscapes and other views of the city surrounding desert Pikes Peak and so forth. Concerned mostly with scenery of the American South Southwest and West Coast the compiler did not see fit to record photographs of the remainder of his trip back home to New York. In addition to the information contained in the photographs here the elaborate materiality custom matching albums with matching gilt titles to the front board handcrafted sectional title pages the hand-drawn and traced map and the nature of the organization of the albums arranged in the order of travel from east to west and back east again speaks volumes about the importance the compiler placed on the trip. Substantially documented western travel albums are growing rare in the market and the present example is one of the most carefully-assembled examples we have ever seen. unknown books
1978rif. ZB393453Western Agricultural Economics Association 1978. volumes 3-5 7-8 10-11 13 15-21 1978-1996 complete volumes partly bound ex library overall good-very good PRICE IS FOR THE LOT. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Photos available upon request. Western Agricultural Economics Association unknown
1905rif. 3538Copper River Valley Ak 1905. Very good. Forty-five printing-out paper photographs between 3.25 x 3.25 and 4 x 6 inches plus three real photo postcards. Minor wear a few creases occasional light soiling. A unique collection of almost fifty images capturing scenes in and around Copper Center in the Copper River Valley of Alaska in the years after gold was first found there in 1898. The images document pioneers panning for gold running dog sled teams posed in front of early wooden buildings in a bleak snow-covered landscape and more as well as capturing shots of a riverside mill a wooden bridge scenery on the Copper River and the majesty of the surrounding forests. A handful of the images capture pioneer women and children posed for the camera in winter clothing worn to combat the bitter Alaskan winters. One image pictures three men and two dogs standing outside the Hotel Holman an early Copper Center roadhouse that began in a tent but was opened in a wooden structure in 1899; the present image captures the post-1899 wooden structure. The Holman Hotel was established in July 1898 by Copper Center's first resident Andrew Holman in order to provide shelter for prospectors on their way to the Klondike gold fields. Copper Center is located northeast of Anchorage and served as a brief but important way station for gold prospectors in southeastern Alaska; one image here apparently pictures the early riverside settlement or is perhaps an early view of Anchorage. A rare view of Alaskan life in an uncommonly-seen settlement during the first decade of the 20th century. unknown
1905rif. 3538Copper River Valley Ak 1905. Very good. Forty-five printing-out paper photographs between 3.25 x 3.25 and 4 x 6 inches plus three real photo postcards. Minor wear a few creases occasional light soiling. A unique collection of almost fifty images capturing scenes in and around Copper Center in the Copper River Valley of Alaska in the years after gold was first found there in 1898. The images document pioneers panning for gold running dog sled teams posed in front of early wooden buildings in a bleak snow-covered landscape and more as well as capturing shots of a riverside mill a wooden bridge scenery on the Copper River and the majesty of the surrounding forests. A handful of the images capture pioneer women and children posed for the camera in winter clothing worn to combat the bitter Alaskan winters. One image pictures three men and two dogs standing outside the Hotel Holman an early Copper Center roadhouse that began in a tent but was opened in a wooden structure in 1899; the present image captures the post-1899 wooden structure. The Holman Hotel was established in July 1898 by Copper Center's first resident Andrew Holman in order to provide shelter for prospectors on their way to the Klondike gold fields. Copper Center is located northeast of Anchorage and served as a brief but important way station for gold prospectors in southeastern Alaska; one image here apparently pictures the early riverside settlement or is perhaps an early view of Anchorage. A rare view of Alaskan life in an uncommonly-seen settlement during the first decade of the 20th century. unknown books
1913rif. 559a9589British Columbia: British Columbia Historical Association 1913. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Unread. As new. Number 216 of limited edition of 350 copies. Signed by co-author R.E. Gosnell. "Few publications if any of similar size and excellence have been produced in Canada." - From Editor's Foreword. Part I includes 210 pages and eighteen chapters which constitute "a survey of events from the earliest times down to the Union of the Crown Colony of British Columbia with the Dominion of Canada." Part II is "a history mainly political and economic of the Province since Confederation up to the present time." Part I is preceded and followed by dozens of tissue-protected black and white portraits of individuals influential in the early history of the province complete with their brief biographies upon the tissue. Part II comprises eighteen chapters over 226 pages plus 5 pages of addenda followed by dozens of tissue protected portraits of "some of the men conspicuous as present day factors in development." Top edge gilt. Gilt lettering upon backstrip. Marbled endpapers. Exceptionally clean bright and unmarked with zero wear. Brown suede exterior appears as fresh as the day it was applied over 100 years ago. This majestic fourteen pound tome measures 13" x 10.5" x 4". A magnificent acquisition for any serious collector of British Columbia history. A better copy will not be found. Lowther 1607 Hale 2523 Edwards & Lort 3177 Strathern 495. British Columbia Historical Association Hardcover
rif. 44211Japan and Western Medicine. Oranda jin Geka ryoji no zu Dutch Surgery in Nagasaki. Original pen ink and watercolor drawing on light brown-toned silk with 4 vertical lines of Japanese characters in the upper left corner. Japan: late 18th or early 19th century. 483 x 363 mm. mounted as a scroll at a modern date on light grey silk backed with paper with a half-round hanging rail with braided ribbon attached at the top and a suspension bar at the foot measuring 914 x 443 mm. overall; preserved in a custom-made wooden box. A few tiny pinholes in upper corners of image but fine with the coloring fresh and bright. This striking image showing an amputation carried out by a Dutch surgeon in Japan was most likely painted in the late eighteenth or early nineteenth century during Japan's self-imposed period of national isolation. The hand-painted image is related but by no means identical to a Nagasaki woodblock print titled "Surgery by a Dutch Physician" one of many popular souvenir prints depicting scenes unique to Nagasaki which at the time was the sole point of contact between Japan and the outside world. See our reproduction of the print. It may be that our scroll is the original of the image; however it is also possible that both hand-painted and woodcut versions of the image were produced simultaneously. Western surgery came to Japan in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries via the Portuguese who in 1543 became the first Europeans to make direct contact with Japan and the Dutch who became the only European nation allowed to trade with Japan after Japan's expulsion of the Portuguese in 1639. Surgeons attached to the Dutch East India Company established practices at the island of Dejima in Nagasaki Bay which led to the formation of several Japanese schools of surgery based on European methods. "This aspect of Western medicine known as K m -ry geka or 'Surgery of the Red-Haired' has had a profound effect on the development of surgical practice in Japan" Van Gulik p. 37. Van Gulik "Dutch surgery in Japan" in Red-Hair Medicine: Dutch-Japanese Medical Relations ed. Beukers et al. pp. 37-50. . unknown
rif. 44211Japan and Western Medicine. Oranda jin Geka ryoji no zu Dutch Surgery in Nagasaki. Original pen ink and watercolor drawing on light brown-toned silk with 4 vertical lines of Japanese characters in the upper left corner. Japan: late 18th or early 19th century. 483 x 363 mm. mounted as a scroll at a modern date on light grey silk backed with paper with a half-round hanging rail with braided ribbon attached at the top and a suspension bar at the foot measuring 914 x 443 mm. overall; preserved in a custom-made wooden box. A few tiny pinholes in upper corners of image but fine with the coloring fresh and bright. This striking image showing an amputation carried out by a Dutch surgeon in Japan was most likely painted in the late eighteenth or early nineteenth century during Japan's self-imposed period of national isolation. The hand-painted image is related but by no means identical to a Nagasaki woodblock print titled "Surgery by a Dutch Physician" one of many popular souvenir prints depicting scenes unique to Nagasaki which at the time was the sole point of contact between Japan and the outside world. See our reproduction of the print. It may be that our scroll is the original of the image; however it is also possible that both hand-painted and woodcut versions of the image were produced simultaneously. Western surgery came to Japan in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries via the Portuguese who in 1543 became the first Europeans to make direct contact with Japan and the Dutch who became the only European nation allowed to trade with Japan after Japan's expulsion of the Portuguese in 1639. Surgeons attached to the Dutch East India Company established practices at the island of Dejima in Nagasaki Bay which led to the formation of several Japanese schools of surgery based on European methods. "This aspect of Western medicine known as K m -ry geka or 'Surgery of the Red-Haired' has had a profound effect on the development of surgical practice in Japan" Van Gulik p. 37. Van Gulik "Dutch surgery in Japan" in Red-Hair Medicine: Dutch-Japanese Medical Relations ed. Beukers et al. pp. 37-50. . unknown books
1876rif. 23907Boston: Forbes Lith. Mfg. Co. 1876. First edition. This scarce tinted lithograph was issued to commemorate the escape of Irish political prisoners from Fremantle W.A. on April 17th 1876. The Fenians are shown rowing towards the bark which is under full sail. The Catalpa is flying a flag with the initials "J T R" - for John T Richardson the ship's agent. A pennant with the letter C the Fenian flag and the American flag are also flying. The police boat is in hot pursuit and the British steamship "Georgette" is steaming in from a distance. Among the Fenians freed in this effort was John Boyle O'Reilly who became a leading citizen in Boston and was later to edit the 'Boston Pilot'. Captain George Anthony an American whaling captain out of New Bedford Massachusetts recruited a crew for this mission and set sail for Western Australia where two Fenian agents John Breslin and Tom Desmond had already established themselves with aliases. With several delays the day for the escape was set for the 17th of April when most of the convict garrison was distracted by watching the Perth Yacht Club regatta. Captain Anthony who refused to surrender the escaped prisoners to the British later sold his story to Zephaniah W. Pease who published the account in 'The Catalpa Expedition'. See also Laubenstein 'The Emerald Whaler'. On its arrival in New York in August of 1876 the Catalpa was met with great crowds; jubilant celebrations were held in the US and Ireland. 17 x 13" on paper 22 x 14 1/4". For information on the artist E. N. Russell see Blasdale Artists of New Bedford pp 160-161; Kendall Prints 28; Ingalls 318. OCLC: 191908718 1 copy at the Boston Athenaeum. Trove 45254 at the Australian National Maritime Museum; and 57714676 at the State Library of Western Australia. Professionally deacidified. In very good condition. A rare print important for its depiction of an important Western Australian colonial event. Forbes Lith. Mfg. Co. unknown
rif. 80817A substantial archive of 779 original photographs documenting a young woman homesteader's life in North Dakota and Eastern Oregon beginning around 1910 through the 1940s. Photos are generally about 3" x 5" or the reverse a few smaller including some wallet-size images and several larger up to approximately 9" x 6". 102 are loose photos; the remainder are laid into four well-composed albums of varying dimensions as ennumerated below. About one third of album images are captioned though none are dated. Overall condition is Very Good with occasional rippling to images that have been pasted onto album leaves; occasional mild fading to the earliest photographs; five album images missing though very possibly present among loose photos. Idella Cook née McElrath was born in 1894 to a farming family in Dakota County Minnesota about twenty miles south of Minneapolis. The U.S. Census of 1910 shows the McElraths still residing in Orchard Lake Minnesota; but around that time the family appears to have emigrated to Plaza North Dakota in the sparsely-populated northwest corner of the state near the present-day Fort Berthold Indian Reservation. Idella remained in North Dakota until 1917 when she relocated to Klamath Falls Oregon possibly in the company of her future husband a druggist professional photographer and traveling salesman named Roy H. "Doc" Cook. The couple married in 1922. In Klamath Falls Idella learned photography and darkroom work presumably under the tutelage of Mr. Cook then in 1929 the couple opened a general store "Idella's" that operated continuously until 1947 and then until 1978 under new owners selling groceries curios photographs of local scenery and folk remedies. All of these phases of Idella Cook's life are captured in the current archive as is a one-year sojourn 1925-6 in Hawaii. However the bulk of material contained in two thick albums is devoted to the relatively brief interval - no more than six years - between the family's arrival in North Dakota and Idella's departure to Oregon in 1917. Idella's precise status in North Dakota is difficult to pinpoint. Her 1972 obituary in the Klamath Falls Herald and News states: ".as a young girl she staked out a claim on a homestead in North Dakota.17 miles from the nearest town" implying that she had emigrated to North Dakota on her own. However the photographs present here clearly show Idella in the presence of her family members including her younger sister Izetta born in 1904 and looking eight or nine years old in the earliest photos; another photo shows a stout man leading two draft horses captioned "Papa". A January 1913 notice in a Minot ND newspaper The Ward County Independent lists an "N.G. McElrath" almost certainly a transcription error for "U.G. McElrath" Idella's father as one of a group of about 200 settlers activating to carve a new county out of the the northeastern portion of the Bertholdt Reservation which had been opened to non-Indian settlement in 1910. So while it is clear that Idella's family settled in Plaza at some point between April 1910 and January 1913 it is not clear that Idella had yet ventured out as a homesteader. Assuming then that these photos date from the period 1911 to 1912 Idella would have been seventeen or eighteen years old - not precisely a "young girl;" also not old enough to claim a parcel under the Homestead Act but certainly old enough to strike out on her own. Not until 1917 when she is 21 do we find land office records in Idella's name - as the purchaser of four parcels totalling sixty acres near the now-defunct town of Sanish which was later inundated in the construction of Lake Sakakawea in 1953. Shortly after the purchase of those parcels Idella appears to have moved to Oregon. Idella's dependent status notwithstanding these are extraordinary photographs. The earliest images present a vivid picture of the windswept and desolate existence of the area's early settlers. The brand-new town of Plaza founded in 1908 is well represented looking rather like a 1950s cowboy movie set with horse-drawn carriages far outnumbering motorcars on the towns main street. Also represented in a number of photographs is the now-disappeared hamlet of Sanish a town which was inundated in the creation of Lake Sakakawea in 1953. Also lost in that event were many square miles of land sacred to the Mandan Hidatsa Arikara Nation whose members are also a constant presence in Cook's photographs; one important series of photographs captures a large Indian pow-wow likely held on the newly-established Fort Berthold Reservation around 1910. Though the albums are extensively captioned providing a wealth of information on the early settlement and demography of the region they are occasionally wanting for specifics of date and/or locale leaving much deductive work to be done to pinpoint locations and events. Of almost equivalent interest are the many photographs taken and developed by Idella after her move to Klamath Falls around 1917. These were still early days in eastern Oregon with many towns only coming into being in the 1890's and provide a wealth of grass roots historical detail that cannot be found outside primary source materials like this. unknown
rif. 80817A substantial archive of 779 original photographs documenting a young woman homesteader's life in North Dakota and Eastern Oregon beginning around 1910 through the 1940s. Photos are generally about 3" x 5" or the reverse a few smaller including some wallet-size images and several larger up to approximately 9" x 6". 102 are loose photos; the remainder are laid into four well-composed albums of varying dimensions as ennumerated below. About one third of album images are captioned though none are dated. Overall condition is Very Good with occasional rippling to images that have been pasted onto album leaves; occasional mild fading to the earliest photographs; five album images missing though very possibly present among loose photos. Idella Cook née McElrath was born in 1894 to a farming family in Dakota County Minnesota about twenty miles south of Minneapolis. The U.S. Census of 1910 shows the McElraths still residing in Orchard Lake Minnesota; but around that time the family appears to have emigrated to Plaza North Dakota in the sparsely-populated northwest corner of the state near the present-day Fort Berthold Indian Reservation. Idella remained in North Dakota until 1917 when she relocated to Klamath Falls Oregon possibly in the company of her future husband a druggist professional photographer and traveling salesman named Roy H. "Doc" Cook. The couple married in 1922. In Klamath Falls Idella learned photography and darkroom work presumably under the tutelage of Mr. Cook then in 1929 the couple opened a general store "Idella's" that operated continuously until 1947 and then until 1978 under new owners selling groceries curios photographs of local scenery and folk remedies. All of these phases of Idella Cook's life are captured in the current archive as is a one-year sojourn 1925-6 in Hawaii. However the bulk of material contained in two thick albums is devoted to the relatively brief interval - no more than six years - between the family's arrival in North Dakota and Idella's departure to Oregon in 1917. Idella's precise status in North Dakota is difficult to pinpoint. Her 1972 obituary in the Klamath Falls Herald and News states: ".as a young girl she staked out a claim on a homestead in North Dakota.17 miles from the nearest town" implying that she had emigrated to North Dakota on her own. However the photographs present here clearly show Idella in the presence of her family members including her younger sister Izetta born in 1904 and looking eight or nine years old in the earliest photos; another photo shows a stout man leading two draft horses captioned "Papa". A January 1913 notice in a Minot ND newspaper The Ward County Independent lists an "N.G. McElrath" almost certainly a transcription error for "U.G. McElrath" Idella's father as one of a group of about 200 settlers activating to carve a new county out of the the northeastern portion of the Bertholdt Reservation which had been opened to non-Indian settlement in 1910. So while it is clear that Idella's family settled in Plaza at some point between April 1910 and January 1913 it is not clear that Idella had yet ventured out as a homesteader. Assuming then that these photos date from the period 1911 to 1912 Idella would have been seventeen or eighteen years old - not precisely a "young girl;" also not old enough to claim a parcel under the Homestead Act but certainly old enough to strike out on her own. Not until 1917 when she is 21 do we find land office records in Idella's name - as the purchaser of four parcels totalling sixty acres near the now-defunct town of Sanish which was later inundated in the construction of Lake Sakakawea in 1953. Shortly after the purchase of those parcels Idella appears to have moved to Oregon. Idella's dependent status notwithstanding these are extraordinary photographs. The earliest images present a vivid picture of the windswept and desolate existence of the area's early settlers. The brand-new town of Plaza founded in 1908 is well represented looking rather like a 1950s cowboy movie set with horse-drawn carriages far outnumbering motorcars on the towns main street. Also represented in a number of photographs is the now-disappeared hamlet of Sanish a town which was inundated in the creation of Lake Sakakawea in 1953. Also lost in that event were many square miles of land sacred to the Mandan Hidatsa Arikara Nation whose members are also a constant presence in Cook's photographs; one important series of photographs captures a large Indian pow-wow likely held on the newly-established Fort Berthold Reservation around 1910. Though the albums are extensively captioned providing a wealth of information on the early settlement and demography of the region they are occasionally wanting for specifics of date and/or locale leaving much deductive work to be done to pinpoint locations and events. Of almost equivalent interest are the many photographs taken and developed by Idella after her move to Klamath Falls around 1917. These were still early days in eastern Oregon with many towns only coming into being in the 1890's and provide a wealth of grass roots historical detail that cannot be found outside primary source materials like this. unknown books
1910rif. 3375Numerous locations including New Mexico Arizona California but mostly British Columbia 1910. About very good. Forty-six leaves illustrated with 232 photographs between 3.25 x 5.5 inches including forty small panoramic images measuring around 3.5 x 12 inches some manuscript annotations some images captioned in the negative. Oblong folio. Contemporary pebbled leather stamped in gilt "Grand Canyon and Canadian Rockies" on the front cover formerly string tied but binding and leaves now loose. One image roughly removed from the album minor chipping to some leaves but otherwise minor wear. An unusual and wholly engrossing collection of western American vernacular photography titled in manuscript on the first page "Views taken by M.H. Fussell of trip taken by Sarah E. Fussell and himself to Los Angeles to attend Amer. Med. Asso. On return trip via Canadian Rockies camping at Emerald Lake near Field Canada as seen by pictures." The author of this inscription was Dr. Milton Howard Fussell 1855-1921 longtime Philadelphia physician and instructor of clinical medicine at the University of Pennsylvania who was the head of the Medical Ward at Episcopal Hospital until shortly before his death. Dr. Fussell must have also had a passion for photography as the present photographs were apparently taken by him along the course of his trip to the west coast with many of the pictures displaying Dr. Fussell's captions in the negative. A few of the captions are written backwards adding to the amateur character of Dr. Fussell's otherwise well-composed pictures. While on the way to California Dr. Fussell's photographs begin in Chicago with a couple of small panoramas of Lincoln Park but the scene swiftly shifts to the American West with images of Native Americans among them shots of "Indian children" and an "Indian Village" a "Pueblo at Laguna" numerous shots of New Mexico Las Vegas Raton and Albuquerque several small panoramic scenes of the majestic Grand Canyon and more. During their visit to the Grand Canyon Dr. and Mrs. Fussell took the chance to snap portraits of each other under which the annotation reads "The climbers. It took 12 hours to make the trip up & down. Hot!!!" On the way to California Dr. Fussell also took a couple of images of Kansas and Nevada before proceeding to snap about a half dozen pictures of the Sacramento Valley. The photographs from this point forward constituting the majority of the pictures in the album concentrate on the latter half of Dr. and Mrs. Fussell's expedition to British Columbia and the Canadian Rockies. After visiting Victoria and Vancouver the Fussells stayed at Camp Crusoe on Emerald Lake. This portion of their trip includes a few more images of the travelers themselves including a shot of Sarah with a large dead black bear. In addition to several small panoramas of Emerald Lake Dr. Fussell captures scenes of the natural wonders of British Columbia such as Mt. Burgess Mt. Wapta Bow Valley Yoho River Emerald Glacier Valley of Ten Peaks Kicking Horse Canyon Bow River Lake Louise Moraine Lake Mirror Lake Fraser River and more. The last few leaves feature other scenes in British Columbia and elsewhere with a street scene in Banff a view of the "Prairie Town of Suscatchewan B.C." a handful of pictures featuring the Sierra Nevadas and several photos captioned "Over the Coast Range" taken from a train. A unique photographic record of a West Coast excursion taken by a notable Philadelphian and his wife in the early 20th century. unknown
1910rif. 3375Numerous locations including New Mexico Arizona California but mostly British Columbia 1910. About very good. Forty-six leaves illustrated with 232 photographs between 3.25 x 5.5 inches including forty small panoramic images measuring around 3.5 x 12 inches some manuscript annotations some images captioned in the negative. Oblong folio. Contemporary pebbled leather stamped in gilt "Grand Canyon and Canadian Rockies" on the front cover formerly string tied but binding and leaves now loose. One image roughly removed from the album minor chipping to some leaves but otherwise minor wear. An unusual and wholly engrossing collection of western American vernacular photography titled in manuscript on the first page "Views taken by M.H. Fussell of trip taken by Sarah E. Fussell and himself to Los Angeles to attend Amer. Med. Asso. On return trip via Canadian Rockies camping at Emerald Lake near Field Canada as seen by pictures." The author of this inscription was Dr. Milton Howard Fussell 1855-1921 longtime Philadelphia physician and instructor of clinical medicine at the University of Pennsylvania who was the head of the Medical Ward at Episcopal Hospital until shortly before his death. Dr. Fussell must have also had a passion for photography as the present photographs were apparently taken by him along the course of his trip to the west coast with many of the pictures displaying Dr. Fussell's captions in the negative. A few of the captions are written backwards adding to the amateur character of Dr. Fussell's otherwise well-composed pictures. While on the way to California Dr. Fussell's photographs begin in Chicago with a couple of small panoramas of Lincoln Park but the scene swiftly shifts to the American West with images of Native Americans among them shots of "Indian children" and an "Indian Village" a "Pueblo at Laguna" numerous shots of New Mexico Las Vegas Raton and Albuquerque several small panoramic scenes of the majestic Grand Canyon and more. During their visit to the Grand Canyon Dr. and Mrs. Fussell took the chance to snap portraits of each other under which the annotation reads "The climbers. It took 12 hours to make the trip up & down. Hot!!!" On the way to California Dr. Fussell also took a couple of images of Kansas and Nevada before proceeding to snap about a half dozen pictures of the Sacramento Valley. The photographs from this point forward constituting the majority of the pictures in the album concentrate on the latter half of Dr. and Mrs. Fussell's expedition to British Columbia and the Canadian Rockies. After visiting Victoria and Vancouver the Fussells stayed at Camp Crusoe on Emerald Lake. This portion of their trip includes a few more images of the travelers themselves including a shot of Sarah with a large dead black bear. In addition to several small panoramas of Emerald Lake Dr. Fussell captures scenes of the natural wonders of British Columbia such as Mt. Burgess Mt. Wapta Bow Valley Yoho River Emerald Glacier Valley of Ten Peaks Kicking Horse Canyon Bow River Lake Louise Moraine Lake Mirror Lake Fraser River and more. The last few leaves feature other scenes in British Columbia and elsewhere with a street scene in Banff a view of the "Prairie Town of Suscatchewan B.C." a handful of pictures featuring the Sierra Nevadas and several photos captioned "Over the Coast Range" taken from a train. A unique photographic record of a West Coast excursion taken by a notable Philadelphian and his wife in the early 20th century. unknown books
1846rif. 25916Paris: French Admiralty chart 1846. Very rare early map of the south west coast of Western Australia just 17 years after the founding of the colony. The map covers much of the Western Australian coast from the Dampier Archipelago in the north Broome Exmouth Gulf Shark Bay Perth Geographe Bay Cape Leeuwin Albany all the way to Port Lincoln in South Australia. To our knowledge the only copy held in an Australian institution is at the State Library of Western Australia. It is not recorded in the collection of National Library of Australia collection nor other Australian institutions. It is very interesting for the early inland detail. The areas around Perth and Fremantle are shown extending inland to Beverley York Bejoording Toodjoy and Northam on the Swan River with the Swan Avon & Moore Rivers. There are 4 insets: Plan de la entree de la Riviere Cygnes Swan River et de l'Ile Rottnest J. L. Stokes; Plan de Port Grey nomme aussi Baie Champion Captain Wickham Plan du Havre Peel dans la Baie Warnbro Lieut. J. S. Roe Plan de la Baie Warnbro J.S. Roe. Coastal features include Baie de l'Esperence; Houtmann's Abrolhos; Albany north east of Albany a mountain described as "Montagne escarpee visible a 10 lieues"; Golfe Exmouth with a prominent Cape Nord Ouest. Depth soundings are taken all around the coast. Daussy maps are rare. The State Library of Western Australia holds two. Their copy of this map bears the "Prix deux francs" lower right; with an applied printed chart sellers label from P. Sauvat Bordeaux below the rule on the lower right. They also hold the following: "Carte des mers Australes partie comprise entre les méridiens du Cap de Bonne Espérance et du Port du Roi Georges" cartographic material / dressée par M. Daussy Ingénieur Hydrographe en Chef ; gravé par Jacobs ; écrit par J.M. Hacq. MAPR0000018. This map is recorded as Tooley 1470 and Libraries Australia ID 23501679 which calls it "Rare". Centered below the margin - Ecrit de J. M. Hacq Grave par Jacobs lower left Noo. 1111 in upper right margin. Printed area 34.5 x 23.25" with very large margins 40 1/4 x 27 1/2". Backed with tissue on the center fold and margin edges supporting some small closed tears. In magnificent condition overall. An extremely rare map especially in this condition. French Admiralty chart unknown
1928rif. 545041Cicero Illionis 1928. Hardcover. Very Good. Oblong folio 12 ½" x 10. A handsome presentation album consisting of three letterpress leaves followed by 27 gelatin silver prints neatly mounted on the rectos of thick card leaves each with a letterpress caption printed underneath. All but the first print measure 8" x 10". Screw-bound in flexible leather covers lettered in gold on the front cover. Head and tail of spine are torn the cardboard leaves are slightly bowed very good or better. The album was prepared "upon the occasion of a visit of city officials and business men of Baltimore to the Hawthorne Works of the Western Electric Company." It contains crisp professional views mostly of the Hawthorne factory complex at Cicero Illinois as well as a few views of other parts of the Company's operations such as the plant in Kearny New Jersey and the distribution houses in New York and Kansas City. Among the many visually striking views are "A three and one-half acre" interior the "Reel Yard operating by Floodlight" throngs of employees at a "Hawthorne-Club Open-Air Dance" and a final view of employees leaving the complex under a dramatic sunset "After the day's work." At the peak of its operations from 1905 through 1983 the Hawthorne Works employed upwards of 45000 people in the production of radio systems radar and telephone equipment and related consumer goods. Located in a suburb of Chicago the complex also gained notoriety for the term "Hawthorne effect" which "refers to the type of reactivity in which individuals modify an aspect of their behavior in response to their awareness of being observed." An early scarce promotional album dating from the heyday of Western Electric during the roaring twenties. hardcover
1928rif. 545041Cicero Illionis 1928. Hardcover. Very Good. Oblong folio 12 ½" x 10. A handsome presentation album consisting of three letterpress leaves followed by 27 gelatin silver prints neatly mounted on the rectos of thick card leaves each with a letterpress caption printed underneath. All but the first print measure 8" x 10". Screw-bound in flexible leather covers lettered in gold on the front cover. Head and tail of spine are torn the cardboard leaves are slightly bowed very good or better. The album was prepared "upon the occasion of a visit of city officials and business men of Baltimore to the Hawthorne Works of the Western Electric Company." It contains crisp professional views mostly of the Hawthorne factory complex at Cicero Illinois as well as a few views of other parts of the Company's operations such as the plant in Kearny New Jersey and the distribution houses in New York and Kansas City. Among the many visually striking views are "A three and one-half acre" interior the "Reel Yard operating by Floodlight" throngs of employees at a "Hawthorne-Club Open-Air Dance" and a final view of employees leaving the complex under a dramatic sunset "After the day's work." At the peak of its operations from 1905 through 1983 the Hawthorne Works employed upwards of 45000 people in the production of radio systems radar and telephone equipment and related consumer goods. Located in a suburb of Chicago the complex also gained notoriety for the term "Hawthorne effect" which "refers to the type of reactivity in which individuals modify an aspect of their behavior in response to their awareness of being observed." An early scarce promotional album dating from the heyday of Western Electric during the roaring twenties. hardcover books
1937rif. 617G1246Victoria British Columbia: The Archives of British Columbia/British Columbia Historical Association. Good. 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. Seventeen volumes individually and uniformly bound in green cloth with with red labels and gilt lettering upon backstrips. Index in each volume. Fold-out maps. Black and white plates. Includes all issues from 1937 through 1945 and 1947 through 1954. Bindings tight. Unmarked. Moderate wear. A magnificent repository of early British Columbia history. Very heavy. Special shipping considerations may apply.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; British Columbia Quarterly History . The Archives of British Columbia/British Columbia Historical Association hardcover
1872rif. 29311Various places. ca. 1872. Views in Hawaii New Zealand and on the Central Pacific Railroad An excellent collection of views quite early for Hawaii and New Zealand. The four views of Honolulu include one wide view of the town a view of a side street with a church steeple in the background the Pali mountain pass and the harbor with several large vessels at anchor. In New Zealand the Supreme Court building in Christchurch and the city of Littleton are displayed. The San Francisco images include the Palace Hotel and the famous Cliff House. Of particular interest are the three views of the Central Pacific Railway. The sections of the track include Capestown the Palisade and Summit Station each with fresh evidence of the line's recent completion. Also in the collection is one image of a railroad along the banks of Salt Lake and three wide views of Salt Lake City one with the Mormon tabernacle completed in 1871 prominently featured. An attractive collection of views each quite displayable. Twelve cards each 17 x 13 inches a.e.g. with manuscript captions in lower margins. Images are 9 x 6½ inches except the two oval images of San Francisco. Some minor soiling on cards some images slightly faded. Very good. Archivally matted protected with a mylar sheet. unknown
1872rif. 29311Various places. ca. 1872. Views in Hawaii New Zealand and on the Central Pacific Railroad An excellent collection of views quite early for Hawaii and New Zealand. The four views of Honolulu include one wide view of the town a view of a side street with a church steeple in the background the Pali mountain pass and the harbor with several large vessels at anchor. In New Zealand the Supreme Court building in Christchurch and the city of Littleton are displayed. The San Francisco images include the Palace Hotel and the famous Cliff House. Of particular interest are the three views of the Central Pacific Railway. The sections of the track include Capestown the Palisade and Summit Station each with fresh evidence of the line's recent completion. Also in the collection is one image of a railroad along the banks of Salt Lake and three wide views of Salt Lake City one with the Mormon tabernacle completed in 1871 prominently featured. An attractive collection of views each quite displayable. Twelve cards each 17 x 13 inches a.e.g. with manuscript captions in lower margins. Images are 9 x 6½ inches except the two oval images of San Francisco. Some minor soiling on cards some images slightly faded. Very good. Archivally matted protected with a mylar sheet. unknown books
2002rif. 547H0222Canada: Douglas & McIntyre / Vancouver Art Gallery. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2002. First Printing. Hardcover. 1550548999 . Signed by E.J. Hughes upon title page. 226 pages. Index of works. Chronology. Selected bibliography. Oblong 11" x 12". "Lavishly illustrated with 100 full colour and 25 black-and-white reproductions of prints drawings and paintings this is the first full-scale volume to honour the artistic life and work of E.J. Hughes from the start of his long career in the 1930s to the present. His unique talent for depicting the landscape in a way that both he and viewers believe it should be rather than the way it actually is enables us to experience and understand place and nature in new and deeper ways." - from dust jacket. Clean bright and unmarked with very light wear. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A marvelous gift for any devotee of E.J. Hughes and his magnificent art.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; E.J. Hughes British Columbia Canadian Artists Painters Landscape Painting Vancouver Island Signed; Signed by Authors . Douglas & McIntyre / Vancouver Art Gallery hardcover
1958rif. ZB393066Western Speech Communication Association 1958. Volumes 21-46 1958-1992 partly bound library markings textually clean & tight price is for the lot. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Photos available upon request. Western Speech Communication Association unknown
