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[MARITIME -- PACIFIC NORTHWEST PHOTOS]. SHAVER, [George W]; [GUSTIN, Earl Eldred & SIMON, Leo F (Photographers).]Biblio.com

Three large original silver gelatin photographs depicting the newly expanded fleet of gasoline-powered and steam-powered tugs for Shaver shipping assisting large ships in the booming Portland Oregon harbor as well as log and barge towing.

1920ref. 64773Portland OR: Shaver Transportation; Sowell Studio Photos 145 1/2 3rd St. ca. 1920. Three oblong folio original silver gelatin photographs sized 14 x 9.75 in. all w/ photographer’s rubber stamp on verso two w/in negative at lower fore-edge very slight age toning minor shelfwear a couple corners creased still an excellent set of three. These scarce three large original silver gelatin photographs depict the expanding fleet of tugboats from the Shaver Transportation Company from before World War I into the Roaring 20’s. Those depicted here included the “Hercules” the “Cascades” originally built by the US Army Corps of Engineers for constructing the Cascade Locks and used by the Shaver Company until World War II; the historic “Henderson” wooden-hulled sternwheeler first built in 1901 as freight carrier and towboat operated for decades towing log rafts pushing barges and by 1950 was one of the last two wooden-hulled sternwheelers working the river and starred in the “River Queen” film in 1952; the “Sarah Dixon” another sternwheeler named for George Shaver’s wife; and the “No Wonder” originally built in Portland in 1889 from dismantled components from the 1877 Wonder and served as workhorse for the log-towing operations until retired and abandoned in 1933. Also depicted are the tugs such as the “James W” designed by Captain Delmar Shaver owned by the Shaver Transportation Co. powered by a direct-reversible 350 Atlas Diesel engine with electrically powered monkey rudder system and during the height of the Kaiser World War II shipyard boom she worked around the clock as she was built for speed and minimal wake effect eventually being retired by the company in the 1950’s. Also featured are the “Echo” which was the Shaver Transportation Co.’s first propeller-driven gasoline-powered boat as well as the large Shaver sternwheeler which later was converted into a twin-screw semi-tunnel diesel tug. Founded originally in 1880 by George Washington Shaver and partner’s as the People’s Freighting Co. with their steamboat Manzanillo the company was later incorporated in 1893 as Shaver Transportation by George with his two sons James and George and by the post-World War I era as depicted in these photos had expanded to 7 and then 10 tugs and their diesel power and scientific hull designs dominated Pacific Northwest waterways towing. Gustin 1884-1959 began as a photographer in The Dalles and then Pendleton before established as photographer and proprietor of Sowell Studio formerly Simon-Sowell Studio in 1914-1916 and operated as a photographer for the next three decades. Simon 1890-1986 became the manager for the Sowell Studio sometime in the early 1920’s and continued as professional photographer until his later retirement. Shaver Transportation; Sowell Studio Photos, 145 1/2 3rd St., unknown

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[NIEROP, Adriaen van or Simon van MIDDELGEEST?]. WAER-MOND, Yemand van (pseudonym).Biblio.com

Codicille van de Nederlandsche Oorloghe waer in sy eenighe Vrienden Wel-Doenders ende Dienaren in haer principael Testament van date den tweeden Februarij 1609. vergheten zynde . den 12. Martij des selven jaers. Noch een Wellecom-Dicht van het Bestandt. Noch andere ghedichten van bestandighe vrede.

1609ref. A86ACTMRTZ41Franc end al" = Amsterdam: Frederijck de Vrije" 1609. Disbound. Small 4to. Poems celebrating the truce with Spain though attributed to a former opponent of the truce with the Dutch poems in textura types and Latin marginal notes in roman. A political pamphlet in verse celebrating peace and dated less than a month before the signing of the Twelve Years' Truce between Spain and the Dutch Republic. The main poem takes the form of a "codicil" to War's "last will and testament." It recites the various legacies both good and bad that the War has left to people on both sides and even to people and countries not directly involved in the fighting. Asher mistakenly lists the present pamphlet as no. 11 in the Bye-Korf series: it was published about six months after the Bye-Korf was banned but later collectors often inserted it and the associated Testament in place of the earlier Testament which should have been Asher 26-28/10. The author place of publication and publisher given on the title-page are all word plays "Yemand van Waer-Mond" for example suggesting "someone of honest mouth." The STCN attributes the pamphlet with a query to Nierop who propagandized against peace in one of the Bye-Korf pamphlets Asher 28/37 but rejoiced in it once it came. Alden & Landis attributes the associated Testament ofte Wtersten Wille to Middelgeest. The poet's four-line verse on the back of the title-page is signed with the motto: "Yet Meer en mocht/Min en docht Niet."A nice view of popular feelings about the Truce just before it formally took effect.With some tears at the fold of the outermost bifolium and only slightly browned otherwise a very good copy.l Asher 26-28/11; Knuttel 1584; Simoni W 34; Tiele 751; OCLC WorldCat 3 copies. Frederijck de Vrije", unknown

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[Pallas, Peter Simon ]Biblio.com

Russian folk paintings Seven water color with three entitled 'Kosak of Tsherkash' 'Talmak' & 'Tirgishian Tartar'

1770ref. 272311770. Paintings. Otherwise very good condition. Seven expertly painted watercolors of Eastern Russian folk people in traditional dress. These are most likely painted for or copied from one of Pallas' books "Reise durch verschiedene Provinzen des Russischen Reichs" 1771-76 later published in English "Journey Through Southern Provinces of the Russian Empire". They all bear penciled numbers in the lower right possibly correlating with plates in a Pallas work. Three paintings have manuscript captions in ink: 'Kosak Woman of Tsherkash' 'Tirgishian Tartar' 'A Kalmak of the lower class.' All are numbered in pencil in lower right corner: 1 3 18 56 65 67 68 . The image "Kosak Woman" caption is followed by an ink name "Pallas". The other 4 watercolors have no captions and subjects include a Woman with a cape Man with floor length fur lined coat and hat Man with long beard golden helmet and fur lined coat; and a Woman carrying a basket on her back and under her arm. Four paintings are 8 x 10" other 3 are 7 x 9" painted on thick paper with two ink border lines some thin and some thick. The image of the Tirgishian Tartar has four small holes in the corners. All have been removed from an album. Peter Simon Pallas 1741 - 1811 German naturalist who advanced a theory of mountain formation and by the age of 15 had outlined new classifications of certain animal groups. In 1761 he went to England to study natural-history collections and to make geological observations. He was appointed professor of natural history at the Imperial Academy of Sciences St. Petersburg in 1768. About the same time he joined a scientific expedition to Russia and Siberia. For the next six years he traveled across the length and breadth of the vast empire. He found a wide distribution of mammoth and rhinoceros fossils including some with their hairy hides preserved in the Siberian ice. He returned to St. Petersburg in 1774 with a great amount of data and many fossil specimens but he had ruined his health. He published his major findings from the expedition in three volumes Reise durch verschiedene Provinzen des russischen Reichs 1771-76 later published in English "Journey Through Various Provinces of the Russian Empire". His chief geological contribution based largely on his study of the Ural and Altai mountain ranges of Siberia was the recognition of a temporal sequence of rocks from the center to the flanks of a range. unknown

Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints · United States$2,000.00≈ €1,786.83

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