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LL/116918
Unidentified photographer
Paper moon portrait
n.d.
Ambrotype
 
Private collection of Christopher Steiner
 
LL/116918

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LL/116919
Unidentified photographer
Paper moon portrait
n.d.
Ambrotype
 
Private collection of Christopher Steiner
 
LL/116919

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LL/117854
Bogos Tarkulyan
Portrait with a paper moon of a child with a bow and arrow
n.d.
Cabinet card
 
Private collection of Christopher Steiner
 
LL/117854

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LL/81873
Unidentified photographer
Portrait of a woman in the moon
1870s (ca)
Cabinet card
 
Private collection of Jack and Beverly Wilgus
 
LL/81873

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LL/81874
Unidentified photographer
Portrait of a woman in the moon
1870s (ca)
Cabinet card, detail
 
Private collection of Jack and Beverly Wilgus
 
LL/81874

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LL/80626
Harenberg & Kerstner (Dexter, MO)
A man in the moon
n.d.
Cabinet card
 
Private collection of Robert E. Jackson
 
LL/80626

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LL/65873
Knowlton & Co. (Kankakee, Ill.)
Lady in the Moon
n.d.
Cabinet card
 
Private collection of Jack and Beverly Wilgus
 
LL/65873

7 of 66
LL/38930
Unidentified photographer
Saku-bona! - mushla Xmas, mushla New Year
1894, 16 November
Cabinet card
 
Private collection of Jack M. Ord
 
LL/38930 [Further details available]

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LL/77756

Young girl seated on a moon prop holding a child-sized broom
n.d.
Cabinent card
 
Private collection of Jack and Beverly Wilgus
 
LL/77756 [Further details available]

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LL/51326
Unidentified photographer
Paper moon with five African Americans
1907-1912
Real photo postcard (cropped)
 
Private collection of Pat Street
 
LL/51326

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LL/51325
Unidentified photographer
Paper moon portrait
1907-1912
Real photo postcard
 
Private collection of Pat Street
 
LL/51325

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LL/64409
Unidentified photographer
Two woman dressed as clowns, in a "paper moon" style setting
1920s
Real photo postcard
 
Private collection of Jack and Beverly Wilgus
 
LL/64409

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LL/39494
Unidentified photographer
Paper moon dogs
1908 (ca)
Real photo postcard
3 1/2 x 5 1/2 in (approx.)
 
Private collection of Robert Bogdan
 
LL/39494 [Further details available]

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LL/14899
Baker
Paper Moon
1917 (ca)
Photo postcard
 
Private collection of Robert Bogdan
Courtesy of Robert Bogdan
 
LL/14899

14 of 66
LL/12983
Unidentified photographer
Composite print of the baby on the moon
n.d.
Gelatin silver print, composite
 
Private collection of Brad Feuerhelm
 
LL/12983

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LL/49438
Unidentified photographer
Studio portrait of amputee
1907 (ca)
Photo postcard
 
Private collection of Robert Bogdan
Courtesy of Robert Bogdan
 
LL/49438

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LL/114622
Unidentified photographer
Kissing on the moon
1909
Postcard
 
Private collection of Jack and Beverly Wilgus
 
LL/114622

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LL/116379
Unidentified photographer
Arcade photo of Wilma aged 14
1944
Arcade photo
 
Private collection of Jack and Beverly Wilgus
 
LL/116379 [Further details available]

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LL/86014
Drechslers Photo & Music Shop (588 North Gay Street, Baltimore)
An African American man sitting on a paper moon playing a banjo ukelele
n.d.
Real photo postcard
 
Private collection of Christopher Steiner
 
LL/86014

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LL/119712
Victor Beadel (London)
Paper moon portrait of a woman playing a string instrument
n.d.
Real photo postcard, back
 
Private collection of Jack and Beverly Wilgus
 
LL/119712 [Further details available]

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LL/122610
Unidentified photographer
Barnesboro, Pennsylvania [Woman holding a cat]
1909, 19 April
Real photo postcard
 
Private collection of Christopher Steiner
 
LL/122610 [Further details available]

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LL/106380
Unidentified photographer
I just got back from Sr. Louis this morning… [Handwritten}
1912, 30 August
Real photo postcard
 
Private collection of Christopher Steiner
 
LL/106380

22 of 66
LL/111739
Unidentified photographer
A boy dressed in cowboy attire
1920s (ca)
Real photo postcard
 
Private collection of Christopher Steiner
 
LL/111739

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LL/111966
Unidentified photographer
"By the Silvery Moon" - Two people on a "Paper Moon"
n.d.
Real photo postcard
 
Private collection of Jack and Beverly Wilgus
 
LL/111966

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LL/92246
D.A. Loomis
Portrait of a standing woman printed with a crescent moon mask printed within a crescent moon mask
n.d.
Cabinet card
 
Private collection of Jack and Beverly Wilgus
 
LL/92246 [Further details available]

25 of 66
LL/94522
Unidentified photographer
Arcade portrait of a man in the moon
n.d.
Photograph
 
Private collection of Robert E. Jackson
 
LL/94522

26 of 66
LL/111940
Webster & Albee
[A paper moon with a girl holding a flag]
n.d.
Stereoview
 
Private collection of Christopher Steiner
 
LL/111940

27 of 66
LL/113494
Unidentified photographer
A young girl wearing ballet shoes reclining on a moon set
n.d.
Photograph
8 x 10 in.
 
Private collection of Jack and Beverly Wilgus
 
LL/113494

28 of 66
LL/114462
Shadle & Busser (York, PA)
A girl with a broom sat on a paper mkoon
n.d.
Cabinet card
 
Private collection of Jack and Beverly Wilgus
 
LL/114462

29 of 66
LL/65190
W.L. Howell (Altamont, Ill.)
Two young women with a crescent moon
n.d.
Cabinet card
 
Private collection of Jack and Beverly Wilgus
 
LL/65190

30 of 66
LL/68880
A. Huber
Young woman with a studio moon
1897 (handwritten on back)
Cabinet card
 
Private collection of Jack and Beverly Wilgus
 
LL/68880

31 of 66
LL/65189
Unidentified photographer
Five girls within a crescent moon
1890-1910
Cabinet card, over-sized
5 1/4 x 7 1/4 ins
 
Private collection of Jack and Beverly Wilgus
 
LL/65189

32 of 66
LL/97441
Unidentified photographer
German soldiers clinging to a large moon - "God protect us from turmoil and wind and women who are from Munster"
1915-1918
Real photo postcard
 
Private collection of Jack and Beverly Wilgus
 
LL/97441

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LL/106720
Unidentified photographer
German soldiers on the moon
1914-1918
Real photo postcard
 
Private collection of Philippe Jusforgues
Current whereabouts unknown.
 
LL/106720

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LL/69336
Electric Post Card Studio (Ft. Worth, Texas)
Woman with paper moon
n.d.
Real photo postcard
 
Private collection of Jack and Beverly Wilgus
 
LL/69336

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LL/79976
Unidentified photographer
Paper moon portrait of E. C. Cunningham - "Agent for High Class Motor Cars" of Atlanta, Missouri.
n.d.
Real photo postcard
 
Private collection of Jack and Beverly Wilgus
 
LL/79976

36 of 66
LL/120168

Sign posted at the entrance of Dahl’s photo studio
1890-1900 (ca)
Photograph
 
Private collection of Christopher Steiner
 
LL/120168

37 of 66
LL/76854
Unidentified photographer
Three women posing with Paper Moon Prop;
1890s (ca)
Tintype
 
Private collection of Christopher Steiner
 
LL/76854

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LL/79933
Unidentified photographer
Man and two women with a paper moon
n.d.
Tintype
 
The Jeffrey Kraus Collection
 
LL/79933

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LL/79934
Unidentified photographer
Two children with a paper moon
n.d.
Tintype
 
The Jeffrey Kraus Collection
 
LL/79934

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LL/86205
Unidentified photographer
A group portrait using two different foregrounds and backgrounds, Estonia
1930s-1940s
Gelatin silver print
 
Private collection of Christopher Steiner
 
LL/86205

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LL/119558
Unidentified photographer
Red Star Flour
n.d.
Real photo postcard
 
Private collection of Robert E. Jackson
 
LL/119558

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LL/119559
Unidentified photographer
Red Star Flour
n.d.
Real photo postcard
 
Private collection of Robert E. Jackson
 
LL/119559

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LL/43484
Léopold-Emile Reutlinger
Star
1910 (ca)
Postcard, photomontage, hand-tinted
 
Private collection of John Toohey
 
LL/43484

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LL/45348
Unidentified photographer
Untitled (man on crescent moon)
1907-1918 (ca)
Real photo postcard
 
Museum of Photographic Arts - MOPA
Museum purchase, Accession Number: 2008.031.001
 
LL/45348

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LL/122369
Unidentified photographer (Omaha, Nebraska)
Man is holding a copy of KOVA (The Struggle), an American-Lithuanian Socialist Newspaper.
1910 (ca)
Real photo postcard
 
Private collection of Christopher Steiner
 
LL/122369

46 of 66
LL/105396
The Reed Studio Co. (Elkhart, Indiana)
Lena M. Willi, aged 18 years, 3 months.
1912, 9 December
Real photo postcard
 
Private collection of Christopher Steiner
 
LL/105396

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LL/119235
Pinch's Novelty Postals (Cleveland, Ohio)
Paper Moon
1910-1915 (ca)
Real photo postcard
 
Private collection of Christopher Steiner
 
LL/119235

48 of 66
LL/91657
Unidentified photographer
Three masked people with a paper moon prop
1910 (ca)
Real photo postcard
 
Private collection of Christopher Steiner
 
LL/91657

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LL/92154
Unidentified photographer
Children with woman, possibly their teacher, with a studio moon
1910 (ca)
Gelatin silver print
 
Private collection of Christopher Steiner
 
LL/92154 [Further details available]

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LL/92191
William Bray Pinch (1880-1972)
Two young African American girls with bows in their hair resting on a studio prop moon
1910 (ca)
Real photo postcard
 
Private collection of Christopher Steiner
 
LL/92191 [Further details available]

51 of 66
LL/92242
Unidentified photographer
Five African Americans pose with a prop moon at White City Amusement Park, Chicago
1920-1930
Gelatin silver print
 
Private collection of Christopher Steiner
 
LL/92242

52 of 66
LL/96158
Unidentified photographer
Mondsüchtige bei der Arbeit - Munster- 1957 [German soldiers on a Moon prop]
1957
Real photo postcard
 
Private collection of Christopher Steiner
 
LL/96158

53 of 66
LL/103866
Schubert (Munsterlager, Germany)
Soldiers on the moon
1915
Photograph
 
Private collection of Wolfgang Wiggers
 
LL/103866

54 of 66
LL/96160
Claude Low (72 Princess St. Edinburgh, Scotland)
Portrait of a group with a paper moon
n.d.
Real photo postcard
 
Private collection of Jack and Beverly Wilgus
 
LL/96160

55 of 66
LL/82299
Matthews
Profile portait of a young child with the moon
n.d.
Photograph, with card mount
 
Private collection of Robert E. Jackson
 
LL/82299

56 of 66
LL/107354
Unidentified photographer
First State Fair. Phoenix, Arizona
1910-1920
Real photo postcard
 
Private collection of Christopher Steiner
 
LL/107354

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LL/101087
Drum Studio (Bartlesville, Oklahoma)
A Surveyor on the Moon
1911, 9 November (postmarked)
Real photo postcard
 
Private collection of Christopher Steiner
 
LL/101087

58 of 66
LL/122611
Rotary Photo E.C. (UK)
"Nestled in the Moon"
1900s (early)
Postcard, UK
 
Private collection of Christopher Steiner
 
LL/122611

59 of 66
LL/91329
Isaak O. Pickering (1842-1923, attorney, politician, and amateur photographer, Olathe, Kansas)
[Man in the moon]
1880s
Glass plate negative
 
Private collection of Christopher Steiner
 
LL/91329 [Further details available]

60 of 66
LL/91330
Isaak O. Pickering (1842-1923, attorney, politician, and amateur photographer, Olathe, Kansas)
[Woman in the moon]
1880s
Glass plate negative
 
Private collection of Christopher Steiner
 
LL/91330

61 of 66
LL/91331
Isaak O. Pickering (1842-1923, attorney, politician, and amateur photographer, Olathe, Kansas)
[Woman in the moon]
1880s
Glass plate negative
 
Private collection of Christopher Steiner
 
LL/91331 [Further details available]

62 of 66
LL/2487
Hulleah Tsinhnahjinnie
Boy In the Moon
2003
Lambda Digital Platinum print
30 x 20
 
Andrew Smith Gallery
 
LL/2487

63 of 66
LL/49285
Clarisse d'Arcimoles
Moon
[Forget Nostalgia - A Little Theatre of Self]
2012
Colour image
 
Breese Little
 
LL/49285

64 of 66
LL/105919
Unidentified photographer / Christopher Steiner (photomontage)
"Biden Harris" US Presidential Election, with a men in the moon prop
2020, 3 November (photomontage)
Real photo postcard, photomontage
 
Private collection of Christopher Steiner
 
LL/105919

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LL/57268
A. Schultz
Pumpkin-Moon
1920 (ca)
Gelatin silver print
 
Fondation Herzog
 
LL/57268

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Contents - Themes & Fragments
Advertising - Advertising photography
African Americans - Introduction to photography by, and of, African Americans
African Americans - Real photo postcards: African Americans
Astronomy - The moon as a symbol
Babies - Introduction to babies
Backgrounds and foregrounds - Clarisse d'Arcimoles: Forget Nostalgia - A Little Theatre of Self (2012)
Backgrounds and foregrounds - Introduction to backgrounds and foregrounds
Backgrounds and foregrounds - Real Photo Postcards: Backgrounds and foregrounds
Backgrounds and foregrounds - Studio backgrounds and foregrounds: Boats
Boats, canoes and kayaks - Studio backgrounds and foregrounds: Boats
Cabinet cards - Cabinet cards: Introduction
Christianity - Christmas and New Year Greetings
Composition - Clarisse d'Arcimoles: Forget Nostalgia - A Little Theatre of Self (2012)
Composition - Introduction to backgrounds and foregrounds
Concealment with masks and veils - Fashion: Accessories: Masks
Dancers - Dancers
Emotions - Emotions: Kissing
Estonia - Introduction to photography in Estonia
Expeditions and exploration - Surveying
Fabricated realities - Introduction to backgrounds and foregrounds
Hand-painted photographs - Painted postcards
Health - Picturing disability
Landscape - Surveying
Medical - Picturing disability
Musicians - Introduction to musicians
Musicians - Stringed instruments
Musicians - Violinists and fiddlers
Native Americans - First Nations and contemporary art and photography
Non-canonical photography - Non-canonical examples
Non-canonical photography - Non-canonical photography
Non-canonical photography - Real photo postcards: African Americans
Patriotism - Flags
Pets - Cats
Photo postcards - Introduction to photo postcards
Popular formats - Painted postcards
Portrait - Tintypes: Portraits
Postcards - Painted postcards
Postcards - Real photo postcards: African Americans
Postcards - Real photo postcards: Animals
Props - Introduction to studio properties, accessories and novelties
Props - Nineteenth century Photographic Studios - Properties, accessories and novelties
Racial issues - Real photo postcards: African Americans
Real photo postcards - Real photo postcards
Real photo postcards - Real photo postcards
Real photo postcards - Real photo postcards: African Americans
Real photo postcards - Real photo postcards: Animals
Real photo postcards - Real Photo Postcards: Backgrounds and foregrounds
Self-portraits - Clarisse d'Arcimoles: Forget Nostalgia - A Little Theatre of Self (2012)
Studio necessities - The moon as a symbol
Text and calligraphy - Text and calligraphy: Examples
Tintypes - Paper sleeves and card mounts for tintypes
Tintypes - Tintypes: Portraits
Trends - Non-canonical photography
Vernacular - Real photo postcards: African Americans
Vernacular - Real photo postcards: Animals
Water transportation - Studio backgrounds and foregrounds: Boats

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