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LL/80421
Plumb & Loomis (Portage, Wis.)
Portrait of a man with a donkey cart foreground
1870s
Carte de visite
 
Private collection of Graham Pilecki
 
LL/80421

1 of 72
LL/76623
Unidentified photographer
Caricature portrait of a man
n.d.
Tintype
 
Private collection of Jack and Beverly Wilgus
 
LL/76623

2 of 72
LL/42565
Unidentified photographer
Novelty. Man with Straw Hat & Donkey Cart
1870s
Tintype
3 1/2 x 2 1/2 ins
 
Ninteen-Thirteen: Art Antiques Artifacts
 
LL/42565

3 of 72
LL/74412
Unidentified photographer (French)
[Man behind painted cloth depicting donkey cart]
1874 (ca)
Tintype
9 x 6 cm
 
George Eastman Museum
Purchase, 1969.0209.0021
 
LL/74412

4 of 72
LL/80649
Kosh Del (a.k.a. Cassius M. Coolidge)
Caricature showing man riding donkey cart with cat
1874, December
Tintype
 
Ebay
Seller: bb1913, https://www.ebay.com/usr/bb1913?_trksid=p2047675.l2559
 
LL/80649 [Further details available]

5 of 72
LL/75368
Unidentified photographer
Head of man in derby hat behind cloth with painted body and scene (donkey cart)
1875 (ca)
Tintype
9 x 6 cm (3 9/16 x 2 3/8 ins)
 
George Eastman Museum
Purchase, ex-collection Fred S. Lightfoot, 1982.1453.0001
 
LL/75368

6 of 72
LL/51590
Unidentified photographer
Cartoon drawing portrait
1903, 8 August (mailed)
Real photo postcard, undivided back
 
Private collection of Dave Girshoff
 
LL/51590 [Further details available]

7 of 72
LL/47448
Ross & Pringle
Studio portrait of a woman in a boat
1860s (ca)
Carte de visite
 
Private collection of John Toohey
 
LL/47448

8 of 72
LL/6921
Unidentified photographer
Two women & man in studio prop boat [Possibly Samuel Castner Sr., 1798-1879]
1875 (ca)
Tintype
10.8 x 15.7 cm
 
George Eastman Museum
Courtesy of George Eastman House, Gift of 3M Company, ex-collection Louis Walton Sipley (GEH NEG: 25067)
 
LL/6921

9 of 72
LL/64894
Unidentified photographer
Studio portrait of two children in a boat
n.d.
Cabinet card
 
Private collection of James V. Burke
 
LL/64894

10 of 72
LL/94994
Unidentified photographer (Belgian?)
Man, woman and child in boat, made on a visit to the Belgian coast
1885
Tintype
9 x 6 cm
 
Private collection of Wilfried Vandevelde
 
LL/94994

11 of 72
LL/112239
Geo. W. Stevens (Sacandaga Park, New York)
Portrait of two women fishing with a boat foreground
n.d.
Tintype
 
Private collection of Andrew Daneman
 
LL/112239

12 of 72
LL/32292
Unidentified photographer
Taking the Air at Rockaway Beach
n.d.
Tintype, 1/4 plate, detail
4.25 x 3.25 in (image)
 
Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs
Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs - Auction (Skylight Gallery Catalog 28,April 30, 2009, #33)
 
LL/32292 [Further details available]

13 of 72
LL/11371
Winslow, NY
A man fishing in the studio with rod, reel and net.
n.d.
Cabinet card
 
Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc
Courtesy of Larry Gottheim - Be-Hold (47 / 175)
 
LL/11371

14 of 72
LL/96416
Unidentied photographer (Russia)
Two men seated with a prop boat foreground [Russia]
n.d.
Cabinet card
 
Private collection of Erin Waters
 
LL/96416

15 of 72
LL/96417
Unidentied photographer (Russia)
Four women with a prop boat foreground [Russia]
n.d.
Cabinet card
 
Private collection of Erin Waters
 
LL/96417

16 of 72
LL/96418
Unidentied photographer (Russia)
A man and a woman with a prop boat foreground [Russia]
n.d.
Real photo postcard
 
Private collection of Erin Waters
 
LL/96418

17 of 72
LL/47446
Walter Moore (41 Merchant St, Bristol, England)
Studio portait of a young lady in a boat
1880s (ca)
Cabinet card
 
Private collection of John Toohey
 
LL/47446

18 of 72
LL/80025
W.A. Duncan (Peirce City, Missouri)
Girl in a studio prop boat
n.d.
Cabinet card
 
Private collection of Jack and Beverly Wilgus
 
LL/80025

19 of 72
LL/80026
W.A. Duncan (Peirce City, Missouri)
Girl in a studio prop boat
n.d.
Cabinet card
 
Private collection of Jack and Beverly Wilgus
 
LL/80026

20 of 72
LL/80326
A. Watson (Richwood, O.)
Studio portrait of a young woman with a painted background and a foreground boat with waves in the floor matting
n.d.
Cabinet card
 
Private collection of Karen Hendrix
 
LL/80326

21 of 72
LL/80024
Unidentified photographer
Family group in studio prop boat
n.d.
Postcard
 
Private collection of Karen Hendrix
 
LL/80024

22 of 72
LL/34329
Angelo Caccia (Le Havre)
A young lady in a row boat
1850s (active from)
Cabinet card
 
Private collection of John Toohey
 
LL/34329 [Further details available]

23 of 72
LL/34753
A lady and gentleman in a row boat
n.d.
Cabinet card
 
Private collection of Pär Rittsel
 
LL/34753

24 of 72
LL/47444
Söstrene Persen
Studio portrait of two ladies in a boat
1880s (ca)
Cabinet card
 
Private collection of John Toohey
 
LL/47444

25 of 72
LL/47445
Unidentified photographer (Turkey)
Studio portrait of three children in a boat
1930s (ca)
Real photo postcard
 
Private collection of John Toohey
 
LL/47445

26 of 72
LL/51589
Unidentified photographer
"The Elliott"
1905-1920 (ca)
Real photo postcard
 
Private collection of Dave Girshoff
 
LL/51589

27 of 72
LL/97565
Unidentified photographer
"The Lark" - A group of people with a sailing boat foreground and background
n.d.
Real photo postcard
 
Private collection of Bill Jones
 
LL/97565

28 of 72
LL/80615
Unidentified photographer
Portrait of four people with the Native American canoe and colonialist scene
n.d.
Real photo postcard
 
Private collection of Christopher Steiner
 
LL/80615

29 of 72
LL/118567
Unidentified photographer
Two Chinese men with a speedboat foreground
1950s
Photograph
 
Private collection of Christopher Steiner
 
LL/118567

30 of 72
LL/84538
Unidentified photographer
Arcade photograph of a man and woman in a speed boat, Blackpool, England
1934
Postcard
 
Private collection of Christopher Steiner
 
LL/84538

31 of 72
LL/117951
Unidentified photographer
A woman and child with a speedboat foreground, Singapore
1935
Photograph, on card
 
Private collection of Christopher Steiner
 
LL/117951

32 of 72
LL/86101
Oscar Kramer
Studio portrait of two children in a Venetian gondola setting
n.d.
Carte de visite
 
Private collection of Dr. Adrian-Silvan Ionescu
 
LL/86101

33 of 72
LL/43879
Unidentified photographer
Studio portrait with nautical background
1910-1920 (ca)
Postcard
 
Private collection of John Toohey
 
LL/43879 [Further details available]

34 of 72
LL/88649
Unidentified photographer
Two young women standing in front of a painted background of a river gorge with a bridge with a train going across it
n.d.
Tintype
 
Private collection of Karen Hendrix
 
LL/88649

35 of 72
LL/34265
Unidentified photographer
Dapper African American man posed infront of a studio backdrop of a train
1910
Real photo postcard
 
La Bonne Vivante
 
LL/34265

36 of 72
LL/34266
Unidentified photographer
Dapper African American man posed infront of a studio backdrop of a train (detail)
1910
Real photo postcard
 
La Bonne Vivante
 
LL/34266

37 of 72
LL/47450
Unidentified photographer (USA)
Studio portrait of a boy on a train
1930s (ca)
Real photo postcard
 
Private collection of John Toohey
 
LL/47450

38 of 72
LL/34267
Unidentified photographer
Dapper African American man posed infront of a studio backdrop of a train
1900s (early)
Real photo postcard
 
La Bonne Vivante
 
LL/34267

39 of 72
LL/86246
Unidentified photographer
"All Aboard" for Frisco
n.d.
Real photo postcard
 
Private collection of Stacy Waldman
 
LL/86246

40 of 72
LL/114621
Unidentified photographer
"Kiss Me Kid I'm Jewish"
1915-1920
Real photo postcard
 
Private collection of Christopher Steiner
 
LL/114621

41 of 72
LL/40998
Unidentified photographer
Two men in Stanley Steamer runabout at Niagara Falls with painted backdrop
1900
Tintype, 1/2 plate
 
Private collection of Andrew Daneman
 
LL/40998

42 of 72
LL/84314
Unidentified photographer
A group portrait with a car foreground and a background for "Ye Old Manx A..."
1915-1930 (ca)
Gelatin silver print
 
Private collection of Christopher Steiner
 
LL/84314 [Further details available]

43 of 72
LL/47449
Phebus (France)
Studio portrait of a woman in a car
1910 (ca)
Real photo postcard, hand-coloured
 
Private collection of John Toohey
 
LL/47449

44 of 72
LL/34268
Unidentified photographer
African American couple posed in a car in a studio
1920-1935
Real photo postcard
 
La Bonne Vivante
 
LL/34268

45 of 72
LL/51597
Unidentified photographer
[A real car in a studio or photographer's tent]
n.d.
Real photo postcard
 
Private collection of Dave Girshoff
 
LL/51597 [Further details available]

46 of 72
LL/51598
Unidentified photographer
Seeing Denver [A fake car]
n.d.
Real photo postcard
 
Private collection of Dave Girshoff
 
LL/51598

47 of 72
LL/51599
Unidentified photographer
Group portrait taken in car outside
n.d.
Real photo postcard
 
Private collection of Dave Girshoff
 
LL/51599 [Further details available]

48 of 72
LL/51600
Unidentified photographer
Portrait taken in a real car with an urban backdrop
n.d.
Real photo postcard
 
Private collection of Dave Girshoff
 
LL/51600 [Further details available]

49 of 72
LL/28228
Unidentified photographer
Up Up and Away - two top-hatted men in a mock balloon draped with flags
n.d.
Tintype
 
Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs
Skylight Gallery (Auction #26)
 
LL/28228 [Further details available]

50 of 72
LL/51592
Unidentified photographer
[Portrait of three women in a dirigible gondola]
n.d.
Real photo postcard
 
Private collection of Dave Girshoff
 
LL/51592

51 of 72
LL/32617
Unidentified photographer
Eight woman in a plane backdrop
1920 (ca)
Photo postcard
 
Vintage-Photos
 
LL/32617

52 of 72
LL/51591
Unidentified photographer
[Portrait of four people in a biplane, complete with the scene they're flying over]
n.d.
Real photo postcard
 
Private collection of Dave Girshoff
 
LL/51591

53 of 72
LL/85163
Unidentified photographer
Imperial Japanese Navy sailors at Cliff House, San Francisco
1920s
Real photo postcard
 
Private collection of Christopher Steiner
 
LL/85163

54 of 72
LL/51593
Unidentified photographer
[Passenger plane with three passengers showing through the windows]
1920s (ca)
Real photo postcard
 
Private collection of Dave Girshoff
 
LL/51593

55 of 72
LL/51594
Unidentified photographer
[Frank, Mabelle and Maude taken in a photographer's tent on the Aviation Grounds]
n.d.
Real photo postcard
 
Private collection of Dave Girshoff
 
LL/51594 [Further details available]

56 of 72
LL/51596
Unidentified photographer
"The Wright Brothers"
n.d.
Real photo postcard
 
Private collection of Dave Girshoff
 
LL/51596 [Further details available]

57 of 72
LL/47447
Unidentified photographer (Bulgaria)
Studio portrait of a man in a plane - night effect?
1930s (ca)
Real photo postcard, negative
 
Private collection of John Toohey
 
LL/47447

58 of 72
LL/63421
Unidentified photographer
Patriotic American portrait referencing the First World War
1917 (ca)
Real photo postcard
 
Private collection of William Jones
 
LL/63421

59 of 72
LL/47451
Unidentified photographer (Bulgaria)
Studio portrait of a four men in a plane
1930s (ca)
Gelatin silver print
5.5 x 7 cm
 
Private collection of John Toohey
 
LL/47451

60 of 72
LL/70756
Unidentified photographer
Novelty photograph
n.d.
Gelatin silver print
 
Private collection of Bence Bakker
Posted to Facebook "Snapshot Mafia" (3 December 2016)
 
LL/70756

61 of 72
LL/97443
Unidentified photographer (Beirut, Lebanon)
A boy with an aeroplane foreground
1939, 10 April
Gelatin silver print
 
Private collection of Christopher Steiner
 
LL/97443

62 of 72
LL/107918
Unidentified photographer
"Flying" over the Arc de Triomphe!
1920s-1930s (ca)
Real photo postcard
 
Private collection of Christopher Steiner
 
LL/107918

63 of 72
LL/60652
Unidentified photographer
Seeing Long Beach Cal.
1931, 18 July
Real photo postcard
 
Private collection of Jack and Beverly Wilgus
 
LL/60652 [Further details available]

64 of 72
LL/60651
Unidentified photographer
The Rose City - Seeing Portland
n.d.
Real photo postcard
 
Private collection of Nancy Ellis
 
LL/60651

65 of 72
LL/111189
Unidentified photographer (America)
"Picture in a minute on a missile". USA
1950-1960s
Polaroid
 
Private collection of Christopher Steiner
 
LL/111189

66 of 72
LL/111190
Unidentified photographer (America)
"I'm going to soar with the 60s" - H.M.R.S. Molsonic
1960s
Real photo postcard
 
Private collection of Christopher Steiner
 
LL/111190 [Further details available]

67 of 72
LL/111191
Unidentified photographer (China)
Two Chinese girls on a rocket
1960
Gelatin silver print
 
Private collection of Christopher Steiner
 
LL/111191

68 of 72
LL/95168
Unidentified photographer
A photomontage of four women "flying" in a hot air balloon over a photographic studio (South Bend, Indiana)
1915 (ca)
Real photo postcard
 
Private collection of Christopher Steiner
 
LL/95168

69 of 72
LL/49282
Clarisse d'Arcimoles
Air Balloon
[Forget Nostalgia - A Little Theatre of Self]
2012
Colour image
 
Breese Little
 
LL/49282

70 of 72
LL/49286
Clarisse d'Arcimoles
Tregirls Beach
[Forget Nostalgia - A Little Theatre of Self]
2012
Colour image
 
Breese Little
 
LL/49286

71 of 72
LL/49283
Clarisse d'Arcimoles
In Wonderland
[Forget Nostalgia - A Little Theatre of Self]
2012
Colour image
 
Breese Little
 
LL/49283

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72 images
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1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871
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1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893
1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904
1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915
1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926
1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937
1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948
1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959
1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970
1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981
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2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Contents - Themes & Fragments
Air transportation - Airplanes
Air transportation - Studio backgrounds and foregrounds: Aircraft
Air transportation - Studio backgrounds and foregrounds: Balloons
Airplanes - Airplanes
Airplanes - Studio backgrounds and foregrounds: Aircraft
Backgrounds and foregrounds - Backgrounds used in nineteenth century photographic studios
Backgrounds and foregrounds - Backgrounds: Transportation
Backgrounds and foregrounds - Cabinet cards: Backgrounds and foregrounds
Backgrounds and foregrounds - Clarisse d'Arcimoles: Forget Nostalgia - A Little Theatre of Self (2012)
Backgrounds and foregrounds - Foregrounds
Backgrounds and foregrounds - Introduction to backgrounds and foregrounds
Backgrounds and foregrounds - Real Photo Postcards: Backgrounds and foregrounds
Backgrounds and foregrounds - Studio backgrounds and foregrounds: Aircraft
Backgrounds and foregrounds - Studio backgrounds and foregrounds: Balloons
Backgrounds and foregrounds - Studio backgrounds and foregrounds: Boats
Backgrounds and foregrounds - Studio backgrounds and foregrounds: Cars
Backgrounds and foregrounds - Studio backgrounds and foregrounds: Carts
Backgrounds and foregrounds - Studio backgrounds and foregrounds: Railways
Backgrounds and foregrounds - Tintypes: Backgrounds and foregrounds
Backgrounds and foregrounds - Water as an element in studio backgrounds and foregrounds
Balloons, airships and dirigibles - Studio backgrounds and foregrounds: Balloons
Belgium - Introduction to photography in Belgium
Boats, canoes and kayaks - Studio backgrounds and foregrounds: Boats
Cabinet cards - Cabinet cards: Backgrounds and foregrounds
Cabinet cards - Cabinet cards: Introduction
Cars - Cars
Cars - Studio backgrounds and foregrounds: Cars
Cartes de visite - Cartes de visite: Humour
China - Introduction to photography in China
Composition - Backgrounds: Transportation
Composition - Clarisse d'Arcimoles: Forget Nostalgia - A Little Theatre of Self (2012)
Composition - Foregrounds
Composition - Introduction to backgrounds and foregrounds
Emotions - Emotions: Kissing
Ethnic and traditional costumes - Söstrene Persen: Norwegian folk costumes
Experimental and manipulated photography - Photo caricatures
Fabricated realities - Introduction to backgrounds and foregrounds
Fashion - Umbrellas and parasols
First World War (1914-1918) - Patriotism and enlisting
Hand-painted photographs - Painted postcards
Humour - Cartes de visite: Humour
Humour - Photo caricatures
Interiors of photographic studios - Backgrounds used in nineteenth century photographic studios
Itinerant photographers - Studios in tents
Jules Verne: Around the World in Eighty Days - Introduction to photography in China
Land transportation - Cars
Land transportation - Studio backgrounds and foregrounds: Cars
Land transportation - Studio backgrounds and foregrounds: Carts
Land transportation - Studio backgrounds and foregrounds: Railways
Leisure - Tintypes: Leisure
Mobile studios - Studios in tents
New York - Niagara Falls
Niagara Falls - Niagara Falls
Norway - Söstrene Persen: Norwegian folk costumes
Popular formats - Painted postcards
Postcards - Painted postcards
Railways - Studio backgrounds and foregrounds: Railways
Real photo postcards - Real Photo Postcards: Backgrounds and foregrounds
Self-portraits - Clarisse d'Arcimoles: Forget Nostalgia - A Little Theatre of Self (2012)
Studio necessities - Backgrounds used in nineteenth century photographic studios
Tents - Studios in tents
Tintypes - Paper sleeves and card mounts for tintypes
Tintypes - Tintypes: Backgrounds and foregrounds
Tintypes - Tintypes: Examples
Tintypes - Tintypes: Leisure
Tintypes - Tintypes: Photographic studios
Transportation - Backgrounds: Transportation
Venice - Venice
Wagons, carts, carriages and buggies - Studio backgrounds and foregrounds: Carts
Water and waterfalls - Niagara Falls
Water and waterfalls - Water as an element in studio backgrounds and foregrounds
Water transportation - Studio backgrounds and foregrounds: Boats

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