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1888, A 19th-century Family Tree with a handwritten title, "Bless Our Home," containing 11 portraits of John McBonner's large American family. Chromolithograph with 10 tintypes, Family tree, Swann Galleries - New York, LL/53777
1888, W.D. Gatchel, Agnt., Louisville, KY - Catalogue page showing posing furniture, Catalogue illustration, Private collection of Joseph Hays, LL/84758
1888, C.H.B. Review of Photographic Illustrations of the Anatomy of the Human Ear, together with Pathologic Conditions of the Drum Membrane and Descriptive text, by B. Alexander Randall & Henry Lee Morse (1887), Book review, Internet Archive, LL/127996
1888, C.H.B. Review of Photographic Illustrations of the Anatomy of the Human Ear, together with Pathologic Conditions of the Drum Membrane and Descriptive text, by B. Alexander Randall & Henry Lee Morse (1887), Book review, Internet Archive, LL/127995
Selle & Kuntze, 1888, The family of Kaiser Wilhelm II - Auguste Victoria (eldest daughter of Queen Victoria) and children, Prince Friedrich Wilhelm, Eitel Friedrich, Adalbert, August Wilhelm, and Oscar., Boudoir cabinet card, oversize, Private collection of T. Max Hochstetler, LL/20937
Alexander Nasvetevich (mentioned in 1880s-1890s), 1888, Four Photographs in One Passe-Partout Showing a Room of Photographic Exhibition in St Petersburg, Albumen prints (x5), Hermitage Museum, LL/92553
Goodwin & Company (issued), 1888, Jeremiah J. "Miah" Murray, Catcher, Washington Nationals, from the Old Judge series (N172) for Old Judge Cigarettes
Issued by Goodwin & Company, [Old Judge series (N172) for Old Judge Cigarettes], Albumen print, Metropolitan Museum of Art, LL/50960
Henry Pauw van Wieldrecht (1863-1912), 1888, Self portrait of Henry (far right) and his brother, sister and sister-in-law, Albumen print, Rijksmuseum, LL/79314
Pietro Poppi, 1888, Rural customs and genres (Vallata del Reno) - Two oxen yoked to a cart driven by a peasant (Costumi e generi campestri (Vallata del Reno) - Due buoi aggiogati ad un carro condotto da un contadinello), Albumen print, Private collection, LL/104326
Teoberto Maler, 1888, Acámbalám, Palacio de 3 aposentos, lado oeste, [Views of Aztec, Maya, and Zapotec ruins in Mexico], Gelatin developing out paper, J. Paul Getty Museum, LL/51419
Unidentified photographer, 1888, Portrait of the Czech novelist and traveler Ignat Herrmann and a friend in Western Africa, Cabinet card, Private collection of Fostin Cotchen, LL/123917
Unidentified photographer, 1888, W.H. Smith, A. McPhail or Adam Heffley, and a Cariboo camel, Grande Prairie BC, Photograph, British Columbia Archives, LL/127629
Vilmos Wietz (1839-1916, Nagyszombat, now Trnava, Slovakia), 1888, Ignác Ürge (1840-1898), Hungarian missionary to China, and his Chinese page Petolo, during a fundraising tour in Hungary, 1888., Cabinet card, Promenade Collect, LL/120672
Vilmos Wietz (1839-1916, Nagyszombat, now Trnava, Slovakia), 1888, Backmark for "Wietz, V. -Tyrnau and Pisek", Cabinet card, Promenade Collect, LL/120673
Cecil V. Shadbolt, 1888, Book cover for Henry H. Harper, 1888, Walks in Palestine, (London: The Religious Tract Society), Book cover, Ader Nordmann, LL/61385
Peter Henry Emerson, 1888, Book cover for Peter Henry Emerson, 1888, Pictures of East Anglian Life, (Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington), Book cover, J. Paul Getty Museum, LL/64642
William Jerome Harrison, 1888, Title page for "A History of Photography: Written as a Practical Guide and an Introduction to its Latest Developments" by W. Jerome Harrison (Bradford: Percy Lund & Co., the Country Press - London: Trubner & Co, 1888), Title page, Google Books, LL/34815
Unidentified photographer / artist, 1888, Title page of "Punch", Volume XCIV, 1888, Title page, Google Books, LL/35035
Unidentified photographer / artist, 1888, Title page for "Jahrbuch für Photographie und Reproduktionstechnik für das Jahr 1888" by Dr. Josef Maria Eder (Halle a.S., Druck und Verlag von Wilhelm Knapp, 1888), Title page, Google Books, LL/34908
Unidentified photographer / artist, 1888, "On doit tendre avec effort a l'infaillibile sans y pretendre.", Book plate, Google Books, LL/34910
Unidentified photographer / artist, 1888, Das Pinakoskop, Book plate, Google Books, LL/34913
Emerson & Goodall, 1888, Advert for "Life and Landscape on the Norfolk Broads" By Dr. P. H. Emerson and J. F. Goodall., Advert, Google Books, LL/41720
C.E. Wyrall, 1888, Silver Medal for Cardiff International Photographic Exhibition, awarded to C.E. Wyrall for "Instantaneous Photograph by Professional", 1888, Medal, Private collection of David Likar, LL/16632
Paul Nadar, 1888, "Un seule erreur est la source d'une foule d'erreurs et seine de la graine d'erreurs; c'est pour cela qu'il faut toujours bien prendre garde a n'affirmer 'qu'un fait dont on a la certitude positive. à", Book plate, Google Books, LL/34909
Peter Henry Emerson, 1888, Advert for "Life and Landscape on the Norfolk Broads" By Dr. P. H. Emerson and J. F. Goodall., Advert, Google Books, LL/41724
R. Harris, 1888, Title page for "Photograph Album of South African Scenery. By R. Harris, Port Elizabeth", Title page, Chiswick Auctions, LL/98740
R. Harris, 1888, Page from "Photograph Album of South African Scenery. By R. Harris, Port Elizabeth", Album page, Chiswick Auctions, LL/98742
Thomas Annan, 1888, Advert for "The Old Country Houses of the Old Glasgow Gentry" (Second edition), Advert, Google Books, LL/39621