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Milton Miller, n.d., No. 6 - Chinese Ladies of Rank, Canton, China, Stereoview, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/58627
1873 (patent), Patent Model for a "Guide for Cutting Photographic Pictures", Patent model, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/104546
William Henry Jackson, n.d., Title page for The Canons of Colorado (Denver: Frank S. Thayer), Title page for accordion fold photo album, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/82796
W.E. Hook (Photographer and publisher), n.d., Unidentified brave, Cabinet card, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/82784
K.D. Kirkland, n.d., A Texas Cowboy, Imperial cabinet card, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/111636
Unidentified photographer, n.d., A Map of Terre Haute, Indiana, Ambrotype, 1/4 plate, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/61771
Alexander Gardner, n.d., A Harvest of Death on the Battlefield of Gettysburg, [Gardner's Photographic Incidents of the War], Stereoview, detail, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/58632
Sarony, n.d., Napoleon Sarony, Imperial cabinet card, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/50992
James Presley Ball, 1854, 1 April, Gleason's Pictorial Featuring Depiction of Ball's Great Daguerreian Gallery, Magazine page, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/98568
Carl Moon, 1905, Zuni Governor, Cabinet card, hand-tinted, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/83469
L.A. Huffman, n.d., The Honyocker, Collotype, hand-tinted, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/82782
Adrian J. Ebell, 1862 (taken), People Escaping from the Indian Massacre of 1862, in Minnesota, at Dinner on a Prairie, [Whitney Gallery's Gems of Minnesota Scenery], Stereocard, back, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/67965
Unidentified photographer, n.d., A Large-Scale California Mining Operation, Ambrotype, 1/2 plate, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/83473
Unidentified photographer, 1910 (ca), Interior of Photographer's Studio, Stereoview, detail, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/58649
Unidentified photographer, n.d., Daguerreotype portraits, Daguerreotypes (24), in case, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/83978
1890s, A burl wood decorated stereographoscope, Stereographoscope, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/67962
Upton or Whiting (?), 1865, Hanging of Little Six and Medicine Bottle, Carte de visite, back, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/82772
Unidentified photographer, 1857-1858 (uncertain), Senator Sam Houston, Tintype, 1/6 plate, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/64694
L.H. Heller, 1873, Lost River Murderers, Cabinet card, back, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/83466
Unidentified photographer / artist, n.d., An improved Gatling Gun fitted with Accles Positive Feed, Cabinet card, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/32130
1873 (patent), Patent Model for a "Guide for Cutting Photographic Pictures", Patent model, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/104547
J.G. Evans (Las Vegas, New Mexico), n.d., Buffalo Bones Ready For Shipping East, Stereocard, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/74079
Unidentified photographer / artist, n.d., German cards from the series "Das Neue Deutlchland", Card set, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/32133
Baker and Johnston (Evanston, WY), n.d., White Brave [or Bear], Sub Chief of the Shoshones, Cabinet card, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/83464
Unidentified photographer, n.d., Washington's Tomb, Mount Vernon, Ambrotype, 1/2 plate, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/62760
F.C. Flint (Syracuse, N.Y.), n.d., Seneca Chief Governor Blacksnake, Daguerreotype, 1/4 plate, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/65655
David F. Barry, 1906, 2 March (postmark), D. F. Barry Studio Envelope, Envelope, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/80658
Unidentified photographer, n.d., Miss Annie Oakley, "Little Sure-Shot." Buffalo Bill's Wild West, Cabinet card, Woodburytype, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/62763
Unidentified photographer, n.d., Michigan Artist Elizabeth Flowers Posed with Folk Art Portrait of Abraham Lincoln, Albumen print, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/53574
Tom Clark (sculptor), 1992, Mathew Brady Sculptures, Sculpture, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/104550
Unidentified photographer, n.d., Miss Annie Oakley (Little Sure-Shot), Cabinet card, Woodburytype, back, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/62764
Carl Moon, n.d., A Southwestern Indian, possibly Zuni, Cabinet card, hand-tinted, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/83470
Milton Miller, n.d., No. 15 - Sepoys of Various Grades, and English Officers / Taken at Canton, China., Stereoview, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/58628
Unidentified photographer, 1890-1910 (ca), Old Mission San Diego, California Founded 1769, Photograph, on card mount decorated with dried plants, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/67968
Unidentified photographer, n.d., Charles J. Belden Photograph of a Group of American Indians with Visitors, Photograph, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/82778
Unidentified photographer, n.d., An ornate gravestone, Daguerreotype, 1/2 plate, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/50991
William Henry Jackson, 1900 (ca), Front cover for Catalogue of 5 x 8 Photographs Published by the W.H. Jackson Photograph and Publishing Co., (Denver: The Chain and Hardy Press), Front cover, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/82795
O.K. Baker, n.d., Advertising card for Mrs. H.W. Mason's Hair Goods & Women's Clothing Granville, New York, Cabinet card, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/64413
Grabill (Deadwood, S.D.), 1891, Indian Chiefs and US Officials, Photograph, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/83476
Joel E. Whitney, 1862 (or later), Backmark for "Whitney's Gallery, Saint Paul", Carte de visite, back, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/64412
Unidentified photographer, n.d., A stallion, Tintype, 1/2 plate, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/53567
Neal & Welsh (Cadillac, Michigan), n.d., An advertising lady wearing a dress affixed with various wares, including nails, spoons, chain links, and a funnel, Cabinet card, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/53573
Stacy (Brooklyn, NY.), n.d., ndian Scout John Nelson, Cabinet card, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/83478
Unidentified photographer, n.d., Cascading Falls, Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/54839
Unidentified photographer, n.d., Central Plains Indian, Tintype, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/94893
Sarony, n.d., Album page with a Sarony portrait, [Sarony Photographic Art Album - Steamer Idlewild], Album page, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/105385
L.A. Huffman, n.d., Buffalo Grazing, Collotype, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/82785
Upton or Whiting (?), 1865, Hanging of Little Six and Medicine Bottle, Carte de visite, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/82771
Wm. H. Rollins, n.d., A Dentist's Chair, Stereoview, detail, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/58640
Unidentified photographer, 1872 (ca), Members of Yale Paleontological Expedition of 1872, Albumen print, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/82781
1890s, A burl wood decorated stereographoscope, Stereographoscope, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/67961
1862 (patent), Patent Model of a Mold for Making "Oreo" Daguerreotype Cases, Patent model, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/104539
Adrian J. Ebell, 1862 (taken), People Escaping from the Indian Massacre of 1862, in Minnesota, at Dinner on a Prairie, [Whitney Gallery's Gems of Minnesota Scenery], Stereocard, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/67964
Unidentified photographer, 1860-1880 (ca), No. 18 - Kojas, [Costumes and Characters of Western India], Carte de visite, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/65628
J.C.H. Grabill (Deadwood and Sturgis, Dakota Ter.), 1887, Devil's Tower or Bear Lodge, Albumen print, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/82775
Alexander Ross, Best & Co. (Winnipeg), 1885, 7 November, 9:30 AM, Driving of the Last Spike of the Canadian Pacific Railway - Craigellachie, British Columbia, Canada, Albumen print, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/83474
Joel E. Whitney, 1862 (or later), Sha-Kpe, (Little Six,) A prisoner at Fort Snelling. Engaged in the Massacre of 1862, boasts of having killed thirteen Women and Children., Carte de visite, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/64411
Mathew B. Brady, 1864 (copyright), Seth Kinman, Carte de visite, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/53206
Mathew B. Brady, 1864 (copyright), Elk-Horn Chair, Carte de visite, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/53205
Unidentified photographer, n.d., Gentleman Standing In Front of Washington's Tomb, Ambrotype, 1/4 plate, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/65627
C.T. Pomeroy, 1880s (ca), Long Jumper in Mid-Air, Carte de visite, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/53571
Lawrence Beitler, 1930, 7 August, Lynching of African Americans Thomas Shipp and Abram Smith [Marion, Indiana], Gelatin silver print, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/50990
Tom Clark (sculptor), 1992, Mathew Brady Sculptures, Sculpture, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/104551
Unidentified photographer, 1854 (ca), Captain D.G. Farragut, Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/54842
William Henry Jackson, n.d., Front cover for The Canons of Colorado (Denver: Frank S. Thayer), Front cover for accordion fold photo album, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/82794
C.E. Gibbs, n.d., Modile photographic studio for "C.E. Gibbs Ambrotypes", Ambrotype, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/77347
David F. Barry, n.d., Backmark for "D. F. Barry, Photographer, West Superior, Wis.", Cabinet card, back, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/83458
Unidentified photographer / artist, n.d., An improved Gatling Gun fitted with Accles Positive Feed, Cabinet card, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/32128
Unidentified photographer (English), 1850s (ca), Lost to As Around Him, Stereoview, detail, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/58647
Unidentified photographer, 1860, Breckinridge and Lane 1860 Southern Democrat Campaign Ferrotype [Side A: J.C. Breckinridge], Ferrotype, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/94890
1862 (patent), Patent Model of a Mold for Making "Oreo" Daguerreotype Cases, Patent model, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/104543
Unidentified photographer, n.d., Men standing under an umbrella in the yard of a manufactory, probably in Cincinnati, Ohio, Daguerreotype, 1/2 plate, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/64689
Carleton E. Watkins, n.d., 388 - First Construction Train passing the Palisades, Ten Mile Canon, [Central Pacific Railroad], Stereoview, detail, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/58651
Unidentified photographer, 1860, Bell and Everett 1860 Constitutional Union Campaign Ferrotype [Side B: Edward Everett], Ferrotype, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/94889
Wm. H. Rollins, n.d., A Dentist's Chair, Stereoview, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/58639
Unidentified photographer, 1869, 1869 Marriage Certificate with Photographs of Dr. John Henry Jackson, a Prominent Barre, Vermont Citizen, Marriage certificate, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/64410
David F. Barry, 1880s (taken), Sitting Bull posed in a studio setting, Cabinet card, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/83460
Tom Clark (sculptor), 1992, Mathew Brady Sculptures, Sculpture, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/104548
Unidentified photographer, n.d., Humorous CDV From Co. B, 1st Michigan Engineers, Carte de visite, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/53565
John K. Hillers, 1892 (or later), Yosemite, Glass positive, hand-coloured, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/82789
Alfred & M.L. Brisbois, 1880s (ca, early), Col. W.F. Cody Buffalo Bill, Cabinet card, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/67970
Unidentified photographer, 1861-1865 (ca), A Union musician posed with a large over-the-shoulder cornet and wearing a slouch hat with 19th Infantry Insignia, Albumen print, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/61823
Carl Moon, n.d., Juan Pecheco, 'one-eyed man of San Filipi Village.', Gelatin silver print, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/83472
Unidentified photographer, 1860, Lincoln and Hamlin 1860 Republican Campaign Ferrotype [Side A: Abraham Lincoln], Ferrotype, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/94884
Unidentified photographer, n.d., Cowboys Off the Range, Possibly Including Cowhand E.C. "Teddy Blue" Abbott, Tintype, 1/2 plate, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/111718
Unidentified photographer, n.d., A man in a woods themed studio setting with a large cowboy hat with the brim turned up., Tintype, clipped, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/67959
C.A. Gandy, n.d., Two British soldiers with a Gardner Machine Gun, Albumen print, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/32125
Alfred & M.L. Brisbois, n.d., Col. W.F. Cody Buffalo Bill, Cabinet card, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/67969
Unidentified photographer, 1860-1880 (ca), No. 55 - Mahomedan Women of the Konkan, [Costumes and Characters of Western India], Carte de visite, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/65629
Theodore Lilienthal, n.d., Theo. Lilienthal Photo Wagon on Canal Street, New Orleans, [New Orleans Scenery], Stereoview, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/58642
Unidentified photographer, n.d., Advert for "Modoc Indian OIl", Cabinet card, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/83468
Unidentified photographer, n.d., Ambrotype portrait of a Woman in Reverse-Painted Folk Art Frame with Leather Ornaments, Ambrotype, frame, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/80654
Unidentified photographer, n.d., Armed Man in Buckskins Facing Off Against Bear, Tintype, 1/2 plate, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/67958
J.L. Lovell, n.d., A large stuffed gorilla, posed with a bent rifle in his hands, Carte de visite, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/83453
Unidentified photographer / artist, n.d., An improved Gatling Gun fitted with Accles Positive Feed, Cabinet card, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/32131
Unidentified photographer, n.d., Western Great Lakes Indians, Tintypes, hand-tinted, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/64893
Edward S. Curtis, n.d., Chief Joseph - Nez Perce, Photogravure, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/50453
Unidentified photographer, n.d., A man dressed as Uncle Sam, or his precursor, Brother Jonathan, posed in front of an American flag with a cannon and two young children, Ambrotype, whole plate, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/83449
Tom Clark (sculptor), 1992, Mathew Brady Sculptures, Sculpture, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/104549
S.F. Baird, 1871, U.S. Commission of Fish and Fisheries, Woods Hole, Mass. Summer of 1871 and S.F. Baird, Albumen print, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/6746
M.H. Kimball, n.d., Wilson Chinn, a Branded Slave from Louisiana; also exhibiting instruments of torture used to punish slaves., Carte de visite, back, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/83456
Unidentified photographer, n.d., Fire on the Mississippi River, Ambrotype, 1/6 plate, painted, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/53566
L.A. Huffman, 1881, Buffalo Hunt, Stereoview, half, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/40142
Unidentified photographer, n.d., Walking Stick with Daguerreotype Inset in Knob, Daguerreotype, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/54841
Unidentified photographer, 1865 (ca), Two men standing outside of photographer's studio at Bermuda Hundred, VA., Carte de visite, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/83446
1862 (patent), Patent Model of a Mold for Making "Oreo" Daguerreotype Cases, Patent model, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/104540
P.H. Rupp (145 2d St. NY, stamped mat), n.d., Close-up view of a man in a wood casket, blood exiting his mouth and staining his collar, Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/83448
R.M. Cargo, 1865 (ca), A uniformed sailor and double amputee, Bernard Toby/Tobey (named spelled variously), with both arms missing below the elbow, having ribbons on his shirt and a strapped "hurdy-gurdy," or hand organ, at his hip., Carte de visite, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/83444
Unidentified photographer, 1860, Douglas and Johnson 1860 Northern Democratic Campaign Ferrotype [Side A: Stephen A. Douglas], Ferrotype, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/94886
L.A. Huffman, 1882, January, Northern Range: 192 - Taking the Monster's Robe, [Northern Pacific Views, Badmand and Big Horn Scenery], Stereoview, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/58638
L.H. Heller, 1873, Lost River Murderers, Cabinet card, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/83465
Unidentified photographer / artist, n.d., Mr. Gardner demonstrating his machine gun, Cabinet card, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/32127
Unidentified photographer, 1850-1854 (ca), Blueprint showing the Front Elevation of Xenia Female College, Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/67957
F. Jay Haynes, 1883, August, Shoshone and Arapaho Indians During President Arthur's Wyoming Tour, Albumen print, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/82774
Unidentified photographer, 1860, Lincoln and Hamlin 1860 Republican Campaign Ferrotype [Side B: Hannibal Hamlin], Ferrotype, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/94885
Unidentified photographer, n.d., Edward Lovejoy's Store, Chicago, Illinois, Stereoview, detail, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/58645
Unidentified photographer, n.d., A "doctor" examining a patient through x-ray, Stereoview, detail, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/58653
Unidentified photographer, n.d., Portrait of a Ballet Dancer, Daguerreotype, 1/4 plate, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/101501
Unidentified photographer, 1860, Breckinridge and Lane 1860 Southern Democrat Campaign Ferrotype [Side B: Joseph Lane], Ferrotype, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/94891
Prettyman (Arkansas City, Kansas), n.d., W.S. Prettyman's Photographic Parade Display, Gelatin silver print, mounted on card stock, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/82769
D.F. Barry, 1877 (ca), Chief Joseph, Cabinet card, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/50452
L.A. Huffman, 1881, Buffalo Hunt, Stereoview, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/40141
Unidentified photographer, n.d., A door-to-door drummer, Tintype, cdv sided, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/53570
Unidentified photographer (English), 1850s (ca), Lost to As Around Him, Stereoview, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/58646
Andrew Miller, n.d., Showing Head-Dress of Apache Maidens 77, Cabinet card, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/80659
Unidentified photographer, 1856, 30 August, Two Northern Pike, Weighed and Dated in the Image, Ambrotype, 1/2 plate, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/83450
L.A. Huffman, 1883 (copyright), Jerk-line Twelve" on the Old Freight Road, Collotype, hand-coloured, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/82788
William Henry Jackson, 1872, Photographing in High Places, Albumen print, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/82797
James Presley Ball, 1854, 1 April, Gleason's Pictorial Featuring Depiction of Ball's Great Daguerreian Gallery, Magazine page, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/98567
Unidentified photographer, n.d., Advertising carte of P.B. Green / Dealer in Agricultural Implements, of Delaware County, Pennsylvania, featuring a gem-size albumen portrait at center., Carte de visite, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/53572
Carl Moon, n.d., The Medicine Drum, Photograph, on card mount, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/67966
L.A. Huffman, 1882, January, Northern Range: 192 - Taking the Monster's Robe, [Northern Pacific Views, Badmand and Big Horn Scenery], Stereoview, half, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/74080
Unidentified photographer, n.d., Multiple Exposure Daguerreotype Portrait of a Young Man, Daguerreotype, 1/9 plate, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/86624
Unidentified photographer, 1864, For President G.B. McCellan, Political badge, tintypes, double-sided, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/62761
Alexander Gardner, 1880, 29 January, Cheque signed by Alexander Gardner, Cheque, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/62759
H.T. Bishop, n.d., William S. Soule with Camera, Carte de visite, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/94894
Unidentified photographer, n.d., No. 24. Inquiring for the Water Pocket, [Powell Survey], Stereoview, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/82777
Unidentified photographer, n.d., Tillie Saterwhite, a Cherokee Indian, Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/54838
W.E. Hook (Photographer and publisher), n.d., Medicine Walk, a Cheyenne Girl, [Of American Scenery from Ocean to Ocean], Cabinet card, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/82783
Unidentified photographer, 1874, Brulé Sioux Chief Spotted Tail and his wife, "Mrs. Spot.", Albumen print, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/83459
David F. Barry, n.d., Backmark for "D.F. Barry, Photographer, Bismarck, D.T.", Cabinet card, back, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/83462
Unidentified photographer (French), 1860s (ca), Metamorphic View of Man Working in Garden, Stereoview, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/58636
Unidentified photographer / artist, n.d., An improved Gatling Gun fitted with Accles Positive Feed, Cabinet card, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/32132
L.A. Huffman, n.d., The Round-Up Breaking Camp, Collotype, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/80657
1862 (patent), Patent Model of a Mold for Making "Oreo" Daguerreotype Cases, Patent model, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/104541
Unidentified photographer, n.d., Enola Gay Crewmember, Dutch Van Kirk, Inscribed and Signed Photograph, Gelatin silver print, inscribed, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/67955
1890s, A burl wood decorated stereographoscope, Stereographoscope, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/67960
John K. Hillers, n.d., No. 50. U-AI Nu-Ints. A tribe of Indians living on the Rio Virgen, a tributary of the Colorado, in Southern Utah, [Indians of the Colorado Valley / U.S. Topographical and Geological Survey of the Colorado River of the West], Stereoview, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/82776
J. Landy, n.d., Shakspeare's (sic) Seven Ages of Man, Framed set of seven cabinet cards, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/51002
Unidentified photographer, 1860s (ca), Union General Thomas Crook Sullivan, Panotype, 1/6 plate, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/75028
Marcus Aurelius Root, 1848, 7 March, Portrait of Henry Clay, Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/65384
J.P. Doremus, n.d., No. 62 River drivers at dinner, [Mississippi Views], Stereoview, oversized, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/58637
Anthony, 1864, The Great Metropolitan Sanitary Fair - No. 1706 - The Department of Arms and Trophies - View of the North Aisle looking West, showing the 100lb Parrot Gun., Stereoview, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/58629
Unidentified photographer, n.d., A fireman seated in studio wearing a hat identifying him as "Foreman" of Company "2" "S.P.T." and with his fire trumpet on the table beside him, Daguerreotype, 1/4 plate, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/83451
C.A. Gandy, n.d., Two British soldiers with a Gardner Machine Gun, Albumen print, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/32124
Unidentified photographer, 1971, February 5, Apollo 14 Astronaut, Edgar Mitchell - Geology trek to cone crater at Fra Mauro February 5, 1971/ Edgar Mitchell Apollo 14 LMP 6th man on the moon., Gelatin silver print, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/67963
Unidentified photographer, n.d., Four men standing outside of a photographer's studio, with photographic displays hanging on storefront, Carte de visite, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/83452
Unidentified photographer, n.d., Declaration of Independence surrounded by portraits of the first eight U.S. Presidents and 13 state seals, Ambrotype, 1/16 plate, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/67956
Unidentified photographer, n.d., Portrait of two women with a camera on a tripod, Tintype, 1/6 plate, with clipped corners, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/74692
Pierce & Snyder, 1882, Mrs. Langtry, Cabinet card, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/80656
C.A. Gandy, n.d., Two British soldiers with a Gardner Machine Gun, Albumen print, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/32126
G.W. Gibson and John Matthews (Parnassus, Pennsylvania), 1869-1880, Floating gallery of itinerant artists G.W. Gibson and John Matthews, Tintype, 1/2 plate, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/94452
David F. Barry, n.d., Spotted Horse, and Snake [Crow Indians], Cabinet card, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/83461
William Henry Jackson, 1872, Photographing in High Places, Albumen print, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/82793
Irwin and Mankins (Chickasha, Indian Territory), n.d., Armed White Man Standing Over a Dead American Indian, Cabinet card, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/82773
Sarony, n.d., Self portrait of Napoleon Sarony, Cabinet card, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/94883
M.H. Kimball, n.d., Wilson Chinn, a Branded Slave from Louisiana; also exhibiting instruments of torture used to punish slaves., Carte de visite, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/83455
J. Smith, 1854, Portrait of a girl standing on a chair, Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/84300
William Henry Jackson, 1890-1892, Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, Albumen prints (x2), Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/94892
Unidentified photographer, 1860, Bell and Everett 1860 Constitutional Union Campaign Ferrotype [Side A: John Bell], Ferrotype, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/94888
R.M. Cargo, 1865 (ca), A uniformed sailor and double amputee, Bernard Toby/Tobey (named spelled variously), with both arms missing below the elbow, having ribbons on his shirt and a strapped "hurdy-gurdy," or hand organ, at his hip., Carte de visite, back, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/83445
Georg Heiter (Romania), n.d., A studio view of a naked infant posed in front of a large, cracked egg, Carte de visite, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/83454
Sarony, n.d., Self portrait of Napoleon Sarony, Tintype, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/94882
Peter Britt, n.d., "Waiting for the stage $20,000 in gold dust on board" (handwritten on verso), Boudoir card, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/82792
Elias A. Bonine, n.d., Studio portrait of two Yuma Indian Women, Photograph, on card mount, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/67967
Alexander Gardner, n.d., A Harvest of Death on the Battlefield of Gettysburg, [Gardner's Photographic Incidents of the War], Stereoview, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/58631
Alexander Gardner, 1862, Gimlet, A Celebrated War Horse of the Rappahannock, [Gardner's Photographic Incidents of the War], Stereoview, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/58633
Unidentified photographer, 1910 (ca), Interior of Photographer's Studio, Stereoview, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/58648
Unidentified photographer, 1864, For Vice President Geo H Pendleton, Political badge, tintypes, double-sided, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/62762
Theodore Lilienthal, n.d., Theo. Lilienthal Photo Wagon on Canal Street, New Orleans, [New Orleans Scenery], Stereoview, detail, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/58643
S.F. Baird, 1871, U.S. Commission of Fish and Fisheries, Woods Hole, Mass. Summer of 1871 and S.F. Baird, Albumen print, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/6747
Carleton E. Watkins, n.d., #142 The Metal Chamber, New Almaden, [C. E. Watkins, Pacific Coast], Stereoview, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/58635
Unidentified photographer, 1860, Douglas and Johnson 1860 Northern Democratic Campaign Ferrotype [Side B: Herschel V. Johnson), Ferrotype, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/94887
Unidentified photographer, 1870s, Bullfrog Hunters and Their Catch, Stereoview, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/58634
Unidentified photographer, 1866 (ca), Private Edwin S. Kellogg of the 89th New York and Corporal George W. Brown of the 157th Pennsylvania, both of whom had their left arms amputated after sustaining serious wounds in the assault on Petersburg, VA on June 18, 1864., Carte de visite, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/83443
L.A. Huffman, 1879-1880 (ca, taken), A Buffalo Family, Photograph, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/82787
1862 (patent), Patent Model of a Mold for Making "Oreo" Daguerreotype Cases, Patent model, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/104542
S.F. Baird, 1871, U.S. Commission of Fish and Fisheries, Woods Hole, Mass. Summer of 1871 and S.F. Baird, Albumen print, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/6749
S.F. Baird, 1871, U.S. Commission of Fish and Fisheries, Woods Hole, Mass. Summer of 1871 and S.F. Baird, Albumen print, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/6748
L.A. Huffman, n.d., Cowboy in Action, Gelatin silver print, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/82786
Unidentified photographer, n.d., Will S. Soule, Carte de visite, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/82779
Unidentified photographer, n.d., A "doctor" examining a patient through x-ray, Stereoview, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/58652
Carleton E. Watkins, n.d., 388 - First Construction Train passing the Palisades, Ten Mile Canon, [Central Pacific Railroad], Stereoview, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/58650
Unidentified photographer, 1873 (or later), Donald McKay [Modoc War Scout], Cabinet card, hand-coloured, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/83467
Unidentified photographer, 1860s-1880s, [Portrait of father and son posed with a High Striker game with a photographer's tent visible in the background], Tintype, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/111478
David F. Barry, n.d., Custer's Scout Curley, Cabinet card, Cowan's Auctions, Inc, LL/83457
   

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