American Historical Ephemera & Photography

Kodak print featuring a trio of men gambling, smoking, and drinking. Uncredited (toning and spotting to image, soiling and wear to mount edges and corners). Two of the men are armed with knives and the third, smoking a pipe, holds a revolver close to his chest. -- Large format silver gelatin photograph of a group of Baltimore Medical School students performing an autopsy or dissection on a cadaver. Baltimore, MD: M.D. Trainor, [1908] (heavy toning, significant cracks to image, significant soiling, and significant wear to edges and corners of image and mount). The 4 male students pose behind the body, two of them holding up a pair of additional cadavers. In front of the examination table, a chalkboard reads, in part, "She Lived For Her Husband, & Died For Us." -- A series of 3 silver gelatin photographs featuring the same pair of men acting out various forms of execution. Uncredited (toning, soiling, some dampstaining, wear to mount edges and corners). Execution methods include decapitaion by axe, hanging, and gunshot. -- Souvenir silver gelatin print of a group of mounted tourists at the Grand Canyon. Grand Canyon, AZ: Kolb Bros. Studio, 1949. Verso with printed Kolb Brothers origin story and duplication information. -- And 10 other photographs featuring curious and interesting groups of people including other gamblers, school groups, amusement seekers, and more. -- Together, 16 photographs, ranging in size from 4 1/8 x 2 3/4 in. to 9 1/2 x 7 3/8 in., on cardstock mounts.