[WESTERN AMERICANA]. A collection of photographs incl. RPPCs featuring western scenes and more.

16 real photo postcards, most postally unused, featuring subjects including: female rider Ruth Roach, "Lady Champion," and her horse Buster. -- A dog riding a donkey. -- A group of people outside of a theater with signage advertising, "Electric Theatre, Continuous Performance." -- The interior of a saddle shop. -- Miss Lulu B. Parr, a "Bucking Bronco rider, Col. Cummins Wild West, England 1908." -- Two men, one on a horse and the other on an "Indian" motorbike. -- A group of men mounted on horseback outside of a storefront captioned, "C7 Boys Ready To Leave Town Morristown S. D." -- A street in Rosebud, MT. -- A white man driving 3 Native American subjects dressed in traditional garb in a car with "Atkinson's Wild West Circus" painted on the side. -- And many others.

2 postcard-sized silver gelatin images, one showing a fixed wing plane and identified by accompanying printed paper slip as an original photograph of the flight of Louis Paulhan, the first to fly in Colorado on 3 February 1910. The other showing what appears to be an early motorized emergency response vehicle complete with alarm bell, ladder, axe, and large headlights.

A cabinet card featuring an unusual looking bicycle with tubes just below the seat and handlebars, and a set of tools on the ground below. Reading, PA: New York Gallery, n.d. Photographer's imprint on mount recto and verso.

9 5/8 x 7 1/2 in. mounted silver gelatin photograph on larger cardstock mount (some spotting, soiling). Image features a street scene in Kingman, Arizona, showing a large team of horses attached to a few wagons just outside of a storefront with large sign reading, "Lovin & Withers."

Condition generally fair to good.

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Ms. Horstman has spent over a decade specializing in historic photography and Americana at auction. During her tenure, she has overseen several notable single owner auctions, including property from the inventory of celebrated Americana and antique arms expert Norm Flayderman. During her time with the firm, she has maintained an active membership in the Daguerreian Society. Ms. Horstman holds an MA in Art History from the University of Cincinnati and a BA in Art History from The Ohio State University.

American Historical Ephemera and Photography

[WESTERN AMERICANA]. A collection of photographs incl. RPPCs featuring western scenes and more.

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