[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. A group of albumen and silver gelatin photographs showing early photographers, their equipment, and pioneering techniques, comprising:

Lot of 22

Cabinet card of man with microscope and slides on a table. Verso with Compliments of Prof. E.S. Hayes, Natick, Mass, Oct. 6, 1885 in red ink.

Boudoir card, of what appears to be the same gentleman, with another table of “stuff,” including a stereoviewer and lots of photos (framed, loose, albums). In lower margin, manuscript “Magnesium flash light picture.”

4.5 x 6 in. image of two men, boxes of equipment in the foreground, lean-to to the side. Verso with more information on what it around the “camp” site, such as stenciling crayons, glass plates, fixer, etc. Framed.

Boudoir card of four men in the mountains, three with long guns, one with a camera (on right).

Approx. 5 x 7 in. image of two men in a crowded study. The seated man may be Galen Clark (1814-1910), the white discoverer of the Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias. He became the first “protector” of the trees.

Boudoir card of a an with shelves of books and a wall of photographs behind him. Pencil note below: “Frontier Photographer.”

4.5 x 6.5 in. photograph on larger mount of a photographer’s wagon in front of a large building, several people milling about in front. (a few nicks along edges with one small piece missing from sky)

Boudoir card, lower margin with “Bissell, Effingham, Ill.” Photographer’s identification. Large building on corner with “Photograph Gallery” on second floor, bookstore and shipping? Office on first floor. Bissell was working in Effingham in the 1890s. He later opened a school (“college””) teaching photo-engraving for illustration or advertising. (a bit of surface soil, image a bit light)

A cabinet card portrait of a young man. Photographer’s ID “Illinois College of Photography, Effingham, Ill.” This would be Bissell’s school.

3.25 x 5.25 in. photo of a woman standing beside a bulletin board advertising Kodak Supplies. Matted.

5 x 6.75 in. photograph of a studio. Camera to the right, several rolls of film on work table in center, Plus boxes, lights, etc.

Copy photo, 5.5 x 9.25 in. Two children under a Christmas Tree. Note on verso indicates it is a contact print from a glass plate negative.

Two photos, one with four men, 4.5 x 6.5 in., with “1870 Frat House” on verso. Second with five women, 4.5 x 55 in. with “Sorority Girls 1870 College” on verso. One corner bent on first.

Catalog Six, Stephen Daiter, Photography & Books, Chicago, IL. N.d. 12pp.

7 x 11in. image of store front, “BUZZ,” “Kodak Finishing, Stationery.” Side of the building also mentions developing and enlarging.

NORMAN, Bill. The Battle Between Depth of Light and Depth of Field (The Inverse Square Law). Burbank, CA: Norman Enterprises, Inc.1973. 8vo, printed wraps, 20pp.

Portrait: A Developing Paper for Artistic Pictures. 8vo, no covers, page I torn at bottom. The Photo – Beacon. F. Dundas Todd, ed. Vol. XII, No. 5 (May 1900) viii, 117-146, ix-xxvi.

TLS, Chicago, April 23, 1926. On letterhead of Curt Teich & Company. Signed by R.W. Terry. Letting Mr. Pitchford know about a new product they are putting out.

8 x 10 in. b-&-w images of a photo studio, sunlight coming in the ceiling (muted a bit by draperies).

Full page ad from Punch, May 22, 1929 for Kodacolor. “You can now make your own movies in FULL COLOR – with a Cine-Kodak.”

11 x 14 in. photograph of a man with Brownie box-type camera, taking a picture of his small daughter as mother points to tell her child to look into the camera (most likely).