Photo shows a group of students and their teacher. The group seems divided equally between Black and White students. The back is blank. The dealer said that this was a photograph from Red Oak, Iowa.
Photo shows a young Black man holding a riding crop or baton in his right arm. He is wearing a vest and suit and you can see a watch chain from his button to his pocket. Below the image it...
photos shows four people–two Black women and two daughters– in elegant dresses posing in studio. Bottom of front says “J.P. King, K. Photographer, Hawkeye, Iowa” back” shows a drawing of an artist’s palette and brushes on an easel with flowers....
Front picture shows six women and one man posed comfortably in a group, the man seated in the center, in a studio. The left side of the photo reads “Pearson, East Sixth and Locust St., Des Moines” Back is blank....
front photo shows the bust of a middle-aged Black woman. Bottom of the front says “Elite Studio 109 West High Street, Oskaloosa, Iowa.”
Full length photo of a Black man in a suit, in a studio with a painted backdrop of a window sill with plants. Under the image “W.A. Duncan. Oskalossa, IA.” See other photograph by WA Duncan for a photograph of...
Studio and place name in gold on lower front cardboard frame. Embossed in cursive, the location given is “Pardoe. Half Block Northwest of Square in Newton, Iowa” Handwritten In cursive on the back in ink: “Property of Kathleen Webb”
Inside a barber shop showing 2 white barbers and 2 Black workers and two customers under cloths. Pendant on wall says ‘Iowa’. Back of photo faintly in pencil “Thompson & Barnes”
The image shows a Black American soldier in uniform with his Kepi Hat on a bench. The kepi cap has an affixed 10th Calvary emblem. I believe the size of photo mount and the soldier’s uniform uniform dates this from...
photo: Mainly white children, 1 White woman, 1 Black man, posing on outdoor school steps. Back: written in pencil: “Jefferson School Red Oak IA” But it could be Albia, Iowa, since there is a Jefferson, School in Albia.
School class photograph in Burlington, Iowa, one female Black student. Students pose on school steps outside with sign saying “Saunderson R No. 5, Oct 3 ’99” Back: someone wrote in pencil “1899, Burlington, Iowa”
Photograph of a White man standing next to a wicker chair with a painted backdrop to his right. The back drop is a narrow curtain with a painting of a window and shades and a stylized plant and crazy plant...
Victorian Era photograph of a young girl named Marjorie Rockenback sitting in a period Victorian room – appears to be the parlor – surrounded by bookshelves, a child’s chair, pictures, pillows, a toy dog a statue & a doll. In...
Cabinet card photograph featuring Black and White schoolchildren outside a school. One boy holds a handmade wooden toy sword. The right edge of the photo side of card states: “G. E. Fahr, Photographer, Burlington, Ia.”
Studio portrait of a Black man, soft focus. back: “from E. Cutter’s Art Gallery, corner Main and Fourth Streets. Dubuque, Iowa. Copying and Enlarging Small Pictures a Speciality.
A photograph of a White girl and boy standing by a sign. The words that are visible advertise “Terry’s Big Uncle Tom’s Cabin” Back: the black backing where the card was ripped out of an album adheres to the back...
This 1880’s cabinet photograph shows the Shepard Family Band, a White family of musicians, with their brass instruments, posing for the photographer. The drum has a sign saying “Shepard Family.” Originally from Lawrenceville, New York, the Shepard Family Band toured...
Photograph shows two children, a standing girl and a seated boy, each holding a toy. The girl holds something that looks like perhaps a ceramic bird. The boy holds the handle of a small two-wheeled toy wagon. In the wagon,...
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