55th Californian International Book Fair : At the Pasadena Convention Center, Feb 10-12

Overall 3 3/4 x 2 1/2 inches

Carte-de-Visite of Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden, Geologist-in-Charge, c. 1865

John W. Hurn

Overall 4 x 2 1/2 inches
With Hurn's credit stamp verso.

Carte-de-Visite showing the Law Offices of S.G. Hilborn, an Early Settler of Solano County, c. 1865

James Girard Smith

Overall 4 x 2 1/2 inches
With J.G. Smith's imprint verso.

Photographic Segment from an Early Business Directory Published by The San Diego Daily Union, 1874

C. P. Fessenden / Parker & Parker

Albumen prints (21)

Each 2 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches; Overall 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches
Each with the printed location and photographer's credit beneath.

View of Chinatown, San Francisco, 1870s

William Henry Jackson

4 1/4 x 6 1/2 inches
With the title in the negative and Jackson's imprint on mount verso.

Madison St. Oakland, California, 1880s

Isaiah W. Taber

8 x 10 inches
With Taber's title and credit in the negative.

Carte-de-Visite Advertising a Grocer in San Jose, CA, 1880s

Cassius "Kash" Coolidge (after)

Overall 4 x 2 1/2 inches

Broadside for a Three Day Auction in Santa Cruz, CA, c. 1879

[California Artists]

Print on paper

10 x inches
Published by Sentinel Printing Co.

Daniel / Oliver Gallery - [California Artists], Broadside for a Three Day Auction in Santa Cruz, CA, c. 1879

$ 1,200.00

Elias O. Beaman / John K. Hillers

Five Large-Format Powell Survey Photos , 1871-72

Albumen prints (5)

Each approximately 7 1/4 x 9 1/2 inches; mount larger
With title in negative.

Daniel / Oliver Gallery - Elias O. Beaman / John K. Hillers, Five Large-Format Powell Survey Photos , 1871-72

$ 4,000.00

Carleton Watkins / I.W. Taber

Devil's Slide, Weber Canyon, Utah, c. 1873

Albumen print; printed c. 1880s

12 x 8 inches; mount larger
With Taber's title and credit in the negative.

Suite of 10 Photographs showing the Yosemite Valley, California, 1880s-90

Isaiah W. Taber

Albumen prints (10)

10 x 8 and 5 x 8 inches; mounts larger
Each with Taber's credit, title, inventory number, and some with the date in the negative.

Daniel / Oliver Gallery - Isaiah W. Taber, Suite of 10 Photographs showing the Yosemite Valley, California, 1880s-90

$ 1,800.00

Charles W. Erdlen

Boudoir Card showing Erdlen's Darkroom Tent pitched at Cottonwood Lake, Colorado, 1880s

5 x 8 inches overall
With the title in the negative and Erdlen's back mark verso.

Sheet Music for "Good-Bye, God Bless You All" with Collaged Photo, 1878

Thomas Houseworth

Albumen print on letter-pressed folio

Overall 14 x 11 inches

Collection of Business Cards and Advertisements for Chinese-Owned Businesses in San Francisco, 1870s-1910s

[Chinese American Trade Cards]

Lithographs, block printing, and letterpress on card (14)

Various sizes

Woodward's Garden on Advertising Mount, 1888

Carleton Watkins

7 1/2 x 11 1/2; mount 14 x 18 overall.
With Watkins credit beneath image.

Suite of Photos Showing 19th-Century Life in Hawaii, 1890s

J.J. Williams and others

Albumen prints (24)

Most 7 x 9 inches, some smaller
Some with title in negative

Unusual portrait of Lotta Crabtree's mother and aunt, c. 1890

Thomas Houseworth

Overall 6 1/2 x 4 1/4 inches
With Houseworth's imprint mount recto.

Group of photographs depicting Cuba at the turn-of-the-century., c. 1900

Unknown

Printing-out-paper prints (10)

Each 8 x 6 inches
With titles and inventory numbers in the negative.

19th Century Compilation Book of California Specimens, 1880s

[Sea Mosses]

20 specimens pressed to cardstock

Book 7 1/2 by 6 inches overall
With gilt-cover

Archive of Alaskan Photographs, 1900s-20s

Merl LaVoy

Silver prints (147)

From approximately 5 x 3 inches to 8 x 10 inches, most 4 x 5 inches
Some with photographer’s embossed credit recto, manuscript credit in ink recto, stamped and / or manuscript credit verso.
Some with pencil notations verso.

Daniel / Oliver Gallery - Merl LaVoy, Archive of Alaskan Photographs, 1900s-20s

$ 9,500.00

Lt. C.F. O'Keefe

Group of Journalistic Cyanotypes Documenting Philippine-American War, 1890s

Cyanotypes (14)

From 4 x 6 inches to 7 x 9 inches
Some mounted to paper
With manuscript captions to mount recto or print verso.

Daniel / Oliver Gallery - Lt. C.F. O'Keefe, Group of Journalistic Cyanotypes Documenting Philippine-American War, 1890s

$ 2,500.00

[Oregon]

Album Showing Scenes on the Columbia River and Elsewhere in Oregon, c. 1900

Silver prints (34)

Photo album; Most 5 x 7 inches, a few smaller
With an accompanying page of manuscript captions.

Daniel / Oliver Gallery - [Oregon], Album Showing Scenes on the Columbia River and Elsewhere in Oregon, c. 1900

$ 1,000.00

[San Francisco Earthquake]

Photo Album Showing the Devastated City and Other Views of California, 1906

Photo album; Silver, platinum and printing-out-paper prints (63)

Most approximately 5 x 7 inches
Many with manuscript notations verso.

Daniel / Oliver Gallery - [San Francisco Earthquake], Photo Album Showing the Devastated City and Other Views of California, 1906

$ 3,750.00

Edison Picture Shows

Broadside for Edison's Wonderful Moving Pictures, c. 1902

Letterpressed Broadside

17 x 6 inches

Collection of Photographic Souvenir Postcards Produced by the Couple and Sold in Their San Francisco Curio Shop, 1906-1910

[Mr. & Mrs. Wong Sun Yue Clemens]

Real Photo postcards (9)

Each 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches
Most with manuscript credit verso.

Autographed Portrait of the famed Arctic Explorer Frederick Cook, inscribed to the Cook Arctic Club, c. 1909

[Arctic Exploration]

Silver print, autographed

10 x 8 inches

Business Card for a Japanese American Agency in Los Angeles, CA, 1910s

[A.B.C. Employment Agency]

Cardstock

2 1/2 x 4 inches

Daniel / Oliver Gallery - [A.B.C. Employment Agency], Business Card for a Japanese American Agency in Los Angeles, CA, 1910s

$ 250.00

[Nevada]

Pair of Albums Showing the Mining Towns of Goldfield and Tonopah, NV, 1910s

Photo albums; Silver prints (29)

Each 2 1/4 x 3 1/4 inches; albums each 5 x 6 inches
With accompanying newspaper clippings and 2 manuscript maps.

Real-Photo-Postcards chronicling the Shriner's Electric Parade in Los Angeles, 1912

Prince Studio, et al.

Silver prints on carte-postale paper (15)

R.J. Davidson; Fred Kiser; and others

Album of the Famed Oregon Mountaineering Club the Mazamas, 1914-15

Photo album; Silver prints (135)

2 1/2 x 2 3/4 to 5 x 7 inches
Most captioned on album pages.

Daniel / Oliver Gallery - R.J. Davidson; Fred Kiser; and others, Album of the Famed Oregon Mountaineering Club the Mazamas, 1914-15

$ 3,750.00

[Entomology]

Student's laboratory book including microphotographs and delicate studies in colored ink of specimens under the microscope., 1907-08

Photo album; Silver prints (15) and ink drawings (21)

Overall 9 x 7 inches; 103 pages
With a lengthy manuscript introduction and detailed manuscript descriptions and notations throughout.

Album of WWI German Internment Camp in Hot Springs, North Carolina, 1918

Unknown (likely Adolph Thielbach)

Photo album; silver prints (31)

Most 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches, some irregularly trimmed

Daniel / Oliver Gallery - Unknown (likely Adolph Thielbach), Album of WWI German Internment Camp in Hot Springs, North Carolina, 1918

$ 4,500.00

[Aniwegi Boudinot]

Portrait of Cherokee Aviator, 1920

7 x 9 inches
With affixed caption snipe verso.

Collection of photographs from New Orleans, c. 1925

Arnold Genthe

Toned silver prints (13)

Images 8 x 6 3/4 to 13 x 10 inches
Mounts 18 x 14 inches

Daniel / Oliver Gallery - Arnold Genthe, Collection of photographs from New Orleans, c. 1925

$ 10,000.00

[Wong Hen Suey]

Portrait of San Franciscan Caught Up in an Unusual Immigration Case, 1928

7 x 5 inches
With photographer's credit stamp and various notation's verso.

Real Estate Brochure with Large Map Offering Homesites in Carmel Woods, 1922

Douglas D. Howard (Illustrator)

Print on paper

16 1/2 x 22 inches
Published by the Del Monte Properties Co.

Daniel / Oliver Gallery - Douglas D. Howard (Illustrator), Real Estate Brochure with Large Map Offering Homesites in Carmel Woods, 1922

$ 950.00

[Imperial Irrigation District]

Archive of Letters and Photos of an Engineer in Southern California, 1910s-20s

Silver prints (approx. 200), manuscript letters (approx. 100), and journals (4)

Various sizes
Most photographs about 2 1/2 x 31/2 inches

Construction of Dam No. 6 San Joaquin River, 1921-22

[Southern California Edison Co.]

Photo album; silver prints (29)

Each 4 1/2 x 8 inches
With typed introduction and fold-out map.

A fun and unusual Salesman's Sample Album illustrating a variety of ornately mounted animals, complete with costs., 1930s

[Taxidermy]

Silver prints (29)

Various sizes, largest 6 x 8 inches
Cornered on album pages with captions in ink.

Architectural Views of Los Angeles, 1930s

August Balbi

Silver prints (26)

Each approximately 10 x 8 inches
Most with photographer's credit and date stamp or other publication info verso

Daniel / Oliver Gallery - August Balbi, Architectural Views of Los Angeles, 1930s

$ 850.00

[Panama Canal]

Archive of Photos Documenting Dock Reconstruction in Balboa, C.Z., 1936-37

Silver prints (60)

Each 10 x 8 inches
Most with technical caption and date in negative

Three WPA printing blocks, engraved by Campbell for his Yellowstone National Park portfolio, c. 1936

Charles Malcom Campbell

Wood, linoleum, and metal

6 x 5 inches and smaller

Daniel / Oliver Gallery - Charles Malcom Campbell, Three WPA printing blocks, engraved by Campbell for his Yellowstone National Park portfolio, c. 1936

$ 650.00

[Karl Struss]

Photograph showing the Cast and Crew of Babe Comes Home," a silent film shot by Karl Struss starring Babe Ruth and Anna Nelson, 1927

8 x 10 inches

Portrait of Washburn with his Fairchild Aerial K-6 Camera, 1938

[Bradford Washburn]

8 x 5 1/2 inches; mount 8 1/2 x 11 inches
With typed caption information verso.

Daniel / Oliver Gallery - [Bradford Washburn], Portrait of Washburn with his Fairchild Aerial K-6 Camera, 1938

$ 800.00

[James Abbe]

Portrait of the American Hollywood photographer James Abbe, c. 1930

10 x 8 inches
With a Culver pictures hand stamp verso.

Daniel / Oliver Gallery - [James Abbe], Portrait of the American Hollywood photographer James Abbe, c. 1930

$ 400.00

Karl Struss

Pair of Unique Advertising photographs, promoting Struss' profession as both Cinematographer and Artist Photographer, c. 1930

Silver prints (2)

Each 9 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches
One with a Wolfer Printing Co. stamp and date, and the other notated "Film Spectator," in pencil verso.

Daniel / Oliver Gallery - Karl Struss, Pair of Unique Advertising photographs, promoting Struss' profession as both Cinematographer and Artist Photographer, c. 1930

$ 900.00

Unknown

Portrait of W. Eugene Smith during WWII, 1944

8 x 8 inches
With the date stamp and various press notations verso.

Carmelita Maracci, 1937

Silver print; printed c. 1952

5 x 4 inches
Titled and credited in the hand of Dody Weston Thompson(?), in pencil verso.

5 "Project Prints" from Mexico, 1923-26

Silver prints (5); printed c. 1952

8 x 10 inches
Each with titles and cataloging notations in the hand of Dody Weston Thompson(?), in pencil verso.

$ 15,000.00

Silver "project" print; printed c. 1946-56

Sibyl Anikeeff, 1940s

5 x 4 inches
Titled and credited in pencil verso.
Originally acquired from Jacob Zeitlin by Lee Witkin.

Silver print; printed c. 1952

Jean Charlot, 1933

5 x 4 inches
Titled and credited in the hand of Dody Weston Thompson(?), in pencil verso.

Daniel / Oliver Gallery - Edward Weston, Jean Charlot, 1933

$ 1,800.00

[Rae Nuance Victor]

Photograph and Brochure Related to a Lecture on Native Americans in Pittsburgh, c. 1930s

Silver print and tri-fold brochure

10 x 8 inches

Daniel / Oliver Gallery - [Rae Nuance Victor], Photograph and Brochure Related to a Lecture on Native Americans in Pittsburgh, c. 1930s

$ 350.00

[Togo Tanaka]

Collection of Photos Showing the Influential Japanese-American Leader and Journalist and his Associates from the Rafu Shimpo, 1930s-40s

Silver prints (70)

Various sizes

Various photographers including Hikaru Iwasaki

Suite of press photos related to Japanese Internment, 1941-45

Silver prints (6)

7 x 9 to 8 x 10 inches
Each with various press notations and caption information verso.

Suite of Photos Related to Iva Toguri D’Aquino, 1940s

[Tokyo Rose]

Silver prints (6)

8 x 10 inches or smaller
With various credit and date stamps and / or affixed captions verso.

Daniel / Oliver Gallery - [Tokyo Rose], Suite of Photos Related to Iva Toguri D’Aquino, 1940s

$ 350.00

[Palomar Observatory]

Trio of interstellar photographs, captured through telescopes at the Palomar Observatory, 1937-57

Silver prints (3)

8 x 10 inches; one slightly smaller
With press captions and dates verso.

Daniel / Oliver Gallery - [Palomar Observatory], Trio of interstellar photographs, captured through telescopes at the Palomar Observatory, 1937-57

$ 575.00

[Clyfford Still]

"Totem Fantasy," exhibited at the Golden Gate International Exposition, 1940

'Racked Pool Balls" exhibited in the Art Bank Show for the Millberry Student Union of the UC Medical Center, 1964

10 x 8 inches

Daniel / Oliver Gallery - [Clyfford Still], "Totem Fantasy," exhibited at the Golden Gate International Exposition, 1940

$ 100.00

[Wayne Thiebaud]

8 x 10 inches

Tree in Snow, Yosemite, c. 1953

Ansel Adams

Vintage silver print

9 x 7 inches
With Adams' "Photographed in Yosemite by Ansel Adams" hand stamp verso.
Accompanied by the Winter '53 menu for the Ahwahnee Hotel, bearing a reproduction of this photograph on the cover.

Photographs of Tomoya "Meatball" Kawakita, an alleged "War Criminal," convicted of treason for acts committed in Japan during WWII, c. 1950

Unknown (Various Press Agencies)

Silver prints (16)

6 x 8 to 8 x 10 inches
With Press notations, dates, and snipes verso.

Daniel / Oliver Gallery - Unknown (Various Press Agencies), Photographs of Tomoya "Meatball" Kawakita, an alleged "War Criminal," convicted of treason for acts committed in Japan during WWII, c. 1950

$ 2,000.00

[Road Trips]

Handsomely compiled album chronicling the Road Trips and Excursions of a group of Asian-American Berkeley Students, 1951-55

Photo album; Silver prints (225)

2 x 2 to 3 x 5 inches
Nearly all with detailed captions on recto or beneath.

Pair of Albums documenting the Company's roadside billboard installations, 1953-56

Rosenthal Outdoor Advertising Co.

Photo albums (2); Silver prints (39)

8 x 10 inches; two smaller
Most with the Rosenthal "watermark" printed in the negative and Billboard dimensions scrawled on recto, and many with dates and/or locations verso.

Album Documenting California Road Construction, 1948

[Los Angeles Roadway Bridges]

Photo album; silver prints (183)

Each 5 3/4 x 3 1/2 or smaller
With manuscript captions.

Daniel / Oliver Gallery - [Los Angeles Roadway Bridges], Album Documenting California Road Construction, 1948

$ 1,250.00

[California Rodeos]

Collection of Press Photos Showing Rodeos in Salinas and Elsewhere in CA , 1950s-60s

Silver prints (49)

Most 8 x 10 inches, a few larger
Most with affixed captions, credit stamps or other notations verso.
Some with retouching, crop-marks, or other mark-ups for publication.

Press Photo of Japanese Welter Weight Champ Posed with Mexican Boxer Alvaro Gutierrrez Before a Fight in Los Angeles, 1959

[Boxing]

7 x 10 inches
With date stamp and affixed newspaper clipping verso.

Daniel / Oliver Gallery - [Boxing], Press Photo of Japanese Welter Weight Champ Posed with Mexican Boxer Alvaro Gutierrrez Before a Fight in Los Angeles, 1959

$ 150.00

[Cow Palace]

Large Collection of Photos Showing the Grand National Livestock Expositions in Daly City, CA, 1950s

Silver prints (54)

From 8 x 10 to 12 x 14 inches
Most with affixed captions, credit stamps or other notations verso.
Many with retouching, crop-marks, or other mark-ups for publication.

Daniel / Oliver Gallery - [Cow Palace], Large Collection of Photos Showing the Grand National Livestock Expositions in Daly City, CA, 1950s

$ 500.00

Unknown (Various Press Agencies)

Views of the Pacific Festival, San Francisco, 1958

Silver prints (7)

Most 9 x 14 inches
With Press notations, dates, and snipes verso.

Daniel / Oliver Gallery - Unknown (Various Press Agencies), Views of the Pacific Festival, San Francisco, 1958

$ 450.00

[H.U.A.C. Protest]

Large-Format Photographs Depicting the Protest and its Aftermath, 1960

Silver prints (14)

Each 11x14 inches