Search Results: Titles starting with C from Daniel / Oliver Gallery

Albumen print, 4 x 2 1/2 inches overall, Anthony/Brady backmark and modern notations verso.
William Frederick Milton Arny began his storied career as a fund raiser for Bethany College, Virginia where he was engaged in evangelistic and missionary activities. Following this brief, but formative tenure, Arny left Virginia over a dispute with the college's president, notable preacher Alexander Campbell. He moved to Illinois where he developed an unwavering dedication to the abolitionist cause, and became entrenched in campaign efforts to improve infrastructure, education, and farming. In 1857, Arny moved to Kansas, seeking to play a greater role in the territory's struggle for freedom. It was here that he enrolled with the infant Republican Party, and delivered aid during Bleeding Kansas, said to have facilitated delivery of over 8 million pounds of provision between himself and Samuel Pomeroy, the agent responsible for Northern Kansas. Following Lincoln's election in 1861, Arny was appointed Indian Agent… Read More

Albumen print; Approximately 6 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches; With photographer's credit and other text mount verso. Rare portrait of James William "Phocion" Howard, a noted Chicago-based reporter and author. Howard reported extensively on US affairs in the Dakota and Montana territories, including coverage on the Battle of Little Bighorn. When he passed away in 1893, his obituary called him "one of the best known newspaper men in the state of Illinois."This portrait was photographed and published by C.D. Mosher as part of the US Centennial.

Albumen print; 4 x 2 1/2 inches; with printed caption recto.
Christopher Oscanyan was the Consul-General of the Ottoman Government at the Port of New York City during the 1860s and 1870s. He gave at least one public lecture during 1863 where he was billed as "The Oriental Lecturer." Individuals who attended his lecture could purchase a short book describing the culture and traditions of the Ottoman Empire. Carte de Viste images of himself and his subjected were prepared and registered by Charles D. Fredricks & Co., 587 Broadway, New York.

Daguerreotypes (4) & Tintype (1); Sixth-plates (4) & ninth-plate (1)
A collection of cased images (four daguerreotypes and one tintype) showing Euro-American subjects holding raised beadwork purses created by the Haudenosaunee (People of the Longhouse), also known as the Six Nations (Seneca, Cayuga, Onondaga, Oneida, Mohawk and Tuscarora Nations). Based on traditional patterns and fashioned by Haudenosaunee women using Venetian beads and metal sequins, these purses and other souvenirs (pin cushions, frames etc.) flourished in popularity toward the end of the 19th century, as tourists flocked to Niagara Falls and the surrounding area. Earlier, mid-19th century images such as these are more uncommon, and reflect the objects' significance to the individual owners.

Silver prints (24); Each 6 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches; one mounted; With the photographer's credit in the negative, most with manuscript captions verso.
William Thomas Mullarky was a Euro-American photographer from Gallup, New Mexico, who spent several decades documenting the puebloan peoples in the areas surrounding Gallup. He began his career working for the photographer Leo Hetzel, assisting in portrait work and working in the darkroom. In 1927 he established his own studio in Gallup. He was active in the Gallup Inter-Tribal Ceremonial, and photographed the event prolifically in the period before its more widespread photographing by tourists. the photographs here depict Zuni, Hopi, Cachiti, Apache, Kiowa and Acoma subjects, and are all annotated on the versos. Mullarky sold his negatives along with his shop in 1960, and we find no examples of institutional holdings of his work or large groups of prints surviving, despite his prints turning up from time to time on the secondary market.
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Silver prints (42); From 7 x 9 to 14 x 11 inches, most 8 x 10 inches; Most bearing "Roland Butler" collection stamp verso; Most flush-mounted to board.
A lively look at the Golden Age of the American circus, this dynamic collection of photography comes from the collection of longtime Barnum and Bailey press agent Roland Butler, a consummate showman and coiner of the phrase "the circus is coming."
There are pictures of many notable clowns, such as Lou Jacobs, Emmett Kelly, and Pat Valdo. Photographs related to circus-owners include a portrait of John Ringling taken by the famed circus photographer Edward J. Kelty and a studio portrait of Clifton Sparks Jr., the young son of Sparks Circus founder, shown smiling widely while a lion cub sleeps on his leg. One fun photo shows three trained elephants bearing oversized placards which read "Hoover" "Lowden" and "Dawes," referencing the Republican primary of 1928. Also included are shots of acrobats, roustabouts, lions and their tamers, and other staples of… Read More