Ghost Horse / A Cold Journey Home
Have you ever tried to take a picture of a Polar bear eating vanilla cake on an ice flow? I haven’t but I imagine ones fingers get pretty cold waiting for the right shot. While not taken that far...
View ArticleLaura Ingalls Wilder’s First Draft
It took quite a few drafts for Laura Ingalls Wilder to get the Little House series figured out. This was one of the results of an early draft. Memories of the Little House “Out Back” is a set of...
View ArticlePhoto From ‘The School Of The Application Of The Cavalry’ At Saumur, France
On the back of this picture is a hand written notation: “A Danish somebody Don’t know name but in area where Christiansen/ Petersen’s lived.” That’s entirely possible however the picture was taken in...
View ArticleBears!
As Cole Porter noted, birds, bees and educated fleas do it; well so do bears. Although this looks like a vintage picture of a momma bear and cub I think it is a more contemporary, faux vintage image....
View Article5000 Douglas Fir Pilings
This vintage 1938 photo shows 5000 Douglas Fir pilings driven into the floodplain of the Rouge River just before it empties into the Detroit River in Detroit, Michigan. The pilings were used to form...
View ArticleFaux Vintage Photo Of A Vintage Photo
First off let’s make this clear. This is NOT a vintage photo. The original photo is old but this particular one is a reprint of that picture. The pixelation and fuzziness of detail indicate that the...
View ArticleGreat Vintage Class Photo, Ca., 1905
We know that this was some sort of educational course group photo. It measures 8 1/4 inches by 10 1/4 inches in frame. Included with the picture is a postcard and we’re selling them as a set. On close...
View ArticleThey Called Him The Man Ray Of Mechanics
Because some cases of automobile neglect are too good to not photograph. According to the handwritten legend on the back of this is a photograph of ”Front rotors from Ford F250 pickup used by Omark...
View ArticleBoxing Match Photos/Art
We have an old poorly framed 8 x 10 photo of one of the many punches Joe Louis took in his regrettable 1951 bout with Rocky Marciano. Joe was the retired former champ, well past his prime but he was...
View ArticleTrippy 1970′s Art
Dated 1970 this is signed by our favorite artist “Illegible”. So, it will have to stand (hang) in its artistic merits alone. There is the image of a hand with some sort of frothy thing going on and an...
View ArticleMagic Lantern Slide
This mini vacation sponsored by our friends at the New York State Education Department. A nice vintage photographic glass slide showing the lower gorge, Niagra River and suspension bridge in 1934. It...
View ArticleConstruction Photo Of The San Francisco / Oakland Bay Bridge
I always like old photos like this and bridge photos are especially neat. They’re from the era before rigid safety guidelines and you know someone had to work on that center section which is dangling...
View ArticleAmazing New Water Closet Gallery Show!
We’re proud to present a stunning new visual and conceptual work by the celebrated and elusive Portland artist, Eckaardt W. Londris. The “ ” series celebrates anomie and cultural isolation in...
View ArticleThe Day The Russians Invaded Vancouver
Framed photograph featuring the Soviet long distance aircraft which landed at Pearson Field in Vancouver Washington on June 20, 1937, 78 years ago today. Note the US Army personnel on guard with...
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