A stereoview of Mrs. O'Leary's house and the cow that started the Great Chicago Fire of October, 1871. Vintage albumen print published after the fire by J. A. Pierce and Co. in the series. Inscribed "Place where the fire originated. The cow that kicked over the lamp!" on the verso. A fine copy. 3 x 6 inches
Auctioneer:
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers
Date:
2008-02-07
Carte de visite photograph of Samuel Clemens, Major Pond, Mrs. Pond, Mrs. Clemens, and Clara , in San Francisco sailing for a lecture tour around Read more…
Auctioneer:
Pook & Pook
Date:
2013-10-12
Houdini, Harry. Photograph of Houdini with Mr. and Mrs. Benninghoffer. Circa 1923. Full-length candid image of Houdini with this famous spirit medium and her husband, Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2014-11-01
[Spirit Photograph] Photograph of medium Mrs. J.H. Conant and her spirit guide. Boston, Colby & Rich, ca. 1880. Albumen cabinet card ¾ length portrait of Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2012-05-13
Frances Davis (American, 20th Century) Portrait of Mrs. Walter Paepcke. Signed "FRANCES DAVIS" c.r. Pencil and charcoal on paper, sight size 13 x 5 1/4 Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2020-12-08
Seymour, Maurice. Photograph of Cardini and Swan. Chicago, ca. 1935. Iconic lobby-size photograph of Cardini and his wife, fans of cards in his hands, two Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2013-04-06
Multi-Photograph of Circus People. Chicago: Andress, ca. 1900. A collection of portraits of members of the Barnum & Bailey circus collaged together around larger portraits Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2016-07-23
Framed Photograph of a Painting by John Greenwood of Boston Merchant John Langdon, photograph taken and colored by Milton M. Bergman, Chicago, late 20th century, Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2014-01-16
After Viola Norman (American, 1889-1935) Bronze Figure of a Chow, standing on a rectangular stepped plinth, inscribed to base "His Highness Timmy," and "Mrs. Calvin Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2018-02-15
Houdini, Beatrice. Portrait of Mrs. Houdini and Her Niece in Costume, Signed by Houdini. Chicago: Butler, ca. 1920. Unusual portrait of Harry Houdini’s wife and Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2016-04-09
Houdini, Harry. Candid photograph of Harry and Bess Houdini. ½ length candid image shows Harry and Bess Houdini outdoors, a parrot perched on Mrs. Houdini’s Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2013-07-27
