Mike,
I understand what you mean by your original post. My personal collection is quite large - 4000+ original photos, 1500+ transparencies (slides) plus glass plate negatives (20-30), magic lantern slides and many negatives from 35mm to 8x10 contact negatives. If you asked me I would not buy many of them individually, but I was purchasing large groups of photos before people were breaking up archives and selling them individually. I have sold off the ones that do not fit in my collection and keep the rest. I like action photos, but I really like studio and posed photos. Here are a few from my collection:
Ralph Craig - circa 1910 at the University of Michigan. 1912 Olympic gold medalist in the 100m and 200m
Harry Coe - 1903 in high school in Michigan. 1908 Olympics
Ira Davenport - 1912 Olympic bronze medalist and played in the baseball demonstration game with Jim Thorpe.
Frank Foss - 1920 pole vault gold. Interesting Belgian/French press stamp on the front
Johnny Garrels - 1908 Olympics silver and bronze. Star football player at Michigan. Played on the 1904 and 1905 'point a minute' teams.
Harvey Glance - 1976 gold medalist 4x100m relay
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