Share Your Non-Sport Photos Thread

[Ladder7]

Nice thread,



Spooky ghost on reverse,

[ksfarmboy]

Great photos so far. Here's a few from my dad's collection.

CDV of a treasury note that was back stamped from the US Treasury.

Cabinet photo showing the plight of the grasshopper invasion in Kansas 1870's.

Two mounted images of the Bloody Benders 1873. They were a family of serial killers. These photos show them locating the bodies of their victims. The family was never found and remains a mystery today. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloody_Benders

[drcy]

The ghosted photo may be a platinum print transfer. If a vintage platinum print (a high end art-quality form of black and white photography) came into contact with other sheet of paper, folder or book page for a long time the image could transfer to the sheet. Platinum prints were made using real platinum and were largely discontinued around WWII when the price of platinum rose. It was reintroduced in modern times for art photography.

[smokelessjoe]

Heres a CDV I have... Its a photo of a Picture hanging on a wall with a CDV of a sailor stuck in the corner of the frame!

[1880nonsports]

suggested by a good photograph. As I mostly collect photographs that were premiums or advertising for 19th century tobacco or those of the day's luminaries like Buffalo Bill - many lack a story but are interesting in their own right as historical markers or suggest by default a moment in time meant to increase a product's sales. I have about 100. Here are a few from Duke - all "store cards" meant to be displayed in a window or on a counter. As I happen to be putting my inventory together on my computer - I'll try and post a few I think are interesting. Regret that I sold many of my circus oddities and unusual people doing unusual things cabinets but I can't keep it all - I'm always interested in obtaining more of these from the major manufacturers.

[1880nonsports]

are in a seperate display but I'll try and post a few. I collect tobacco stuff and occasionally playing card related material. Here are some CDV's and tintypes. Take note of the man playing chess with himself (that is if you can take your eyes off of my girlfriend) - it's left over from when I chased early trick photography.

[GoldenAge50s]

Those photos are TREMENDOUS, as are the stories! They all should be in Ripley's Believe It or Not!