50 198
71
71
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(SMITH COLLEGE)
Group of approximately 255 photographs, most are cyanotypes, depicting women students engaged
in non-academic endeavors, with scenes of socializing, theatrical productions, recreational and leisure
activities, courtship, graduation, in addition to steamer trunks piled high at the railway station, a
student lounge and rec room, behind the (theatrical) curtain, graduation scenes, plus picturesque
campus views and miscellaneous family snapshots. Cyanotypes, various sizes from 1
1
/
2
x2
1
/
4
to
6
1
/
2
x9
1
/
4
inches square (1.8x5.7 to 16.5x23.5 cm), 17 are matted. Circa 1900
[2,000/3,000]
72
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(AMERICAN MUG SHOTS)
Group of 50 Bertillon-inspired mug shot cards featuring criminals apprehended on theWest Coast,
including Seattle, Portland, and San Francisco; 11 with a single forward- or side-facing photograph,
and the remaining with a front and side view of the accused individual, all of which are men. Each
card measures 5x6
1
/
2
inches (12.7x16.5 cm.), and includes standard Bertillon-method measurements
and notations, the (often redacted) name of the sitter, and usually including the individual’s crime,
where they were arrested or examined, and occasionally additional notes, such as a sentence or alias.
Silver prints (one a newspaper clipping), sizes ranging from 2
3
/
4
x2
1
/
2
to 3x5
1
/
2
inches (7x6.4 to
7.6x14 cm.), each mounted to a printed card with additional notations, typed or in ink, on recto
and verso. 1908-19
[2,000/3,000]
From the Collection of Mark Michaelson.