Search Results: Titles starting with Q from Stellar Books & Ephemera, ABAA

Quarter Plate Tintype of Horse Drawn Wagon and Five Men--3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches Each corner has very slight bend otherwise emulsion is unbroken and plate is without bends. Back has remnants of tape. strong contrast. Fine Condition. Classic late 19th century outdoor tintype with horse drawn wagon and six men. Great clarity except for slight movement in head of horse. Location unknown. Tree in full leaf. Horse drawn wagon in front of building with balcony, next to alley.

1880. Quarter Plate Tintype Horse and Buggy Image. 3 3/8 x 4 1/2 inches. No place, no photographer. Circa 1880's. Generally strong image. No emulsion cracking but light rubbing to image. Bottom two corners trimmed. Verso blank. Circa 1880's outdoor tintype of two women in their horse drawn carriage with fringed canopy, posing for a photo.

[Queensboro Bridge] Autograph Letter Signed from Thomas Rainey (Father of the Queensboro Bridge) to His Sister, Richmond, Virginia 1852. Blue bifolium 4-page letter dated April 8, 1852 with Richmond, Virginia dateline. Legible writing. Light foxing. Minor separation beginning at folds. No envelope. Very Good condition. This letter was written by Thomas Rainey (1824-1910) to his sister Jennie S. Rainey. Much has been written about Dr. Thomas Rainey, who is often called the "Father of the Queensboro Bridge" for his many years of boosterism and funding for a bridge connecting Queens to greater New York City. Thomas Rainey was born in Yanceyville, Caswell County, North Carolina - one of many children born to James Glenn Rainey (1805-1876) and Sophia Hendrick (1807-1870). At the age of 18, Rainey left home wandering west ending up in St. Louis where he studied phonography (spelling based on pronunciation), mathematics and medicine. Rainey taught school, wrote a book titled "Rainey's Improved Abacus",… Read More