Press Photographs from Royal Books, Inc.

N.p.: N.p., 1966. Two vintage press photographs relating to Civil Rights protests, including one showing Florida A&M University (FAMU) student protesters in the days leading up to the important "Tallahassee Rape Case," and one showing police arresting a young woman during a protest in Long Island. One photograph with a May 5, 1959, date stamp and a newspaper clipping… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1946. Vintage publicity photograph from the 1946 film, showing actors Chester Morris and Jeff Donnell. The eleventh Boston Blackie film produced by Columbia between 1941 and 1949, following Blackie as he tracks down a phony occultist and blackmailer. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus, with light foxing on the verso. … Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1990. Collection of 140 vintage silver gelatin and resin-coated press and reference photographs relating to computers and computer history. Every photograph with a dated Reference Library stamp on the verso, and many with mimeo snipes affixed to the versos. Dates span from the 1960s through the 1990s, although the balance date from the 1980s and 1990s. … Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1960. Vintage black and white portrait photograph of actor Sean Connery, circa 1960s. 6.5 x 8.5 inches. Very Good plus, with manuscript pencil annotations regarding layout to the right margin of the recto.

N.p.: N.p., 1948. Collection of seven vintage photographs of actress Joan Blondell and her husband, theater and film producer, Mike Todd, circa 1948. Three of the photographs, of Blondell and Todd at their estate in Westchester County, New York, have photographer Leo Friedman's stamp on the versos. Blondell and Todd were married in 1947, Blondell's third and final… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1948. Vintage photograph of actress Joan Blondell and her husband, theater and film producer, Mike Todd, circa 1948. Blondell and Todd were married in 1947, Blondell's third and final marriage, and Todd's second, in a famously tempestuous and short-lived relationship. During the marriage Todd went through a well publicized bankruptcy, having lost hundreds of thousands… Read more about this item

N.p.: Yamaha Corporation, 1982. Collection of seventeen vintage photographs of Yamaha "Natural Sound" home audio equipment, circa 1981-1982. Seventeen promotional product photographs, issued by Yamaha Corporation, showcasing six receivers, five amplifiers, four tuners, a turntable, and a cassette tape deck, all with Yamaha's period design, featuring Yamaha's signature "Natural Sound," with silver and black brushed stainless steel, l.e.d. displays,… Read more about this item

Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1952. Vintage photograph of actress Peggy Lee, circa 1952. Mimeo snipe and stamp of Warner Brothers photographer Bert Six on the verso. Lee starred opposite Danny Thomas in "The Jazz Singer" (1952), a remake of the Al Jolson film from 1927. Three years later she would be nominated for an Academy Award for… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1930. Archive of eight vintage photographs documenting the harvesting, processing, packaging, and shipping of Sunkist Growers, Orland, California oranges, circa 1930s. Mimeo snipes on the versos of each, seven with a PIX Incorporated and Westport library stamps on the versos, and one with an American Photo Service stamp on the verso. One of the largest marketing… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1970. Vintage matte-finish borderless portrait photograph of actor Sam Jaffe, circa 1970s. Jaffe, who was born in the Lower East Side in New York, became a well-known character actor on the strength of his performance in Josef von Sternberg's "The Scarlet Empress" (1934). He would go on to work with a number of prominent Hollywood directors,… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1980. Vintage matte-finish borderless portrait photograph of actor Sam Jaffe, circa 1980s. Jaffe, who was born in the Lower East Side in New York, became a well-known character actor on the strength of his performance in Josef von Sternberg's "The Scarlet Empress" (1934). He would go on to work with a number of prominent Hollywood directors,… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1960. Two vintage press photographs and two vintage reference photographs of actor Sam Jaffe from the 1961-1966 television series, which originally aired on ABC on October 2, 1961. Included in the set are one matte-finish photograph and three glossy. The series followed idealistic young doctor Ben Casey (Vince Edwards) throughout his work as a chief… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1960. Two vintage portrait photographs of actor Sam Jaffe, circa 1960s. One with the stamp of photography studio Hastings-Willinger and Associates on the verso, along with a printed label noting the name of agent Paul Kohner. Jaffe, who was born in the Lower East Side in New York, became a well-known character actor on the… Read more about this item

New York: International News Photos, 1953. Vintage press soundphoto (wire photo) of Ingrid Bergman holding her one year old twins, Isabella and Ingrid, celebrating their first birthday on June 18, 1953, at Bergman and Roberto Rossellini's home. Soundphoto dated 6-20-53. "Ingrid Bergman Ingrid & Isabella" stamp, faint "International News Photo" stamp, and "Jun 23 1953" "Received Examiner Reference Library"… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1959. Photograph of Ingrid Bergman and Roberto Rossellini walking hand in hand on Stromboli Island, Sicily, Italy on April 28, 1949, at the beginning of the production of Rossellini's "Stromboli" (1950), struck circa 1959. "Artists 1959 SEP 28" stamp and news clipping of bottom half of same image, affixed with cello tape, with "SEP 30 1959" stamp… Read more about this item

Hollywood: Paramount Pictures, 1951. Vintage press photograph of director Cecil B. DeMille standing at the entrance to the Paramount Studio Gymnasium in 1951, likely taken during production of DeMille's 1952 film "The Greatest Show on Earth." With a provenance stamp on the verso. The gymnasium was created from the old United Studios barn, a result of Paramount's… Read more about this item

Los Angeles: United Artists, 1934. Vintage press photograph of the film's premiere at the Chicago World Fair, at the "Century of Progress" exhibition, on July 30, 1934. The premiere was reported as being attended by 15,000 people, including international celebrities, civic and industrial leaders, newspapermen, and five governors. In early October, 1934 the film had a special White House… Read more about this item

London: Camera Press, 1950. Vintage borderless photograph of author W. Somerset Maugham at his residence at the villa La Mauresque at Cap Ferrat on the French Riviera, circa 1950. Mimeo snipe and provenance stamps on the verso, struck "Parimages" in manuscript ink. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus.

N.p.: N.p., 1939. Vintage portrait photograph of a young Orson Wells, circa 1939. "Culver Pictures, Inc." stamp, "24749" stamp, and two other stamps obscured by paper tape, on verso. 1939 would be a key year for Welles, who, upon the success of the CBS Radio show "The Mercury Theatre on the Air," Welles would sign with RKO Pictures,… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1930. Vintage photograph showing rows of cots and resting or idle strikebreakers at the 147th St yards of the Interborough Rapid Transit Company, 1930. With a mimeo snipe, press agency stamps, one dated "Jun 28 1930," and manuscript pencil annotations on the verso. The Interborough Rapid Transit Company of one of the original private companies… Read more about this item