Like all dealers I am also a collector. Much of my collection tends to run on the darker and more bizarre end of the spectrum. I also collect interesting photographs. These two amazing photos were in my personal collection for a while.
This first one shows a young man with polio sitting in his wheelchair. Based on the style of the wheelchair I am guessing this photo was taken around the nineteen teens or so. What is unusual about this photo is the fact that it appears to have been taken in the young man's home. As most photography was done in studios back then the fact that the photographer went to the subject's home is highly unusual.
This second photo is amazing. It's the same young man but this time in what looks like some form of walker brace. I am guessing it was some form of physical therapy apparatus. Again the photo was taken in the subject's home which is very unusual. Here the boy appears with what I am guessing is his father in the same spot of the house as the first photo.
Finding one photo of a subject like this is not easy. Finding a pair of photos that are clearly of the same subject, taken at the same time, with such unusual subject matter is absolutely amazing. On top of that these photos were larger than standard cabinet cards, about 5" x 7" which is unusually large for photos this old. These were probably one of my favorite finds of all time.
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