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This is a super rare vintage San Francisco Giants hat, likely from the 1950s era, featuring the classic square-style Giants logo. The cap is black with an orange brim and made of a wool blend, giving it that authentic vintage feel. It has an MLB tag and is marked by Dorfman-Pacific Co, Oakland, California, a known vintage hat maker. Sizing is boys medium, but it fits an adult small head perfectly. Team: San Francisco Giants. Era: Likely 1950s (authentic vintage piece). Color: Black with orange brim. Logo: Old-school squared Giants logo. Material: Wool blend, made in USA. Size: Boys medium (fits adult women’s small head as well). Condition: Pre-owned vintage with some wear at the forehead area and a previous owner’s name written inside. Not adjustable, no stretch. A must-have for serious Giants collectors, vintage sports memorabilia fans, and retro hat lovers. Style Tags: vintage SF Giants hat, 1950s Giants memorabilia, retro MLB cap, rare Giants logo hat, wool baseball hat, vintage sports collectible, Dorfman Pacific Oakland hat, old school San Francisco Giants gear.

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Three original CDVs of children, two boys and a girl… Looks like they were all taken in the same session. 4″ x 2.5″. Very good antique condition.

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Excellent half-plate ambrotype of two boys, the older with his arm around the shoulder of the younger, and both holding hands. In half of its original case (6″ x 4.4″) behind mat and cover glass. This is a clear glass relievo ambro that also has a piece of black velvet in the case behind the image. It’s in very good antique condition with no notable issues.

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Photograph Album and Scrapbook Documenting a California Boy’s Fight With Polio in the 1950s. Title: Photograph Album and Scrapbook Documenting a California Boy’s Fight With Polio in the 1950s Publication: Stanislaus County, California: 1951 to 1954. Description: String tied brown faux leather photo album binding, 14 x 10, with 36 black paper leaves containing 199 black and white photographs, most captioned in the margin of the image, together with various ephemeral items and clippings laid or pasted in. A compelling vernacular photo album and scrapbook documenting the childhood of Jerry Ebie of Modesto, California, focused on his battle with polio in 1951 and 1952, largely in the polio ward of Stanislaus County Hospital. The scrapbook tells this story not only through the images and captions, but also with ephemera and clippings, which are pasted alongside relevant photos. The album begins with a poignant series of seven photos of Jerry and another patient, Ila May Scott, the first two patients in Stanislaus County to make use of an iron lung. 2 to need a helping hand on his breathing, is doing much better now. He is able to be free for periods of up to two hours…. Ila, meanwhile, was unable to leave the iron lung, and is shown reading a book that is affixed to the device above her head. The next 49 images, meanwhile, depict Jerry’s further recovery in the hospital, including Jerry being fed by a nurse, Jerry wearing an aspirator, a series of shots of a Halloween party held in the basement of the children’s ward (with a caption noting that Jerry was allowed to take part while wearing his aspirator), Jerry with his walker, nurses, an African American staff member, the hospital pool (with a device used to lower patients into the water), etc. The next 19 images show Jerry apparently at home in late 1951 and early 1952, taking part in a party, and wearing his cub scout uniform (although still wearing his aspirator). He was unable to swallow and had to be fed through a tube, while returning to the hospital for physical therapy. Pasted into this section are handwritten lists of physical therapy instructions and formula feeding instructions, including a recipe for “tiger’s milk”. In April, 1952, Jerry went to San Francisco Children’s Hospital for treatment, and the album commences with images taken around that city, including Jerry with other boys, Jerry with his doctor, and the building in which Jerry’s mother roomed during this time, after which Jerry was able to swallow again. The remainder of the album depicts a recovered Jerry and his friends and family happily engaged in normal childhood activities, including cub scouts, family gatherings, and sightseeing trips. A warm letter from his doctor in San Francisco, and a photo of Jerry participating in a hospital ribbon cutting, are also included, as well as numerous polio related newspaper clippings. Jerry went onto a career in retail management, later settling in Walnut Creek, California. A touching photographic record of one California boy’s experiences during the height of the polio pandemic. Subject: California, Medical, Photo Album. Antiquarian and collectible books, primitives and antiques. This listing was created by Bibliopolis.

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Photograph Album and Scrapbook Documenting a California Boy’s Fight With Polio in the 1950s. Title: Photograph Album and Scrapbook Documenting a California Boy’s Fight With Polio in the 1950s Publication: Stanislaus County, California: 1951 to 1954. Description: String tied brown faux leather photo album binding, 14 x 10, with 36 black paper leaves containing 199 black and white photographs, most captioned in the margin of the image, together with various ephemeral items and clippings laid or pasted in. A compelling vernacular photo album and scrapbook documenting the childhood of Jerry Ebie of Modesto, California, focused on his battle with polio in 1951 and 1952, largely in the polio ward of Stanislaus County Hospital. The scrapbook tells this story not only through the images and captions, but also with ephemera and clippings, which are pasted alongside relevant photos. The album begins with a poignant series of seven photos of Jerry and another patient, Ila May Scott, the first two patients in Stanislaus County to make use of an iron lung. 2 to need a helping hand on his breathing, is doing much better now. He is able to be free for periods of up to two hours…. Ila, meanwhile, was unable to leave the iron lung, and is shown reading a book that is affixed to the device above her head. The next 49 images, meanwhile, depict Jerry’s further recovery in the hospital, including Jerry being fed by a nurse, Jerry wearing an aspirator, a series of shots of a Halloween party held in the basement of the children’s ward (with a caption noting that Jerry was allowed to take part while wearing his aspirator), Jerry with his walker, nurses, an African American staff member, the hospital pool (with a device used to lower patients into the water), etc. The next 19 images show Jerry apparently at home in late 1951 and early 1952, taking part in a party, and wearing his cub scout uniform (although still wearing his aspirator). He was unable to swallow and had to be fed through a tube, while returning to the hospital for physical therapy. Pasted into this section are handwritten lists of physical therapy instructions and formula feeding instructions, including a recipe for “tiger’s milk”. In April, 1952, Jerry went to San Francisco Children’s Hospital for treatment, and the album commences with images taken around that city, including Jerry with other boys, Jerry with his doctor, and the building in which Jerry’s mother roomed during this time, after which Jerry was able to swallow again. The remainder of the album depicts a recovered Jerry and his friends and family happily engaged in normal childhood activities, including cub scouts, family gatherings, and sightseeing trips. A warm letter from his doctor in San Francisco, and a photo of Jerry participating in a hospital ribbon cutting, are also included, as well as numerous polio related newspaper clippings. Jerry went onto a career in retail management, later settling in Walnut Creek, California. A touching photographic record of one California boy’s experiences during the height of the polio pandemic. Subject: California, Medical, Photo Album. Antiquarian and collectible books, primitives and antiques. This listing was created by Bibliopolis.

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50 images capture the journey of a group of teenage boys taken from Los Angeles and up to the 1962 World’s Fair in Seattle. Lots of sightseeing along the ways. They go through Sacramento, San Francisco, Fort Lewis, Crater Lake, Shasta Dam and various points across three states. Approximately 14 slides were taken at the fair. The rest were taken at other locales primarily in July and August. The quality of color and definition of lights and darks is much better than my scanner is able to achieve.

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