1. | ![]() | Unidentified photographer 1907 (ca) People with disabilities at county home Photographic postcard Private collection of Robert Bogdan Courtesy of Robert Bogdan |
2. | ![]() | Chas Eisenmann 1889 Human skeleton [Freak show exhibit] Cabinet card Syracuse University Ronald Becker Collection, Special Collections |
3. | ![]() | Obermiller 1889 (ca) Dwarf and giant juxtaposed Cabinet card Private collection of Robert Bogdan Courtesy of Robert Bogdan |
4. | ![]() | Unidentified photographer 1932 (ca) Frances O'Connor, "armless wonder" Photographic postcard Private collection of Robert Bogdan Courtesy of Robert Bogdan |
5. | ![]() | Unidentified photographer 1870 (ca) Chang and Eng, "Siamese Twins" Carte de visite Syracuse University Ronald Becker Collection, Special Collections |
6. | ![]() | Woodrow 1910 Last of the ancient Aztecs [Freak show exhibit of children with microcephally] Photographic postcard Private collection of Robert Bogdan Courtesy of Robert Bogdan |
7. | ![]() | Unidentified photographer 1910 (ca) John Rose, legless beggar in goat cart Photographic postcard Private collection of Robert Bogdan Courtesy of Robert Bogdan |
8. | ![]() | Farnum Okeman 1907 (ca) George Harton, A Cripple For Life. Photographic postcard Private collection of Robert Bogdan Courtesy of Robert Bogdan |
9. | ![]() | Unidentified photographer 1908 (ca) Please Help the Blind. Photographic postcard Private collection of Robert Bogdan Courtesy of Robert Bogdan |
10. | ![]() | Unidentified photographer 1895 (ca) Max Engel and his dog, Carlo Cabinet card Private collection of Robert Bogdan Courtesy of Robert Bogdan |
11. | ![]() | Unidentified photographer 1869 (ca) L.D. Sine, blind "Gift Enterprises." Carte de visite Private collection of Robert Bogdan Courtesy of Robert Bogdan |
12. | ![]() | Unidentified photographer 1947 Poster child Printed postcard Private collection of Robert Bogdan Courtesy of Robert Bogdan |
13. | ![]() | Unidentified photographer 1955 Robert Young with a poster child at fund raiser Press photo Private collection of Robert Bogdan Courtesy of Robert Bogdan |
14. | ![]() | Unidentified photographer 1958 Easter Seal poster child Press photo Private collection of Robert Bogdan Courtesy of Robert Bogdan |
15. | ![]() | Unidentified photographer 1923 President Coolidge with World War I veteran Press photo Private collection of Robert Bogdan Courtesy of Robert Bogdan |
16. | ![]() | Unidentified photographer 1909 (ca) Ward 3, Gowanda State Hospital for the insane Photo postcard Private collection of Robert Bogdan Courtesy of Robert Bogdan |
17. | ![]() | Unidentified photographer 1909 (ca) Hospital ward, Gowanda State Hospital for the Insane Photo postcard Private collection of Robert Bogdan Courtesy of Robert Bogdan |
18. | ![]() | Unidentified photographer 1921 Morning Colors [Syracuse State School for Mental Defectives] Printed photograph Private collection of Robert Bogdan Courtesy of Robert Bogdan Printed picture in the Syracuse State School for Mental Defectives annual report. |
19. | ![]() | Unidentified photographer 1921 Canning Factory [Syracuse State School for Mental Defectives] Printed photograph Private collection of Robert Bogdan Courtesy of Robert Bogdan Printed picture in the Syracuse State School for Mental Defectives annual report. |
20. | ![]() | Kaplan 1965 Ward interior. Muckraking. Magazine photograph Syracuse University Center on Human Policy. |
21. | ![]() | Kaplan 1965 Ward interior with inmates. Muckraking. Magazine photograph Syracuse University Center on Human Policy. |
22. | ![]() | Unidentified photographer 1904 Case C. Cretinoid [Eugenics text illustration] Book illustration Private collection of Robert Bogdan Courtesy of Robert Bogdan |
23. | ![]() | Unidentified photographer 1930 Low-grade microcephalic [Eugenics text illustration] Book illustration Private collection of Robert Bogdan Courtesy of Robert Bogdan |
24. | ![]() | Unidentified photographer 1914 Case 324, Hattie [Eugenics text illustration] Book illustration Private collection of Robert Bogdan Courtesy of Robert Bogdan |
25. | ![]() | Unidentified photographer 1904 Case D. [Eugenics text illustration] Book illustration Private collection of Robert Bogdan Courtesy of Robert Bogdan |
26. | ![]() | Unidentified photographer 1947 A group of Mongols [Eugenics text illustration] Book illustration Private collection of Robert Bogdan Courtesy of Robert Bogdan |
27. | ![]() | Steinhaus (Cherokee, Iowa) 1914 The Original Buster Brown and Tige [Dwarf advertising Buster Brown shoes] Photo postcard Pop's Postcards Courtesy of Joel Wayne, Pop's Postcards |
28. | ![]() | Unidentified photographer 1891 (ca) Artificial leg advertisement [These legs are made by the Celebrated Manufacturer of Artificial Legs, A. Niehans. 167 Washington Street, Chicago, Illinois. Rubber feet with ankle joint Cabinet card Private collection of Robert Bogdan Courtesy of Robert Bogdan |
29. | ![]() | Unidentified photographer 1910 (ca) Wheelchair advertisement Photo postcard Private collection of Robert Bogdan Courtesy of Robert Bogdan |
30. | ![]() | Unidentified photographer 1878 Dr. Clark's Spinal Apparatus advertisement Printed advertisement card Private collection of Robert Bogdan Courtesy of Robert Bogdan |
31. | ![]() | Unidentified photographer 1923 Lon Chaney as the Hunchback of Notre Dame Movie still Private collection of Robert Bogdan Courtesy of Robert Bogdan |
32. | ![]() | Unidentified photographer 1925 Lon Chaney as the Phantom of the Opera Movie still Private collection of Robert Bogdan Courtesy of Robert Bogdan |
33. | ![]() | Unidentified photographer 1939 Lon Chaney Jr. playing Lenny in Mice and Men Movie still Private collection of Robert Bogdan Courtesy of Robert Bogdan |
34. | ![]() | Unidentified photographer 1934 Wallace Beery playing Long John Silver in Treasure Island Movie still Private collection of Robert Bogdan Courtesy of Robert Bogdan |
35. | ![]() | Unidentified photographer 1937 Shirley Temple playing Heidi Movie still Private collection of Robert Bogdan Courtesy of Robert Bogdan |
36. | ![]() | Farrington 1889 (ca) Studio portrait of man with cerebral palsy Cabinet card Private collection of Robert Bogdan Courtesy of Robert Bogdan |
37. | ![]() | Unidentified photographer 1898 (ca) Family studio portrait with child in wheelchair Tintype Private collection of Robert Bogdan Courtesy of Robert Bogdan |
38. | ![]() | Unidentified photographer 1907 (ca) Studio portrait of amputee Photo postcard Private collection of Robert Bogdan Courtesy of Robert Bogdan |
39. | ![]() | Unidentified photographer 1910 (ca) Family studio portrait with child with cerebral palsy Photo postcard Private collection of Robert Bogdan Courtesy of Robert Bogdan |
40. | ![]() | Unidentified photographer 1908 (ca) Family outside their home, child with Down Syndrome Photo postcard Michael Maslan Vintage Posters, Photographs, Postcards & Ephemera Maslan Collection |
41. | ![]() | Unidentified photographer 1900 (ca) Sisters, one with developmental disability Cabinet card Private collection of Robert Bogdan Courtesy of Robert Bogdan |
42. | ![]() | Macey 1896 (ca) Studio portrait of mother in wheelchair with daughter Cabinet card Private collection of Robert Bogdan Courtesy of Robert Bogdan |
43. | ![]() | Unidentified photographer 1912 (ca) Studio portrait of two men, one developmentally disabled Photo postcard Pop's Postcards Courtesy of Joel Wayne, Pop's Postcards |
44. | ![]() | Unidentified photographer 1910 (ca) Studio portrait of romantic couple Photo postcard Private collection of Robert Bogdan Courtesy of Robert Bogdan |
45. | ![]() | Unidentified photographer 1916 (ca) Sisters on porch, one with braces Photo postcard Private collection of Robert Bogdan Courtesy of Robert Bogdan |
46. | ![]() | Unidentified photographer 1915 Dwarf with dead deer Photo postcard Private collection of Robert Bogdan Courtesy of Robert Bogdan |
47. | ![]() | Unidentified photographer 1912 (ca) "Blind Willie" Singing Evangelist Photo postcard Private collection of Robert Bogdan Courtesy of Robert Bogdan |
48. | ![]() | Unidentified photographer 1912 (ca) Child with cerebral palsy in front of Christmas tree Photo postcard Private collection of Robert Bogdan Courtesy of Robert Bogdan |
49. | ![]() | Unidentified photographer 1909, 29 January (event) 1910 (ca, taken) Henry Novak - Frozen in Storm Photo postcard Private collection of Robert Bogdan Courtesy of Robert Bogdan |
50. | ![]() | Unidentified photographer 1908 (ca) Severely disabled person with care giver Photo postcard Private collection of Robert Bogdan Courtesy of Robert Bogdan |
51. | ![]() | Unidentified photographer 1909 (ca) Master Handsome [Boy with hydrocephaly] Photo postcard |
52. | ![]() | 2012 Book cover for Robert Bogdan with Martin Elks and James A. Knoll Picturing Disability: Beggar, Freak, Citizen and Other Photographic Rhetoric (Syracuse University Press, 2012) Book cover Private collection of Robert Bogdan Courtesy of Robert Bogdan |