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Picturing Disability
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1.Unidentified photographer
1907 (ca)
People with disabilities at county home

Photographic postcard
Private collection of Robert Bogdan
Courtesy of Robert Bogdan
 
LL/49401
2.Chas Eisenmann
1889
Human skeleton [Freak show exhibit]

Cabinet card
Syracuse University
Ronald Becker Collection, Special Collections
 
LL/49402
3.Obermiller
1889 (ca)
Dwarf and giant juxtaposed

Cabinet card
Private collection of Robert Bogdan
Courtesy of Robert Bogdan
 
LL/49403
4.Unidentified photographer
1932 (ca)
Frances O'Connor, "armless wonder"

Photographic postcard
Private collection of Robert Bogdan
Courtesy of Robert Bogdan
 
LL/49404
5.Unidentified photographer
1870 (ca)
Chang and Eng, "Siamese Twins"

Carte de visite
Syracuse University
Ronald Becker Collection, Special Collections
 
LL/49405
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
 
LL/49406
7.Unidentified photographer
1910 (ca)
John Rose, legless beggar in goat cart

Photographic postcard
Private collection of Robert Bogdan
Courtesy of Robert Bogdan
 
LL/49407
8.Farnum Okeman
1907 (ca)
George Harton, A Cripple For Life.

Photographic postcard
Private collection of Robert Bogdan
Courtesy of Robert Bogdan
 
LL/49408
9.Unidentified photographer
1908 (ca)
Please Help the Blind.

Photographic postcard
Private collection of Robert Bogdan
Courtesy of Robert Bogdan
 
LL/49409
10.Unidentified photographer
1895 (ca)
Max Engel and his dog, Carlo

Cabinet card
Private collection of Robert Bogdan
Courtesy of Robert Bogdan
 
LL/49410
11.Unidentified photographer
1869 (ca)
L.D. Sine, blind "Gift Enterprises."

Carte de visite
Private collection of Robert Bogdan
Courtesy of Robert Bogdan
 
LL/49411
12.Unidentified photographer
1947
Poster child

Printed postcard
Private collection of Robert Bogdan
Courtesy of Robert Bogdan
 
LL/49412
13.Unidentified photographer
1955
Robert Young with a poster child at fund raiser

Press photo
Private collection of Robert Bogdan
Courtesy of Robert Bogdan
 
LL/49413
14.Unidentified photographer
1958
Easter Seal poster child

Press photo
Private collection of Robert Bogdan
Courtesy of Robert Bogdan
 
LL/49414
15.Unidentified photographer
1923
President Coolidge with World War I veteran

Press photo
Private collection of Robert Bogdan
Courtesy of Robert Bogdan
 
LL/49415
16.Unidentified photographer
1909 (ca)
Ward 3, Gowanda State Hospital for the insane

Photo postcard
Private collection of Robert Bogdan
Courtesy of Robert Bogdan
 
LL/49416
17.Unidentified photographer
1909 (ca)
Hospital ward, Gowanda State Hospital for the Insane

Photo postcard
Private collection of Robert Bogdan
Courtesy of Robert Bogdan
 
LL/49417
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.
 
LL/49418
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.
 
LL/49419
20.Kaplan
1965
Ward interior. Muckraking.

Magazine photograph
Syracuse University
Center on Human Policy.
 
LL/49420
21.Kaplan
1965
Ward interior with inmates. Muckraking.

Magazine photograph
Syracuse University
Center on Human Policy.
 
LL/49421
22.Unidentified photographer
1904
Case C. Cretinoid [Eugenics text illustration]

Book illustration
Private collection of Robert Bogdan
Courtesy of Robert Bogdan
 
LL/49422
23.Unidentified photographer
1930
Low-grade microcephalic [Eugenics text illustration]

Book illustration
Private collection of Robert Bogdan
Courtesy of Robert Bogdan
 
LL/49423
24.Unidentified photographer
1914
Case 324, Hattie [Eugenics text illustration]

Book illustration
Private collection of Robert Bogdan
Courtesy of Robert Bogdan
 
LL/49424
25.Unidentified photographer
1904
Case D. [Eugenics text illustration]

Book illustration
Private collection of Robert Bogdan
Courtesy of Robert Bogdan
 
LL/49425
26.Unidentified photographer
1947
A group of Mongols [Eugenics text illustration]

Book illustration
Private collection of Robert Bogdan
Courtesy of Robert Bogdan
 
LL/49426
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
 
LL/49427
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
 
LL/49428
29.Unidentified photographer
1910 (ca)
Wheelchair advertisement

Photo postcard
Private collection of Robert Bogdan
Courtesy of Robert Bogdan
 
LL/49429
30.Unidentified photographer
1878
Dr. Clark's Spinal Apparatus advertisement

Printed advertisement card
Private collection of Robert Bogdan
Courtesy of Robert Bogdan
 
LL/49430
31.Unidentified photographer
1923
Lon Chaney as the Hunchback of Notre Dame

Movie still
Private collection of Robert Bogdan
Courtesy of Robert Bogdan
 
LL/49431
32.Unidentified photographer
1925
Lon Chaney as the Phantom of the Opera

Movie still
Private collection of Robert Bogdan
Courtesy of Robert Bogdan
 
LL/49432
33.Unidentified photographer
1939
Lon Chaney Jr. playing Lenny in Mice and Men

Movie still
Private collection of Robert Bogdan
Courtesy of Robert Bogdan
 
LL/49433
34.Unidentified photographer
1934
Wallace Beery playing Long John Silver in Treasure Island

Movie still
Private collection of Robert Bogdan
Courtesy of Robert Bogdan
 
LL/49434
35.Unidentified photographer
1937
Shirley Temple playing Heidi

Movie still
Private collection of Robert Bogdan
Courtesy of Robert Bogdan
 
LL/49435
36.Farrington
1889 (ca)
Studio portrait of man with cerebral palsy

Cabinet card
Private collection of Robert Bogdan
Courtesy of Robert Bogdan
 
LL/49436
37.Unidentified photographer
1898 (ca)
Family studio portrait with child in wheelchair

Tintype
Private collection of Robert Bogdan
Courtesy of Robert Bogdan
 
LL/49437
38.Unidentified photographer
1907 (ca)
Studio portrait of amputee

Photo postcard
Private collection of Robert Bogdan
Courtesy of Robert Bogdan
 
LL/49438
39.Unidentified photographer
1910 (ca)
Family studio portrait with child with cerebral palsy

Photo postcard
Private collection of Robert Bogdan
Courtesy of Robert Bogdan
 
LL/49439
40.Unidentified photographer
1908 (ca)
Family outside their home, child with Down Syndrome

Photo postcard
Michael Maslan Vintage Posters, Photographs, Postcards & Ephemera
Maslan Collection
 
LL/49440
41.Unidentified photographer
1900 (ca)
Sisters, one with developmental disability

Cabinet card
Private collection of Robert Bogdan
Courtesy of Robert Bogdan
 
LL/49441
42.Macey
1896 (ca)
Studio portrait of mother in wheelchair with daughter

Cabinet card
Private collection of Robert Bogdan
Courtesy of Robert Bogdan
 
LL/49442
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
 
LL/49443
44.Unidentified photographer
1910 (ca)
Studio portrait of romantic couple

Photo postcard
Private collection of Robert Bogdan
Courtesy of Robert Bogdan
 
LL/49444
45.Unidentified photographer
1916 (ca)
Sisters on porch, one with braces

Photo postcard
Private collection of Robert Bogdan
Courtesy of Robert Bogdan
 
LL/49445
46.Unidentified photographer
1915
Dwarf with dead deer

Photo postcard
Private collection of Robert Bogdan
Courtesy of Robert Bogdan
 
LL/49446
47.Unidentified photographer
1912 (ca)
"Blind Willie" Singing Evangelist

Photo postcard
Private collection of Robert Bogdan
Courtesy of Robert Bogdan
 
LL/49447
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
 
LL/49448
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
 
LL/49449
50.Unidentified photographer
1908 (ca)
Severely disabled person with care giver

Photo postcard
Private collection of Robert Bogdan
Courtesy of Robert Bogdan
 
LL/49450
51.Unidentified photographer
1909 (ca)
Master Handsome [Boy with hydrocephaly]

Photo postcard

LL/49451
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
 
LL/49452
   
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