Vintage photograph, "Bookstore, 1899".

from: gibsongowns Tumblr http://gibsongowns.tumblr.com/post/63252746365/polmos-bookstore-1899

Free Download: Lewis A. Sayre’s 1877 publication, "Spinal Disease and Spinal Curvature: their treatment by use of suspension and plaster of paris bandage". Antiquated medical text but fascinating medical photography (and yes, rather fetishistic). Unfortunately, the free download at archive.org has photos that have been (helpfully??) Photoshop-filtered by the scanner. Glass plate photography has very high resolution and is the most precise vintage photography to be gifted to us, so it's a real shame seeing it muddied up by I'm not sure what intention. :-/

download: http://archive.org/details/spinaldiseasespi00sayr

Dr. Sayre's photos can be found here and there on the net, but there are very good examples at Verity Holloway's blog: http://verityholloway.com/?p=3228