American Historical Ephemera & Photography, Featuring Property from the James Milgram, M.D., Collection of Broadsides, Ephemeral Americana & Historical Documents

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[TRANSPORTATION]. -- [SOCIAL MOVEMENTS]. Temperance Camp Meeting! The New, Elegant and Fast Sailing Steamer Sebenoa Will make an Excursion to Dresden Camp Ground. [Maine]: N.p., 15 August 1880.

Approx. 12 1/8 x 18 in. (toned, losses to edges, creases); framed to 18 1/4 x 20 1/4 in. (not examined out of frame). Contemporary inscription reads "Same for Bath / Fare 50-".

Newspapers in Maine advertised the Temperance Camp Meeting at Martha's Grove, Fryeburg with the Hon. Sidney Perham, president. The Portland Daily Press (14 August 1880) announced that Reverend G.C. Babcock, the Secretary of the National Temperance Association, would make the opening address with meetings by Quaker Neal Dow (1804-1897, known as "Father of Prohibition" and "Napoleon of Temperance) and former governor and US representative Nelson Dingley (1832-1899).

Property from the James Milgram, M.D., Collection of Broadsides, Ephemeral Americana, and Historical Documents

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Ms. Horstman has spent over a decade specializing in historic photography and Americana at auction. During her tenure, she has overseen several notable single owner auctions, including property from the inventory of celebrated Americana and antique arms expert Norm Flayderman. During her time with the firm, she has maintained an active membership in the Daguerreian Society. Ms. Horstman holds an MA in Art History from the University of Cincinnati and a BA in Art History from The Ohio State University.

American Historical Ephemera & Photography, Featuring Property from the James Milgram, M.D., Collection of Broadsides, Ephemeral Americana & Historical Documents

[TRANSPORTATION]. -- [SOCIAL MOVEMENTS]. Temperance Camp Meeting! The New, Elegant and Fast Sailing Steamer Sebenoa Will make an Excursion to Dresden Camp Ground. [Maine]: N.p., 15 August 1880.

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