American Historical Ephemera & Photography

A group of 27 photographs featuring tradesmen, domestic laborers, hunters, and others workers, including:

Cabinet card portrait of a man dressed as a fisherman, holding a rope and net with each hand. Boulogne, France: B. Cuvilier, n.d. (significant toning, surface soiling, and discoloration to portions of image, wear to edges and corners). -- Cabinet card portrait of 4 tradesmen with tools including a small hammer and large tongs. Oneonta, NY: P.R. Young, n.d. (toning, spotting, surface soiling). Mount recto and verso with Young's imprints. -- Cabinet card portrait of an older woman sitting at a flax spinner. Baden-Baden, Germany: J. Jungman, n.d. (some spotting to image, soiling and discoloration to mount). -- Large format albumen photograph showing the interior of a factory or shop, featuring a group of workers gathered around an unknown machine, some holding tools. N.p.: n.p., n.d. (toning and spotting to image, light wear and soiling/discoloration to mount). -- Cabinet card portrait of a young hunter posed in front of a painted backdrop with his dog and firearm, the dog with a stuffed bird lying on the ground in front of him. St. Paul, MN: Pepper & Son, n.d. (toning, spotting, light wear to mount edges and corners). -- And 22 others, including albumen, silver gelatin, and cyanotype images, ranging in size from 2 3/8 x 3 1/2 to 7 1/2 x 9 5/8 in., most on cardstock mounts. -- Together, 27 photographs of laborers, hunters, machines, and other occupational subjects, most from the late 19th through early 20th century. Conditions vary.