[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. Approx. 109 CDVs, incl. occupational and family portraits.

Approx. 109 CDVs of men, women, and children of varying ages, including portraits of couples, siblings, and families, credited to photographers/studios located across the United States and beyond, including: Whipple, Boston, Massachusetts; R.J. Hillier, Philadelphia, PA; Ames, Emporia, Kansas; Gear, New Haven, Connecticut; W.M. Chase, Baltimore, Maryland; W.H. Jacoby, Xenia, Ohio; V. Wolfenstein, Los Angeles, California; Desmarais, Montreal; S.P. Tresize, Dayton, Ohio; E.H. Alley, Toledo, Ohio; Joseph Buchtel, Portland, Oregon; Wm. Pierce, Brunswick, Maine; David Campbell, Newtown, Ayr, Scotland; C.D. Fredricks & Co., New York; I.G. Owen, Newton, New Jersey; T. Rich, Waupaca, Wisconsin; J.G. Head, Mexico, Missouri; Gurney, New York; Prof. S.A. King, Boston, Massachusetts; M.P. and A.I. Rice, Washington, DC; Parker, San Diego, California; S. Bauer, Leavenworth, Kansas; J.M. Simington, Memphis, Missouri; Mr. & Mrs. Ersley, Whitewater, Wisconsin; Whitney & Paradise, New York; G.S. Smith, Salt Lake City, Utah; A.B. Paxton, Albany, Oregon; Wm. Shew, San Francisco, California; L.M. Rue, Woodland, California; Seattle Art Gallery, Seattle, King Co., Washington Territory; Addis & Koch, San Francisco, California; Shellhous, Coldwater, Michigan; Mendenhall, Farmington, Illinois.

Highlighted cartes include: Standing portrait of a mustachioed man wearing a white suit with elaborate belt, holding a powder horn. Uncredited, with faint inscription on verso dated 1871. -- View of ships in Annapolis, Maryland. Baltimore, MD: W.M. Chase. -- A tender portrait of a father with his infant. Boston, Whipple. -- Curious view of an aged couple seated in bed with an infant. -- Portrait of a six-year-old boy posed in uniform, taken January 1865. Philadelphia: R.J. Hillier. -- Occupational image of a possible laundress washing and drying clothes. Altenburg: Paul Winkler, 1897. -- Occupational image of a man in uniform, likely a police officer. Lidkoping, Axvall: Ander. -- Studio view of a toddler-aged child seated with what appears to be a rifle in hand. Los Angeles, CA: V. Wolfenstein. -- Studio portrait of 14 men and women identified on verso as participants in an athenaeum in Washington, Iowa. A. Kracaw, ca 1870s.

Together, approx. 109 cartes de visite. Conditions range from fair to very good, with varying degrees of toning, occasional staining and spotting, edge and corner wear to mounts.

Early Photography Collection of Jules Martino, Silverton, Oregon