[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. 12 CDVs and cabinet card of Civil War-era businesses and residences.

12 images, comprised of 11 CDVs and one cabinet card. Most are uncredited. Three with full or partial US Internal Revenue stamps on verso. Highlights include:

Cabinet photograph on cardstock mount of a horse-drawn wagon stopped outside a large building. The reverse side of the mount includes a portrait of a woman, possibly an actress. It has been suggested that the building on the reverse side may have been a theater where the actress performed, but this cannot be confirmed. -- CDV, street view of Needham, MA, as per penciled identification on verso, uncredited. -- CDV of a multi-story building, uncredited. -- CDV of a small group of men standing outside a business identified on the building as "Lyon & Whitten," uncredited. -- CDV of a horse-drawn cart parked outside a residence. Leominster, MA: C.M. Pierce. -- CDV, homestead of Capt. Charles Stinson (?), as per pencil identification on verso. Goffstown, NH: Wilkins & Lamprey. -- CDV, home of Dr. S.H. Smith in Woodbury, PA, as per manuscript notation on verso. A group of people are shown standing outside the home. Uncredited. -- CDV of a large residence. Winchester, NH: N.V. Brooks. -- 2 CDVs of unidentified residences, each uncredited. -- CDV of a group of at least 5 people standing behind a white fence, uncredited. -- CDV of a small family in the foreground, with a church in the distance, uncredited.

Together, 12 photographs.

Condition generally good, with occasional toning, soiling. Some mount edges and corners trimmed.

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[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. 12 CDVs and cabinet card of Civil War-era businesses and residences.

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