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American Historical Ephemera and Early Photography

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Lot 1 — [REVOLUTIONARY WAR]. Letter from a soldier in the 2nd New...Lot 2 — [WESTERN AMERICANA] -- [REPUBLIC OF WEST FLORIDA]. Letters...Lot 3 — [AMERICANA]. A group of 7 badges identified to Colonial...Lot 4 — [REPUBLIC OF THE FLORIDAS] -- [FILIBUSTERS]. Letter...Lot 5 — [MEXICAN-AMERICAN WAR]. Letter from a soldier in the 1st...Lot 6 — [MEXICAN-AMERICAN WAR]. Detailed letter on captured...Lot 7 — [WALKER, William (1824-1860)]. CDV of American "filibuster"...Lot 8 — [FILIBUSTERS]. PAULDING, Rear Admiral Hiram (1797-1878) and...Lot 9 — [FILIBUSTERS -- WALKER, William (1824-1860)]. Small...Lot 10 — [CIVIL WAR]. Sixth plate ruby ambrotype portrait of a 71st...Lot 11 — [CIVIL WAR]. Quarter plate tintype featuring a playful...Lot 12 — [CIVIL WAR]. SHERMAN, William Tecumseh (1820-1891)....Lot 13 — [SHERMAN, William T. (1820-1891)]. ALS as general, dated at...Lot 14 — [CIVIL WAR]. A group of 5 CDVs of MOH recipient, Alexander...Lot 15 — [CIVIL WAR]. A group of 22 CDVs of members of the 7th New...Lot 16 — [CIVIL WAR]. 7 CDVs featuring formal and playful studio...Lot 17 — [CIVIL WAR]. 6 CDVs making up a panoramic image of the 7th...Lot 18 — [CIVIL WAR]. 2 photographs of the 7th New York State...Lot 19 — [CIVIL WAR]. A group of 8 photographs of the 7th New York...Lot 20 — [CIVIL WAR]. A group of 8 photographs of the 7th New York...Lot 21 — [CIVIL WAR]. The Marshall House, Alexandria, Virginia . New...Lot 22 — [CIVIL WAR]. CDV of NY Colonel Noah Farnham, commander of...Lot 23 — [HAWKINS, Rush C. (1831-1920)]. Group including war-date...Lot 24 — [CIVIL WAR]. CDV of Colonel Robert Gould Shaw, 54th Mass....Lot 25 — [UNITED STATES COLORED TROOPS]. CDV of three officers,...Lot 26 — [CIVIL WAR -- ENSLAVEMENT]. CDV of a slave pen "Now used...Lot 27 — [CIVIL WAR]. HAAS & PEALE, photographers. No. 26 - Ruins of...Lot 28 — [CIVIL WAR]. CDV of a photographer's tent reading...Lot 29 — [CIVIL WAR]. CDVs of George Barnard (1819-1902) as US...Lot 30 — [CIVIL WAR] Civil War CDV collection likely assembled by a...Lot 31 — [CIVIL WAR]. CDVs of General George Crook and Captain...Lot 32 — [CIVIL WAR]. A group of 20 stereoviews featuring "Prominent...Lot 33 — [CIVIL WAR]. Collection of 62 CDVs assembled by General...Lot 34 — [CIVIL WAR]. Stereoview of Benjamin T. Daugherty, an...Lot 35 — [CIVIL WAR]. 12 stereoviews of deceased Confederate...Lot 36 — [CIVIL WAR]. Group of 8 albumen prints from Taylor &...Lot 37 — [CIVIL WAR]. A group of 4 photographs of Civil War drummer...Lot 38 — [CIVIL WAR]. Ninth plate ruby ambrotype of Confederate...Lot 39 — [CIVIL WAR]. Sixth plate ruby ambrotype of a young...Lot 40 — [CIVIL WAR]. DAVIS, Jefferson (1808-1889). Signed CDV of...Lot 41 — DAVIS, Jefferson (1808-1889). Autograph letter signed...Lot 42 — [CIVIL WAR]. The Life of Jeff. Davis in Five Expressive...Lot 43 — [CIVIL WAR]. STUART, J.E.B. (1833-1864). Autograph letter...Lot 44 — [CIVIL WAR]. CANBY, Major Gen. E.R.S. (1817-1873). Terms of...Lot 45 — [CIVIL WAR]. Manuscript book documenting the wartime...Lot 46 — [CIVIL WAR]. JACKSON, AAAG Charles N. (1840-1866). A...Lot 47 — [CIVIL WAR]. Soldier's Bible recovered by Sgt. W. F....Lot 48 — [CIVIL WAR]. Smith family archive, incl. war-date letters...Lot 49 — [CIVIL WAR]. Archive of war-date letters by Daniel T....Lot 50 — [CIVIL WAR]. 1864 diary of Private Joseph C. Foster, 148th...Lot 51 — [CIVIL WAR]. Soldier's letter from Samuel Conklin, 141st PA...Lot 52 — [CIVIL WAR]. War-date letter archive of Sergeant Duncan...Lot 53 — [UNITED STATES COLORED TROOPS]. Letter from Alexander...Lot 54 — [CIVIL WAR]. Diary of Pvt. Thomas Hyland, 8th Ohio...Lot 55 — [CIVIL WAR]. The Very Latest, Gen. Scott Has Resigned ....Lot 56 — [CIVIL WAR]. Huntsville Confederate Extra . 1 February 1863.Lot 57 — [CIVIL WAR]. Two Civil War-era newspapers, incl. coverage...Lot 58 — [CIVIL WAR]. Surgical field kit manufactured by Shepard and...Lot 59 — Jacob Stewart Civil War Era Snare Drum Attributed to the...Lot 60 — [CIVIL WAR]. Sword, war-date photograph, medical officer's...Lot 61 — [CIVIL WAR]. 35-star veteran's parade flag for the 71st New...Lot 62 — [FLAGS-CIVIL WAR]. 7-star American parade flag. Ca...Lot 63 — [FLAGS]. 9-star American parade flag. Ca 1876-1900.Lot 64 — [FLAGS]. 29-star American parade flag with double medallion...Lot 65 — [FLAGS]. 34-star American flag. Ca 1861-1863.Lot 66 — [FLAGS]. 36-star American parade flag. Ca 1865-1867.Lot 67 — [FLAGS]. 30-star American flag commemorating Wisconsin...Lot 68 — [FLAGS]. 36-star American parade flag in a rare...Lot 69 — [FLAGS]. 37-star American flag. Ca 1867-1876.Lot 70 — [FLAGS]. 37-star American parade flag with double-medallion...Lot 71 — [FLAGS]. 38-star American parade flag with floral star...Lot 72 — [FLAGS]. 38-star American parade flag with "Great Star"...Lot 73 — [FLAGS]. 38-star American parade flag with triple medallion...Lot 74 — [FLAGS]. 38-star American flag. Ca 1876-1890.Lot 75 — [FLAGS]. 42-star American flag with double-medallion star...Lot 76 — [FLAGS]. 39-star American flag. Ca 1889-1890.Lot 77 — [FLAGS]. 42-star American flag with blue calico canton. Ca...Lot 78 — [FLAGS]. 42-star American flag with unusual star pattern....Lot 79 — [FLAGS]. 42-star American flag. Ca 1889-1890.Lot 80 — [FLAGS]. 42-star American flag on tissue, made by Dennison...Lot 81 — [FLAGS]. 44-star American flag made by Dennison Mfg. Co. Ca...Lot 82 — [FLAGS]. 44-star American flag made by Piggolt Bros. & Co.,...Lot 83 — [FLAGS]. 13-star American flag with medallion pattern. Ca...Lot 84 — [FLAGS]. 13-star American flag. Ca late 19th-early 20th...Lot 85 — [FLAGS]. 13-star American Naval Ensign stamped "US Ensign...Lot 86 — [FLAGS]. 13-star flag made by Betsy Ross' great...Lot 87 — [FLAGS]. 48-Star baseball game flag with detailed...Lot 88 — [FLAGS]. 48-star Whipple pennant. Ca 1912.Lot 89 — [FLAGS - WORLD WAR I]. "Allied Flag of All Nations,"...Lot 90 — LEYDENFROST, Alexander (1888-1961). Grumman F4F-3 Hits the...Lot 91 — LEYDENFROST, Alexander (1888-1961). The Hard Hitting Vultee...Lot 92 — LEYDENFROST, Alexander (1888-1961). Tank Paratroopers Fly...Lot 93 — LEYDENFROST, Alexander (1888-1961). The Ventura is a...Lot 94 — LEYDENFROST, Alexander (1888-1961). Mariner is First with...Lot 95 — LEYDENFROST, Alexander (1888-1961). The Black Widow Flies...Lot 96 — LEYDENFROST, Alexander (1888-1961). Airacomets Fly Rings...Lot 97 — LEYDENFROST, Alexander (1888-1961). H-Bomb Test at Bikini....Lot 98 — LEYDENFROST, Alexander (1888-1961). A pair of works,...Lot 99 — [EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. Manuscript diary of an itinerant...Lot 100 — [EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. Daguerreotype / wet plate tailboard...Lot 101 — [EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. American, Robert's-Style quarter plate...Lot 102 — [EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. Wet plate, 9-lens camera. Fallowfield,...Lot 103 — [EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. Eastman Dry Plate & Film Co....Lot 104 — [EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. Genesee Outfit camera. Eastman Dry...Lot 105 — [EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. A group of 2 reversible back cameras...Lot 106 — [EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. Tropical miniature truncated plate...Lot 107 — [EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. Truncated polished wood box camera. Le...Lot 108 — [EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. Truncated roll film box camera....Lot 109 — [EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. Miniature plate box camera, likely...Lot 110 — [EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. 2 cameras made by E. & H.T. Anthony,...Lot 111 — [EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. Detective Magazine camera. Stirn,...Lot 112 — [EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. Simon Wing & Co. "Ajax" camera. 1901.Lot 113 — [EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. "New Gem" multiplying camera. Simon...Lot 114 — [EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. Eastman Kodak Co. No. 2 Stereo Kodak...Lot 115 — [EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. Eastman Kodak Co., No. 2 Stereo...Lot 116 — [EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. A group of 2 Photo Quint cameras in...Lot 117 — [EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. "Ensign" Roll Film Reflex Tropical...Lot 118 — [EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. Field view camera, Nancy Hanks model....Lot 119 — [EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. Front focusing field camera. G....Lot 120 — [EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. Whole plate daguerreotype of a masonic...Lot 121 — [EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. Three-quarter plate daguerreotype of...Lot 122 — [EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. Sixth plate daguerreotype portrait of...Lot 123 — [EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. A pair of charming daguerreotypes of...Lot 124 — [EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. An early half plate ambrotype of the...Lot 125 — [EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. Ambrotype of seven ox-drawn wagons on...Lot 126 — [EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. Half plate ambrotype featuring two men...Lot 127 — [EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. Series of 5 stereoviews capturing...Lot 128 — [EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. Tintype featuring a photographer's...Lot 129 — [EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. Tintype featuring a group of women...Lot 130 — [EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. Tintype portrait of a little girl...Lot 131 — [EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. Pair of ambrotypes of dogs, incl....Lot 132 — [EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. Tintypes of people with cats, incl. a...Lot 133 — [EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. 6 CDVs of cats, including a portrait...Lot 134 — [EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. SOULE, John P. (1828-1904),...Lot 135 — [POE, EDGAR ALLAN (1809-1849)]. Three portraits of Edgar...Lot 136 — SARONY, Napoleon (1821-1896). Four cabinet card self...Lot 137 — JOHNSTON, Alfred Cheney (1885-1971). Large photographic...Lot 138 — [AFRICAN AMERICANA]. Early post-bellum CDV of a female...Lot 139 — [AFRICAN AMERICANA]. CDV of Charles L. Mitchell, 55th...Lot 140 — [ENSLAVEMENT]. Scarce Choctaw Nation slave bill of sale for...Lot 141 — [ABOLITION]. John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry reported in...Lot 142 — [EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY - AFRICAN AMERICANA]. Yale College, 1872...Lot 143 — [RECONSTRUCTION -- AFRICAN AMERICAN SUFFRAGE]. Detailed...Lot 144 — [US CONGRESS]. Acts Passed at the First Session of the...Lot 145 — [JEFFERSON, Thomas (1743-1826)]. Newport Mercury . No....Lot 146 — [PRESIDENTIAL]. TAYLOR, Zachary (1784-1850). Partially...Lot 147 — [US PRESIDENTS]. 10 CDVS featuring US Presidents JACKSON,...Lot 148 — JACKSON, Col. Oscar L. (1840-1920). Five journals, incl....Lot 149 — LINCOLN, Abraham (1809-1865). CDV of beardless Lincoln...Lot 150 — LINCOLN, Abraham (1809-1865). Autograph envelope addressed...Lot 151 — [LINCOLN, Abraham (1809-1865)]. 4 images of a beardless...Lot 152 — [LINCOLN, Abraham (1809-1865)]. GARDNER, Alexander,...Lot 153 — [LINCOLN, Abraham (1809-1865)]. GARDNER, Alexander,...Lot 154 — [LINCOLN, Abraham (1809-1863)]. GARDNER, Alexander...Lot 155 — [LINCOLN, Abraham (1809-1865]. WARREN, Henry F.,...Lot 156 — [SEWARD, William H. (1801-1872)]. 3 CDVs including...Lot 157 — [LINCOLN FUNERAL]. Broadside and program for Lincoln...Lot 158 — [LINCOLN FUNERAL]. 4pp. letter providing first-hand account...Lot 159 — [LINCOLN FUNERAL]. A group of 3 items mourning the loss of...Lot 160 — [LINCOLN ASSASSINATION]. Letter from Allen Houghton,...Lot 161 — [LINCOLN ASSASSINATION]. The Friend . Vol. 14, No. 6....Lot 162 — [LINCOLN FUNERAL]. A group of 12 CDVs featuring generals...Lot 163 — [LINCOLN, Abraham (1809-1865)]. 8 CDVs of soldiers and...Lot 164 — [LINCOLN FUNERAL]. A group of 2 CDVs of the Lincoln funeral...Lot 165 — [LINCOLN]. SWEENY, Thomas T. (1833-1891), photographer....Lot 166 — [LINCOLN, Abraham (1809-1865)]. The Lincoln funeral in...Lot 167 — [LINCOLN, Abraham (1809-1865)]. 5 stereoviews featuring the...Lot 168 — [LINCOLN, Abraham (1860-1865)]. CDV of Lincoln's Horse,...Lot 169 — [LINCOLN FUNERAL]. 6 CDVs of Lincoln memorial services and...Lot 170 — [LINCOLN, Abraham (1809-1865)]. A group of 6 CDVs of...Lot 171 — [LINCOLN ASSASSINATION]. A group of 14 CDVs of John Wilkes...Lot 172 — [LINCOLN ASSASSINATION]. Composite photograph with document...Lot 173 — [LINCOLN, Abraham (1809-1865)]. A group of CDVs featuring...Lot 174 — [LINCOLN ASSASSINATION]. A group of 4 CDVs of Lincoln...Lot 175 — [LINCOLN ASSASSINATION]. GARDNER, Alexander (1821-1882),...Lot 176 — [LINCOLN ASSASSINATION]. GARDNER, Alexander (1821-1882),...Lot 177 — [AMERICANA]. Two albums identified to Edward Burgess Butler...Lot 178 — [FLAGS-POLITICS]. 37-star "Grant & Colfax" campaign parade...Lot 179 — [FLAGS-POLITICS]. 34-star "Garfield and Arthur" campaign...Lot 180 — [FLAGS-POLITICS]. A group of two 36-star parade flags for...Lot 181 — [LINCOLNIANA]. Archive of books, photographs, and ephemera...Lot 182 — [VACCINATION]. Two early vaccination broadsides and a note...Lot 183 — [LITERATURE]. Autograph album signed by various...Lot 184 — [AVIATION]. EARHART, Amelia (1897-1937). Postal cover...Lot 185 — [FRENCH & INDIAN WAR]. An account of the Siege of Fort...Lot 186 — [WESTERN AMERICANA]. Scarce pamphlet related to the 1824...Lot 187 — [WESTERN AMERICANA]. CARLETON, Major General James Henry...Lot 188 — [NATIVE AMERICAN]. Letters from attorney and Confederate...Lot 189 — [CUSTER, George A. (1839-1876)]. [GOFF, Orlando,...Lot 190 — [INDIAN WARS]. Cabinet photograph of Comanche, sole...Lot 191 — [FLAGS]. 42-Star 7th Cavalry Regiment parade Guidon. Ca...Lot 192 — [INDIAN WARS]. A group of 7 photographs of George Lawson...Lot 193 — [NATIVE AMERICANS]. A group of 9 CDVs of Sioux involved in...Lot 194 — [NATIVE AMERICANS]. A series of 3 stereoviews from the 1863...Lot 195 — [NATIVE AMERICANS]. GARDNER, Alexander (1821-1882),...Lot 196 — [NATIVE AMERICANS]. GARDNER, Alexander (1821-1882),...Lot 197 — [NATIVE AMERICANS]. GARDNER, Alexander (1821-1882),...Lot 198 — [NATIVE AMERICANS]. GARDNER, Alexander (1821-1882),...Lot 199 — [NATIVE AMERICANS]. [GARDNER, Alexander (1821-1882),...Lot 200 — [NATIVE AMERICANS]. [JACKSON, William Henry (1843-1942)...Lot 201 — [NATIVE AMERICANS]. 2 cabinet cards of Bull's Ghost and...Lot 202 — [NATIVE AMERICANS]. [JACKSON, William Henry (1843-1942)...Lot 203 — [NATIVE AMERICANS]. A group of 3 cabinet cards of Native...Lot 204 — [NATIVE AMERICANS]. A group of 4 cabinet cards of Native...Lot 205 — [NATIVE AMERICANS]. GOFF, O.S., photographer. Cabinet card...Lot 206 — [NATIVE AMERICANS]. Sitting Bull cabinet photograph. Fort...Lot 207 — [NATIVE AMERICANS]. Cabinet card of Rain-in-the-Face....Lot 208 — [NATIVE AMERICANS]. 8 photographs of identified Native...Lot 209 — [NATIVE AMERICANS]. 3 cabinet cards of Native American...Lot 210 — [NATIVE AMERICANS]. 3 CDVs of Native American subjects,...Lot 211 — [NATIVE AMERICANS]. Cabinet card of Kiowa-Comanche...Lot 212 — [NATIVE AMERICANS]. Collection of photographs documenting...Lot 213 — [NATIVE AMERICANS]. CDV of "Yellow Hair / Sioux Chief."...Lot 214 — [NATIVE AMERICANS]. CDV of Ouray, "Chief of the Utes."...Lot 215 — [INDIAN WARS]. 3 cabinet cards of Ute Chiefs involved with...Lot 216 — [NATIVE AMERICANS]. Two stereoviews of Ute Chief Honkapkna,...Lot 217 — [NATIVE AMERICANS]. Two photographs of a group of Ute...Lot 218 — [NATIVE AMERICANS]. Stereoviews of Ute Chiefs Captain Jack,...Lot 219 — [NATIVE AMERICANS]. Group of Navajo Indians from Northern...Lot 220 — [NATIVE AMERICANS]. Cabinet photograph of Washakie and...Lot 221 — [NATIVE AMERICANS]. Cabinet card of an Arapahoe agency...Lot 222 — [INDIAN WARS]. Three photographs taken at Pine Ridge...Lot 223 — [NATIVE AMERICANS]. Photograph of Red Cloud at 83 Years...Lot 224 — [NATIVE AMERICANS]. JUNKIN, William W. (1831-1903). A...Lot 225 — [NATIVE AMERICANS]. Five photographs of Southwestern...Lot 226 — [NATIVE AMERICANS]. Two large format photographs of armed...Lot 227 — [NATIVE AMERICANS]. Four photographs of Native Americans...Lot 228 — CURTIS, Edward S (1868-1952), photographer. Cañon de Chelly...Lot 229 — CURTIS, Edward S (1868-1952), photographer. The Rush...Lot 230 — CURTIS, Edward S (1868-1952), photographer. The Vanishing...Lot 231 — CURTIS, Edward. The Vanishing Race .Lot 232 — CURTIS, Edward. An Oasis in the Badlands .Lot 233 — CURTIS, Edward S (1868-1952), photographer. Three Chiefs -...Lot 234 — CURTIS, Edward S (1868-1952), photographer. 3 works,...Lot 235 — [WESTERN AMERICANA - NATIVE AMERICANS]. Photo albums...Lot 236 — CURTIS, Edward S (1868-1952), photographer. The North...Lot 237 — [TEXAS -- HOUSTON, Sam (1793-1863)]. CDV of General Houston...Lot 238 — [CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH]. Official report of the discovery of...Lot 239 — [MAPS -- OKLAHOMA LAND RUSH]. Oklahoma And The Cherokee...Lot 240 — [MAPS -- OKLAHOMA LAND RUSH]. Statistics and Information...Lot 241 — [EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. BARDE, Fred S., Constitutional...Lot 242 — [WESTERN AMERICANA]. A group of 2 photographs of Judge Roy...

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