American Historical Ephemera and Photography

Ruby ambrotype seated portrait of a young lady wearing a plaid dress and holding a book upright on her lap. (Image with good contrast.) Housed in a pressed paper case (significant wear and separation). -- Tintype bust portrait of an elderly gentleman with a severe gaze and somewhat untidy hair, looking directly into the camera lens. (Minor imperfections, image quite crisp.) Housed in a pressed paper case (surface wear, loss). -- Ambrotype portrait of a young man. (Image with some discoloration and clouding, bit dark, mat and preserver with discoloration and oxidation.) Housed in a fully separated pressed paper case (surface wear). Brass mat stamped, "KIMBALL / 347 BROADWAY N-Y." Interior of case inscribed, "Taken July 7th 1858." -- Ambrotype portrait of a young lady wearing gold-highlighted jewelry and a pink-tinted hair ribbon. (Image a bit dark, few imperfections.) Housed in a fully separated pressed paper case (surface wear, loss). -- And 38 others. Some without cases. Conditions vary. -- Together, 42 ninth plate ambrotype and tintype portraits of men, women, and children.