American Historical Ephemera and Photography

Lot comprised of approx. 125 CDVs and cabinet cards with subject matter ranging from portraits of soldiers, politicians, and performers of the period to occupational and outdoor scenes and portraits of everyday men, women, and children. The images are credited to several photographers and studios, many operating in New York and Pennsylvania, such as Kurtz (New York), Sarony (New York), Bogardus (New York), Sunbeam Gallery (Rochester, NY), Baird & Gibbon (Middletown, NY), Tolles & Seely (Ithaca, NY), Mr. & Mrs. Cornell (Waterloo, NY), J.D. Eagles (Waterloo, NY), J.C. Mills (Penn Yan, NY), Rutherford (Seneca Falls, NY), Lochman's Gallery (Allentown, PA), Jeanes (Allentown, PA), Patton & Lee (Reading, PA), Broadbent & Co. (Philadelphia, PA), J.M. Hoag (Adrian, MI), Taber (San Francisco, CA), and many more.

Military subjects include: CDV of a young Union lieutenant, Roswell H Heggie, of the 15th New York Cavalry, signed in lower margin. By Tolles & Seely, Ithaca, NY. 2-cent US Internal Revenue stamp on verso. -- CDV of two Union soldiers, inscribed on verso, "Me and Frank Elmira." Uncredited, 3-cent US Internal Revenue stamp on verso. -- Post-war CDV of an unidentified officer by Cramer, Cross & Co., St. Louis, MO. -- Hand-colored CDV of an unidentified Union officer by Jerome & McGlashan, Syracuse, NY. -- CDVs after lithographs/engravings of U.S. Grant, W.T. Sherman, and Robert E. Lee.

Additional highlights include: 3 CDVs after lithographs/engravings of Lincoln and his family. -- CDV of Miss Adelaide Powers, the Kentucky Mammoth Lady, by Anthony, New York. -- CDV of a female performer by Eisenmann, New York (horizontal crease/damage to lower margin of print and mount). -- CDV of Admiral Dot by Anthony, New York. -- CDV after lithograph/engraving of Tom Thumb, his wife and child. Uncredited. -- CDV, standing view of a cornet player with his instrument by Miss and Mr. I.W. Findlow, Leamington. -- CDV, street scene, presumably in Waterloo, NY, by Mr. & Mrs. Cornell, Waterloo. -- Hand-colored CDV of a man and woman from abroad in traditional dress, by Hopkins, Albion, NY. -- CDV, woman wearing a long coat, holding something indiscernible in her hands, by Moore Bro's., Springfield, MA. -- 2 cabinet cards of Giuseppe Del Puente, Italian operatic baritone, by Mora, New York. Versos appears to be signed by Del Puente. -- Cabinet card, view of a GAR cannon with penciled notation on verso indicating that it was dedicated on 30 May 1900, by Robinson, Trumansburg, NY. -- Cabinet card of Lavinia Warren with Count Rosebud and Barron Magri, by Eisenmann, NY. -- Cabinet card of conjoined twins Adolph and Rudolph by Wendt, Boonton, NJ. -- Cabinet card, occupational view of an engineer from the Corning Fire Co., as per penciled notation on verso. -- Cabinet card, scene showing two young men, likely medical examiners, with what appears to be a covered body and skulls resting at each side, by Davis, Waterloo, NY. -- Cabinet card, occupational scene of a young man who appears to be steering a ship, by Stone, Waterloo, NY. -- Cabinet cards of James Garfield with his wife, as well as Garfield's mother, each uncredited. -- Boudoir photograph with manuscript caption on verso, "Criticism," showing two men wo appear to be critiquing paintings produced by two young women. Verso with additional notation, "M.A. Morehouse, Wevertown, NY." -- 7 1/4 x 9 1/4 in photograph on cardstock mount showing a large group of men posed on a boat identified as the "Sunbeam."

[With:] 10 CDV and cabinet card albums, no photos enclosed. Conditions vary, but most exteriors are heavily worn.

Together, a collection of approx. 125 photographs accompanied by CDV and cabinet card albums of the mid-to-late 19th century.