The Collected Library, Including Americana and Early Photography

Approx. 114 CDVs of unidentified men, women, and children taken by photographers/studios throughout the United States, including Maine, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Vermont, New York, Pennsylvania, Washington, DC, Illinois, Louisiana, and California. Notable photographers represented include: Gardner (Washington, DC); Brady (New York); Hoyt (part of "The Brady National Gallery") (Washington, DC); Warren (Cambridgeport, MA); J.L. Cope "Artificial Fly Tyer and Photographer" (Norristown, PA); Moses & Son (New Orleans); P.S. Weaver (York County, PA); Little (Columbia, PA); Thompson & Clippinger (Chambersburg, PA); Tyson Bros. (Gettysburg, PA); Mumper & Co. (Gettysburg, PA); Hurn (Philadelphia); Germon (Philadelphia); Gutekunst (Philadelphia); Rehn & Sons (Philadelphia); Bierstadt Bros. (Boston); Whipple (Boston); J.W. Black (Boston); Hale (Boston); Black & Batchelder (Boston); Burnham (Boston); Silsbee, Case & Co (Boston); Silas Selleck (San Francisco); C.H. Starbird (Augusta, ME); Hesler (Chicago); The Wide Awake Gallery (New York); Baker (Utica); Fredricks & Co. (New York); Gurney & Son (New York); Sarony (New York); Bogardus (New York); Collins (Syracuse); and many more. Images in varying conditions though most feature some toning and spotting, with wear to mount edges and corners. Some edges and corners of mounts and prints trimmed.

Highlights include: 9 CDVs by Alexander Gardner (Washington, DC), including portraits of men (some identified), women, and an infant. One portrait features a standing view of a man in a colonial-style costume. -- 5 CDVs of distinguished subjects by Brady / E. & H.T. Anthony (New York). -- 7 CDVs by Rehn & Sons (Philadelphia), featuring more intimate, artfully posed portraits of people (mount and print edges trimmed). -- 2 uncredited CDVs featuring outdoor portraits of groups of well-dressed men and women (mount and print edges trimmed).