The Collected Library, Including Americana and Early Photography

Lot comprised of 13 images, primarily CDVs. Images in varying conditions though most feature some toning or fading, and spotting, with wear to mount edges and corners.

Subjects include: CDV of George Kendall Warren. Uncredited. Accompanied by Warren's clipped signature. Warren was a Lowell, MA, daguerreotypist and photographer who worked in the field for more than 20 years. Consignor relates that the CDV from from an album assembled by Andrew Jackson Hetrick. -- CDV, shoulder-length view of man tentatively identified on verso as a self-portrait of R.W. Addis. Washington, DC: R.W. Addis. -- 2 CDVs of men faintly identified in pencil on verso as photographers "D.C. Wilt" and "L.C. Wilt." Franklin, PA: Wilt Brothers. Also included is a stereoview credited to the Wilt Brothers, which captures a street scene. -- CDV of the burial site identified the family of the photographer, "Tatman" (imprint on verso). Connersville, IN: J.H. Tatman. -- CDV, seated portrait of a gentleman, inscribed on verso "Emery Fisher," possibly the Civil War photographer Emery Fisher of the Fisher Brothers. Boston, MA: Fisher Brothers. -- CDV, seated portrait of a gentleman, modern notation on verso, "J.C. Moulton." Fitchburg, MA: J.C. Moulton. Possibly a portrait of the photographer, but this cannot be confirmed. -- CDV, vignetted portrait of a young man, penciled notation on verso possibly identifying the subject as "John W. Graeff," the name of the photographer, which indicates that this may be a self portrait. Lebanon, PA: John Graeff, Jr. -- CDV, standing portrait of a man identified on verso as "David Bailey," suggesting that this may be a self portrait by photographer David Bailey. Tamaqua, PA: David Bailey. -- CDV housed in paper sleeve, the subject identified on the sleeve and on mount verso as "L. Baily" Possibly the son of the photographer, David Bailey, whose name last name is spelled without an "e" in this example. Tamaqua, PA: David Bail[e]y. -- CDV in disbound album sleeve with modern penciled identification, "Clark Bellows, Photographer 1860, Wilmington, VT." Uncredited. -- CDV featuring four men posed together in a studio setting, faint penciled notation on verso identifying some subjects, including "Kimberly," who is the photographer credited for the image. Norfolk, VA: Kimberly Bros.