The Collected Library, Including Americana and Early Photography

Together, 11 photographs of African American subjects. Condition overall good, with occasional toning, soiling, and edge and corner wear to mounts, comprising:

8 stereoviews on cardstock mounts by various photographers and publishers. Highlighted titles/scenes include: The "Reconstructed," by Engle & Furlong, Fernandina, FL. --All the live stock on Mr. Gill's plantation after the battle of Gettysburg, negative by Brady & Co., published by Anthony. -- In Black for a Friend, photographer unknown. -- Distant view of a what appears to be an African American woman watching over three young children, taken at Chocorua Lake and Mountain, New Hampshire, by Heywood. -- First African Church, taken in Richmond, VA, and vicinity, by E.S. Lumpkin & Co., Richmond, VA. -- View of a group of Black men, two who appear to be engaging in a fight, by William H. Rau, Philadelphia, PA. -- View of a group of young African American men and women, by Lefavour & Clough, Beverly, MA. -- And one other stereoview.

[With:] 3 3/4 x 2 3/4 in. albumen photograph on cardstock mount showing a group of men standing outside a storefront. One man at left appears to be holding a sack of cotton. There appears to be an African American male subject standing at right. Photographer unknown. -- The Colored Volunteer, CDV after Thomas Nast cartoon. -- Eva and Topsy, CDV after lithograph/engraving.