Printed Books & Early American Photography, including Selections from the Larry Ness Collection

Comprising:

Sixth plate tintype portrait of 5 serious looking men wearing wide-brimmed hats; matted, but no cover glass or case (image a bit dark). -- 9 1/2 x 7 1/2 in. photograph on cardstock mount of a group of builders posed before a home under construction, with their tool chests. Waseca, MN: A.J. Lawin (spotting to mount recto and verso, corner and edge wear) -- 3 photographs showing employees and customers posed before and inside the business, "F. Johnson, General Blacksmith, Horseshoeing & Plowwork," 8 x 6 in., or smaller, on cardstock mounts (light surface soiling; edge and corner wear to mounts). Two of the scenes include manuscript identifications to verso, "Frank Johnson Blacksmith Shop, Champion, Alberta," one dated ca 1912. -- 8 1/2 x 6 1/2 in. photograph on cardstock mount showing a group of loggers with saws and other tools. Grand Rapids, MN: The Zenith View & Portrait Co. (light edge and corner wear to mount). -- 6 1/4 x 8 1/4 in. photograph on cardstock mount of group of men with woman near a mineshaft, two horses near foreground (light surface soiling; corner loss to mount). -- 4 7/8 x 4 in. photograph on cardstock mount providing interior view of men at work on a factory line (fading to print; loss to lower right corner of print and mount). -- Cabinet card of an unidentified corporal. Wabasha MN: Stahmann, ca 1890 (toning and fading to print; edge and corner wear to mount, surface abrasion to lower margin of mount recto and soling to verso). Manuscript date to verso, "Christmas 1890." -- Cabinet card of a family, including GAR veteran. Wabasha, MN: Stahmann (edge and corner wear to mount, including loss/damage to lower right corner). -- Photograph on cardstock mount showing a group of identified children from Oak Hill School. St. Paul, MN: Ravell's Photo Studio, 1890 (toning, some corner loss to print; mount likely trimmed, corner and edge ear to mount). -- Photograph on cardstock mount of a horse-drawn wagon followed by line of men on horseback, flags flying from the wagon (loss to top right corner of print, fading to print; edge and corner wear to mount). -- Boudoir card of "Ozone Park Rifle Club, Nov. 25, 1887" (verso inscription), with a large group of men from the club posed before a residence decorated with American flags (toning to print, some edge and corner loss; mount trimmed). -- Stereoview of Galesville Cadet Band (toning, some fading to print; corner and edge wear to mount). -- Boudoir card of Lake City Harmonia Band. Lake City, MN: Wood (toning to print; corner and edge wear, loss to mount). -- Staple-bound, partial set of 11 printed postcards of Fort McDowell, CA, and surrounding area. San Francisco and Los Angeles: Pacific Novelty Company (lacking front cover, postcards unused). Inscription on inside back cover from unknown source. 

Together, 16 items.