[Early Photography]. A group of 13 Photographs of the 7th New York State Militia.

Lot comprised of 13 photographs, most depicting the 7th New York State Militia/National Guard, ca 1860s-early 1900s. The photographs measure approx. 7 x 9 1/2 in. or smaller, and most are affixed to original cardstock mounts. Most feature some toning and occasional spotting, with wear to mount edges and corners, including chipping and minor areas of loss.

Highlights include: 6 x 4 3/4 in. albumen photograph on paper mount with details about the featured subject printed below, "Thomas M. Adriance, Orderly Sergeant, Fourth Company, National Guard, 1824. Pay Master of the Veterans of the National Guard, 1861." Mount verso with vibrantly colored illustration of the Veterans of National Guard Badge. With 2-cent US Internal Revenue stamp in lower margin of mount recto. -- 7 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. albumen photograph on cardstock mount, full-standing portrait of a soldier with penciled notation on verso suggesting he served with the 7th New York Regiment (toning and fading to print, edge and corner wear to mount). -- 10 x 8 in. photograph on cardstock mount of a member of the 7th New York Militia, believed to be George Washington Post, Co. E, 7th New York State Militia (few surface abrasions to margins of print, toning, light soiling). The photograph is accompanied by a New York State Militia membership certificate dated 1862 and a US Bureau of Pensions document dated 1902 issued to George Washington Post.

Reminiscences of the 7th Regiment, NG, SNY, At Camp Sherman, Glen Mitchell, Saratoga, July, 1872. New York: 1872. On original cardstock mount with photographer's imprint, matted and framed, 15 x 18 1/2 in. (toning and some soiling to print and mount, surface wear to mount, not examined outside frame).

9 photographs taken by Pach Bros, New York, each on original cardstock mount with the photographer's imprint. Several images appear to have been taken while the 7th NY was at the State Camp of Instruction, later known as Camp Smith, located near Peekskill, NY, during the 1880s-1890s. Several group shots are included, one in which an African American shoe shiner is shown in the front row, seated among members of the 7th NY.

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[Early Photography]. A group of 13 Photographs of the 7th New York State Militia.

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