[Early Photography] Group of 31 stereoviews with Civil War and photographic interest
Group of 31 images, the majority being stereoviews on cardstock mounts by various photographers and publishers, including Mathew Brady/ E. & H.T. Anthony (New York), Anderson & Ennis (Richmond, VA), John P. Soule (Boston, MA), J.C. Moulton (Fitchburg, MA), and B.W. Kilburn (Littleton, NH). Conditions overall good, with occasional soiling, toning, and edge and corner wear to mounts.
Highlighted titles/scenes include: President's Summer House, Washington. New York: E. & H.T. Anthony. The stereoview records the historic summit that took place on 27 March 1863, at which a delegation of Southern Plains Native Americans met with President Lincoln at the White House Conservatory, or Lincoln's "Summer House" in Washington. The stereoview shows the long pathway through rows of foliage, the end of which is where the diplomatic party was later photographed together. This image only features a few subjects, including Edward T. Whitney, one of Mathew Brady's photographers, seated on the railing to the viewer's right. Whitney is frequently misidentified as Lincoln's secretary, John Nicolay. See "E.T. Whitney: Brady's Equal in Front of the Camera," by Craig Heberton, Battlefield Photographer, Vol. XIV, Issue 1, April 2016, p. 3. -- Fort Sumter from the Bar. Boston: John P. Soule. -- Bridge over the Ramapo at Greenwood. New York: E. & H.T. Anthony. Note what appears to be a photographer's wagon in the background. -- Woods on the left wing, Battle of Gettysburgh [sic]; in the middle ground a dead soldier. New York: E. & H.T. Anthony. --Woods on the left wing; Battle of Gettysburgh. New York: E. & H.T. Anthony. -- Ruins of Rail Road Bridge at Blackburns Ford, Va. New York: E. & H.T. Anthony. -- 2 views of Harpers Ferry. Littleton, NH: Kilburn Bros. -- Untitled view of Harpers Ferry. Uncredited. -- John Brown Engine House, Harpers Ferry. Littleton, NH: Kilburn Bros. -- A.T. Stewart's Store, Broadway. New York: S.C. Northrop. Note Brady's Gallery at right. -- View of Georgetown, from Camp Cameron, including the 7th NYSM. Uncredited, but originally published by E. & H.T. Anthony. -- Signal Tower, Cobb's Hill, Appomattox River, Va. New York: E. & H.T. Anthony. -- View in Richmond, Va. New York: E. & H.T. Anthony. -- Soldiers' Graves, near the General Hospital, City Point, Va. New York: E. & H.T. Anthony. -- Gymnastic Field Sports of the Gallant 7th. A four story pile of Men. New York: E. & H.T. Anthony. -- Grand Army. Looking up Pennsylvania...(applied paper label with title, partial loss to label). -- Rear of Circular Church (Charleston, SC, and vicinity). Boston: Joseph Ward, John P. Soule. -- Dedication of the Solders' Monument, No. 2. Fitchburg, MA: J.C. Moulton. -- Exchange and Ballard Hotels (Richmond and vicinity). Richmond, VA: Anderson & Ennis. Note the buildings draped in mourning in honor of Lincoln. -- Fairmount Park, Philadelphia. Note the monument of Lincoln adorned with greenery. -- Street scene capturing a parade, with Isaiah West Taber's studio visible at right. San Francisco: Taber. -- Stereoview of a Civil War-era Sanitary Fair display, with the Gatling Gun on display. Uncredited. -- Packing...Sinching the Load. Uncredited. A view capturing William Henry Jackson's photo equipment being loaded on top of a pack mule. -- Our Trip to the Mines, Ouray, Col., U. S. A. Littleton, NH: B.W. Kilburn. 2 views showing the Kilburn brothers, photographers, with a camera visible at lower left. -- And four other stereoviews.
Also enclosed is an 3 1/2 x 4 1/2 in. albumen photograph on cardstock mount of Harpers Ferry Gap at Harpers Ferry, Virginia, uncredited but possibly taken by David A. Woodbury, an operator for Mathew Brady, ca 1862.
Together, 31 images.
Estate of David O'Reilly, Old Bridge, New Jersey
This lot is located in Philadelphia.