[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. A group of 286 CDVs representing a wide variety of American and European imprints, comprising:

12 CDVs housed in accordion/fanfold CDV portfolio, lavender cloth with gilt floral designs in handmade red oilcloth sleeve. 3 x 5 x 1 in. when closed; fully open, 35.5 in. -- 276 loose CDVs, most not identified. All standard CDV except two – one at 2.25 x 3.5 in. from an unclear European country and one 1.5 x 2.25 in., with no photographer’s ID.

One standard CDV features a unique marketing technique, with a metal “seal” with “Ever Faithful” attached to the upper blank area of the recto. The verso reads, “T.J. Gherrington’s / $1.50 per Dozen Photograph./ I Make a Much Finer Photograph for $3.00 per Doz. “

A wide variety of imprints, some international.

Ohio:
L.M. Rice, Warren; Holman’s, Warren; LeRoy & Terrill, Youngstown; Miller & Williams, Jackson; Billinghurst, McArthur; F.C. Cahoon, Jackson C.H.; C.W. Borah, Lancaster; Morton & Luther, Cleveland; Elliott & Armstead, Columbus; G.W. Chase, Newark; F.J. Buckmyer, Columbus; H.B. Mills, La Rue; G.S. Moore, New Lisbon; National Photographic Gallery, Cleveland; L.B. Silver, Salem; Fred S. Crowell, Mount Vernon; Harry Gurlitz, Lewisburg; Reeves & Welch, Chagrin Falls; Haynes & Albright, Wooster; Whitehead’s, West Hamilton; F. Sheets, Wellsville; G.A. McDonald, Coshocton; Bahl & Bro., Mansfield; G.W. Doty, Wooster; P. Bahl, Mansfield; J.F. Ryder, Cleveland; A. Whissemore, Mansfield; D.S. Randolph, Xenia; John Huston, La Rue; D.C. Winters, Kenton; E.T. Bowdle, Lima; M.L. Albright, Urbana; The New York Photograph and Gem Gallery, Ironton; L.L.Hitt, Ironton; Reiterman, Toledo; C.E. Groesel, Akron; Geo. R. Elliott & Co., Columbus; G.W. Weiser, Steubenville; W. Miller, Newark; Sayre & Chase, Newark; F.S. Faulkner, Coshocton; Lamoreux, Springfield; C. Hempsted’s, Newark; J.Q.A. Tresize, Zanesville; J.W. Fessenden, Twinsburg; M. Randall, Zanesville; W. Miller, Newark; Feiger’s Gallery, Pomeroy; Wm. Lawson, Coshocton; E. Decker, Cleveland; Mrs. S.A. Rich, Zanesville; Harlan’s, Eaton; Lewis, Mt. Vernon.

West Virginia:
J.W. Davis, Kingwood; J.P. Shafer, Morgantown; N.C. Cochran, Fairmont; Protzman, Morgantown; Brown & Higgins, Wheeling; D.E. Abbott, Huntington;

Pennsylvania:
D.N. Hatfield, Sharon; E.K. Abrams & Co., Brownsville; S.S. Hewitt, Greenville; Shiras’, Sharon; C.T. Meacham, Greenville; Cargo’s, Pittsburgh & Allegheny; N. Bechlar, Norristown; C. Alfred Garrett, West Chester; Gilbert’s, Philadelphia; C.L. Lochman, Carlisle; F.S. Keeler, Philadelphia; B. Porter, Connellsville; S.G. Shaeffer, Hanover; Wenderoth, Taylor & Brown, Philadelphia; T.M. Gingher, Tyrone; Philadelphia Photographic Co., Philadelphia; Gibon & Thompson, Philadelphia.

Other US:

A. Kracaw, Washington, Iowa; C. Murr’s, Joliet, Illinois; A.C. Hopkins, Palmyra, NY; Parker, NY; Beardsley Bros., Ithaca, NY; Ensminger Bros, Independence, Iowa; F. Niebergall, Chicago; J. Marston, Mendota, Illinois; Gomble, Parsons, Kansas; W. Blakeslee, Mendota, Illinois; Nabors & Huntington, Flint, Michigan; D. Murlless, Northampton, Mass.; E.T. Brigham, Dover, NH; B.F. Hall, Lansing, Michigan; J.W. Schmidt, Ashland, KY; J.A. Wilson, Ottawa, Illinois; J.H Lamson, Portland, Maine; Coburn’s, Owego, NY; Masters & Immke, Princeton, Illinois; W.J. Moulton, Elmira, NY; Sherman, Brooklyn, NY; Freeland, Milford, NH; Campbell & Eckers, Louisville, KY; H.N. Robinson’s, Reading, Mass.; Samuel Armstrong, Washington, Iowa; Bogardus, NY; J.M. White, Port Huron, Michigan; London Stereo and Photo Co., NY; Baldwin, Chicago; Brown, Trenton, NJ; R.A. Lewis, NY; Gorham & Co., Providence, RI; Hamilton’s Gallery, Fort Wayne, IN; Bernard T. Biffar, NY; Jas. McKeowen, Anderson, IN; Godley & Gates, Charleston, VA; Horace C. Mills, PenYan, NY; J. White, Boonsboro, MD; Bayley, La Crosse, Wis.; Wykes, Quincy, Illinois; Mundy & Williams, Utica, NY.

Other - mostly Europe:

F. Chardonnet, Lyon, Vichy (France); Charles, St. Catherines; V. Grisez, Saint-Denis; C.R. Baker, Leamington (Spa), Warwickshire; H. L. Mendelssohn, Newcastle on Tyne; A. & G. Taylor, London; Smith & Tilley, Ashford, Kent; C.B. Broersma, Leeuwarden; Foster, Clinton, ONT; A. Reinhard, Pirmasens; H. Diedrich, Kjobenhavn; The London stereoscopic & Photographic Company; Lenoir, Asable; A. Bockman, Zabern; Millot, Beaune; Wilh. Dreesen, Kappelin; A.L. Henderson, London Bridge, E.C.; Arthur A. Crosbee’s, Newcastle on Tyne; Gustav Rieger, Augsburg; Marius N.P. Rotteveel, Haarlem, Netherlands.

Condition of CDVs generally good, though variable, as expected with a group this large.