[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. A group of 53 CDVs, cabinet cards, and large format photographs featuring portraits of groups and individuals, incl. postmortem views.

Highlights include:

2 postmortem photographs: cabinet card of infant in stroller surrounded by flowers; 7 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. photograph on 12 x 14 in. mount of young adult male surrounded by flowers.

7/8 x 1 1/8 in. “gem-sized” photo of young man.

5 CDVs, with photographers’ imprints of: [New York]: Howell, [William R.] --Columbus, OH: M.M. Griswold. -- Baltimore, MD: Norval H. Busey. -- Batavia, OH: A.A. Addis. -- Columbus, OH: Walker & Lund.

12 cabinet cards, including 2 photographs of young men, possibly in clerical collars. St. Louis, MO: F.W. Guerin. -- 2 photographs of Hon. M.R. Dougherty, Columbus Ohio and his wife. N.p.: n.p., 3 December 1883. -- 2 cabinet cards, one of two boys identified as Trofford Tallmadge and Benson Hodges, and a second with the same boys and an older couple. Bucyrus, OH: D. Brenner. -- Cabinet card of older gentleman. Holland, MI: J. LaFayette. -- Portrait of middle-aged woman holding another cabinet photo. Amherst, Nova Scotia: D.R. Ridham. -- Portrait of young man on fancy card mount. Chicago, IL: Stevens, McVicker’s Theatre.

3 postcards: one a mother and daughter, a home, probably in New Brighton, NY, with genealogical information in lower margin, and circular images of young man with “3/18/07” in pencil upper left.

23 images ranging from 5 x 7 in. to 8 x 10 in. Photographs include cart decked out for a parade (including the mule towing it). -- A North Carolina railroad and a family of “mountain folk.” -- Full plate tintype copy of a photo. -- 5 photographs in professional folders of a couple and young boy. Credits include Terkelson & Henry and Whigham, both from San Francisco, CA.

Many of the mounts chipped, missing cardstock.

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Specialist, American Historic Ephemera and Early Photography

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Katie Horstman

VP, Head of Department, American Historical Ephemera and Early Photography

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Ms. Horstman has spent over a decade specializing in historic photography and Americana at auction. During her tenure, she has overseen several notable single owner auctions, including property from the inventory of celebrated Americana and antique arms expert Norm Flayderman. During her time with the firm, she has maintained an active membership in the Daguerreian Society. Ms. Horstman holds an MA in Art History from the University of Cincinnati and a BA in Art History from The Ohio State University.

American Historical Ephemera & Photography

[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. A group of 53 CDVs, cabinet cards, and large format photographs featuring portraits of groups and individuals, incl. postmortem views.

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