American Historical Ephemera & Photography

Lot of 37 total. Set of three postcards with early Indianapolis race cars. Each with 3 x 4 in. photo and typed description on one end of a 4 x 6 in. card. One with “Winning Peugot a full speed. Goux driving. Time 6:31:33:45:76:59 miles per hour.” Goux won Indy in 1913. Another has “Sunbeam, Guyot driving. Broke record for first 50 miles, mak-time of 37:29:29.” And third “Bob Burman’s Keeton. This stopped at 140 miles. Lost him a place in the race.” (Burman won in 1909)

Set of four obl. cabinet cards of cartoons which give the illusion of motion, copyright J.P. Soule, 1877. Hen Trot No. 1 – 4. John Payson Soule (1828-1904) set up photography studios in Boston, then moved to Seattle later in life. His younger brother William also became a photographer.

Handmade booklet with “The Land of Sunshine” on the first page. Eleven pages with ribbon tie at spine, with approx..3.25 in. square images and manuscript captions: Under the Mistletoe; Chrysanthemums (Greenhouse); Mexicans at home; Mexicans making tortillas; Mexican casa; Mexican woman; Mexican Washwoman; Group of Mexicans (appears to be mother with 3 children); Mexicans carrying wood; From our front gate. Organ ???; and Burros packed.

Ninth plate ambrotype of a man in a hat pushed up in front, oval mat.

Ninth plate tintype of a man in a suit, American flag draped over the table on which he is leaning. Other tintypes include a half-plate image of two men, (Small hole top center for hanging.)  A cdv-sized tintype of two women “reading” a fake letter. (Slight bend upper right corner.)  2.5 x 3.5 in.. tintype of two men standing by a Coca-cola truck (1930s vintage?). 

Cabinet card with a dozen or more men standing on a platform, man below appears to pick up the entire group. Seems to be an “illusion” of strength. Photographer’s identification of Wendt, Boonton, N.J. Likewise, Cabinet card “Sophies’” second reflection” seems to be a gag. The text is only on the negative, not on the stone itself, and on both is written “Soph.” possibly as in “Sophomore.” Both men on the ground are loosely wrapped in ropes.

Another cabinet card has a group of women, very likely a family. A few are pouring liquid “refreshments,” a couple hold cards. A second cabinet photo has several men and women drinking, playing cards, and smoking.

Two advertising cabinet cards include: A lithographed image on what appears to be a stereocard (though not a stereoview) is identified as St’ Anthony Falls in 1881. Seems to be advertising for E.A. Curtiss and R.R. Thurmond, Portrait and Landscape Artists, Minneapolis, Minn. Similarly, a photograph of a wreath has photographer’s identification G.W. Freeman, Charlestown, Mass.

Cabinet card with a woman actress has manuscript: “E.V.M in Spirit of ’76 at Andover” on verso. Photographer’s identification Geo. H. Leck, Lawrence, Mass. A cdv has a woman in patriotic dress holding a flag. Photographer’s identification Frank Rowell, Boston.

Three cdvs of Hamilton, Bermuda, all town views, one includes ships. Another cdv has penciled “Latin America” on verso. One cdv has a two-story house with several people in front. Another cdv of a lithograph pictures Rockland Brewery, A.J. Houghton & Co.

Cdv with “United States Gunboat Kennebec off Mobile, Ala.”

A cdv of a youngster with a fishing rod (?) has penciled “Ebenezer Philips, Son of Harriet and Eben Philips” on verso. Plus cdv (advertising card) of a Smith family crest with photographer’s ID of Charles S. Rawson, Brooklyn, N.Y.