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Lot 122
Sale 1046 - American Historical Ephemera and Photography Featuring the Civil War and American Militaria Collection of Bruce B. Hermann
Lots 1-296
Jun 21, 2022
10:00AM ET
Lots 297-560
Jun 22, 2022
10:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
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600
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$438
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Lot Description
[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. Early salted paper photo of seven firefighters.
Visible 8 3/8 x 10 1/2 in. salted paper photograph with hand coloring, matted and framed, 15 1/8 x 17 in. (toning, soiling, few surface tears, unexamined out of the frame).
Each firefighter wears a red-tinted shirt with company number "1" on the front and blue-tinted epaulettes. One holds a "high pressure" nozzle, one a speaking trumpet, the front right fireman holds a hose spanner wrench and the rope on the laps of the front row represents the tow rope of their hand-drawn engine.