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Lot 67C
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
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Jun 22, 2022
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$600 -
800
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$1,625
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[CIVIL WAR]. COOLEY, Sam A., photographer. A group of 3 stereoviews of deck scenes, highlighted by religious service aboard the Monitor Montauk.
6 1/4 x 3 in., or smaller, stereoviews on cardstock mounts (even toning, minor soiling).
2 views with period pencil inscribed titles to mount versos: Reli[g]ous Service on the deck of the Monitor "Montauk". A group sit on the deck of the ship, including white and Black men. -- Long Govt. Wharf, Hilton Head S.C. -- Untitled view on the deck of a ship.
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At the outbreak of the Civil War Samuel Cooley operated a photography studio in Beaufort, SC. When that city was captured by Federal forces during the Battle of Port Royal, Cooley began taking images of the War, becoming the the U.S. Army's official photographer of the X (Tenth) Corps, and later stying himself as, "Official Photographer of the Department of the South. "
Property of a New York Lady