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Lot 400
Sale 1095 - American Historical Ephemera & Photography, Featuring Property from the James Milgram, M.D., Collection of Broadsides, Ephemeral Americana & Historical Documents
Day 1 Lots 1-403
Nov 3, 2022
10:00AM ET
Day 2 Lots 404-634
Nov 4, 2022
10:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
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$600 -
800
Price Realized
$375
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Lot Description
[WESTERN AMERICANA]. [WATKINS, Carleton (1829-1916), photographer]. "Grizzly Giant," 33 feet diameter, Mariposa Grove. Mammoth plate photograph. San Francisco, CA: I.W. Taber, printed ca 1880s.
16 x 19 1/4 in. albumen photograph on 20 1/4 x 27 3/4 in. cardstock mount (light toning to print, rich tonality overall, few chips to edges; corner and edge wear to mount). Negative with title and credit to Taber in lower margin. From the original negative produced by Carleton Watkins.
Property of a New York Lady