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Lot 258
Sale 1118 - African Americana
Feb 28, 2023
10:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
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Estimate
$400 -
600
Price Realized
$567
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Lot Description
[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. PALMER, J.A. (1825-1896), photographer. A group of 3 stereoviews of African Americans posed outside cabins. Aiken, SC: ca 1870s-1880s.
6 1/4 x 3 5/8 in., or smaller, stereoviews on cardstock mounts (overall rich tonality, some soiling; soiling and some penciled scribbles to mounts, corner and edge wear to mounts). Applied paper labels to versos feature J.A. Palmer's "Characteristic Southern Scenes" imprint, image number and title accomplished in manuscript. Additional manuscript titles added to mount rectos.
Titles include: No. 130, Uncle Tony & his Bride. -- No. 132, Aunt Rachel's Cabin. -- No. 267, Aunt Betsey's Cabin.
Property of a New York Lady