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Lot 259
Sale 1118 - African Americana
Feb 28, 2023
10:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
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Estimate
$500 -
700
Price Realized
$693
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. PALMER, J.A. (1825-1896), photographer. A group of 5 stereoviews of African Americans at work, incl. selling wood from a wagon or picking cotton. Aiken, SC: ca 1870s-1880s.
6 1/4 x 3 5/8 in., or smaller, stereoviews on cardstock mounts (overall rich tonality, light soiling; corner and edge wear to mounts). Four stereoviews with applied paper labels to versos featuring J.A. Palmer's "Characteristic Southern Scenes" imprint, image number and title printed or accomplished in manuscript.
Titles include: No. 137, Uncle Isaac Selling Wood. -- No. 162, Spanish Bayonets in Bloom. -- No. 176, Cotton Field. -- No. 256, A Donkey Cart. -- Uncredited stereoview with applied paper label to verso featuring printed title, Picking Cotton.
Property of a New York Lady