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Lot 93

Sale 1250 - American Historical Ephemera & Photography
Nov 30, 2023 10:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
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$300 - 400
Price Realized
$410
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[CIVIL WAR]. A group of 10 stereoviews of Civil War forts and weaponry by BRADY, ANTHONY, and TAYLOR & HUNTINGON.


Includes the following views published by E. & H.T. Anthony, NY, ca 1865: Park of Captured Guns at Ricketts, Richmond, Va. -- Captured Siege Guns, at Rocketts, Richmond, VA. -- View of the James River from near the first lock of the Lynchburgh Canal, on the right Richmond, Va. Navy Yard and on the left Rocketts. -- Exterior view of Fort Sumpter, showing Cheavaux [sic] de Frise and wires to prevent assaulting parties (negative by Brady). --View from the top of Lookout Mountain, looking down the Chattanooga Valley (2-cent US Internal Revenue stamp on verso). -- Interior view of Fort Sedgwick, called by the rebel soldiers "Fort Hell." Petersburgh, Va. (negative by Brady). 

[With:] Ruins of St. Finbar's Cathedral. Charleston, SC: Quinby & Co. -- Fort Johnson, James Island, Ft. Sumpter in the dist. Charleston, SC. Boston, MA: John P. Soule, 1865. -- How Sherman's Boys Fixed the Railroad. Hartford, CT: Taylor & Huntington. -- Mounting Guard. Hartford, CT: War Photograph & Exhibition Company. 

Together, 10 stereoviews, each approx. 6 1/4 x 3 1/8 in., or smaller, on cardstock mounts. Conditions vary, several toned; all feature light to moderate soiling along with wear to mount edges and corners.

Bob Zeller Civil War Collection

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