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Lot 651
Sale 1252 - American Historical Ephemera & Photography Online
Lots Open
Nov 30, 2023
Lots Close
Dec 11, 2023
Timed Online / Cincinnati
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Estimate
$300 -
400
Price Realized
$189
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Lot Description
[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. 17 CDVs & stereoviews, incl. early views of Canal Street, New Orleans.
2 CDVs providing different views of Canal Street in New Orleans, including a view towards the river with railway tracks running side by side for light rail transportation, and a view from the river south showing the Henry Clay statue on the corner of St. Charles and Canal Street. A streetcar drawn by a single mule is visible in the foreground. Each uncredited, but attributed to H. Miller of New Orleans, LA, ca 1866-1868 (some scattered spotting, otherwise good).
[With:] 14 stereoviews, 9 of which show landmarks, steamships, and other locations in New Orleans, including the Sugar Levee, the Old House - Spanish Fort, Chalmette Cemetery, a view aboard the steamer "Great Republic," and the Mississippi steamer "Blowing." -- Boudoir photograph of Pike's Peak. Denver, CO: W.H. Jackson.
Together, 17 photographs, many showing New Orleans and its surroundings. Condition generally fair to good. Some with toning, soiling, edge and corner wear to mounts.
Estate of Carroll J. Delery III, Formerly the “Historical Shop”


