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Lot 117
Sale 1310 - American Historical Ephemera and Photography, Featuring African Americana
Feb 27, 2024
10:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
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$400 -
600
Lot Description
[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. Occupational CDV portrait of an African American individual, possibly a railway porter.
Uncredited, ca 1860s. 2 1/4 x 3 1/2 in. CDV on cardstock mount showing an African American male subject seated in a studio, wearing a suit and holding what appears to be a uniform cap (residue to margins of left and bottom margins of print and mount, small imperfection/crease near right edge of print and mount).