Thirty unsigned, mounted, many with location notation in an unknown hand. Albumen prints, ca. 1888.
sizes of images: 6 x 8 3/8 in. (15.2 x 21.3cm) or the inverse.
Unframed
(30)

Including:
Glen Fern Mills, Wissahickon, Ormistan (sic) Glen
Road to Quakertown, Bucks Co
Untitled (cows)
Three Mile Run Road, Bucks Co.
Log House, Delaware Co.
Wheat Field (2 different scenes)
Taking in the Hay, 4th of July
West Point, New York
Delaware Co.
Meadow
Old Farm 17th & Dauphin Sts.
17th & Dauphin Sts. (Winter) (4 different scenes)
Log House, Delaware Co.
Delaware Co.
Delaware Co. Dairy
Untitled (tree alongside road)
Untitled (Wintery Path)
Old Mill, Bucks Co.
Mary's Cottage, Bucks Co.
Untitled (rowboat)
Untitled (goats)
Untitled (Man with horse-drawn cart)
Untitled (House)
Untitled (River- possibly Wissahickon Creek)
Untitled (Two children in a garden)

Note:
Frederick Gutekunst was born in the Germantown section of Philadelphia. While studying to be a druggist, he became interested in photography and after mastering ambrotypes and daguerreotypes, with the help of his brother, he opened a studio at 706 Arch Street in 1856.

Gutekunst photographed many notable personalities of the late 19th century, including poets, presidents and Civil War generals such as Grant, Sherman and Longstreet, earning him the title "The Civil War Photographer." In addition to his portraits, Gutekunst photographed many scenes in and around the Philadelphia, Bucks County and Delaware areas, the battlefield of Gettysburg and the Centennial International Exhibition of 1876 (including a widely reproduced panorama). By 1882, Gutekunst was reported to be the leading photographer in Philadelphia.

In 1893, Gutekunst opened a large portrait studio at 1700 North Broad Street, which is a mere eight blocks from 17th & Dauphin, the area pictured in 5 of the photographs in this lot.