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Lot 889

Sale 2067 - American Historical Ephemera and Photography
Lots Open
Nov 6, 2024
Lots Close
Nov 20, 2024
Timed Online / Cincinnati
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Estimate
$300 - 400
Price Realized
$191
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[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. 15 photographs, some including photographers posed with their cameras.


Cabinet photograph on cardstock mount of a young man standing confidently in a studio setting, with one hand on his hip, the other holding a box camera that is displayed on a chair beside him. Brecon [Wales]: O. Jackson, n.d. -- 4 1/8 x 3 in. photograph on cardstock mount of a young man standing in a studio, his hand resting on a box camera positioned on a table beside him. Granger, TX: Jno. P. Trlica, ca 1902 (as per penciled notation on verso) (edge wear and corner loss to mount). -- 4 stereoviews documenting a photographer's efforts to take a formal portrait of "Naughty Norman" from "The 'Albemarle' Series." Captions include "Naughty Norman told to look pleasant," "Naughty Norman takes his bow," "Naughty Norman in the reception room," and "Naughty Norman, photographer declines to further experiment." -- 3 glossy stereoviews, each captioned "Genrebild," showing a young child in the act of photographing her friends having tea. -- Looking N. up Fifth Ave. past Flatiron Bldg. and Madison Sq. New York. New York: Underwood & Underwood. Stereoview of a young photographer with his camera, photographing the city "eighteen stories above pavement of Fifth avenue."

[With:] Cabinet card of a person bearing gifts, captioned "De-U-Know, I Wish you many happy Returns of the Day." London: H.A. Niblett. -- Cabinet card portrait of a cat, with printed caption on verso, "Our Daisy." West Newton, MA: Phelps, photographer, copyrighted by C. Seaver, Jr., 1881. -- Stereoview of child posed in a studio chair looking irritated with the cat perched on the table at her side. New York: A.J. Fisher. -- "Will they ever wake up?" Strohmeyer & Wyman, 1908. New York: Underwood & Underwood. Stereoview of three children fast asleep in bed, with a large dog resting near the foot of the bed. -- 2 1/2 x 1 5/8 in. photograph on cardstock mount of a mustachioed man wearing a wide-brimmed hat identified on verso as "Mr. La Marsh." Kenosha, WI: La Marsh. Possibly a self-portrait of the photographer, although this cannot be confirmed.

Together, 15 photographs.

This lot is located in Cincinnati.

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