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Lot 70
Sale 2070 - American Historical Ephemera & Photography, including African Americana
Lots Open
Feb 14, 2025
Lots Close
Feb 27, 2025
Timed Online / Cincinnati
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Estimate
$300 -
500
Price Realized
$780
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
[EARLY PHOTOGRAPY]. Ninth plate ambrotype featuring a beautiful African American young lady.
Ninth plate seated portrait of an African American young woman wearing a dress with a paisley pattern and her hair pulled back in braids with ribbon. (Darkening to edges, few surface spots.) Housed in a Union case with figural design (significant chip to front cover).
A previous listing for this image included a scan of a slip of paper with ink inscription reading, "Mary B[?] at 16 yrs" (not included here).
This lot is located in Cincinnati.

