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Lot 80
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
$400 -
600
Price Realized
$240
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. CDV of Capt. W.H. Lane & an African American shoeshiner. Norfolk, VA: Holmes.
CDV on cardstock mount with handwritten caption in lower margin, "Capt. W. N. Lane." A studio view of a Caucasian man seated in a chair with one foot positioned on a foot rest. A young Black or mixed-race male subject kneels beside him with brushes in hand, shining his shoe.
A rare occupational view of a young shoeshiner.
This lot is located in Cincinnati.