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Lot 225
Sale 6431 - American Historical Ephemera & Early Photography Online
Lots Open
Nov 11, 2025
Lots Close
Nov 24, 2025
Timed Online / Cincinnati
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Estimate
$300 -
500
Price Realized
$183
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Lot Description
[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. Group of photographs related to MCALLISTER & BRO. OPTICIANS, Philadelphia, PA.
6 x 7 7/8 in. albumen photograph featuring a row of buildings on Chestnut Street, with signage denoting several storefronts and businesses, including McAllister's optical shop, AFTER a daguerreotype of the same scene now housed at the Nelson Atkins Museum. N.p., [1854]. -- 3 CDV seated portraits of John McAllister Jr. (1786-1877) as an elderly man, including 2 examples by Schreiber & Son, Philadelphia, and one example by McAllister & Brother, Philadelphia. -- CDV view of John McAllister Jr.'s grave site with large monument marking his and his wife's resting place. Uncredited, n.d. -- Together, 5 images.
Estate of David O'Reilly, Old Bridge, New Jersey
This lot is located in Cincinnati.

