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Lot 235
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
$488
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Lot Description
[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. An assortment of 45 CDVs taken outdoors, incl. many prominent structures.
45 CDVs on cardstock mounts of prominent structures located throughout the United States, including Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois, Wisconsin, and South Carolina. Photographers / publishers include Chas. E. Edwards, Bridgetown, NJ, Yeaw & Co., Lawrence, MA, D.S. Randolph, Xenia, OH, Wm. M. Jones, Rosenhayn, NJ, Black & Case, Boston, MA, Barnes Photographist, Montgomery, NY, C.S. Sanderson, Dover, NH, Taylor & Preston, Salem, MA, E. & H.T. Anthony, New York, Joshua Appleby Williams, Wakefield, RI, Mumper & Co., Gettysburg, PA, R.F. Adams, St. Louis, MO, J. Carbutt, Chicago, IL, McAllister & Brother, Opticians, F. Gutekunst, Philadelphia, PA, John P. Soule, Boston, MA, and others.
Highlighted scenes include: Ruins of North Street Church. -- Niagara Falls, NY. -- Round Tower, Newport, RI. -- Sing Sing Prison. -- Tyler Davidson Fountain, Cincinnati, OH. -- Beach House ruins, Morris Island, SC. The house was purportedly stripped for fire wood by Union troops after the Battle of Fort Wagner in July 1863. -- Arch St. Theatre, Philadelphia, PA. -- Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA. -- Old South Church, Boston, MA, with a photography gallery partially visible at left of frame. -- Chicago Court House. -- Pulpit Rock (White Sand Stone), St. Croix, WI (2) -- And 33 others.
Together, 45 CDVs, primarily showing prominent structures throughout the United States. Views of unidentified individuals and groups are also enclosed.
Estate of David O'Reilly, Old Bridge, New Jersey
This lot is located in Cincinnati.


