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Lot 62

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$200 - 300

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[China - Early Shanghai] Photographer's Studios

Anonymous, probably Chinese or British.

AUCTIONEER’S NOTE: the pair of photographs are mounted back to back on a single sheet (one to each side of the mount)
A pair of albumen photographs, probably 1870s. One shows a nearly empty street corner with signs in English and Chinese advertising photographers. The other is a view of the Chinese "bund," an area of international trading and business in the 19th century. Each print mounted on larger board, circa 8 x 10.5".

Ex Arnold Crane Collection.

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