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Lot 713

Sale 960 - American Historical Ephemera & Photography
Nov 15, 2021 11:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
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Estimate
$500 - 750
Price Realized
$1,500
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium

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[TRANSPORTATION]. WATERS, Raper James, photographer. Stage Leaving Tahoe City. Berkeley, CA: [ca 1895].  


7 1/2 x 4 1/4 in. albumen photograph on cardstock mount (light toning to image, wear to mount edges and corners). Mount recto with printed title and series imprint, "Lake Tahoe Series." Verso with Lake Tahoe map featured above Waters' imprint. Boudoir card shows the Tahoe-Truckee Stage filled with passengers in front of the Grand Central Hotel. Signs hanging from building columns read, "Wells Fargo & Co.'s Express." An additional sign reads, "Western [indecipherable] Telegraph." One of the passengers on the coach appears to have an animal cage resting on his lap.

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