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Lot 1000
Sale 961 - American Historical Ephemera & Photography
Nov 30, 2021
10:00AM ET
Online / Cincinnati
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$250 -
350
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$313
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Lot Description
[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. A group of 19 stereoviews highlighted by images of the Saint Paul, Minnesota Ice Carnival and the aftermath of the Johnstown Flood, Pennsylvania.
6 St. Paul, Minnesota Ice Carnival stereoviews. H.H. Bennett, photographer, Kilbourn City, WI. 1886-1888. 1550: Looking in at West entrance by Electric Light; 1554: Storming of Palace by the Fire King (fireworks); 1559: Palace from the east; 1560: Main entrance and central tower of Palace; 1562: View in the Labrynth; 1572: Looking out of Palace. Night view.
[With:] BARKER, George, photographer. 13 stereoviews documenting the Johnstown Flood, Pennsylvania. Niagara Falls, NY: 1889. From the bursted dam and destroyed city, to P.R.R. damage, to people trying to search for bodies and clear wreckage. There is also an image of an unclaimed baby (whose family was likely dead, also). There are views of people living in half of a house that still stands or a house higher on the hillside. Much more.



