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Lot 163

Sale 994 - African Americana
Feb 23, 2022 11:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
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Estimate
$250 - 350
Price Realized
$438
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium

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[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. A group of 2 cabinet photographs of African American families posing in front of log cabins. Ca 1890s. 


View of an African American family, including a mother and her 5 children, seated on the front porch of their home (light toning, minor soiling). Uncredited, but similar in style to photographs taken by O. Pierre Havens (1838-1912) of Jacksonville, FL. -- View of 15 people posed outside a log cabin, including 2 white men at left and 13 African American women and children of varying ages (occasional spotting, some surface residue; corner loss to mount). Together, 2 cabinet cards, 5 3/4 x 4 in. or smaller, on cardstock mounts. 

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