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Lot 88
Sale 994 - African Americana
Feb 23, 2022
11:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
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Estimate
$300 -
500
Price Realized
$188
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Lot Description
[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. A group of 4 stereoviews of Howard University's first building and Oliver Otis Howard's home. Ca 1870s.
No. 903 Howard Institute, Washington DC. Littleton, NH: Kilburne Brothers, ca 1870s. Title printed to recto. -- Outdoor image of the School of Medicine Building. -- Outdoor view of the Old Main Building with several figures and horse-drawn carriage visible. (Soiled, ink spots.) Pencil inscription to verso: "Howard University South west view." -- Outdoor view of Howard Hall. Pencil inscription to verso identifies building, the oldest surviving building at the University today. -- Together, 4 albumen stereoviews on yellow cardstock mounts, approx. 6 x 3 in., all uncredited except as noted, condition generally very good.

