Sep 25, 2001 - Sale 1906

Sale 1906 - Lot 81

Price Realized: $ 2,300
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
(BUTCHER SHOPS)
Album of 42 photographs depicting the interiors of butcher shops and groceries in Brooklyn and Queens and compiled by butcher block maker W. V. Staib. Silver prints, 1910s. 5 3/4x8 inches, with the name of the shop and the address in stylized white ink on the mounts and Mr. Staib's title page in white ink with a decorative border. Oblong 4to, black leather, worn.
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A unique collection of photographs that often include the shops' sproprietors and staff posing proudly behind the counters. A number of the images show large butcher blocks with W. V. Staib's imprint on the side. The shops include several of H. C. Bohack's stores, Wolff & Leve, Popular Market, Osterhus Brothers, and more.