Mar 28, 2019 - Sale 2503

Sale 2503 - Lot 356

Price Realized: $ 281
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
(PHOTOGRAPHY.) Group of 9 stereoview photographs of African-American subjects. Each about 4 x 7 inches on original card mounts, most with printed captions, by a variety of photographers and publishers; generally minor wear. Vp, circa 1861-1910

Additional Details

Includes two later printings of Civil War scenes: "A Negro Family Coming into the Union Lines" by Taylor & Huntington; and the uncredited "Jolly Times in Camp," depicting a concert for the troops. 3 views were published by Kilburn of Littleton, NH: "Drill of the Charleston Cadets, S.C."; "Cotton Gin in Full Blast, Florida"; and "Cabin Home, Petersburg, Va." Others include "Uncle Jack, the Oldest Inhabitant of St. Augustine, Florida"; "Sing Sing Prison Views" by Anthony; "Plantation Wash Day" by W.M. Chase; and "Negro Group & Cabin" by J.A. Palmer of Aiken, SC.