Oct 18, 2018 - Sale 2489

Sale 2489 - Lot 329

Price Realized: $ 1,875
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,200 - $ 1,800
(REAL PHOTO POSTCARDS--LIVING EMBLEM)
A fascinating collection with 28 "living photographs," each with vast groups of humans arranged in formations depicting a particular slogan or emblem.
Including groupings of people, each organized into detailed configurations such as the American flag, the greeting "Hi Mom!"; and a profile portrait of President Woodrow Wilson. Silver prints on postcard paper, the images measuring approximately 3 1/2x5 inches (8.9x12.7 cm.), many with captions in the negative, and some with captions, in pencil or ink, on verso, others postally unused. Circa 1910s-40s

WITH--Two printed postcards featuring Mole & Thomas photographs, each measuring approximately 1/2x5 inches (8.9x12.7 cm.). 1940s.

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