Mar 29, 2018 - Sale 2471

Sale 2471 - Lot 64

Price Realized: $ 2,750
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,200 - $ 1,800
(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION.) Biffar, H.W.; photographer. Carte-de-visite of Samuel R. Curtis, "freed by proclamation." Albumen photograph, 3 1/2 x 2 1/4 inches, on original mount with manuscript caption on recto and photographer's stamp on verso; minor wear. Williamsburg, NY, circa 1863
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This determined-looking young fellow was probably brought to the studio to help celebrate the Emancipation Proclamation by a Brooklyn photographer.