Lot of 11, including 9 boudoir card photographs on similar brown mounts, 4 of which show a Missouri River flood and ice jam at Bismarck, D.T., including a view of a train running along the ice-jammed river, probably during the flood of March 1887; a view of downtown Bismarck, centered on the First National Bank building, with several other signs legible, including an NPRR land office; and 4 views of Missouri River steamboats, including the Benton Line steamer Helena loaded with goods underneath the NPRR bridge at Bismarck and a steamer under construction. Notes accompanying the photographs identify the photographer as H.J. Lowry, who we cannot place in Bismarck, but is known to have operated a studio in Helena, MT, ca 1885, so it is likely he took these shots when traveling on the aforementioned Helena, which ran from Fort Benton, MT, all the way down the Missouri to the Mississippi and beyond. Also included, a 4 x 8.25 in. albumen photograph of a small Missouri River steamer named Melda, by Gilbert of Mandan, ND; and an uncredited stereoview of a liquor store, stock exchange, drug store, and general store, which can be placed in Bismarck in the early 1880s by researching the business names. Condition: Edge wear and light soiling. Stereoview more soiled
Lot of 11, including 9 boudoir card photographs on similar brown mounts, 4 of which show a Missouri River flood and ice jam at Bismarck, D.T., including a view of a train running along the ice-jammed river, probably during the flood of March 1887; a view of downtown Bismarck, centered on the First National Bank building, with several other signs legible, including an NPRR land office; and 4 views of Missouri River steamboats, including the Benton Line steamer Helena loaded with goods underneath the NPRR bridge at Bismarck and a steamer under construction. Notes accompanying the photographs identify the photographer as H.J. Lowry, who we cannot place in Bismarck, but is known to have operated a studio in Helena, MT, ca 1885, so it is likely he took these shots when traveling on the aforementioned Helena, which ran from Fort Benton, MT, all the way down the Missouri to the Mississippi and beyond. Also included, a 4 x 8.25 in. albumen photograph of a small Missouri River steamer named Melda, by Gilbert of Mandan, ND; and an uncredited stereoview of a liquor store, stock exchange, drug store, and general store, which can be placed in Bismarck in the early 1880s by researching the business names. Condition: Edge wear and light soiling. Stereoview more soiled
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