Lot of three albums, containing a total of 137 photographs. Simple leather album containing 26 CDVs and 24 CDV-sized tintypes, mostly Civil War-era, with backmarks of Norwich, NY, studios, and the album endpaper embossed by a Norwich bookseller. Notables include: tintype CDV of an unidentified Union sergeant; CDV of an unidentified Union private, backmark of Baltimore photographer Charles Perkins; and a fine CDV of a hunter with a side-by-side percussion shotgun and powder flask and his dog beside him, holding a rabbit and two birds. Leather album with gilt imprint on the cover Kate M. Totman, containing 32 CDVs and 6 CDV-sized tintypes, all portraits of men, women, and children with Norwich, NY, backmarks. Album with a bird on the detached cover, inked on the title page Mrs. Geo. Steinhour, Roxbury, Del Co and Mrs. Geo. Steinhour, Paris Hill, Oneida Co., June 7th 1903, containing 17 cabinet cards, 26 CDVs, and 6 CDV-sized tintypes. Most with Upstate New York backmarks, ca 1860s to 1870s. Notably includes a cabinet card of the champion boxer James J. Corbett ("Gentleman Jim") in formal wear, by photographer Elmer Chickering. Condition: Albums shelf worn. interior pages and photographs with light-to-moderate soiling. Third album with detached covers and latch.
Lot of three albums, containing a total of 137 photographs. Simple leather album containing 26 CDVs and 24 CDV-sized tintypes, mostly Civil War-era, with backmarks of Norwich, NY, studios, and the album endpaper embossed by a Norwich bookseller. Notables include: tintype CDV of an unidentified Union sergeant; CDV of an unidentified Union private, backmark of Baltimore photographer Charles Perkins; and a fine CDV of a hunter with a side-by-side percussion shotgun and powder flask and his dog beside him, holding a rabbit and two birds. Leather album with gilt imprint on the cover Kate M. Totman, containing 32 CDVs and 6 CDV-sized tintypes, all portraits of men, women, and children with Norwich, NY, backmarks. Album with a bird on the detached cover, inked on the title page Mrs. Geo. Steinhour, Roxbury, Del Co and Mrs. Geo. Steinhour, Paris Hill, Oneida Co., June 7th 1903, containing 17 cabinet cards, 26 CDVs, and 6 CDV-sized tintypes. Most with Upstate New York backmarks, ca 1860s to 1870s. Notably includes a cabinet card of the champion boxer James J. Corbett ("Gentleman Jim") in formal wear, by photographer Elmer Chickering. Condition: Albums shelf worn. interior pages and photographs with light-to-moderate soiling. Third album with detached covers and latch.
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