[CHICAGO]. A large group of press photographs, stereoviews, snapshots, and a bird's-eye view engraving.
Sale 1005 - American Historical Ephemera & Photography
Lots Open
Mar 1, 2022
Lots Close
Mar 8, 2022
Timed Online / Cincinnati
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$400 -
600
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$250
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Lot Description
[CHICAGO]. A large group of press photographs, stereoviews, snapshots, and a bird's-eye view engraving.
MAGUNS, Charles, publisher. Chicago. Hand-colored engraving, n.d., image 187 x 110 mm (154 x 145 mm sheet), on wove paper, minor toning, dampstain to lower margin.
[With:] Jefferson Park. Chicago. [Chicago]: Lovejoy & Foster, n.d. -- Adams Street Bridge and Farwell Block. Chicago Ill. N.p., n.d. -- State Street, Chicago, Gaily Decorated for the Fall Festival. Salt Lake City, UT: Pan-American Publishing Co., n.d. -- Grand Inter-State Exposition, Chicago. Chicago: Copelin & Son, 1873. -- And 11 others. Together, 15 stereoviews, mostly from the Grand Inter-State Exposition, 1873. Most 6 1/8 x 3 9/16 in. albumen stereoview or smaller on cardstock mounts, condition generally very good, some toning and curling of mounts.
[Also with:] 42 outdoor photographs of urban Chicago, many appear with labels and markings in negative, possibly for real estate development. Most approx. 8 x 10 in. -- Outdoor view of south side police station. N.p., ca 1938. 4 1/2 x 2 3/4 in. snapshot. -- Outdoor view of a North Chicago Street Railroad card. 5 3/8 x 3 1/2 in. real photo postcard. -- And 4 other images. Together, 50 photographs, condition generally very good.
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