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Lot 179

[EPHEMERA]. Over 170 RPPCs & photographs of the Midwest and Eastern United States.
Sale 1136 - American Historical Ephemera & Photography
Lots Open
Mar 27, 2023
Lots Close
Apr 4, 2023
Timed Online / Cincinnati
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Estimate
$400 - 500
Price Realized
$3,150
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
[EPHEMERA]. Over 170 RPPCs & photographs of the Midwest and Eastern United States.

The lot is comprised of the following: approx. 155 postcards, mostly real photo postcards, 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 in., or smaller, some unused, 11 stereoviews, 6 silver gelatin photographs, 3 1/4 x 4 1/2 in., or smaller, and a small, stringbound album entitled "Sketches of Provincetown," containing 7 scenic views of the seaside town in Massachusetts by W.M. Smith. Many of the scenes offered in this lot are identified in the negative. Subjects include landscapes, landmarks, cities, towns, parks, homes, businesses, parades, patriotic displays, and personalities throughout the Midwestern and Eastern United States. Over 100 of the images capture locations in the midwest, and more than 50 images feature cities and towns in New England, New York, New Jersey, Maryland, and Pennsylvania. 

Highlighted titles/scenes include: Post Horses in Battle Creek, MI. -- Eagle Hall Drug Store, Milford, NH. -- Nantucket church picnic, 1909. -- Light house, Prospect Harbor, ME. -- Bathing at the Ocean, Virginia. -- Women suffragists marching. -- Busiest corner in the world, State & Madison Sts., Chicago, IL, 1909. -- View at Marietta, OH. -- Mennonite Church, Wayland, IA. -- Cotton Gin in Georgia. -- Wrecking Crew at Work, York Rolling Mill Disaster, 10 August 1908. -- Toasted Corn Flake, Battle Creek, MI. -- Employees of the Rock Creek Power & Light Co., Kansas. -- The Falls Canning Company, WI. -- Seaton's Park, Plymouth, OH. -- John Brown Monument, Osawatomie, KS. -- Creamery, Roscommon,  MI. -- View of 115th Street and Michigan Ave., possbly Chicago, but cannot be confirmed. -- Pitt Mine, McKinley, MN. -- Lyon Co. Fair, Rock Rapids, IA. 

Together, more than 170 real photo postcards and photographs. Condition generally good to very good. Some with edge wear, toning, and album residue to verso.
This lot is located in Cincinnati.
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