[CIVIL WAR]. A group of 3 CDVs featuring outdoor scenes, incl. View from Top of Signal Station, Hilton Head, South Carolina. Concord, NH: H.P. Moore, [1860s].
Sale 926 - American Historical Ephemera & Photography
Aug 20, 2021
10:00AM ET
Online / Cincinnati
Estimate
$300 -
$500
Sold for $531
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
[CIVIL WAR]. A group of 3 CDVs featuring outdoor scenes, incl. View from Top of Signal Station, Hilton Head, South Carolina. Concord, NH: H.P. Moore, [1860s].
3 x 2 in. CDV on cardstock mount (toning, some spotting; edge and corner wear to mount). Verso with title and photographer's imprint on applied paper label. Henry P. Moore traveled to South Carolina and Georgia in 1862-1863 to visit the 3rd New Hampshire Regiment, and during that trip, he had the opportunity to photograph soldiers in camp, Navy warships, sailors, and formerly enslaved people at work.
[With:] BRADY, Mathew, photographer. South-West View of Battery No. 1 at Farnhold's House, York River, Yorktown, Virginia. Washington, DC: Barnard & Gibson, [1860s]. 3 5/8 x 2 1/4 in. CDV on cardstock mount (toning, few smudges/spots; dark stain on lower edge of print and mount, edge and corner wear to mount). -- [BRADY, Mathew, photographer]. Soldiers at "Veterans" camp. Washington, DC: n.p., [1860s]. 2 1/4 x 3 3/8 in. CDV on cardstock mount (few spots; image and mount trimmed along left edge).
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