Be-hold 44 - Session 1

! Pair of CVD-size tintype portraits, in small album pages, with backmark for "COPE/ Artificial Fly Tyer/ and/ PHOTOGRAPHER... " Norristow...

This has to do with General McClellan's opposition to General Winfield Scott's plan to "squeeze" the South early in the War, somet...

Think this is a public building draped with mourning for Lincoln. CDV by Stein's Photographic Gallery, Ravenna, Ohio.

The little booth in back says "Visitor's Registry." By Carbutt, Chicago.

He holds a sign, "Al. Aged 7 Years 1846." In another, perhaps a little older, he poses with his sister. Pair of CDV's by John Bainbri...

, ….now on exhibition with NORMAN'S MUSEUM." One of the major side-show attractions, Bowen performed acrobatic feats despite his condition ...

He has his right sleeve rolled up to display it. Probably a Civil War veteran. By W. J. Tait, New York.

Man's head on a woman's body. Is this a political satire as Lot 32? No maker's imprint.

Title written in pen on the bottom of the mount of this CDV by Gurney. Is this theatrical, political, social, or just fun?

A basketfull of CDV's of Peruvian beauties-- a composite by V. L. Richardson, Lima. (One of the images is itself a composite.) Plus one of a bea...