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The Maureen P. Sherlock Photography Collection.

Highlights Include:
Signed Alexandre Gustave Eiffel, Historic India Travel Photo Album, Wilson Bentley Snowflake Photomicrograph, Charles Sumner Signed, Columbian Exposition Nude Tribal Girls with Rifles, Walking Billboard Banner Ladies, Byron Gurnsey The Crane Stereoview, Chess Playing Automaton, Jascha Heifetz Signed, Rose & Hopkins Ute Indians, Max Karl Ernst Ludwig Planck, Frederic Auguste Bartholdi Signed, American Folk Art Whimsey Bottle Maker, Prince Ramahatra, Count Basie, Charles Darwin, Perry Bradford's Orchestra, Statue of Liberty Torch Stereoviews, LDS Three Witnesses, Andrew Carnegie, Child Birth Defects, Deaf and Blind, Cults, Salvation Army, Cowboys, The West, Indians, Town Criers, Chimney Sweeps, Presidents, Chicago History, Steamships, Organ Grinders, Pets, Post Mortem, Bicycle Racing, Motorcycles, Prosthetic Limbs, African American History, Jazz, Musicians, Occupational, Crossdressing, Gay Interest, Violinists, Merchants, Gypsies, Beggars, and much more

Day 2:
Highlights Include:

Rosetta Tharpe Black Gospel Singer Signed Postcards, Jascha Heifetz Soviet Violinist, Naval Brigade USS Omaha Portraits, Daniel Rose Folk Art Whimsey Carver, Scottish Whaling, Jennie Durkee Velocipede for Ladies, Carl Moon Venturo of Taos, Illinios Patriotic Lady Liberty, Frontiersman with Sharps Rifle, Joseph Hollman Cellist, Bunnell Nez Perce Indians, Elephantine Colossus of Atlantic City, Richard C Craven Pop Art, Carmen Miranda, Civil War Musicians, Steamships, Native American Indians, Black Jazz History, Circus, Musicians, Bands, Stereoviews, Tintypes, Cabinet Photos, Folk Art, Occupational, Chinese Executions, WW2 Concentration Camps, Japanese Deceased Soldiers, and much more
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Professor Thomas Henry Huxley CDV Photo251 - Professor Thomas Henry Huxley CDV Photo
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Elliott & Fry Photographer, London. Thomas Henry Huxley (4 May 1825 – 29 June 1895) was an English biologist and anthropologist who specia...
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John Mather Pennsylvania Oil Town Stereoview251 - John Mather Pennsylvania Oil Town Stereoview
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Photographed by J. A. Mather based in Titusville, Pennsylvania.
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John Mather Pennsylvania Oil Town Stereoview252 - John Mather Pennsylvania Oil Town Stereoview
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Photographed by J. A. Mather based in Titusville, Pennsylvania.
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Professor John Tyndall CDV Photo252 - Professor John Tyndall CDV Photo
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Signed on back. Elliott & Fry Photographer, London. John Tyndall (2 August 1820 – 4 December 1893) was an Irish physicist. His scientific ...
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Alexander Von Humboldt CDV Photos253 - Alexander Von Humboldt CDV Photos
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Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt (14 September 1769 – 6 May 1859) was a German polymath, geographer, naturalist, explorer
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John Mather Pennsylvania Oil Town Stereoview253 - John Mather Pennsylvania Oil Town Stereoview
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Photographed by J. A. Mather based in Titusville, Pennsylvania.
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Colorado Mount of the Holy Cross Stereoview254 - Colorado Mount of the Holy Cross Stereoview
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Gurnsey's Rocky Mountain Views.
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Professor Michael Faraday Signed CDV Photo254 - Professor Michael Faraday Signed CDV Photo
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Ernest Edwards Photographer. Michael Faraday (22 September 1791 – 25 August 1867) was an English chemist and physicist who contributed vastly
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Louis Agassiz Biologist Geologist CDV Photo255 - Louis Agassiz Biologist Geologist CDV Photo
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Warren's Portraits, Boston Massachusetts. Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz (May 28, 1807 – December 14, 1873) was a Swiss-born American biologi...
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Monument Enchanted Peak Colorado Stereoview255 - Monument Enchanted Peak Colorado Stereoview
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Thurlow's Views of Colorado Scenery published at Manitou, Colorado.
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San Francisco Chinatown Opium Den Stereoview256 - San Francisco Chinatown Opium Den Stereoview
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Shows Strung Out Individuals on the streets in front of an Opium Den.
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Occupational Banjo Player Tintype Photo256 - Occupational Banjo Player Tintype Photo
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2 1/4" by 3 3/4"
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Occupational Female Banjo Player Tintype Photo257 - Occupational Female Banjo Player Tintype Photo
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2 1/2" by 3 1/2"
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Fishermen of Siasconset Nantucket Stereoview257 - Fishermen of Siasconset Nantucket Stereoview
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Published and photographed by Kilburn Brothers in Littleton, New Hampshire.
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Homes of the Fishermen Nantucket Stereoview258 - Homes of the Fishermen Nantucket Stereoview
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Published and photographed by Kilburn Brothers in Littleton, New Hampshire.
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Occupational Violinist Fiddler Tintype Photo258 - Occupational Violinist Fiddler Tintype Photo
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2 1/2" by 3 1/2"
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Circus Occupational Tintype Photo259 - Circus Occupational Tintype Photo
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Man in striped pants and tie. 2 3/8" by 3 3/8"
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Bunnell Idaho Nez Perce Indians Cabinet Photo259 - Bunnell Idaho Nez Perce Indians Cabinet Photo
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Proudly displaying Cornhusk Bags and a Beaded Cradleboard. Grangeville Idaho. 4 1/4" by 6 1/2".
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Daughter Big Horse Cheyenne Indian Cabinet Photo260 - Daughter Big Horse Cheyenne Indian Cabinet Photo
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Shows a portrait of the daughter of Big Horse, a member of the Northern Cheyenne tribe, taken around 1885.
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Occupational Banjo Guitar Player Tintype Photo260 - Occupational Banjo Guitar Player Tintype Photo
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2 1/2" by 3 1/2".
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Children with Pet Dog RPPC Postcards261 - Children with Pet Dog RPPC Postcards
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Nice grouping.
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Jenkins Orphanage Black Band Printed Photo261 - Jenkins Orphanage Black Band Printed Photo
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Charleston, South Carolina. Founded in 1891 by Reverend Daniel Jenkins, the orphanage provided a home and vocational training for children, with music
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1973 Ann Arbor Blues and Jazz Festival Handbill262 - 1973 Ann Arbor Blues and Jazz Festival Handbill
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4 1/2" by 6 1/2". Held at the Otis Spann Memorial Field.
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Street Entertainers Organ Grinder RPPC Postcards262 - Street Entertainers Organ Grinder RPPC Postcards
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Nice grouping.
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G. Arnold Masino Hurdy Gurdy Man Ephemera263 - G. Arnold Masino Hurdy Gurdy Man Ephemera
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Nice grouping of Organ Grinder ephemera.
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Post Mortem Open Casket Funeral Wake Photo263 - Post Mortem Open Casket Funeral Wake Photo
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4 1/2" by 7".
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Steel Pier Atlantic City Fair Program264 - Steel Pier Atlantic City Fair Program
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5 1/2" by 7". Atlantic City New Jersey.
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Occupational Town Crier Bellman CDV Photo264 - Occupational Town Crier Bellman CDV Photo
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Lambert Weston & Son, Waterloo Crescent Dover
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Occupational Blind Town Crier CDV Photo265 - Occupational Blind Town Crier CDV Photo
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Knott Photographer, Oldham.
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1925 Walter Hoover Rowing Champion Photo265 - 1925 Walter Hoover Rowing Champion Photo
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5" by 7 1/4". Photo was taken on May 26th, 1925 in Duluth, Minnesota. Walter McCall Hoover, Jr. was an American rower. He competed in the ...
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Portland Maine Rower Sculler Cabinet Card Photo266 - Portland Maine Rower Sculler Cabinet Card Photo
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4 1/4" by 6 1/2".
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Occupational Town Crier Bellman CDV Photo266 - Occupational Town Crier Bellman CDV Photo
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John Henderson Photographer, Stirling Scotland.
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Italy Occupational Chair Caner Peddler CDV Photo267 - Italy Occupational Chair Caner Peddler CDV Photo
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Nice early image, either a Chair Caner, Chair Maker, or Peddler. C. Naya Photographer, Venice Italy
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Jazz Music Show Announcement Flyers267 - Jazz Music Show Announcement Flyers
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Largest is 3 1/2" by 7". Nice grouping featuring the Arcadia Dance in 1922, Armistice Celebration, Fifth Annual Picnic in 1919, and the Ho...
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Collection of Jazz Show Flyers268 - Collection of Jazz Show Flyers
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Largest is 4" by 8 1/2". Nice grouping featuring Jack The Bear Brown, a jazz musician who plays trumpet, washboard, tuba, fluegelhorn, mel...
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Italy Occupational Chair Caner Peddler CDV Photo268 - Italy Occupational Chair Caner Peddler CDV Photo
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Nice early image, either a Chair Caner, Chair Maker, or Peddler.
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Italy Occupational Chair Caner Peddler CDV Photo269 - Italy Occupational Chair Caner Peddler CDV Photo
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Nice early image, either a Chair Caner, Chair Maker, or Peddler.
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1924 Ballroom Dance in the Spotlight Broadside269 - 1924 Ballroom Dance in the Spotlight Broadside
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5 1/2" by 7". Held at the Schoenhofen's Ballroom at Ashland and Milwaukee Avenues. Musicians include Phil Dooley and Clint Brush.
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Halloween Indian Chief Carved Parsnip Stereoview270 - Halloween Indian Chief Carved Parsnip Stereoview
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Published by S.R. Stoddard of Glens Falls, New York. Unique example.
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Italy Occupational Chair Caner Peddler CDV Photo270 - Italy Occupational Chair Caner Peddler CDV Photo
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Nice early image, either a Chair Caner, Chair Maker, or Peddler.
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Occupational Umbrella Seller Peddler Photo271 - Occupational Umbrella Seller Peddler Photo
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Unusual image.
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Boy Carving Squash Cabinet Card Photo271 - Boy Carving Squash Cabinet Card Photo
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5" by 7 1/4"
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Patriotic Uncle Sam Costume Stereoview272 - Patriotic Uncle Sam Costume Stereoview
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Published by Union View Co. of Rochester, New York, as part of the Young Folk's Series.
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Occupational German Chimney Sweep CDV Photo272 - Occupational German Chimney Sweep CDV Photo
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Bruno Urban Photographer, Ladenburg Germany.
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Occupational Chimney Sweep Photos273 - Occupational Chimney Sweep Photos
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Nice grouping
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Patriotic Uncle Sam Costume Stereoview273 - Patriotic Uncle Sam Costume Stereoview
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Published by C.W. Woodward in Rochester, New York. Part of the Young Folks Series.
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1876 Philadelphia Centennial Exposition Stereoview274 - 1876 Philadelphia Centennial Exposition Stereoview
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Nice example.
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Walking Billboard Laundry Dry Cleaners Union Photo274 - Walking Billboard Laundry Dry Cleaners Union Photo
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Unusual image of a labor protestor. 3 1/2" by 5 3/4"
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Blind Disabled Woman CDV Photo275 - Blind Disabled Woman CDV Photo
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Nice image
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Victorian Advertising Trade Cards275 - Victorian Advertising Trade Cards
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Largest is 4 1/4" by 6". Trade cards and advertising ephemera, featuring various illustrations of children, animals, and promotional conte...
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