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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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Obelisk Cemetery Monument CDV Photo651 - Obelisk Cemetery Monument CDV Photo
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Taken by photographer John Stuart of Scotland.
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Post Mortem Children Brothers CDV Photo652 - Post Mortem Children Brothers CDV Photo
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Unusual image. Taken by Christensen and Omenta of Norway.
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Family in Mourning Tintype Photo653 - Family in Mourning Tintype Photo
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2 1/4" by 3 3/4". Nice example.
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Mother and Post Mortem Baby CDV Photo654 - Mother and Post Mortem Baby CDV Photo
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Taken by Phillips and Company of Bristol.
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Post Mortem Baby in Coffin CDV Photo655 - Post Mortem Baby in Coffin CDV Photo
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Photo taken by Olson and Steward, who had studios in Minnesota and Dakota Territory.
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Mother and Post Mortem Baby CDV Photo656 - Mother and Post Mortem Baby CDV Photo
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Nice example.
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Woman in Mourning Dress CDV Photo657 - Woman in Mourning Dress CDV Photo
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Nice example.
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Immortality Erastus Dow Palmer Sculpture CDV Photo658 - Immortality Erastus Dow Palmer Sculpture CDV Photo
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Erastus Dow Palmer (1817–1904) was a prominent American Neoclassical sculptor based in Albany, New York, known for his finely detailed marble
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Alphonse Picou Jazz Clarinetist Signed Photo659 - Alphonse Picou Jazz Clarinetist Signed Photo
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Photo 2 3/4" by 4 1/2". Dated 1943. Alphonse Picou (1878–1961) was a pioneering New Orleans clarinetist whose playing helped shape e...
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Quaker Sarah Underhill Philadelphia CDV Photo660 - Quaker Sarah Underhill Philadelphia CDV Photo
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Portrait of Quaker Sarah Underhill taken by Frederick Gutekunst. Frederick Gutekunst (1831–1917) was a prominent American photographer based
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Pennsylvania Amish Man CDV Photo661 - Pennsylvania Amish Man CDV Photo
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Nice example.
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Female Minister Preacher Wisconsin CDV Photo662 - Female Minister Preacher Wisconsin CDV Photo
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Taken by McKenna of Wisconsin
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George Balcom Evangelist Occupational CDV Photo663 - George Balcom Evangelist Occupational CDV Photo
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Taken by notable photographer Frederick Gutekunst of Philadelphia.
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Protestant Clergyman Occupational CDV Photo664 - Protestant Clergyman Occupational CDV Photo
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Nice example of a religious occupational photo.
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Zion Lace Industries Stripping Engine Stereoview665 - Zion Lace Industries Stripping Engine Stereoview
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From the series Zion City Views. Number 104. Dated 1902. Made by the Williams Brothers , Zion Printing and Publishing House of Chicago.
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South Entrance to Shiloh Tabernacle Stereoview666 - South Entrance to Shiloh Tabernacle Stereoview
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Number 119 of the Zion City Views Series. Published by the Williams Brothers of Zion City, Illinois.
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Kilburn New Hampshire Quakers Stereoview667 - Kilburn New Hampshire Quakers Stereoview
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Nice example.
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Post Mortem Baby Stereoview668 - Post Mortem Baby Stereoview
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Fall River Massachusetts.
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John Soule Post Mortem Steroview669 - John Soule Post Mortem Steroview
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Charles Sumner Massachusetts Senator Funeral.
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John Soule Post Mortem Flowers Stereoview670 - John Soule Post Mortem Flowers Stereoview
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Nice example
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E.&H.T. Anthony Beautiful in Death Stereoview671 - E.&H.T. Anthony Beautiful in Death Stereoview
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Beautiful Study in Skeleton Leaves. The Wreath.
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Skeleton Leaves Lovejoy & Foster Stereoview672 - Skeleton Leaves Lovejoy & Foster Stereoview
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Dated 1875
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John W. House Post Mortem Funeral Card673 - John W. House Post Mortem Funeral Card
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Nice example
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Ella B. Work Ward Post Mortem Funeral Card674 - Ella B. Work Ward Post Mortem Funeral Card
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Died age 29
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Bertha M. Hicks Post Mortem Funeral Card675 - Bertha M. Hicks Post Mortem Funeral Card
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Nice example
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Post Mortem Baby Cabinet Photo676 - Post Mortem Baby Cabinet Photo
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Camera magic making the baby appear to be floating.
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Young Woman Post Mortem Cabinet Photo677 - Young Woman Post Mortem Cabinet Photo
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L. LeMay Photographer, Ada Ohio
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Post Mortem Baby in Casket Cabinet Photo678 - Post Mortem Baby in Casket Cabinet Photo
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McElliott Photographer, Chicago Illinois.
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Post Mortem Young Girl in Casket Cabinet Photo679 - Post Mortem Young Girl in Casket Cabinet Photo
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Unidentified.
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Post Mortem Funeral Cabinet Photo680 - Post Mortem Funeral Cabinet Photo
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Wareham Photographer, Freeport Illinois.
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Occupational Funeral Florists Cabinet Photo681 - Occupational Funeral Florists Cabinet Photo
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Krueger & Co photographer. New York. Identified as Lucile Meredith and Sister.
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Charlottenburg Mausoleum Cabinet Photo682 - Charlottenburg Mausoleum Cabinet Photo
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Verlag Rommler Photographer, Berlin.
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Bruno Weiss Cemetery Gravestone Cabinet Photo683 - Bruno Weiss Cemetery Gravestone Cabinet Photo
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Paul Beckmann Photographer
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Post Mortem Family Mourning Cabinet Photo684 - Post Mortem Family Mourning Cabinet Photo
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Matousek Photographer. Chicago Illinois.
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James William Randall Gravestone Cabinet Photo685 - James William Randall Gravestone Cabinet Photo
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Milton Meyers Photographer. Enfield Town.
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Post Mortem Baby Cabinet Photo686 - Post Mortem Baby Cabinet Photo
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H. Amberger Photographer
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Post Mortem Baby Cabinet Photo687 - Post Mortem Baby Cabinet Photo
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Czechoslovakian.
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Post Mortem Baby in Casket Cabinet Photo688 - Post Mortem Baby in Casket Cabinet Photo
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Nemecek Photographer. Chicago Illinois.
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Post Mortem Baby Cabinet Photo689 - Post Mortem Baby Cabinet Photo
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Hills Art Gallery. Marinette Wisconsin.
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Post Mortem Baby Cabinet Photo690 - Post Mortem Baby Cabinet Photo
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Cure Photographer, Lincoln Nebraska.
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Post Mortem Funeral Wreath Stereoview691 - Post Mortem Funeral Wreath Stereoview
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F.I. Goss, Massachusetts.
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John Soule Skeleton Leaves Post Mortem Stereoview692 - John Soule Skeleton Leaves Post Mortem Stereoview
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Nice example
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George W. Beard Post Mortem Funeral Card693 - George W. Beard Post Mortem Funeral Card
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Mrs. Sarah Hembrow Post Mortem Funeral Card694 - Mrs. Sarah Hembrow Post Mortem Funeral Card
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Mrs George W. Beard Post Mortem Funeral Card695 - Mrs George W. Beard Post Mortem Funeral Card
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Egyptian Tourist Preacher Cabinet Photo696 - Egyptian Tourist Preacher Cabinet Photo
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Wolfram Photographer, Akron Ohio. Shows a man adorned with crosses in front of a pyramid on a donkey.
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Bishop William Taylor and Bralah Cabinet Photo697 - Bishop William Taylor and Bralah Cabinet Photo
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Davis Garber Photographer. Taken during the General Conference of 1892. William Taylor (1821–1902) was an American Methodist missionary minis
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Occupational Preacher Reverend Cabinet Photo698 - Occupational Preacher Reverend Cabinet Photo
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Barnum Photographer, Adrian Michigan.
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Occupational Preacher Reverend Cabinet Photo699 - Occupational Preacher Reverend Cabinet Photo
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Unidentified.
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Zion City Illinois Religious Cult Cabinet Photo700 - Zion City Illinois Religious Cult Cabinet Photo
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Photograph by R. W. Hook. 4 1/8" by 6 1/2". The city was founded in 1900 by John Alexander Dowie, a Scots-Australian evangelical minister ...
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