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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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Female Vendors with Animals Vegetables Stereoviews101 - Female Vendors with Animals Vegetables Stereoviews
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Fine Fruit Sir by Mark Anthony 1858, Nice Duck Sir by James Elliot, Union View Co Publishers.
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Estimate : 50.00 - 75.00
Sold to floor for 30.00
 
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Fancy Basket Maker Shop Stereoviews102 - Fancy Basket Maker Shop Stereoviews
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Brighton Fancy Basket Shop
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Estimate : 50.00 - 75.00
Sold to floor for 55.00
 
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Chimney Sweep Occupational Stereoviews103 - Chimney Sweep Occupational Stereoviews
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Nice grouping. One by F.G. Weller Littleton New Hampshire.
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Estimate : 75.00 - 125.00
Sold to floor for 45.00
 
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Occupational Tintype Photo Cobbler Shoemaker104 - Occupational Tintype Photo Cobbler Shoemaker
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2 1/4" by 3 1/2".
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Estimate : 75.00 - 125.00
Sold to floor for 50.00
 
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Old John Latham Hobo New Hampshire CDV Photo105 - Old John Latham Hobo New Hampshire CDV Photo
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Rare identified image. Subject is identified as Old John Latham, Orford New Hampshire. A.F. Clough Photographer Warren & Oxford New Hampshire.
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to floor for 130.00
 
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Corn Candy Street Vendor Connecticut CDV Photo106 - Corn Candy Street Vendor Connecticut CDV Photo
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Prescott & White Photographer, Hartford Connecticut.
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Estimate : 75.00 - 125.00
Sold to floor for 55.00
 
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Peruvian Indigenous Girl Palomino CDV Photo107 - Peruvian Indigenous Girl Palomino CDV Photo
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Juan de la Cruz Palomino. Peruvian, active Chile 1860s–70s.
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Estimate : 50.00 - 75.00
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Occupational Match Seller or Maker Girls CDV Photo108 - Occupational Match Seller or Maker Girls CDV Photo
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Girls are either match sellers or match makers. Bryant & May's Patent Safety Matches. The Bryant & May company was the subject of the fa...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
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Occupational Tintype Photo Book Salesman109 - Occupational Tintype Photo Book Salesman
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2 1/2" by 4"
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Estimate : 75.00 - 125.00
Sold to floor for 35.00
 
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Occupational Canadian Chimney Sweep CDV Photo110 - Occupational Canadian Chimney Sweep CDV Photo
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Poole Photographer, St. Catharines Ontario Canada.
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Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold to floor for 20.00
 
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Isaac Sawtell Yankee Doodle Whistler CDV Photo111 - Isaac Sawtell Yankee Doodle Whistler CDV Photo
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He was a street person a seller of shoes, leather, clothing and anything he could make a buck on. His whistle signaled that he was in the area and had
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
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Isaac Sawtell Yankee Doodle Whistler CDV Photo112 - Isaac Sawtell Yankee Doodle Whistler CDV Photo
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He was a street person a seller of shoes, leather, clothing and anything he could make a buck on. His whistle signaled that he was in the area and had
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to floor for 130.00
 
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Occupational CDV Photo Cobbler Shoemaker Bootmaker113 - Occupational CDV Photo Cobbler Shoemaker Bootmaker
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Identified as Fred Thompson whos shop was on Drake's Mills Road. W.H. Van Dyke Photographer, Edinboro Pennsylvania.
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Estimate : 50.00 - 75.00
Sold to floor for 55.00
 
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Occupational CDV Photo Cobbler Shoemaker Bootmaker114 - Occupational CDV Photo Cobbler Shoemaker Bootmaker
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Unidentified.
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Estimate : 50.00 - 75.00
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Prince of Wales Queen Victoria CDV Photos115 - Prince of Wales Queen Victoria CDV Photos
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Nice grouping.
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Estimate : 50.00 - 75.00
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Famous Individuals CDV Photos116 - Famous Individuals CDV Photos
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John Stuart Mill, Chester A. Arthur, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, King of Prussia and Voltaire.
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Estimate : 50.00 - 75.00
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Famous Individuals CDV Photos117 - Famous Individuals CDV Photos
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John Bright, Edward Stokes, and Isaac Newton.
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Estimate : 50.00 - 75.00
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Benjamin Harrison Wife Celluloid Political Cards118 - Benjamin Harrison Wife Celluloid Political Cards
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Campaign Cards Depicting Benjamin Harrison and his wife Caroline Scott Harrison. 3 3/4" by 4 1/2" each.
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Estimate : 50.00 - 75.00
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Wendell Phillips Civil War Abolitionist CDV Photos119 - Wendell Phillips Civil War Abolitionist CDV Photos
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One bears a faint signature to the front. Case & Getchell and Warren's photographers.
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Estimate : 75.00 - 125.00
Sold to floor for 95.00
 
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Chicago Tribune Inter Ocean Newspaper Trade Cards120 - Chicago Tribune Inter Ocean Newspaper Trade Cards
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Nice grouping.
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Estimate : 50.00 - 75.00
Sold to floor for 40.00
 
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Central City Colorado Opera House RPPC Postcard121 - Central City Colorado Opera House RPPC Postcard
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Features a Town Crier.
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Start Price : 10.00 | Estimate : 25.00 - 50.00
 
 
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African American Walking Billboard RPPC Postcard122 - African American Walking Billboard RPPC Postcard
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Poplar Bluff Missouri Drummers Association.
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to floor for 100.00
 
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William Penfield Pole Sitting RPPC Postcard123 - William Penfield Pole Sitting RPPC Postcard
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Flagpole Sitting at Strawberry Point 1930 Iowa. Bill Penfield broke the world record in Strawberry Point, Iowa, who sat on a flagpole for 51 days and
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Estimate : 75.00 - 125.00
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John Rose Amputee Goat Cart RPPC Postcard124 - John Rose Amputee Goat Cart RPPC Postcard
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Overland Jack - Big Sandy Goat Cart, this is the only four Spanish goat team in the world, pulling 596 pounds, averaging 16 miles per day. These goats
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Peanut Joe Vendor Rhode Island RPPC Postcard125 - Peanut Joe Vendor Rhode Island RPPC Postcard
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Newport Rhode Island. Man is identified as Peanut Joe, he is being fed peanuts by his pet bird.
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
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Cowgirls at Tex Austins Rodeo RPPC Postcard126 - Cowgirls at Tex Austins Rodeo RPPC Postcard
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Chicago 1926. By Doubleday.
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Millie LaPell Ringling Bros Cowgirl RPPC Postcard127 - Millie LaPell Ringling Bros Cowgirl RPPC Postcard
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Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Combined Shows.
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Estimate : 50.00 - 75.00
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Cowboys Branding Cattle RPPC Postcards128 - Cowboys Branding Cattle RPPC Postcards
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Two postcards and one Photo. Lewistown Montana and Argentina.
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Estimate : 25.00 - 50.00
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Cowboys and Cowgirls RPPC Postcards129 - Cowboys and Cowgirls RPPC Postcards
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One is identified as Yakima Washington August 1/2 1914.
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Salvation Army Musician Occupational CDV Photo130 - Salvation Army Musician Occupational CDV Photo
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Arthur Holborn Photographer, Bristol.
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Estimate : 50.00 - 75.00
Sold to floor for 110.00
 
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Islamic Bedouin RPPC Photo Postcards131 - Islamic Bedouin RPPC Photo Postcards
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American Colony Photo Cards. Bedouins of Beersheba, In the Sheikh's Tent.
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Estimate : 50.00 - 75.00
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Boy with Sheep Michigan CDV Photo132 - Boy with Sheep Michigan CDV Photo
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Central Michigan Copying Co, Charlotte Michigan.
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Estimate : 50.00 - 75.00
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Buttered Popcorn Peanut Vendor RPPC Postcard133 - Buttered Popcorn Peanut Vendor RPPC Postcard
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Cart is titled The Milwaukee. Most likely taken in Milwaukee Wisconsin.
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
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Popcorn Peanut Vendor Cart RPPC Postcard134 - Popcorn Peanut Vendor Cart RPPC Postcard
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Hilger's at the stop lite, Tomah Wisconsin.
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor for 10.00
 
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Fresh Roasted Peanut Vendor Cart RPPC Postcard135 - Fresh Roasted Peanut Vendor Cart RPPC Postcard
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Booth's Confectionery and Ice Cream Parlor. Iowa
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
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Cretors Motorized Lunch Wagon RPPC Postcard136 - Cretors Motorized Lunch Wagon RPPC Postcard
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Hot Lunch, Buttered Popcorn, Ice Cream Cones, Sandwiches.
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Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold to floor for 70.00
 
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Children with Goat Cart RPPC Postcards137 - Children with Goat Cart RPPC Postcards
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Nice grouping.
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Estimate : 50.00 - 75.00
Sold to floor for 10.00
 
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Children with Goat Cart RPPC Postcards138 - Children with Goat Cart RPPC Postcards
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Nice grouping.
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Estimate : 50.00 - 75.00
Sold to floor for 40.00
 
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Children with Goat Cart RPPC Postcards139 - Children with Goat Cart RPPC Postcards
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Nice grouping.
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Start Price : 10.00 | Estimate : 50.00 - 75.00
 
 
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Twin Violinists Wisconsin Occupational CDV Photo140 - Twin Violinists Wisconsin Occupational CDV Photo
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W.A. Fermann Photographer, Stoughton Wisconsin.
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Estimate : 50.00 - 75.00
Sold to floor for 25.00
 
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George Martha Washington CDV Photos141 - George Martha Washington CDV Photos
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Nice grouping.
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to floor for 50.00
 
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Occupational Wisconsin Chimney Sweep CDV Photo142 - Occupational Wisconsin Chimney Sweep CDV Photo
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Sunderland Photographer, Marysville Wisconsin.
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
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Hawaiian Women Wearing Kimonos RPPC Postcard143 - Hawaiian Women Wearing Kimonos RPPC Postcard
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Nice image.
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Estimate : 25.00 - 50.00
Sold to floor for 20.00
 
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African Woman Breastfeeding a Dog Photo144 - African Woman Breastfeeding a Dog Photo
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3 3/4" by 5".
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Estimate : 50.00 - 75.00
Sold to floor for 25.00
 
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Crossdressing Jewish Men RPPC Postcards145 - Crossdressing Jewish Men RPPC Postcards
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Unusual set of images.
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Estimate : 50.00 - 75.00
Sold to floor for 140.00
 
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Identified Mexican Indian Cowboys RPPC Postcard146 - Identified Mexican Indian Cowboys RPPC Postcard
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Individuals appear to be Native American but have Mexican names. Identified on back.
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Estimate : 50.00 - 75.00
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Hawaiian Chinese Men Cowboys RPPC Postcard147 - Hawaiian Chinese Men Cowboys RPPC Postcard
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Unusual image.
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Estimate : 50.00 - 75.00
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WWI WW1 Patriotic Hawaiian Soldier Postcard148 - WWI WW1 Patriotic Hawaiian Soldier Postcard
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RPPC. Unusual image, Waialua Oahu Territory of Hawaii.
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Estimate : 50.00 - 75.00
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Identified Hawaii Territory RPPC Postcard149 - Identified Hawaii Territory RPPC Postcard
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Woman is identified on back. Location is noted as Waialua.
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Start Price : 10.00 | Estimate : 25.00 - 50.00
 
 
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Black Egyptian Warrior with Rifle RPPC Postcard150 - Black Egyptian Warrior with Rifle RPPC Postcard
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G. Lekegian & Co Photographer, Cairo.
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Estimate : 50.00 - 75.00
Sold to floor for 30.00
 
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