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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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Collection of Reflection Mirror Trick Photos401 - Collection of Reflection Mirror Trick Photos
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Nice grouping featuring mirrors, reflection photos in a vehicle, and a pair of distorted women from a curved mirror.
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Young Men with Cigars Tintype Photos402 - Young Men with Cigars Tintype Photos
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Nice grouping.
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Men Smoking Cigars Tintype Photos403 - Men Smoking Cigars Tintype Photos
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Nice grouping.
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Eiffel Tower Souvenir Postcard404 - Eiffel Tower Souvenir Postcard
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The text, in French, provides a historical overview of the Eiffel Tower's construction and significance following its debut at the 1889 World...
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Three Mast Schooner Boat Cyanotype RPPC Postcard405 - Three Mast Schooner Boat Cyanotype RPPC Postcard
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Likely Wisconsin.
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Cyanotype Cabinet Photo Trees in the Fog406 - Cyanotype Cabinet Photo Trees in the Fog
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2 3/4" by 3 1/4"
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Pennsylvania Coal Mine Cyanotype RPPC Postcard407 - Pennsylvania Coal Mine Cyanotype RPPC Postcard
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Lykens Pennsylvania. Short Mountain Colliery.
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Estimate : 75.00 - 125.00
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California Family Cyanotype RPPC Postcard408 - California Family Cyanotype RPPC Postcard
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Sent in 1908 from Los Angeles.
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Machinist Occupational Cyanotype RPPC Postcard409 - Machinist Occupational Cyanotype RPPC Postcard
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Unusual image.
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Cyanotype Photos410 - Cyanotype Photos
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1908 dated.
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Ghost Spirit Cyanotype RPPC Postcard411 - Ghost Spirit Cyanotype RPPC Postcard
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Image features one man, and three ethereal spirits. Interesting trick that was a specialist interest in early photography.
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Humboldt Park Chicago Cyanotype RPPC Postcard412 - Humboldt Park Chicago Cyanotype RPPC Postcard
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Ice skating.
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Ice Skating Cyanotype RPPC Postcard413 - Ice Skating Cyanotype RPPC Postcard
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Unposted.
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Frank Lloyd Wright Imperial Hotel Japan Postcard414 - Frank Lloyd Wright Imperial Hotel Japan Postcard
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Unusual RPPC Postcard. Signed on the front but illegible. Man is handing the woman in the rickshaw an opium pipe.
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Japanese Rickshaw Drivers RPPC Postcards415 - Japanese Rickshaw Drivers RPPC Postcards
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Nice grouping.
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Pasadena California Ostrich Ranch RPPC Postcard416 - Pasadena California Ostrich Ranch RPPC Postcard
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Bird Seed Per Mile.
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4th of July Zeppelin Parade Float RPPC Postcard417 - 4th of July Zeppelin Parade Float RPPC Postcard
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Huntingdon Pennsylvania.
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Eight Lake New York Cyanotype RPPC Postcard418 - Eight Lake New York Cyanotype RPPC Postcard
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Birch Canoe.
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St Paul Minnesota Railroad Cabinet Photo419 - St Paul Minnesota Railroad Cabinet Photo
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7" by 9"
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California Train Derailment Accident Photo420 - California Train Derailment Accident Photo
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8" by 10"
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Milwaukee Lake Shore Railroad Depot Photo421 - Milwaukee Lake Shore Railroad Depot Photo
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Milwaukee Lake Shore and Western Railway Passenger and Freight Depot. 8" by 10"
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Garden Scale Train Locomotive Toy Photo422 - Garden Scale Train Locomotive Toy Photo
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8" by 10"
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Salmson AL3 French Sports Car Photograph423 - Salmson AL3 French Sports Car Photograph
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8 1/4" by 9 7/8". Photo by Paul Vendry, Bruxelles France. Car is posed in front of chains, absorber and parts storefront.
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Waco QCF-2 Experimental Biplane Photo424 - Waco QCF-2 Experimental Biplane Photo
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Labeled experimental, 8 1/2" by 10".
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CL&W Railway Indian Wars Soldier Transport Photo425 - CL&W Railway Indian Wars Soldier Transport Photo
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Photo is 8 1/2" by 10 1/2". Cleveland Lorain and Wheeling Railway.
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GA Shuler Photo Jewelry Massachusetts Catalog426 - GA Shuler Photo Jewelry Massachusetts Catalog
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G.A. Shuler Co, Boston Massachusetts advertising book for gold and plated photo pins, lockets, brooches and more. Neat piece of early Ferrotype advert
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Fred Olson Motor Service Freight Truck Photo427 - Fred Olson Motor Service Freight Truck Photo
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Photo of named trucking service in Hammond Indiana in an International R-200 heavy truck. 8 5/8" by 11". Done by Kaufmann and Fabry Compan...
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Charles Toliver Dirigible Blimp Inventor Postcard428 - Charles Toliver Dirigible Blimp Inventor Postcard
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RPPC postcard of Charles H. Toliver with dog while alive working on his dirigible airship. He was later murdered by his Secretary / Chauffeur.
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EB Nock Miniature Ad Boat Cleveland Stereoview429 - EB Nock Miniature Ad Boat Cleveland Stereoview
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Unique stereoview of Photographer E.B. Nock's miniature advertising boat in Cleveland Public Square. Lievichs Photographic Landscapes, Cleveland...
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Great Lakes Dock and Dredge Co Dockworkers Photo430 - Great Lakes Dock and Dredge Co Dockworkers Photo
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8" by 10". Nice old Occupational image.
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Walking Billboard Occupational Banner Lady Photo431 - Walking Billboard Occupational Banner Lady Photo
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S.O. Jenkins Farmer City Illinois Photographer.
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
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Coney Island Co Princess Steamboat Photographs432 - Coney Island Co Princess Steamboat Photographs
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Group of two Princess excursion boat photos operating on the Ohio river. Vessel was destroyed in an ice flow in 1918.
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Childrens Tea Time Cyanotype Photo433 - Childrens Tea Time Cyanotype Photo
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4" by 5".
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Mennonite Woman with Jacquard Coverlet Postcard434 - Mennonite Woman with Jacquard Coverlet Postcard
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RPPC postcard of old woman with her coverlet against a fence.
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Old Woman with Irish Spinning Wheel Cabinet Photo435 - Old Woman with Irish Spinning Wheel Cabinet Photo
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William Lawrence Collection, catalog number 1652.
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Latvia Singer Sewing Machine RPPC Postcard436 - Latvia Singer Sewing Machine RPPC Postcard
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Nice RPPC of a group representing Singer Sewing Machines showcasing their embroidery, during early phases of Latvia's independence. The photogra...
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Abraham Rosenberg ILGWU Garment Union Photo437 - Abraham Rosenberg ILGWU Garment Union Photo
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Born in Russia, Abraham Rosenberg arrived in the United States in 1883. He was a member of the Knights of Labor and secretary of the United Trade Unio
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Navajo Rug Weaver RPPC Postcard438 - Navajo Rug Weaver RPPC Postcard
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Nice example of a RPPC with Navajo women weaving rugs.
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Lancashire Coat of Arms RPPC Postcard439 - Lancashire Coat of Arms RPPC Postcard
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British RPPC Coat of Arms with clogs, scissors cotton and spool.
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Women Spinning Bee RPPC Postcard440 - Women Spinning Bee RPPC Postcard
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Group of women with children spinning yarn. Spinning bee at Johnsons.
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Ladies Aid Society Quiltmakers RPPC Postcard441 - Ladies Aid Society Quiltmakers RPPC Postcard
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Ladies Aid Society photo.
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Quilts Coverlets Museum Florida Postcard442 - Quilts Coverlets Museum Florida Postcard
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RPPC Quilts and Coverlets Museum St. Augustine Florida.
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Paul Robeson Black Communist with Walter Ulbricht443 - Paul Robeson Black Communist with Walter Ulbricht
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Collection of postcards with Paul Robeson, who was blacklisted by the United States for political views leaning toward communism, engaging in peace ta
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Paris Lyon Mediterranean Railway Automobile Alps444 - Paris Lyon Mediterranean Railway Automobile Alps
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French Auto Tourist Service Brochure from 1922.
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Electric Streetcar Cemetery RPPC Postcard445 - Electric Streetcar Cemetery RPPC Postcard
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Postcard of train driver and fare taker for the cemetery line.
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International Harvester Auto Buggy RPPC Postcard446 - International Harvester Auto Buggy RPPC Postcard
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RPPC of an early Auto Buggy leaving a McCormick Harvester Dealer, name not yet changed, in Columbus Ohio. Photo by Shelby Mossholder.
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Lincoln Beachey Aviator Pilot RPPC Postcard447 - Lincoln Beachey Aviator Pilot RPPC Postcard
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Pioneer aviator and stunt pilot Beachey with his biplane.
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Jimmy Ward Shooting Star RPPC Postcard448 - Jimmy Ward Shooting Star RPPC Postcard
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James J Ward in his Curtiss Pusher plane, at Baloir Fairgrounds, Wisconsin.
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Ruth Law First Woman Aviator RPPC Postcard449 - Ruth Law First Woman Aviator RPPC Postcard
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Photo of Ruth Law in Military Uniform, even though she was never allowed to fly during WW1.
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Pre WW2 Japanese and British Dignitaries Postcard450 - Pre WW2 Japanese and British Dignitaries Postcard
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Unique postcard of high ranking Japanese officials touring with British officers in the early 1900s during the Anglo Japanese alliance. One of the men
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