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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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Maria Jacobini Orient Silent Film Photo551 - Maria Jacobini Orient Silent Film Photo
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4" by 6". Photo taken by Walter Lichtenstein, image from the 1924 Silent Film "Orient – Die Tochter der Wuste" or "Or...
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Elliot and Fry Charles Darwin Cabinet Photo552 - Elliot and Fry Charles Darwin Cabinet Photo
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Taken by Elliot and Fry of London.
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Wendell Phillips Abolitionist Cabinet Photo553 - Wendell Phillips Abolitionist Cabinet Photo
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Wendell Phillips (November 29, 1811 – February 2, 1884) was an American abolitionist, labor reformer, temperance activist, advocate for Nativ
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Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr Cabinet Photo554 - Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr Cabinet Photo
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Taken by the Notman Photographic Company in Boston. Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. (March 8, 1841 – March 6, 1935) was an American jurist who serv
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Albert Einstein and Elsie Einstein Photo555 - Albert Einstein and Elsie Einstein Photo
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3 5/8" by 4 3/4". Dated 1930 on the backside. Clipping on the back translates to : "…there was great devotion toward his second...
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Victorian Railway Train Passengers Cabinet Photo556 - Victorian Railway Train Passengers Cabinet Photo
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Nice turn of the century image of a group of travelers waiting for a passenger railcar. 4" by 6 1/2"
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Iowa Train Derailment Accident Photo557 - Iowa Train Derailment Accident Photo
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4 1/4" by 5 1/4" Taken by J.R. Tewksbury of Fort Madison, Iowa. after a derailment of a passenger coach of a wooden trestle.
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Indiana Occupational Railroad Engineers Photo558 - Indiana Occupational Railroad Engineers Photo
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5 1/2" by 8 3/8". Identified as the B&O on the back, as well as the location being Garrett, Indiana.
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George N. Orr Great Lakes Steamship Steamer Photo559 - George N. Orr Great Lakes Steamship Steamer Photo
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5 1/8" by 6 1/8". Nice photograph of a Freighter moving materials for the Great Lakes Industrial Shipping System. The George N. Orr was a ...
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Light Ship New York Harbor Photo560 - Light Ship New York Harbor Photo
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4 1/4" by 5 1/4"
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Apollo Number 1 Steamboat Steamer Excursion Photo561 - Apollo Number 1 Steamboat Steamer Excursion Photo
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Photographer Henry Hamilton Bennett. The Apollo number one operated on on the Upper Mississippi River, associated with tourist excursions around the W
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Wieland Steamship Steamer Hamburg America Photo562 - Wieland Steamship Steamer Hamburg America Photo
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Photographer was A. Wiemer. The Wieland operated as part of the Hamburg, Germany to New York Line.
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Glenn Curtiss Pusher Biplane Photo563 - Glenn Curtiss Pusher Biplane Photo
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5 1/2" by 6 1/2". Nice image of an Early Aviation pioneer era aircraft.
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Royal Neighbors of America Banner Lady Photo564 - Royal Neighbors of America Banner Lady Photo
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Nice cabinet card photograph. 4 1/4" by 6 1/4" In 1888, Marie Kirkland of Council Bluffs, Iowa placed a notice in her town newspaper askin...
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Walking Billboard Atlas Flour Cabinet Photo565 - Walking Billboard Atlas Flour Cabinet Photo
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Nice example of a young girl acting as a walking billboard or banner lady with the advertisement reading "My Mamma Uses Atlas Flour"
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Walking Billboard Banner Lady Cabinet Photo566 - Walking Billboard Banner Lady Cabinet Photo
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Nice image of a woman advertising with Spoons and Stars adorned to her, likely marketing for a shop that sells flatware. L.H. Bissell Photographer, Ef
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Rotograph Cyanotype RPPC Postcards567 - Rotograph Cyanotype RPPC Postcards
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Nice group of cyanotype photograph post cards. Two of the three were produced by The Rotograph Company of New York and had images of Fishermen. All 3
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Cyanotype Parthenon Sculpture Photos568 - Cyanotype Parthenon Sculpture Photos
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Nice grouping. Likely part of the British Museum Photographic Series.
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Cyanotype Parthenon Sculpture Photos569 - Cyanotype Parthenon Sculpture Photos
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Nice grouping. Likely part of the British Museum Photographic Series.
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American Cyanotype Photos of Historical Statues570 - American Cyanotype Photos of Historical Statues
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Minute Man, Nathan Hall, and William Penn Statues. The largest of the 3 measures 4" by 5".
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George Washington Painting Cyanotype Photos571 - George Washington Painting Cyanotype Photos
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Nice group of historical paintings featuring George Washington. The Photo of Washington Crossing the Delaware measures 3" by 4 3/4"
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Family Portrait Cyanotype Photo572 - Family Portrait Cyanotype Photo
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4" by 5 1/4"
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Girl with Pet Dog Cyanotype Photo573 - Girl with Pet Dog Cyanotype Photo
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4 1/4" by 5 1/4"
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Woman with Tumbling Block Pattern Quilt Photo574 - Woman with Tumbling Block Pattern Quilt Photo
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Nice image. The woman photographed presumably made the quilt. 4 1/4" by 6"
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Jazz Drummer Warren Baby Dodds Photo575 - Jazz Drummer Warren Baby Dodds Photo
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8" by 10" Warren "Baby" Dodds (December 24, 1898 – February 14, 1959) was an American jazz drummer born in New Orleans, Lo...
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Dr John The Night Tripper Signed Photo576 - Dr John The Night Tripper Signed Photo
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8" by 10" Dr. John (Malcolm "Mac" Rebennack, Jr.; 1941–2019) was an American singer, pianist, guitarist, and songwriter fr...
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Count Basie Brass Rail Jazz Club Signed Photo577 - Count Basie Brass Rail Jazz Club Signed Photo
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Image is of Clark Terry of the Count Basie Orchestra with a table of fans and new friends at the Brass Rail Theater Lounge in Chicago in 1950. He insc
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Count Basie Capitol Jazz Club Signed Photo578 - Count Basie Capitol Jazz Club Signed Photo
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Nice photo from the Jazz club days in Chicago. The signature on the front is not legible.
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Count Basie Brass Rail Jazz Club Signed Photo579 - Count Basie Brass Rail Jazz Club Signed Photo
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Image is of Clark Terry of the Count Basie Orchestra with a table of fans and new friends at the Brass Rail Theater Lounge in Chicago in 1950. He insc
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Perry Bradford's Orchestra Jazz Band Photo580 - Perry Bradford's Orchestra Jazz Band Photo
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Taken by the Sissman Studio in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 8" by 10". Perry Bradford (February 14, 1893, Montgomery, Alabama – April 2...
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Jimmie Wade and His Club Alabam Jazz Photo581 - Jimmie Wade and His Club Alabam Jazz Photo
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8" by 10" Jimmie Wade and his Club Alabam Orchestra of Vocalion Records, presented by the Chicago Amusement Service Corporation. Jimmy Wad...
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Cab Calloway Orchestra Early Jazz Photo582 - Cab Calloway Orchestra Early Jazz Photo
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8" by 10". Cab Calloway (1907–1994) was an American jazz singer, bandleader, and entertainer best known for leading one of the most ...
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Colossal Hand & Torch Statue of Liberty Stereoview583 - Colossal Hand & Torch Statue of Liberty Stereoview
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Depiction of the arm and hand of the Statue of Liberty, part of Bartholdi's 'Liberty Enlightening the World' colossal sculpture. The att...
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Amish Women Buying at a Market 1938 Photo584 - Amish Women Buying at a Market 1938 Photo
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7" by 9". Photo taken by Acme Roto Service to be released to the media. The Caption on the backside reads The Amish are plenty thrifty and...
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Cemetery Gravesite Headstone Photo585 - Cemetery Gravesite Headstone Photo
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8" 10". The last name on the bottom appears to read Mr. Chmarzynski, while the top name is not quite legible. The monument style especiall...
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Post Mortem Funeral Flower Arrangement Photo586 - Post Mortem Funeral Flower Arrangement Photo
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8" by 10". Nice example. Taken by F. Heising of Chicago Heights. German translates to Jesus, my redeemer lives.
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Post Mortem Catholic Open Casket Funeral Photo587 - Post Mortem Catholic Open Casket Funeral Photo
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8" by 10". Nice example. Deceased person is unidentified.
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Black Boxers Boxing Promotional Photo588 - Black Boxers Boxing Promotional Photo
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8" by 10". Photographed by Ted Lucas, Miami Beach, Florida Sun
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Original Five Blind Boys of Mississippi Photo589 - Original Five Blind Boys of Mississippi Photo
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8" by 10". Also mentioned are the Jackson Harmoneers, another Gospel group that spent time on Peacock Records of Houston Texas.
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Graf Zeppelin Lucerne Switzerland RPPC Postcard590 - Graf Zeppelin Lucerne Switzerland RPPC Postcard
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Dated 1908.
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Zeppelin LZ 11 Viktoria Luise RPPC Postcards591 - Zeppelin LZ 11 Viktoria Luise RPPC Postcards
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Nice pair of German Postcards.
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Occupational Photography Studio RPPC Postcards592 - Occupational Photography Studio RPPC Postcards
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One Postcard features a Tintype studio in Dearborn, Michigan, and the other shows the "Worlds Smallest Studio the Maid of the Mist" owned ...
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Occupational Tintype Studio Operator RPPC Postcard593 - Occupational Tintype Studio Operator RPPC Postcard
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Nice postcard.
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Floating Photography Studio RPPC Postcard594 - Floating Photography Studio RPPC Postcard
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Photographer is noted as George W. Wells of Saltillo Tennessee.
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Floating Photography Studio Floto RPPC Postcard595 - Floating Photography Studio Floto RPPC Postcard
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The stamp on the backside dates this post card to 1911. Skilled photographer Sam Levy and his nephews started "Floto," a floating photo st...
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German Velodrome Race Track RPPC Postcard596 - German Velodrome Race Track RPPC Postcard
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Unusual
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Famous Photographer Baseball Cards RPPC Postcard597 - Famous Photographer Baseball Cards RPPC Postcard
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Image shows 3 famous photographers posed as baseball players from a 1975 playing card set created by Mike Mandel. The three photographers pictured are
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Kodak Advertising Folding Camera RPPC Postcard598 - Kodak Advertising Folding Camera RPPC Postcard
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Image is of a woman carrying her fold up Kodak Camera and message about how much more fun her trip is because of the camera. This exact card was produ
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Group of Will Rogers RPPC Postcards599 - Group of Will Rogers RPPC Postcards
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Nice grouping. William Penn Adair Rogers (November 4, 1879 – August 15, 1935) was an American vaudeville performer, actor, and humorous socia
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William Cody Buffalo Bill Cody RPPC Postcards600 - William Cody Buffalo Bill Cody RPPC Postcards
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One of the photos was by Ralph R. Doubleday.
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