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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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Girl with Prosthetic Hand CDV Photo201 - Girl with Prosthetic Hand CDV Photo
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A.W. Adams Photographer, Decorah Iowa.
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Estimate : 50.00 - 75.00
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Blind Woman Missing an Eye CDV Photo202 - Blind Woman Missing an Eye CDV Photo
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Philadelphia Pennsylvania Photographer
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Estimate : 50.00 - 75.00
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Blind Man L.D. Sine Gift Enterprises CDV Photo203 - Blind Man L.D. Sine Gift Enterprises CDV Photo
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L. D. SINE. The above-named gentleman is well known as the pioneer of Gift Enterprises. As will be seen by his photograph, on the other side of this c
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Estimate : 75.00 - 125.00
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Irish and Scottish CDV Photos204 - Irish and Scottish CDV Photos
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Nice grouping.
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Mexican Revolution Lynching Hanging RPPC Postcard205 - Mexican Revolution Lynching Hanging RPPC Postcard
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Scarce image.
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The Horrors of War Mexico City RPPC Postcard206 - The Horrors of War Mexico City RPPC Postcard
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Shows a burnt body in the streets.
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Triple Execution in Mexico RPPC Postcard207 - Triple Execution in Mexico RPPC Postcard
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Mexican Border War.
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Nebraska Prison Electric Chair RPPC Postcard208 - Nebraska Prison Electric Chair RPPC Postcard
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Lincoln Nebraska.
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New Hampshire Shaker Women RPPC Postcard209 - New Hampshire Shaker Women RPPC Postcard
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Canterbury New Hampshire.
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Maori Warrior Girl New Zealand RPPC Postcards210 - Maori Warrior Girl New Zealand RPPC Postcards
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Nice grouping.
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Elias Layyah Barakat Syria Philadelphia CDV Photos211 - Elias Layyah Barakat Syria Philadelphia CDV Photos
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Soon after their arrival in America in 1882, the Barakats began to tour the country lecturing about their experiences as Christians in the Middle East
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People with Pet Dogs RPPC Postcards212 - People with Pet Dogs RPPC Postcards
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Nice grouping
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Nude French Erotic Showgirl RPPC Postcards213 - Nude French Erotic Showgirl RPPC Postcards
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Nice original postcards
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Estimate : 50.00 - 75.00
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Taxidermy Deer Horn Mounts RPPC Postcard214 - Taxidermy Deer Horn Mounts RPPC Postcard
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Unidentified.
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Estimate : 50.00 - 75.00
Sold to floor for 45.00
 
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Martha Maxwell Naturalist Taxidermist CDV Photo215 - Martha Maxwell Naturalist Taxidermist CDV Photo
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S.W. Sawyer Photographer, Bangor Maine.
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Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
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Scottish Organ Grinder CDV Photo216 - Scottish Organ Grinder CDV Photo
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Martin Photographer, Stonehaven.
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Estimate : 75.00 - 125.00
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Organ Grinder Street Musician CDV Photo217 - Organ Grinder Street Musician CDV Photo
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Charles D. Fredricks Photographer, New York.
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Estimate : 75.00 - 125.00
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Marie Laurent Madame Laurence Grivot CDV Photo218 - Marie Laurent Madame Laurence Grivot CDV Photo
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Laurence Grivot (born Marie Laurent, 29 April 1843, Versailles – died 4 June 1890) was a French operetta singer and actress. She was the wife
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Organ Grinder Street Musician CDV Photo219 - Organ Grinder Street Musician CDV Photo
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Barry Photographer, London
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Estimate : 75.00 - 125.00
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Victoria Lafontaine French Actress CDV Photo220 - Victoria Lafontaine French Actress CDV Photo
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Cremiere Photographer, Paris.
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Stanton's Official Dispatch Patriotic CDV Photo221 - Stanton's Official Dispatch Patriotic CDV Photo
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Studio portrait featuring uniformed sailor and double amputee Bernard Toby/Tobey (named spelled variously), with both arms missing below the elbow, ha
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Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
Sold to floor for 160.00
 
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Portsmouth New Hampshire Orphanage RPPC Postcard222 - Portsmouth New Hampshire Orphanage RPPC Postcard
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Collection money for the Children's Home and Orphanage.
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Estimate : 50.00 - 75.00
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Walking Billboard Advertising RPPC Postcard223 - Walking Billboard Advertising RPPC Postcard
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I buy all my tires at the Tire Shop. Massey & Pfundstein. Masonic Temple Building. Foley's Art Studio, Joliet Illinois.
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
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Walking Billboard Advertising RPPC Postcards224 - Walking Billboard Advertising RPPC Postcards
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London Life Sandwich Board Man.
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Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
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Paul Droehmer Monkey Organ Grinder CDV Photo225 - Paul Droehmer Monkey Organ Grinder CDV Photo
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Scarce image.
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Street Musicians Occupational CDV Photos226 - Street Musicians Occupational CDV Photos
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Bottom two are Canadian, Top Three are Italian.
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Street Musicians Occupational CDV Photos227 - Street Musicians Occupational CDV Photos
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Nice grouping.
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Muggins Red Cross Fundraising Dog RPPC Postcard228 - Muggins Red Cross Fundraising Dog RPPC Postcard
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Muggins was a white German Spitz who famously collected money for the Red Cross by wandering downtown with donation boxes strapped to his back. He bec
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Peddler Street Merchant Junk Dealer CDV Photo229 - Peddler Street Merchant Junk Dealer CDV Photo
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Unusual Occupational Image.
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Isaac Sawtell Yankee Doodle Whistler CDV Photo230 - 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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North African Islamic Algeria Merchants CDV Photo231 - North African Islamic Algeria Merchants CDV Photo
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Alary & Geiser, Algeria.
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North African Islamic Algeria Merchant CDV Photo232 - North African Islamic Algeria Merchant CDV Photo
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Alary & Geiser, Algeria.
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North African Islamic Algeria Merchant CDV Photo233 - North African Islamic Algeria Merchant CDV Photo
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Alary & Geiser, Algeria. More than likely an Opium merchant.
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Occupational Walking Stick Cane Maker CDV Photo234 - Occupational Walking Stick Cane Maker CDV Photo
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Carl Rose, Germany.
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Loggers Lumberjacks Occupational Tintype Photo235 - Loggers Lumberjacks Occupational Tintype Photo
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2 3/8" by 3 5/8".
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American Indian Missionary CDV Photo236 - American Indian Missionary CDV Photo
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Miss Alice Geiger Secretary Woman's Missionary Society Springfield Ohio
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Puri India Garden Temple Holy Man Photo237 - Puri India Garden Temple Holy Man Photo
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Dated 1931. 2 1/2" by 4 1/4".
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American Chinese Immigrant CDV Photo238 - American Chinese Immigrant CDV Photo
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Unidentified.
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Te Herekiekie Maori New Zealand CDV Photo239 - Te Herekiekie Maori New Zealand CDV Photo
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London Stereoscopic and Photographic Company. Te Herekiekie of Ngati Tuwharetoa belonged to the hapu Ngati Te Aho. He is thought to have been born in
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Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
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Henry Ward Beecher Signed Civil War CDV Photo240 - Henry Ward Beecher Signed Civil War CDV Photo
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Henry Ward Beecher (June 24, 1813 – March 8, 1887) was an American Congregationalist clergyman, social reformer, and speaker, known for his s
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Henry Ward Beecher Civil War CDV Photo241 - Henry Ward Beecher Civil War CDV Photo
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C.H. Williamson's Photographic Gallery. Henry Ward Beecher (June 24, 1813 – March 8, 1887) was an American Congregationalist clergyman, so...
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Henry Ward Beecher Civil War CDV Photo242 - Henry Ward Beecher Civil War CDV Photo
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E. Anthony Photographer, New York. Henry Ward Beecher (June 24, 1813 – March 8, 1887) was an American Congregationalist clergyman, social ref
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Charles Sumner Abolitionist Signed CDV Photo243 - Charles Sumner Abolitionist Signed CDV Photo
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Warren's Photographer, Boston Massachusetts. Charles Sumner (January 6, 1811 – March 11, 1874) was an American lawyer and statesman who re...
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Wendell Phillips Signed Abolitionist CDV Photo244 - Wendell Phillips Signed Abolitionist CDV Photo
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Charles D. Fredricks & Co, New York. Wendell Phillips (November 29, 1811 – February 2, 1884) was an American abolitionist, labor reformer,...
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James Dwight Dana Geologist CDV Photo245 - James Dwight Dana Geologist CDV Photo
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Bowers Photographer. James Dwight Dana (February 12, 1813 – April 14, 1895) was an American geologist, mineralogist, volcanologist, and zoolo
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Herman von Helmholtz Signed CDV Photo246 - Herman von Helmholtz Signed CDV Photo
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Ed. Lance Photographer, Heidelberg. Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von Helmholt (31 August 1821 – 8 September 1894) was a German physicist and phys
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Carl Schurz Statesman Reformer Signed CDV Photo247 - Carl Schurz Statesman Reformer Signed CDV Photo
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Napoleon Sarony Photographer. Carl Christian Schurz (March 2, 1829 – May 14, 1906) was a German-American revolutionary and an American states
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Charles Darwin Evolutionary Scientist CDV Photo248 - Charles Darwin Evolutionary Scientist CDV Photo
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John Murdoch Photographer, London. Charles Robert Darwin (12 February 1809 – 19 April 1882) was an English naturalist, geologist, and biologi
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
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Ida Pfeiffer Ethnographer Signed CDV Photo249 - Ida Pfeiffer Ethnographer Signed CDV Photo
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Ida Laura Pfeiffer (14 October 1797 – 27 October 1858), a famous early female Austrian professional traveler who became an explorer, ethnogra
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John C. McCullough Indiana Physician CDV Photo250 - John C. McCullough Indiana Physician CDV Photo
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J.T. Sparks Photographer, Washington Indiana. Wheatland, Indiana, May 19, 1875. Another example is on display in the Ford Museum.
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Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
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