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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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Waukegan Illinois Baseball Player RPPC Postcard651 - Waukegan Illinois Baseball Player RPPC Postcard
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Trimmed as shown
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1908 Illinois Baseball Team RPPC Postcard652 - 1908 Illinois Baseball Team RPPC Postcard
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Nice example.
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VSA Vermont Baseball Team RPPC Postcard653 - VSA Vermont Baseball Team RPPC Postcard
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Nice example.
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Identified Child Baseball Player Cabinet Photo654 - Identified Child Baseball Player Cabinet Photo
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2 1/2" by 4 1/2".
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Occupational Violin and Piano Player CDV Photos655 - Occupational Violin and Piano Player CDV Photos
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Nice examples. One image is of Ole Bull, a famous Norwegian violinist and composer.
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Conductor Composer or Magician RPPC Postcard656 - Conductor Composer or Magician RPPC Postcard
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Nice example.
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Bertel Thorvaldsen Modelling CDV Photo657 - Bertel Thorvaldsen Modelling CDV Photo
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Thorvaslden is seen modelling with the bust of Vernet. Vernet was the director of the French Academy in Rome when he painted his friend Thorvaldsen. T
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Sunkist Trading Post Gourds RPPC Postcard658 - Sunkist Trading Post Gourds RPPC Postcard
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The trading post was owned by John Ciesla and was located at 1409 Holt Ave in Pamona, California. Known as the world's largest gourd grower.
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Buster Keaton The Paleface Postcards659 - Buster Keaton The Paleface Postcards
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Nice examples.
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Collection of Actresses RPPC Postcards660 - Collection of Actresses RPPC Postcards
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Featuring Mar Murray, Minnie Ashley, and Woman Reverie.
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Silent Film Actresses RPPC Postcards661 - Silent Film Actresses RPPC Postcards
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Vilma Banky was a Hungarian-American actress (1901-1991), and Betty Compson was an American actress (1897-1974).
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Old Hollywood Film Actresses RPPC Postcards662 - Old Hollywood Film Actresses RPPC Postcards
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Features June Haver, an actress active during the 1940s and early 1950s, known for her roles in musical films, and Maureen O'Hara, a celebrated ...
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Old Hollywood Film Actresses RPPC Postcards663 - Old Hollywood Film Actresses RPPC Postcards
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Features American actresses Joan Bennett and Loretta Young.
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Silent Film Actresses RPPC Postcards664 - Silent Film Actresses RPPC Postcards
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Feautures Norma Talmadge, also known as the girl with the million dollar smile, and Bebe Daniels. One is signed by Bebe Daniels.
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JJ Richards Bandmaster Ringling Bros Photo665 - JJ Richards Bandmaster Ringling Bros Photo
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3 1/2" by 5". Signed. Joseph John Richards (August 27, 1878 – March 16, 1956) was a composer, conductor, and music educator best kno...
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Frank J Weber Cornet Advertisement RPPC666 - Frank J Weber Cornet Advertisement RPPC
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Shown advertising a cornet made by C G Conn Co Elkhart Indiana Cornet. Charles Gerard Conn (1844-1931), a Civil War veteran and former mayor of Elkhar
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Sun Brothers Band Circus Photo667 - Sun Brothers Band Circus Photo
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5" by 3". Founded in 1895 by brothers George, Gus, and Pete Sun, the circus was officially known as Sun Brothers' World's Progress...
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Master Stan King Sousaphone RPPC Postcard668 - Master Stan King Sousaphone RPPC Postcard
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This postcard highlights Master Stan King, Stanwurt Valentine Schilling, labeled as the World's youngest Sousaphonist, holding a large tuba-like...
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G Shafer Handmade Instrument Postcard669 - G Shafer Handmade Instrument Postcard
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Text translates to G. Schafer On his instrument, which he made himself in captivity, only one salto.
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Merele Evans Sousa RPPC Postcards670 - Merele Evans Sousa RPPC Postcards
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Featuring Merle Evans, famously known as the bandmaster for the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus for 50 years, and John Philip Sousa, t...
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Fred Wildon Phonofiddle RPPC Postcard671 - Fred Wildon Phonofiddle RPPC Postcard
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The Phonofiddle is a type of Stroh violin, a string instrument invented in 1899 that uses a metal horn and diaphragm for mechanical amplification inst
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AM Saphore Gospel Saw RPPC Postcard672 - AM Saphore Gospel Saw RPPC Postcard
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The musical saw is a hand saw used as a musical instrument, producing an ethereal sound similar to a violin by bowing a curved blade. Players create s
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1913 Constantin Brancusi Une Muse RPPC Postcard673 - 1913 Constantin Brancusi Une Muse RPPC Postcard
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Constantin Brancusi (1876-1957) was a Romanian sculptor recognized as a pioneer of modernism. Une Muse is a sculpture originally created around 1912,
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American Sculptures Monuments RPPC Postcards674 - American Sculptures Monuments RPPC Postcards
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Shows the Sun Dial Time and Fates of Man, a sculpture by Paul Manship created for the 1939 New York World's Fair, Indian God Peace, a massive sc...
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Animal Sculptures Monuments RPPC Postcards675 - Animal Sculptures Monuments RPPC Postcards
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One shows Francois Pompon's Polar Bear sculpture, another shows a man posed with a camel sculpture, and the other is of a fox and rabbit.
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1942 St Paul Winter Carnival RPPC Postcards676 - 1942 St Paul Winter Carnival RPPC Postcards
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The images feature the Ice Palace constructed in 1942 for the Saint Paul Winter Sports Carnival in Minnesota. One is from the Petoskey Winter Carnival
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Ford Edison Burroughs Florida RPPC Postcard677 - Ford Edison Burroughs Florida RPPC Postcard
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Nice example in Fort Meyers, Florida.
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WWI WW1 Lewis Mills 8th Regiment 370 Infantry RPPC678 - WWI WW1 Lewis Mills 8th Regiment 370 Infantry RPPC
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This RPPC postcard shows Lewis Mills, a member of the black 8th regiment 370 infantry of Illinois. Since 1894, Chicago’s black community had
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WW2 Dead German Panzer Tank Crew Photo679 - WW2 Dead German Panzer Tank Crew Photo
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5" by 4". Dead serviceman lying on his back in front of a tank that has crashed against a building, rubble surrounds the man and tank, ser...
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Clayborn White Oklahoma Broadcaster Photo680 - Clayborn White Oklahoma Broadcaster Photo
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3 1/4" by 4 7/8". In 1952, Clayborn White became the first Black disc jockey at KBYE in Oklahoma City. He hosted this influential program,...
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House of David Violin Workshop RPPC Postcards681 - House of David Violin Workshop RPPC Postcards
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Located in Benton Harbor, Michigan.
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CG Conn Band Instrument Factory RPPC Postcard682 - CG Conn Band Instrument Factory RPPC Postcard
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Shows the cornet and trumpet mounting department. CG Conn is a pioneering American band instrument manufacturer founded by Charles Gerard Conn in 1875
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Antietam Colossal Granite Statue Stereoview683 - Antietam Colossal Granite Statue Stereoview
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Westerly Scholfield Photographer. Sculpted at Batterson's Quarry in Westerly, Rhode Island.
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1909 Wrights Brass Circus Band Photo684 - 1909 Wrights Brass Circus Band Photo
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5 1/2" by 4 1/2".
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Antietam Colossal Granite Statue Stereoview685 - Antietam Colossal Granite Statue Stereoview
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Made by E. A. Scholfield Photographer in Mystic River, Connecticut.
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Benn Leff Enterprises Promotional Postcard686 - Benn Leff Enterprises Promotional Postcard
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5" by 3". Features a three and one half tons of music circus calliope on a 1948 Lincoln hearse. Made by Ben Leff Enterprises, specializing...
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Lord Byron Bust Excelsior Novelty CDV Photo687 - Lord Byron Bust Excelsior Novelty CDV Photo
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2 1/4" by 4".
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Civil War Army Musician Tintype Photo688 - Civil War Army Musician Tintype Photo
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2 1/4" by 3 1/4". Man's face is heavily disfigured with scarring.
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Occupational Coronet Musician Tintype Photo689 - Occupational Coronet Musician Tintype Photo
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2 1/4" by 3 1/4".
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Occupational Coronet Musician Tintype Photo690 - Occupational Coronet Musician Tintype Photo
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2 1/4" by 3 1/4".
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Chicago Civil War Drummer Boy CDV Photo691 - Chicago Civil War Drummer Boy CDV Photo
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2 1/2" by 4". The back mentions a Hermann Lehman from Joliet. Chicago Photograph Gallery.
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Wisconsin Civil War Drummer Boy CDV Photo692 - Wisconsin Civil War Drummer Boy CDV Photo
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2 1/2" by 4". Tebo Photographer Eau Claire Wisconsin.
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WCCB Band Cornet Player CDV Photo693 - WCCB Band Cornet Player CDV Photo
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2 1/4" by 4". Photographed by F.D. Cleaveland.
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Greek Sculpture Statuary CDV Photos694 - Greek Sculpture Statuary CDV Photos
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Largest is 2 1/2" by 4".
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European Sculptures Statuary CDV Photos695 - European Sculptures Statuary CDV Photos
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Nice grouping.
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1880 Toledo Cadet Cornet Band Player CDV Photo696 - 1880 Toledo Cadet Cornet Band Player CDV Photo
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Nice example. Toledo Ohio. Stockman & Fields Photographers, Toledo Ohio.
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Ancient Sculpture Statuary CDV Photos697 - Ancient Sculpture Statuary CDV Photos
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Nice grouping.
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The Royal Hand Bell Ringers CDV Photo698 - The Royal Hand Bell Ringers CDV Photo
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2 1/2" by 4". The group performed for the King and Queen of Denmark on August 19, 1878, using a carillon of 131 bells. Performers included...
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Indian Wars Cavalry Band CDV Photo699 - Indian Wars Cavalry Band CDV Photo
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2 1/2" by 4". Shown posed with his over the shoulder rotary valve alto horn.
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WW2 Marshall Islands Burned Japanese Soldier Photo700 - WW2 Marshall Islands Burned Japanese Soldier Photo
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4" by 5 1/4".
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