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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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Bower City Band Janesville Wisconsin Cabinet Photo851 - Bower City Band Janesville Wisconsin Cabinet Photo
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Scarce image.
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Conway Shaw Stroh Violin Cabinet Photo852 - Conway Shaw Stroh Violin Cabinet Photo
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Man in the photo is Conway Shaw, the first man to play the Stroh Violin in America. 5" by 9". The Stroh violin or Stroviol is a type of st...
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Indian Wars Occupational Band Cabinet Photo853 - Indian Wars Occupational Band Cabinet Photo
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Members are identified on the back. Mayer Photographer, Columbus Ohio.
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Richard C Craven Tennessee Artist Postcards854 - Richard C Craven Tennessee Artist Postcards
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Unusual and one of a kind postcards featuring the art of Richard Craven Canard (Richard C.) of Johnson City Tennessee. All postcards are sent to Whitn
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Conn Instrument Factory RPPC Postcards855 - Conn Instrument Factory RPPC Postcards
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Nice grouping
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Buckminster Fuller Dymaxion Car Postcards856 - Buckminster Fuller Dymaxion Car Postcards
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Nice grouping
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Extension Ladder Patent Model Inventors Photo857 - Extension Ladder Patent Model Inventors Photo
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Identified on the back. Photo shows a small patent model. 5" by 6".
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Alexander Graham Bell RPPC Postcards858 - Alexander Graham Bell RPPC Postcards
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Nice grouping
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Alexandra Stepanoff Theremin Photo859 - Alexandra Stepanoff Theremin Photo
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Unusual Musical Instrument. 6" by 8". Alexandra Stepanoff was one of Leon Theremin's first theremin students in the United States. For...
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Iwo Jima National Monument Photos860 - Iwo Jima National Monument Photos
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Both are press photos.
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WWI WW1 Era Military Band Photos861 - WWI WW1 Era Military Band Photos
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2nd Illinois Field Artillery, and Mapleton Band. Largest is 8" by 9 1/2"
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Kaufmann Fabry Statue Painters Photo862 - Kaufmann Fabry Statue Painters Photo
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8" by 10". 1933 Century of Progress International Exhibition of Chicago.
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Famous Inventors of the Century Lithograph863 - Famous Inventors of the Century Lithograph
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George W. Bertron. 6 1/2" by 9 3/4"
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One Man Band Street Organ Photos864 - One Man Band Street Organ Photos
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Nice grouping
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John Arthur Prescott 1st Cavalry Band Photo865 - John Arthur Prescott 1st Cavalry Band Photo
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Indian Wars Time Period. 8" by 10".
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Unusual Child Tambourine Band Cabinet Photo866 - Unusual Child Tambourine Band Cabinet Photo
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7" by 9"
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Shell Lake Wisconsin Brass Band Photo867 - Shell Lake Wisconsin Brass Band Photo
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8" by 10"
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Wilbur Hall Playing a Tire Pump Photo868 - Wilbur Hall Playing a Tire Pump Photo
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8" by 10". Wilbur Francis Hall, sometimes billed as Willie Hall (November 18, 1894 – June 30, 1983), was an American trombonist, vio...
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Buckminster Fuller Autographed Signed Photo869 - Buckminster Fuller Autographed Signed Photo
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8" by 10"
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Sculpture and Sculptor Photos870 - Sculpture and Sculptor Photos
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Nice grouping. Largest is 8" by 10"
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Modern Art Sculptor Photos871 - Modern Art Sculptor Photos
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Egon Weiner, Michael Heizer, Robert Morris, Ivan Mestrovic. Largest is 7" by 10".
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Alexandre Zeitlin Sculpture Photo872 - Alexandre Zeitlin Sculpture Photo
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6 1/2" by 8 1/2"
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Spanish American War US Navy Sailor Photos873 - Spanish American War US Navy Sailor Photos
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Louis Jacobs Photographer, Chicago Illinois.
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Indian Wars Soldier Musician Occupational Photos874 - Indian Wars Soldier Musician Occupational Photos
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St Louis Missouri and Burlington Wisconsin.
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Indian Wars Soldier Musician Occupational Photos875 - Indian Wars Soldier Musician Occupational Photos
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Stillwater Minnesota and Henry Illinois.
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Rock Springs Wyoming Band Member Cabinet Photo876 - Rock Springs Wyoming Band Member Cabinet Photo
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Unidentified.
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Brass Band Musician Occupational Cabinet Photos877 - Brass Band Musician Occupational Cabinet Photos
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Sterling Illinois, and Riverdale Illinois
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Brook Indiana Brass Band Occupational Photos878 - Brook Indiana Brass Band Occupational Photos
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Nice grouping
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Brass Band Musician Occupational Cabinet Photo879 - Brass Band Musician Occupational Cabinet Photo
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Bellefontaine Ohio
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Boylston Brass Band Massachusetts Cabinet Photo880 - Boylston Brass Band Massachusetts Cabinet Photo
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Charles Longley. On November 15th in 1875, a group of young men from Boylston decided to establish a town brass band, to be known as the Boylston Bras
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Carvings and Statuary Stereoviews881 - Carvings and Statuary Stereoviews
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Nice grouping
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Folk Art Wood Carver RPPC Postcards882 - Folk Art Wood Carver RPPC Postcards
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Nice grouping
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Statuary and Monument RPPC Postcards883 - Statuary and Monument RPPC Postcards
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Forest Lawn Mystery of Life, Sleepy Time at Forest Lawn, Rotunda Statue Los Angeles Museum
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Folk Art Religious Statuary RPPC Postcards884 - Folk Art Religious Statuary RPPC Postcards
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Nice grouping
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Jack Holmes Folk Art Musician Photo885 - Jack Holmes Folk Art Musician Photo
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Sommer Studio, Philadelphia. 6" by 8"
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Jungfrau Glacier Switzerland Ice Palace Postcards886 - Jungfrau Glacier Switzerland Ice Palace Postcards
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Nice grouping
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Charles d'Emery Mount Rushmore Letter887 - Charles d'Emery Mount Rushmore Letter
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Letter pertains to Gutzon Borglum and the creation of Mount Rushmore.
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Chicago Illinois Jazz Band Dance Handbills888 - Chicago Illinois Jazz Band Dance Handbills
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Benny Goodman and Rita Rio.
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Jazz Band Handbills and Booklets889 - Jazz Band Handbills and Booklets
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Harry Epp, Kid Ory, Scott Joplin.
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Conn Exclusively Instrument RPPC Postcards890 - Conn Exclusively Instrument RPPC Postcards
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Nice grouping of advertising postcards. Vaughn Monroe, Bob Sylvester, Bud Freeman, Les Brown, Don Lodice, Rudy Bundy.
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Dixieland Jazz Band Postcards891 - Dixieland Jazz Band Postcards
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Easter Egg Hand Tinted RPPC Postcards892 - Easter Egg Hand Tinted RPPC Postcards
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Nice grouping
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WWI WW1 Men in Gas Masks RPPC Postcards893 - WWI WW1 Men in Gas Masks RPPC Postcards
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Nice grouping
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Victorian Advertising Trade Cards894 - Victorian Advertising Trade Cards
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Nice grouping
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Navy Sailor Soldiers CDV Photos895 - Navy Sailor Soldiers CDV Photos
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Nice grouping
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William Lemp Brewing Toasts Book896 - William Lemp Brewing Toasts Book
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St Louis Missouri.
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The Peacocks Kid Party Jazz Band Program897 - The Peacocks Kid Party Jazz Band Program
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Ted Brown Music Co. Chicago Illinois.
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Collection of Jazz Band Musicians Postcards898 - Collection of Jazz Band Musicians Postcards
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Nice grouping
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Collection of Jazz Band Musicians Postcards899 - Collection of Jazz Band Musicians Postcards
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Nice grouping
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Emerson Floating Palace Show Boat Photo900 - Emerson Floating Palace Show Boat Photo
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10" by 12". The steamboat Emerson was towing a floating palace when it struck an obstruction and sank near Osceola (Mississippi County) on...
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