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Ca. 1890 Hunting & Fishing Boudoir Cards

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:100.00 USD Estimated At:350.00 - 650.00 USD
Ca. 1890 Hunting & Fishing Boudoir Cards
Featured in this lot is this Hunting Party and Fly Fishing expedition boudoir cards (a stack of Winchester Lever Action Rifles can be seen) circa 1890's and were housed in the Tombstone Western Heritage Museum; Provenance: From the Tombstone Western Heritage Museum in Tombstone, Arizona. There are two boudoir cards in this colleciton. The fist is a boudoir card with a photograph of a hunting party with stacked rifles and fishing gear near their living quarters; the boudoir card is marked as follows: "A breakfast al fresco" p 129 and comes with a original museum tag that reads as follows: 1890's Hunting Party Note the fishing reels and guns. The second is a boudoir card that shows three men fishing in a fishing hole on natural rock formations; the boudoir card comes complete with an original museum tag that reads as follows: Fishing in the 1890's Notice the fishing poles. The condition of this pair of boudoir cards is well preserved with some browning to the cardstock backings and discoloration in spots but otherwise shows a well preserved overall condition. The measurements of these boudoir cards is 8 3/4" x 5 5/8" and 8 1/2" x 5 7/8". The collective weight of this pair of boudoir cards is 4oz.