FALL AMERICANA AUCTION - Session 1

Daguerreotypes of the Mayor of Denver, Colorado,<p>William M. Clayton (1824-1892), lot of 4. Includes an exceptional, close-up half plate dag...

Fine Half-plate Daguerreotype by Germon,<p>in a full leather case. A striking image, typical of the superior quality work by this noted Phila...

Post-Mortem Sixth Plate Daguerreotype,<p>wonderful image of child lying in open hooded wicker cradle, pencil inscription in rear, original sea...

Ambrotype of Hammer Dulcimer Player,<p>anonymous sixth plate in a pressed paper case, showing a young girl holding two hammers and peering ove...

Superior Large Tintype of a Grocery Store,<p>with wide dirt street in front and family (owners) standing in front, 5" x 7".<p>...

Large Tintype of Row Houses and Street Urchins,<p>supposedly Pittsburgh, PA. showing row houses and two store fronts, a dry goods and grocery ...

Tintype of a Threshing Machine,<p>5.5 x 3.75" in an original gilt wall frame. An fine outdoor scene, showing a yoke of oxen attached to ...

Wabash Rail Way Work Gang Tintype,<p>on a railroad with 2 hand cars, one of which has "Wabash Rail Way" on side, 4.5" x 6.6&quo...

Fine Tintype of a Man with Two Oxen,<p>4 x 2.5" in original walnut "cross t" frame. An anonymous horizontal image, he drapes ...

Tintype of a Hunter and His Dog,<p>in an unusal cast iron frame. Cdv-sized post-Civil War image of a young boy holding a Springfield rifle, h...

Scarce Amateur Photographer's Formula Book and More,<p>237 pp., 8vo half calf with marbleized page edges. Notes are found throughout the b...

Scarce Early Daguerreian Journal,<p>lot of 13 of "The New Daguerreian Journal." This a short-lived journal begun by Walter Johnson ...

Cdv of a New York Fireman,<p>with imprint of S. Austen, Oswego, NY. Fine studio pose of a member of hose company holding a large trumpet on h...

CDV of Rome, Illinois,<p>with the imprint of Cadman's Gallery, Jacksonville, Ill. This view is of the main street in Rome with four store...

Cdv of Circleville, Ohio Marshall,<p>with imprint of M.K. Marshall, Photographer, West Main Street, Circleville. An 1870s image, likely of Ja...

CDV's of The Fisherman for Heidelberg College,<p>lot of 4. Each of Henry Leonard, a 19th century fund-raiser for this small Ohio liberal a...

Great CDV of Illinois Squirrel Hunters,<p>with backmark of "Hannaman, Shelbyville, ILL." Both display grey squirrels, one holds a p...

Advertising Lady Cabinet Card,<p>with imprint of Arnold's, Jefferson, Iowa. Advertising the wares of Charles Bofink Hardware and Implemen...

Cartes De Visite of 19th Century Personalities,<p>lot of 26. Includes 12 from life portraits of Longfellow and his wife; Washington Irving; A...

Great Cdv Album With Charles Darwin,<p>contained in a fine European travel album, filled with 164 cdvs plus 20 more cdv-sized lithographs not ...

Rare Hawaiian Stereoviews By Chase,<p>lot of 5, three with his 64 and 66 Fort St. Honolulu backmark. Includes three scenes in and around Kila...

Rare Stereoviews of Fossils,<p>on regular sized yellow mounts, each with manuscript titles on verso, and dated February 10, 1874. Fossils of ...

Early Milwaukee Stereoviews<p>Lot of 6, cabinet-sized views, with hand stamp on rear "Sherman Photographer, 385 Broadway, Milwaukee"...

Book-Boxed Set and Book of India Stereoviews<p>by Underwood and Underwood, with accompanying guide book. A 100 card set, lacking 3-4,8, 13, 4...

Cabinet Card of Hunter and His Dog,<p>with imprint of G.C. Acker, Bedord, Iowa. The hunter armed to the teeth with a double barreled shotgun,...

Photographs from a Cabinet and Coffin Maker,<p>from Johnsville, N.Y., cabinet shop of Hayns & Smith. Interesting montage of 14 albumen ph...

Mammoth Photograph of the Founders of Knights of Pythias,<p>with imprint of the Rice Brothers, Washington, D.C. on 22 x 17" printed mount...

Early Photographs of the Cleveland Refining Co.,<p>lot of 2, each 6.5" x 9.5" albumen images mounted on larger card stock with impr...

Large Albumen Photo of Carpenters,<p>or furniture makers, 8.75 x 11" mounted on larger card, front with stamped signature and backmark of...

Shakespeare's Seven Ages in Photograph Form,<p>framed set of 7 albumen cabinet cards with original ornate mat and labels. Entitled "...

Charles M. Bell Photographs of Washington, DC,<p>lot of 3 imperial sized albumen images, on 17 x 10.5" gilt-edged mounts, circa 1885. Eac...

Japanese Album With Hand-Tinted Albumen Photographs,<p>includes forty-four 8" x 10.5" images mounted on larger card stock and all bo...

Silver Prints of a Sculpture, Plus,<p>lot of 3 items. Includes 2 views of a large sculpture, each 7.75 x 9.5" and mounted on larger board...

Large Collodian Negative of Rhode Island Militia,<p>and print made from same. Includes a 17 x 20" glass wet plate negative of a formation...

P.T. Barnum Little People,<p>lot of 2. Includes cdv entitled "Waino and Plutanor" showing these two little people from Barnum’s comp...

Papin Family Photograph Archive, St. Genevieve, Missouri,<p>group of 26 items, comprising hundreds of images, 19th to early 20th centuries. I...

Early Clarence White Photograph,<p>an 8.25 x 7 toned platinum portrait, of a brother and sister, identifed in pencil on mount behind as "...

George Washington Medium Folio Currier and Ives,<p>with very light color tinting to cheeks and shirt with facsimile signature below, 14.5"...

Scarce Washington Engraving,<p>entitled "Washington's Last Interview With His Mother", published by Pikes New York Opera House, ...

Early Washington and Franklin Textile,<p>printed cotton curtain panel in red on cream ground with Washington being pulled in carriage with Mis...

Subscription Proposal for W.H. Harrison Campaign Newspaper,<p>folio, Albany, August 7, 1835. "Proposals for Publishing a New Weekly Pap...

Washington Pocket Mirror,<p>19th century stamped zinc pocket mirror with bust portrait of Geo. Washington, laurel leaf surround. Opens to rev...

Wm. H. Harrison Campaign Ribbon,<p>2.7" x 5.9" ribbon with portrait of Harrison with ribbon banner above "Tippecanoe Club"...

William Henry Harrison Campaign Ribbon,<p>on cream ground, framed oval bust of Harrison. Above, a sailing ship with "We have met the enem...

Currier Lithograph of Polk,<p>eleventh President of the United States (1845 - 1849). Hand-colored, below title is "Lith. & Pub. By N....

Henry Clay Campaign Flag,<p>of printed cotton from the 1844 election, with canton having black & white waist length portrait of Clay on bl...

Henry Clay Campaign Ribbon,<p>cream ground with "Clay and Tariff / The Democratic Whig / National Convention, / May 2, 1844." Below ...

Fine Henry Clay Campaign Ribbon,<p>black on cream silk, from the 1844 campaign. "Clay and Tariff, The Democratic Whig National Convention...

Rare Zachary Taylor Cigar Case,<p>embossed leather, with circular medallion in red and gilt with a portrait of Taylor and "Z. TAYLOR PRES...

Zach Taylor Pocket Mirror,<p>stamped with bust portrait of "General Taylor Rough & Ready" with embossed laurel leaf surround. O...

Rare Lewis Cass Campaign Pipe,<p>redware of the Democratic Presidential candidate for 1848, defeated by the Whig, Z. Taylor. Cass was the fir...

Figural American Political Tobacco Pipes,<p>lot of 3, all redware and approx. 2" long. Includes a head of George Washington with fluted ...

Lincoln Campaign Portrait Flag,<p>polished cotton, 12 x 17", likely from a continuous bolt, printed in red, white and blue. A known vari...

Lincoln Campaign Ferro in Shell,<p>issued during the 1864 campaign. Image slightly dark on left side, else bright.FALSE

Stephen Douglas Campaign Portrait Ribbon,<p>printed in black on silk, 6.25 x 2.4." A splendid example, with bold portrait of Douglas and...

Douglas Johnson Ferro,<p>with "Stephen Douglas, 1860" on obv. (Douglas portrait No. 1), and "Herschell Johnson, 1860" on r...

George McClellan Campaign Photo in Shell,<p>brass matted, 20 x 26mm, gem-sized cardboard, with portrait of McClellan in uniform. These ubiqui...

Scarce German Lincoln-Hamlin Paper Ballot,<p>printed in black on yellow paper, 7 x 3.5." Topped by an eagle and flags framing a portrait...

Two Lincoln Campaign Ballots From Indiana,<p>both printed on paper, one black and white 6 x 3.5", one blue and white 4 x 2.75". Firs...

Silk Ribbon From the 1864 Campaign,<p>black on white, with "The Union Must and Shall Be Preserved" surrounding an eagle and shield w...

Ohio Lincoln-Johnson Campaign Ballot,<p>printed on paper in blue and red ink, 8.5 x 3." A fine example of this ballot, with patriotic mo...

Montgomery Co, Ohio Lincoln Presidential Ballot,<p>printed in blue and red ink on paper, 8.25 x 4.75. An unusually large ballot from the 1864...

Scarce Lincoln-Johnson Missouri Paper Ballot,<p>framed, 11.5 x 4" overall. RADICAL UNION TICKET, probably issued in St. Louis, and listin...

Early Lincoln Campaign Biography,<p>Life of Abraham Lincoln (of Illinois) With a Condensed View of His Most Important Speeches;..., Asher &am...

Unused Lincoln and Other Patriotic Covers,<p>lot of 11. Includes four with images of a beardless Lincoln, two with beard, two with Lincoln and...

Currier & Ives Lincoln Political Cartoon,<p>medium folio, from 1864 depicting Lincoln acting like a fool, Fessenden (Secy. of Treasury) cr...

Currier & Ives Lincoln Political Cartoon,<p>medium folio, from the 1860 Presidential campaign, entitled "The Great Exhibition of 1860...

Great Hand-Colored Lincoln Lithograph,<p>showing bearded Lincoln, 22" x 38", in period grain painted frame, 26.5" x 32.5"....

Beardless Abe Lincoln Photo,<p>early 20th century carbon photograph. Rare image, known as "The Giant Killer", taken by T.P. Pearson...

Scarce Lincoln Pose By Alexander Gardner,<p>silver gelatin print, 9.25" x 12.5", with modern mat and frame. From a now lost glass p...

John Wilkes Booth Theater Broadside,<p>Boston Museum, Jan. 19, 1863. "In Rehearsal -- The Celebrated Opera Bouffe, The Doctor of Alcantar...

Death of Lincoln Medium Folio Currier and Ives,<p>with Cabinet members, army officers, family & friends gathered around death bed, 13.5&qu...

Ohio Lincoln Assassination Broadside Extra,<p>Daily Ohio State Journal Saturday, April 15, 9 AM. 8 x 6." Announces the death of Lincoln ...

Lincoln Funeral Badge or Cravat,<p>in black silk with silver tassels at each end. Manuscript note sewn to back "Badge worn as one of the...

U.S. Grant Shell Stickpin,<p>from the 1867 campaign. Albumen paper photograph mounted in brass shell with pin.<p>Image slightly soiled.

Grant-Colfax Indiana Handbill,<p>from 1868 campaign, exhorting the reader to "Subscribe for the Indiana Radical!...For the Campaign!"...

Scarce Horace Greeley Illustrated Campaign Sheet Music,<p>with a portrait of Greeley and "OUR NEXT PRESIDENT" above and "HORACE...

Collection of Political Pattern Glass,<p>lot of 4, all late Victorian. Includes 9.5" diameter scalloped edge bowl with frosted portrait o...

James Garfield Memorial Letter Opener,<p>molded copper, 9.5" total length. Features handle with rearing lion and scimitar-shaped blade w...

James A. Garfield Memorial Ribbons,<p>lot of 40 ribbons, from various cities and organizations. Ribbons range from 1.25 x 3" to about 2.7...

Garfield Campaign Booklet,<p>in illustrated paper wraps, 8vo. entitled "Life of James A. Garfield Our Citizen-Soldier", Barclay &...

Cleveland & Thurman Campaign Textile,<p>printed on cotton with circular portraits of each in black and white on red ground with "No S...

Blaine-Logan Political Textile,<p>printed cotton bunting in red, white and blue with oval sepia portraits of "James G. Blaine" and &...

Unusual Benjamin Harrison Campaign Ribbon,<p>printed in black on white silk, 9 x 3." Worn by Harrison supporters from the Indianapolis C...

Harrison-Morton Campaign Textile,<p>printed linen with flags border, spread winged eagle, surmounting U.S. shield with ribbon banner in beak t...

Unusual Benjamin Harrison-Washington Bunting,<p>polychrome printed cotton on cream ground with oval portraits of Washington with "1789&qu...

Political Sheet Music Collection,<p>lot of 13. Includes, "McKinley Grand March," 1896; "Tip and Ty: A New Comic Whig Glee,"...

Cleveland-Thurman Jugate Campaign Ribbon,<p>black, on pink silk, 9.25 x 2.75." Printed by Buford, Indianapolis.<p>Clean, with thre...

Two Fine Political Campaign Glasses,<p>each clear glass with acid etched double oval portraits, 3.6" high. Includes Taft & Sherman, ...

McKinley Dinner Loving Cup,<p>silver-plated, with 3 handles which divide the cup into 3 panels. One panel is engraved with a monogram "CC...

William McKinley Memorial Ribbons,<p>lot of 46, various sizes and from various cities and organizations. Ribbons range from about 1 x 5" ...

McKinley Campaign and Memorial Collection,<p>lot of 3. Includes a brass finished cast iron relief bust with kick prop rear and memorial laurel...

Roosevelt-Fairbanks Campaign Poster,<p>1904. Chromolithographed poster with portraits of both candidates, flag and eagle on diagonal between t...

Teddy Roosevelt Campaign Ribbons,<p>including a large 9.25 x 3 white silk with blue printing example with portrait of T.R. and coat-tail suppo...

Roosevelt's Bears Buffalo Pottery Pitcher,<p>lot of 2, includes the above pitcher, wonderfully decorated with transfer printed scenes of t...

Rare W. J. Bryant Presidential Campaign Button,<p>with the candidate riding a bicycle on a tight wire, the wire flying banners of "TRUST&...

Great Multicolored Republican Ribbons,<p>lot of 7, all for state or local candidates in Pennsylvania in the 1906 and 1908 elections. All incl...

Hoover & Smith Campaign Cello Pamphlet,<p>9.25 x 5.5" overall, folded into thirds to 3 x 5.5". The front of the 2 outer flaps ha...

Scarce Kansas Nebraska Handbill,<p>from the Indiana "American," 3 x 4.25". This notice alerted Hoosiers to the passage of the K...

Fine Lithograph of John Brown,<p>published by Currier & Ives and hand colored with period frame and acid free matting. Print entitled &qu...