Western and Historical Americana

ca. 1852, copied and enlarged from the original daguerreotype taken by Southworth and Hawes, with period mat, housed in a later gilt frame. With a ret

sixth plate of a young workman, he sports a straw hat, and holds a cutting tool in one hand, while his arm rests on his clamp in which a bridle is sec

lot of 2, including a sixth plate daguerreotype portrait of a handsome young gentleman proudly displaying a flute in his right hand, in full case; and

lot of 7 daguerreotypes, housed in full cases, of Isaac C. Bates and his family, including portraits of the following individuals identified by handwr

sixth plate. His baldric tinted bright red, with accented medallion, and gold braid knot. He holds a gavel which rests on a book. An unusual Masonic s

sixth plate daguerreotype of same gentleman as in Lot 5 in civilian clothing. The quarter plate portrait features a man holding a staff and wearing a

probably by Platt D. Babbitt, ca. 1850s. A splendid example, showing two well-dressed gentlemen gesturing towards the falls, with Terrapin Tower visib

a ca 1888 reverse tintype of a group of men, women, and children standing in front of what appears to be a general store in the northwestern village o

quarter plate, ca. 1870s The player on the right displays two pair (nines and Jacks) as he prepares to discard a single card.  Condition: Hous...

on a Neff's Patent Plate, circa 1859-60. A fine composition of armed hunters, the man at center holding a rare M1843 Hall's percussion carbi...