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(BROOKLYN, NY)
B
.
J
.
SMITH
,
ARCHITECTURAL PHOTOGRAPHER
An album with 7 photographs depicting interior views of the residence of W.H. Nichols, at 353
Clinton Avenue, Brooklyn, NewYork.The images include the main hall, reception room, drawing
room, library, an unidentified living room, dining room, and butler’s pantry, each an ornate, detailed
space. Albumen prints, 7
3
/
4
x9
1
/
2
inches (19.7x24.1 cm.), and slightly smaller, and the reverse, each
with the photographer’s imprint (with his address and an insignia representing an award given to
him), and all but one with the name of the room and the address, in ink, on mount verso. Small
oblong folio, gilt-lettered leather with marbled endpapers. Circa 1876
[500/750]
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(BICYCLING)
Group of 19 photographs depicting cyclists of all ages, comprising 6 tintypes (one half-plate and 5
sixth-plates), 2 cartes-de-visite, 4 cabinet cards with imprints on mount recto, and 7 assorted
albumen, printing-out paper and mounted silver prints; accompanied by a half-plate tintype of tennis
players; 2 of the tintypes are in half cases.The albumen and silver prints measure 3
1
/
2
inches square
to 4x4
3
/
4
inches (9.5x9.5 to 10.2x12.1 cm). 1890s-1910
[700/1,000]
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