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DE SALIGNAC, EUGENE (1861-1943)
Group of approximately 60 cyanotypes depicting the construction of the Manhattan Bridge,
primarily chronicling Brooklyn Plaza construction, but also with scenes of the bridge towers and
cables, workers in white shirts, subway digging, machinery, and NewYork City turn-of-the-century
architecture in the background. Cyanotypes, measuring approximately 7
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2
inches (19.1x24.1
cm.), each with a number in the negative, and most of the prints with a combination of notations
and stamps, including all but approximately 15 with a caption, in ink, 42 with a Manhattan Bridge
Brooklyn Plaza hand stamp, and others with a small oval Supreme Court hand stamp, primarily on
recto. 1913-22
[1,500/2,500]
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(ALASKA)
Group of approximately 55 photographs of Alaska at the height of the gold-rush era, from the late 19th
to the early 20th century.With 40 real photo postcards of native people and artifacts, picturesque views
of glaciers and Juneau, local towns, and more (many by Elite Studio); 18 stereos of goldmining scenes,
trading villages, Chilcoot Pass, totem poles, and transportation (6 of the stereos are albumen views, and
the later prints are by Underwood & Underwood and Keystone); and one boudoir card with the printed
credit of Partridge, Portland, Oregon. Albumen, printing-out paper, and silver prints, the stereos and
boudoir cards are on the original mounts. 1890s-1905
[1,500/2,500]
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Pair of albums, the first entitled “My Alaska,” with 126 photographs, many of them real photo postcards of
native people; most of the pages are captioned and decorated in white ink. Oblong 4to, printed suede; ties. 1930-32.
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Album entitled “TheTotems of Alaska,” with tipped in photographic reproductions. Oblong 4to, wrappers with
mounted reproduction, chipped and torn; ties.Winter & Pond Company: Juneau,Alaska,1909.
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