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(AFRICAN AMERICANA)

Laborer in an oxen-drawn cart, Huntsville, Alabama.

Printing-out paper print, the image measuring 6x8

1

/

4

inches (15.2x21 cm.), the mount 8

7

/

8

x10

1

/

8

inches (22.6x26 cm.), with a location, in pencil, in a period hand, on mount recto. Circa 1895

[1,000/1,500]

Originally from the Jay Culver Family Collection.

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EUGENE DE SALIGNAC (1861-1943)

Group of approximately 28 photographs depicting construction of the Manhattan Bridge.

A set of formal compositions primarily depicting views of bridge and subway track construction

from Nassau Street, Jay Street, and the Flatbush Avenue Extension, including 2 images of the sites

of subway accidents, architectural details, and views of the skyline in the background. Cyanotypes,

the images measuring approximately 7

1

/

2

x9

1

/

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 5 with a caption, in ink, and a small oval Supreme count hand stamp, and 21 with a

Manhattan Bridge Brooklyn Plaza hand stamp, on recto. 1913-22

[2,000/3,000]

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(CYANOTYPES)

Salesman’s sample with approximately 300 loose photographs of Mahogany Michigan

Co.’s quartered oak and mahogany-finished chairs, benches, tables, and pedestals.

Cyanotypes, the images measuring 8

1

/

4

x10

3

/

8

inches (21x26.4 cm.), and the reverse, the sheets

8

3

/

4

x11

5

/

8

inches (22.2x30 cm.), each with a caption in the negative, and a few with the notation

“discontinued,” in pencil, on recto. Circa 1900

[1,800/2,200]

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