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Lot 238 - Antique “Postal Cards” Scrapbook Album Containing Yellowstone Photographs, Postcards, And Ephemera Including Large-Format 1898–1902 Prints By Detroit Photographic Co., Ward's Postal Card Album, Boston, Massachusetts

Lot 238 - Antique “Postal Cards” Scrapbook Album Containing Yellowstone Photographs, Postcards, And Ephemera Including Large-Format 1898–1902 Prints By Detroit Photographic Co., Ward's Postal Card Album, Boston, Massachusetts

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Antique scrapbook album titled “Postal Cards,” issued by Ward’s Postal Card Album, Boston, Massachusetts, containing a diverse assortment of late 19th- and early 20th-century materials. Highlights include several large-format photographic prints of Yellowstone National Park landscapes and geological features produced by the Detroit Photographic Co. between 1898 and 1902, depicting scenes such as Yellowstone Lake, the Fish Pot Hot Spring, and other natural formations. Additional contents include a cabinet card portrait of a young girl in a white dress with fur, two Yellowstone Park suede pyrography postcard-sized scraps reading “Just a Line from Yellowstone Park” and “Will Be Home Soon, Yellowstone Park,” two newspaper clippings with photographic or engraved imagery, twelve postcards bound within the album (holiday, Yellowstone, and New Hampshire landmark themes), and approximately twenty additional loose postcards with Yellowstone, Marseilles, and Paris subjects.

The album bears a printed label on the rear endpaper reading “This book is No.” followed by a stamped code “3x-100.” Green cloth covers show moderate wear and handling marks; interior pages are partially filled and overall well preserved with expected toning, edge wear, and minor corner or mounting losses to photographs typical of age and use.

Dimensions: 8-1/2" L x 7/8" W x 11-1/4" H

Auction Date: 10/16/2025

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