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Lot 134 - Grouping of Seven Antique Board-Mounted Photographs Including a Church, Street Scene, Couple's Portrait, Family Gathering, School Group, Early Automobile, and Parlor Interior with Telephone
Lot 134 - Grouping of Seven Antique Board-Mounted Photographs Including a Church, Street Scene, Couple's Portrait, Family Gathering, School Group, Early Automobile, and Parlor Interior with Telephone
Grouping of seven antique board-mounted photographs depicting a variety of subjects. Included are a church with a bell tower and white picket fence, a street scene with houses and trolley tracks, a studio portrait of a couple, a large outdoor family or community gathering of approximately 40 people posed on a hillside, a school group of children posed in front of a building with decorative sidelights, a group of people seated in an early open-top automobile parked beside a clapboard house, and an elderly woman seated in a wicker chair beside a writing desk with a telephone and framed photographs in a parlor interior.
Condition varies across the grouping. Mounts range from cream to dark gray and black, with varying degrees of soiling, staining, foxing, edge wear, and corner loss. Photographs show varying levels of fading and toning.
Dimensions:
Dimensions of items in this lot range from 5-1/2" W x 6-1/2" H to 8" W x 10" H.