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2 CDV Albums containing CDVs of family and friends of the William Hunter and C.C. and Otto Giers families. 1st item: "Harding's Flexible Chain Back Album" – leather bound with gilt decoration, 6 1/2" x 5 3/4" – containing 29 CDVS of various men, women and children, some with German photographer backstamps, some stamped Giers […]

Photographic Archive of People, approximately 300 images, many by Nashville photographer C. C. Giers, (but other photographers also represented). This lot features a large number of loose studio and candid albumen prints, CDVs, cabinet cards, and other photographs dating from the late 19th to early 20th centuries, of mostly unidentified subjects. Notable Giers images include […]

Estate Collection of United States and World Stamps and Stamp Covers, circa 1881-1997. Includes "The New World Wide Postage Stamp Album" Hardback book, edited by George A. Tlamsa, published by Minkus Publications, Inc., New York, New York, 1964. Album is divided by country and is partially filled with circulated and uncirculated stamps from around the […]

A group of 8 unmounted photographic prints depicting the 5th Battery of Ohio National Guard and the aftermath of the 1884 Cincinnati Courthouse Riots, plus one likely unrelated cabinet card photograph of a crowd surveying the ruins of a damaged building, with Pulaski TN photography studio backstamp. 1st-8th items: Albumen photograph prints of men in […]

1st item: Visitor's Directory to the Buildings of the World's Industrial Exposition and Guide to Principal Exhibits, pamphlet from the 1884 Cotton Exhibition in New Orleans; Published by Patterson and Co. New Orleans. Contains Ground Plan of Government Building, Main Building Ground Plan, and Location of Buildings. Many pages appear to have been removed, and […]

Group of 14 land documents, all signed by Tennessee Governor William Carroll at Murfreesborough and concerning various property in Humphreys County directly issued to or assigned to John Davis, John McLemore, and George Campbell. Dates range from 1818 to 1824. Most are partially printed, of uniform size (12" x 15" approx.). Provenance: the estate of […]

Group of 9 land documents concerning property in Middle Tennessee, 1790-1840. All are handwritten,"true" copies, and the names of governors appear to be signed by secretaries – including North Carolina Governors Sam Ashe, Samuel Johnston, Richard Dobbs Spaight, and Richard Caswell, and Tennessee governors Sam Houston, James K. Polk, and William Carroll. Some have additional […]

A group of about 70 letters from 1828-1850s related to Howell Tatum Davis (b .1813-d. 1861, brother of John Davis, son of Frederick Davis, who moved to Texas circa 1840s). The letters are addressed to Davis in various parts of Texas and were likely returned to his family upon his death, as he had no […]

7 presidential related Cartes de visite along with George Washington Ephemera. 1st item: Rare CDV of Mary Todd Lincoln, standing in a black dress and holding a fan, published by E. & H.T. Anthony from a photographic negative in Matthew Brady’s portrait gallery. Anthony backstamp verso. 2nd item: CDV portrait of Abraham Lincoln, from a […]

Kurz and Allison George Washington Lithograph and Two (2) Biographies: Washington and Lafayette. 1st item: Kurz and Allison lithographed bust-length portrait of President George Washington. Later parcel gilt stained frame. Sight – 24 1/4" H x 18 1/2" W. Framed – 34 1/2" H x 28 1/2" W. 2nd item: THE LIFE OF GEORGE WASHINGTON […]