ETHCDV27. J. Garrigues, Tunis. North African CDV of mother and daughter. VG. $125


ETHCAB9.
Davis Garber, NY. William Taylor (1821-1902), Missionary Bishop of Africa, 1884-1896, of the Methodist Episcopal Church. VG. $600

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ETHCDV45. No ID. On back is written “Negresse avec son eventail” (Negress with her fan). I believe this is Algerian. VG. $125

Algerian CDV
ETHCDV51. Attibuted to J. Tresorier. Native woman with bag. VG. $150

Algerian CDV
ETHCDV54. Attributed to Alary & Geiser. Native woman. VG. $100


ETHCDV77. C.D. Fredricks & Co., NY. Malay doctor & patient. VG. $450


ETHCDV78. W. Hammerschmidt. 182. Vue de Jerusalem. VG. $20


ETHCDV90. Barton & Co., Secunderabad Hyderabad. A group of Indian children. G. $50


ETHCDV91. Barton & Co., Secunderabad Hyderabad. Group of Indian children. VG. $65


ETHCDV92. Barton & Co., Secunderabad Hyderabad. Group of Indians. VG. $65


ETHCDV107. Bourne & Shepherd, India. Tobacconists of Bombay. VG. $250


ETHCDV108. Photographer’s name is mostly rubbed off. Begins with “Dr.” and ends with “ll.” This is possibly a Burmese student studying in Pennsylvania. Trimmed. Fair. $50


ETHCDV110. No photographer ID. On verso is written “Turco.” A Turco is an Algerian soldier in the French Army. VG. $125


ETHCDV111. No photographer ID. This is a Turco, an Algerian soldier in the French Army. VG. $125


ETHALB1. Fine CDV album of 144 CDVs, 28 of which are tinted. Most are Middle Eastern with an assortment of other nationalities. The CDVs are permanently enclosed in the album as the pages do not have slits at top or bottom for removal. 12″ x 9.” One of the clasps is missing. VG-E condition. $6500


ETHCDV118. R. Caracachian, Constantinople. Street vendor. G-. $35


ETHCDV119. Group of 4 in middle-eastern outfits. Unidentified. VG. $65


ETHCDV120. Three women around a grinding mortar stone. Unidentified location. VG. $75


ETHCDV121. Image is labeled “Coolie,” no location. Merchant with primitive scale and merchandise. Probably Japan, my guess. VG. $75


ETHCDV122. N.S. Campbell, Penn Yan, NY. Moung Kyau of Burma poses with Rev. Thomas Allen, a Baptist missionary, in this 1865 portrait. The two men toured and lectured together, as evidenced by this announcement in the April 25, 1865, issue of the Belvidere Standard (Belvidere, Ill.): “Moung Kyau, a native of Burmah, who accompanied the Rev. Thomas Allen, a returned Missionary, from Burma to this country, will deliver a lecture on the habits, customs and religion of his native land at the Baptist church, on Thursday evening, April 27th. Moung Kyau will be dressed in his native costume, such as he was accustomed to wear in Burmah. He will also exhibit images of Gandama, the god whom he was accustomed to worship in his childhood, and a variety of curiosities which were brought from his native land. Moung Kyau will sing in Burmese and repeat the Lord’s Prayer in that language, together with a prayer to his heathen god, taught him in childhood. He is now a student at Madison University, and preparing to return as a Missionary to his native land. Admittance Free. Collection taken up at close of lecture.” Moung Kyau, born in 1841, did return to Burma and engage in mission work, and eventually entered government service as a schoolteacher. He died of consumption in 1883. Rev. Thomas Allen, born in Luzerne County, Pa. in 1824 and graduated from Madison University in 1850, was active as a missionary in Burma from 1852 until the late 1850s, when he was forced to return to America because of the health of his wife, Minerva. He ministered to flocks of the faithful in New York, Ohio and Illinois, and died in 1898. 2-cent cancelled tax stamp on verso. G. $175


ETHCDV123. Moung Kyau of Burma, native of Burma, Karen convert to Christianity. Moung Kyau, born in 1841, returned to Burma and engaged in mission work, and eventually entered government service as a schoolteacher. He died of consumption in 1883. VG. $125


EthnicAlbum9. Rare Early Carte-de-Visite Photos of Egypt. Several images by Hammerschmidt, Wilhelm; Desire, Ermé; & David Robertson & Co. Album of Fifty Early Original Cartes-de-visite Albumen Photographs of Egypt and Its People, Showing Cairo (General Views, Muhammad Ali Mosque, Sultan Hassan Mosque, the Pyramids of Giza, the Sphinx, &c.), Beirut, Portraits of Arab Merchants, Street Sellers, Officials, Musicians, a Barber, a Shoe Cobbler, “Arab Beggar,” “Arab Washwomen,” “Bedouin Soldier,” Water Carriers, and Others. Ca. 1860s-1870s. Small thick CDV album with 25 album leaves. 50 albumen CDV photos, all ca. 2 ¼ x 3 ½ in. Various photographers. All images are shown above. If there is a backmark or anything written on verso the verso is shown. If the verso is blank, it is not shown.

The album contains thirty-two portraits of Egyptians and scenes from their life (merchants in their shops, government officials, musicians, a barber and his client, “a seller of sugar cane,” a shoe cobbler, “Arab beggar,” “Arab coffee merchant,” “Arab washwomen,” “Bedouin soldier,” water carriers and sellers, women and children, &c.). The other images show Cairo and its environs: general views, photos of Muhammad Ali Mosque (general view, a view of the courtyard and fountain), the Mosque of Sultan Hassan (exterior and interior) and other Mamluk mosques, the Pyramids of Giza and the Great Sphinx, &c. The collection also includes two general views of Beirut, Lebanon. Overall a beautiful album with well-preserved early carte-de-visite photographs of Egypt.

“Born in Berlin, Wilhelm Hammerschmidt was already a professional photographer when he settled in Cairo, Egypt, around 1860. There he established the Hammerschmidt shop, where he sold photographic materials to other early photographers such as Henry Cammas. Hammerschmidt exhibited ten views of Egypt at the Société Française de Photographie in 1861 before becoming a member the following year. He also made costume and ethnographic studies, exhibiting those at the Exposition Universelle in Paris in 1867. Hammerschmidt also made photographs in Syria and Nubia, now Sudan” (Wilhelm Hammerschmidt / Getty Museum Collection; https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/person/103KH1). Hammerschmidt is considered one of the first photographers to produce high-quality detailed images of Egypt and his travels and photographs of Upper Egypt and Nubia predate popular tourism in Egypt. He appears to have collaborated with the pioneering photo chemist Hermann Wilhelm Vogel (1834-1898) which would explain the high quality of Hammerschmidt’s photographs.
Ermé Désiré opened his photo studio in Cairo in ca. 1864 and became known for the series of views of the construction of the Suez Canal and numerous photos of Cairo, produced on the assignment of Ismail Pasha, the Khedive of Egypt. He also took classical ethnographic portraits of local people, from beggars and street sellers to Egyptian dignitaries and officers of the Khedivial army. VG. $4500