OCDV7. No photographer ID. Rare CDV with 63 written on verso. This is an advertising sample CDV for a Morgan saddle. G. $150
OCDV8. No photographer ID. Rare CDV titled No. 132 Morgan. This is an advertising sample CDV for a Morgan saddle. G. $150
OPC1. Looks like these fellows are paper hangers and/or painters. Unused, divided pack real photo postcard. VG. $10
OCDV38. No photographer ID. Busy occupational CDV showing Dr. Good’s Groceries and Hardware building. Larkin’s Dry Goods, Grocery & Tea Warehouse, Broad & Upland Sts. wagon. Other commercial wagon loading at side of building. Large flag flying from top of building. It looks too large to be real and may be painted in. G. $175
OCDV43. S.P. Greisamer, Quakertown, Pa. Leather worker and apprentice working on leather, various tools in view. VG. $85
OCAB64. Baker Bros., Photographers, Redkey, Indiana. Cabinet card shows a shoemaker in the midst of sewing leather. He is encircled by his tools, shoes, etc. G. $125
OCAB67. Geo. Haskins, Osakis, Minnesota. Firemen’s hose truck in front of the Lake House. G. $150
OCAB71. No photographer ID. The India Rubber Comb Co., 9.11.13 Mercer Str. N.Y. On back is written “item has some reference to businesses of A.D. Schlesinger (rubber company) and/or Alfred H. Schlesinger (first engineering job with a pump co.)” VG. $125
OCAB73. K.T. Sheldon, West Winsted, Conn. Cabinet Card showing the occupational wagon of “Dr. Haynes’ Arabian Balsam, an Internal & External Remedy for Man & Beast.” Also “Dr. J. Miller’s Vegetable Expectorant.” Card shows wear, short split at bottom beneath horse, worn corners. G-. $150
OCDV55. No photographer ID. The Clarinopeon or Steam Organ. G. $250
OCDV68. W. Shaw, Schenectady, N.Y. Two chemists with vials, bottles, filters, scale, etc. VG. $275
OCAB84. No photographer ID. Handwritten caption bottom recto: “Robert Collyer’s Blacksmith shop. Ilkly.” Handwritten on verso: “From Collyer’s Playmate Jonathan Gainsworth. At Wm. Dobson’s Inn, Ilkly. Yorkshire July 9th, 1884. With F…. Theo. F. Wolfe.” Make sure you notice the birdhouse on the roof. Collyer was born in Keighley, Yorkshire, England, on December 8, 1823; the family moved to Blubberhouses within a month of his birth. At the age of eight he was compelled to leave school and support himself by work in a linen factory. He was naturally studious, however, and supplemented his scant schooling by night study. At fourteen he was apprenticed to a blacksmith, Jacky Birch—who had taught the trade to Samuel Collyer, Robert’s father, in Blubberhouses–and for several years worked at this trade at Ilkley. In 1849 he became a local Methodist minister. In the same year, his wife Harriet died on 1 February, and his infant daughter Jane on 4 February. In the following year he emigrated to the United States, where he obtained employment as a hammer maker at Shoemakersville, Pennsylvania. Here he soon began to preach on Sundays while still employed in the factory on weekdays. His earnest, rugged, simple style of oratory made him extremely popular, and at once secured for him a wide reputation. His advocacy of anti-slavery principles, then frowned upon by the Methodist authorities, aroused opposition, and eventually resulted in his trial for heresy and the revocation of his licence. He continued, however, as an independent preacher and lecturer, and in 1859, having joined the Unitarian Church, became a missionary of that church in Chicago, Illinois working as the first minister-at-large of the First Unitarian Church of Chicago. In 1860 he organized and became pastor of the Unity Church, the second Unitarian church in Chicago. Under his guidance the church grew to be one of the strongest of that denomination in the West, and Collyer himself came to be looked upon as one of the foremost pulpit orators in the country. During the American Civil War, he was active in the work of the Sanitary Commission. In 1879 he left Chicago and became pastor of the Church of the Messiah, now renamed the Community Church in New York City. Later he brought his old friend, the popular writer and hymnodist, Minot Judson Savage, to assist him in his ministry. In 1883, when he visited Birmingham in England, he engaged Marie Bethell Beauclerc to report and edit his sermons and prayers which were published during the same year. In 1903 Collyer became pastor emeritus. He died in 1912. VG. $150
OCDV69. No photographer ID. Advertising CDV: “Best on Earth. Helpmate Sewing Machine, D.P. Mumma, Agent for Adams Co. P.O.: Bendersville, Pas. Needles, Oil, & Findings.” VG. $325
OCAB88. Ennor V. Childs, Stevens Point, Wis. On back is written: “E.J. Rathke.” Telegrapher at work. G. $125
OCAB93. New York Gallery, Indianapolis, Ind. Boswell’s Fodder & Silo Harvester. Ptd, Oct. 5, 1885. Improvements Pending. VG. $250
OCAB94. New York Gallery, Indianapolis, Ind. Boswell’s Fodder & Silo Harvester. Ptd. Oct. 5, 1885. Improvements Pending. VG. $225
OCAB95. New York Gallery, Indianapolis, Ind. Boswell’s Fodder & Silo Harvester. Ptd. Oct. 5, 1885. Improvements Pending. VG. $200
OCAB96. No photographer ID. Two-sided occupational advertising cabinet card for Justin Browne’s Upright Iron Grand Piano, Style K. VG. $150
OCAB97. No photographer ID. Two-sided occupational advertising cabinet card for Justin Browne’s Upright Iron Grand Piano, Style N. VG. $150
OCDV70. No photographer ID. C.E. Frazer, Sign & Ornamental Painter. G. $350
OUT216. Huff’s Photographic Gallery, Newark, N.J. H.W. Morehouse & Co., Grocers. CDV. VG. $200
OCDV75. H.A. Benedict, Traveling Photographer. Telegrapher with his machine at the table. G. $125
OCDV76. Lancaster, O. Photographer’s name is covered by stamp. Telegrapher smoking a pipe, his machine on the table. Two-cent revenue stamp is cancelled 5/30/66. G. $150
OCDV80. J.G. Mangold, Orion, Illinois. Telegrapher with his hand on the key. G. $125
OCDV82. No photographer ID. Advertising CDV for Joseph Long’s New Drapery Warehouse, Reading. VG. $150
OCDV83. Levi D. Johnson, Bristol, N.H. A gentleman at desk in the act of writing with piles of papers by his side. There is a certificate standing, leaning against one of the piles of paper that reads “Penmanship.” VG. $125
OCDV90. No photographer ID. Railroad Engine and tender, engineer and various railroad workers. VG. $450
OCAB123. H.H. Mansur, Elk River, Minn. Banner lady cabinet card. On back is written “Merchants’ Carnival, Elk River, Minn. Feb. 22, 1892. Flora Bryant “Blacksmith.” VG. $500
OCDV96. No photographer ID. Advertising CDV for Peasley’s Cement. VG. $125
OCDV98. J.A. Prokl, Franzensbad. (Czechoslovakia). Worker, unknown occupation. Some inking on his arm and beard. G. $35
OCDV99. William Carrick, St. Petersburg. Hack cab and driver. VG. $125
OCDV101. No photographer ID. Fireman with helmet and horn. G. $125
OCDV104. Churchill & Denison, Albany, N.Y. Fireman with badge and helmet. There is a “4” on the helmet and it looks like “PH…” as well. “4” on belt buckle. VG. $150
OCDV106. Stevens & Co., Altoona, Pa. Fireman with helmet, “1” on chest. VG. $150
OCDV107. No photographer ID. Costume Spagunolo mercante girouago. Street vendor, wares on the ground, blanket over his arm. VG. $50
OCDV111. No photographer ID. “Call and see my Large Stock of Wall Paper, Just Received from New York, from 6c a Bolt Up! H.M. Bush, North Lewisburg, O.” VG. $50
OCDV117. Geo. W. Barnes, Rockford, Ill & Union Gallery, Rockford, Ill. 2 CDVs. First one shows a man with his shovel, possibly indicating that he was off to do some prospecting. The second CDV shows him and most likely his wife. Looks like he was successful. VG. $275
OCDV118. C.F. May, Hoboken, N.J. Advertising CDV for Henry A.C. Schlosser, House & Sign Painter, and Paper Hanger, Hoboken, N.J. VG. $150
OCDV119. No photographer ID. Thompson & Bishop Flour and Feed Store. Trimmed. G. $100
OCDV120. E. & L. Baer, Highland, Ills. Factory scene, not from life. VG. $65
OCDV121. No photographer ID. Pair of gents sealing a deal. Corners and bottom clipped. G. $65
OCDV122. John E. La Forge, Rahway, N.J. “Chas. E. Ward,” written at bottom recto. Gentleman with rolled papers in his hand sitting by a framed print of a horse and carriage. G. $65
OCAB132. E.J. Covey, Stanberry, Missouri. Cabinet card of a farrier, a horse groomer. He holds a brush in one hand and a tool to clean the hooves in the other. VG. $150
OCDV125. Brownell, Fall River. Looks like a patent model for a boiler. VG. $45
PPCDV182. Frat.lli Marco Giovanni Contarini, Venezia. Looks to be a water carrier. VG. $20
OCDV141. Advertising CDV for Robert Paton, General School and Church Furnisher, 26 Grove Street, N.Y. Image shows three types of school benches. VG. $150
OCAB133. Frank Donahue, Hornellsville, NY. Advertising image with various objects attached to her skirt. VG. $200