OUT54. Wm. Oldroyd, Columbus, Ohio. CDV of the Lunatic Asylum. VG. $50
OUT59. Martin’s Photographic Gallery, St. Paul, Minn. The “Maiden Rock” on Lake Pepin 400 feet high. Lake Pepin is the widest natural part of the Mississippi River between Wisconsin and Minnesota. CDV. VG. $75
OUT72. No ID. CDV of what I believe is Fort Snelling, Minnesota. VG. $125
OUT75. E&HT Anthony. This CDV came from an album belonging to a surgeon at Fort Schuyler. Image shows a church, several people in front, one reclining. VG. $65
OUT85. Purviance’s Views. Penn’a Central Rail Road. Conestoga Bridge. CDV. G. $125
OUT92. Carl Meinerth, Newburyport, Mass. CDV of street scene in Newburyport showing Meinerth’s studio on the right. The address “57” can be seen as well as a sign “Photographs & Ambr…” G. $235
OUT107. J.G. Baird, Burlington, Iowa. Signs for “National State Bank,” “Burlington Ins. Co.,” “Wm. A. Torrey.” 3-cent green cancelled tax stamp on verso. CDV. VG. $150
OUT113. No ID. CDV of six people out in a ride in their carriage drawn by two horses. VG. $40
OUT117. [Carleton Watkins]. On verso “Little River, Mendocino by Watkins.” CDV. VG. $500
OUT118. [Carleton Watkins]. On verso “Little River, Mendocino by Watkins.” CDV. VG. $500
OUT124. Lawrence & Houseworth, San Francisco, Cal. CDV titled 138. Post Office and Custom House, Sansome Street. 2-cent, orange cancelled revenue stamp on verso. Corners clipped. VG. $185
OUT136. Lawrence & Houseworth, San Francisco. Album Views of California. 1047. Episcopal and Baptist Churches, Stockton, San Joaquin County. 2-cent cancelled tax stamp on verso. CDV. VG. $450
OUT137. Lawrence & Houseworth, San Francisco. Views of California Scenery. 822. Crystal Lake, from Hieroglyphic Rocks, Placer County. CDV. VG. $500
OUT138. Boysen & Struckmann, Traveling Photographers. On back is written “Taken Oct. 4th, 1879, Guadaloupe, Cal.” CDV. G. $200
OUT140. Lawrence & Houseworth, San Francisco. Views of California Scenery. 148. Montgomery Street, San Francisco–Instantaneous. CDV. Sign for “Selleck’s Photographic Gallery” at center top. Silas Selleck played a significant role in instructing Muybridge in the art of photography both on the east coast and when he employed him in San Francisco. Slight trim at sides o/w VG. CDV. $1000
OUT141. Lawrence & Houseworth, San Francisco. California Views. 140. Occidental Hotel, Montgomery Street, from the Russ House, San Francisco. Slight trim at top and bottom o/w VG. CDV. $275
OUT142. Lawrence & Houseworth, San Francisco. Views of California Scenery. 426. View from Woodward’s Garden, towards Rincon Hill, San Francisco. CDV. G. $250
OUT143. Lawrence & Houseworth, San Francisco. Views of California Scenery. 388. U.S. Marine Hospital, Rincon Point, San Francisco. CDV. VG. $500
OUT144. Lawrence & Houseworth, San Francisco. California Views. 356. From corner California and Powell Streets, Looking East, San Francisco. CDV. Slight trim at sides o/w VG. $300
OUT145. Thomas Houseworth & Co., San Francisco. Pacific Coast Scenery. 201. San Francisco from corner Montgomery Street and Broadway, looking South. CDV. VG. $500
OUT147. Lawrence & Houseworth, San Francisco. Album Views of California. 301. Broadway Wharf, San Francisco. CDV. Slight trim at sides o/w VG. $450
OUT148. Lawrence & Houseworth, San Francisco. California Views. 553. Market Street, from Montgomery to the Bay, San Francisco. CDV. Slight trim at sides o/w VG. $600
PHCDV34. J.H. Heering’s Photographic Gallery, San Jose, Cal. On back is written “Rister’s? store cor. 1st, Santa Clara St., South East Cor.” Image shows Heering’s Photographic Gallery in San Jose. CDV. VG. $1600
OUT152. Lawrence & Houseworth, San Francisco. 326. U.S. Steamer Wateree–Double Ender. USS Wateree, a 1173-ton Sassacus class “double-ender” steam gunboat, was built at Chester, Pennsylvania. Unlike her numerous wooden sister ships, she was constructed with an iron hull. Commissioned in January 1864, Wateree was sent around Cape Horn to the Pacific, arriving at San Francisco, California, for post-voyage repairs in November 1864. From early 1865 until mid-1868, the gunboat patrolled along the west coasts of Central and South America as a unit of the South Atlantic Squadron. On 13 August 1868, while she was at the Port of Arica, Peru (later part of Chile), an earthquake resulted in a huge tidal wave striking the anchorage, breaking several ships loose from their anchors and casting them ashore. Wateree was carried nearly five-hundred yards inland, where she was deposited relatively intact. However, refloating and repairing her would have been impossibly expensive, so she was sold where she lay in November 1868. Reportedly, her hulk was subsequently employed as an inn. CDV. G. $275
OUT153. No ID. St. John’s Michigan. CDV. VG. $125
OUT163. Churchill & Denison, Albany, N.Y. City Hall, Albany. 2-cent cancelled tax stamp on verso. CDV. VG. $65
OUT165. No ID. Wilder House, Main & Wall, looking West, Fort Scott, Kansas. Established and garrisoned by the U.S. Army from 1842–1853, soldiers at Fort Scott assisted with the protection of the Permanent Indian Frontier. After the army abandoned the fort in 1853, the buildings were purchased by local settlers at a government auction in 1855. The former military post became the center of one of the largest towns in Kansas Territory. Between 1855 and 1861, the citizens of Fort Scott experienced the violent unrest that preceded the Civil War on the Kansas and Missouri border. Eastern newspapers described this violence as “Bleeding Kansas,” a result of the national controversy concerning the extension of slavery into the new territories. Murder, rape, mayhem, robbery, and arson were committed by bold free-state and pro-slavery advocates in the name of their cause. On January 29, 1861, Kansas entered the union as a free state, but the turmoil of “Bleeding Kansas” continued throughout the Civil War. During the Civil War, Fort Scott was a U.S Army district Headquarters, quartermaster supply depot, training center, and recruitment station. It was strategically vital to the defense of Kansas and the Midwest. A battle over the fort occurred in August 1861 just across the Missouri line in the Battle of Dry Wood Creek. The battle was a pro-South victory for Sterling Price and his Missouri State Guard. Price did not hold the fort and instead continued a northern push into Missouri in an attempt to recapture the state. James H. Lane (Senator) was to launch a Jayhawker offensive behind Price from Fort Scott that led to the Sacking of Osceola. The ill will of these actions was to be the basis for the 1976 Clint Eastwood film The Outlaw Josey Wales. After the Civil War, Fort Scott was a premier city of the frontier, one of the largest cities in eastern Kansas. There are several Union soldiers in this image. The Wilder House is still standing today, recently having celebrated its 150 birthday. CDV. VG. $375
OUT166. James Smith, Photographic Artist, Lima, N.Y. Genesee Wesleyan Seminary & Genesee College. CDV. VG. $75
OUT172. Jas. C. Richardson, Decorah, Iowa. CDV of a busy street scene with many store signs, presumably Decorah, Iowa. Edge trimmed at right o/w VG. $375
OUT173. Jas. C. Richardson, Decorah, Iowa. CDV of a busy street scene with store signs, presumably Decorah, Iowa. Edge trimmed at left o/w VG. $350
OUT174. Cushing, Woodstock, Vt. Block on Main Street, Woodstock, Vt. Sept. 20, 1866. Sign at left at center of building is “Photograph Gallery,” undoubtedly Cushing’s Gallery. CDV. G. $275
OUT193. J.B. Roberts & Co., Rochester, NY. Main St. during the flood. The flood took place on St. Patrick’s Day, 1865. CDV. VG. $150
OUT195. F. Lewis, Cawker City, Kas. CDV. $450
OUT199. Beer & Co., New York. Ft. Wm. Henry Hotel, July 1861. CDV. $40
OUT203. [J.H. Hoover, Cincinnati, O.] Newport and Cincinnati R.R. Bridge. On verso is written “Cincinnati Sep 1873” and signed “JH,” likely the photographer. Also pencilled on verso is “by C.H. Muhrman,” which I do not think is correct. CDV. VG. $50
OUT206. Bayley & Cramer’s Fine-Art Gallery, S.F. Plaza-San Francisco. Written in right margin recto is “x Headqrs US Army ???to US B & ? RR.” There is a small “x” in the image over a building toward the right. CDV. VG. $275
OUT209. Jos. H. Downing, Healdsburg, Cal. Street scene CDV, several readable signs. VG. $250
OUT210. W.M. Stuart’s Premium Gallery, Stockton, Cal. Odd Fellows Hall-The portion where no scaffolding remains is the Masonic House, the first used by O.F. CDV. VG. $300
OUT216. Huff’s Photographic Gallery, Newark, N.J. H.W. Morehouse & Co., Grocers. CDV. VG. $200
OUT219. Whitney’s Gallery, Saint Paul. Bridge over the Mississippi at Saint Paul. Whole length 1790 feet; main span 240 feet long and 90 feet above low water. CDV. VG. $125
OUT229. O.C. Barnes, Stowe, Vt. Manuscript on verso “Stowe Vt., August 5, 1865.” CDV. VG. $225
OUT230. J.D. Powers, Springfield, Vt. CDV shows the flood of Oct. 4, 1869; cabinet shop had just been swept away. VG. $300
OUT231. J.D. Powers, Springfield, Vt. CDV shows the flood of Oct. 4, 1869; cabinet shop had just been swept away. G. $275
OUT232. O.C. Barnes, Mt. Mansfield Picture Gallery, Stowe, Vt. Beautiful overview CDV. E. $300
OUT234. No ID. Street scene in Morenci, Michigan. Signs that can be read: “J.P. Crowley & Co.,” and “W.R. Richards & Co.” With photocopy of identified Morenci street scene identifying this as the vicinity of 215 Main St. CDV. VG. $300
OUT235. Henry Cushing, Woodstock, Vt. Six-horse stagecoach in front of boarding hotel. CDV. VG. $150
OUT238. A.F. Styles, Burlington, Vt. Styles’ Green Mountain Scenery. CDV. VG. $75
OUT239. O.C. Barnes, Mt. Mansfield Picture Gallery, Stowe, Vt. CDV. VG. $75
OUT240. No ID. Written on back “Possibly a Vt. Photo.” Came with a large lot of VT CDVs. Looks like a really tall flagpole out front. VG. $65
OUT245. O.C. Barnes, Mt. Mansfield Picture Gallery, Stowe, Vt. Luna Cascade. CDV. VG. $50
OUT250. Lawrence & Houseworth, San Francisco. Album Views of California. Hydraulic Mining-View from the bank of the Yuba River. 2-cent cancelled tax stamp on verso. Red writing on image “Hydraulic Mining.” CDV. VG. $400
OUT252. Lawrence & Houseworth, San Francisco. Album Views of California. Hydraulic Mining-View on the Yuba River. 2-cent cancelled tax stamp on verso. Red writing on image, twice, “Yuba River.” CDV. VG. $400
OUT257. Lawrence & Houseworth, San Francisco. Album Views of California. Hydraulic Mining-The Sluice. 2-cent cancelled tax stamp on verso. Red writing on image “Hydraulic Mining.” CDV. VG. $400
OUT258. Lawrence & Houseworth, San Francisco. Album Views of California. 463. Catholic Burying Ground, Mission Dolores. 2-cent cancelled tax stamp on verso. Red writing at bottom of image. CDV. G. $250
OUT260. Lawrence & Houseworth, San Francisco. Album Views of California. Big Trees. 2-cent cancelled tax stamp on verso. Red writing bottom of image. VG. $200
OUT262. Lawrence & Houseworth, San Francisco. Album Views of California. Scene in the Ravine below Dutch Flat. 2-cent cancelled tax stamp on verso. Red writing bottom of image. VG. $150
OUT274. R. Stevenson, Leavenworth, Kansas. CDV of a street scene. Trimmed at right, nick at bottom right. G-. $150
OUT275. Toll’s Art and Portrait Gallery, Santa Rosa, Cal. Lakeport, Cal. Sign for Wells Fargo & Co.’s Express, Scudamore Reynolds & Co. and another. Creased at center, lower left corner crease, clipped corners. CDV. Fair. $200
OUT276. CDV with the following written on verso: “Building in Corning Iowa under construction by Adam Werner before 1880.” VG. $150
OUT279. Uncommon CDV by George Stacy, although unsigned of Trinity Church, NY. ID of photographer from duplicate CDV in my collection. VG. $75
OUT284. CDV by F. Fridrich, Prag. Written on verso “C.P. Osborne 19-10-70. Jewish gravestone, Prague. Tribe of Aaron as indicated by the two hands on the head.” VG. $125
OUT285. No ID. On verso is written “Dog train and sled with furs, from Ft. Garry, Manitoba at Fort Abercrombie, Dakota.” Rare Dakota Territory CDV. VG. $375
OUT286. No ID. On verso is written “Freshet in the Red River of the North, View at Fort Abercrombie, D.T.” Rare Dakota Territory CDV. VG. $375
OUT287. C.E. Watkins, San Francisco. Grizzly Giant (Sequoia Gigantea), Mariposa Grove, (Diam. 33 ft.). Might be Galen Clark standing by tree. G. $250
OUT293. No ID. CDV showing the establishment of R.C. O’Donald, Stoves & Tinware. Research has identified this location as Perrysburg, Ohio. No backmark. G. $125
OUT302. Beer Brothers, NY. Written on verso “Indian Camp. My view by compliment. Given me when I was sixteen years of age. Hope I shall soon see [you?]. From my truly loving friend Mrs. Edwards.” CDV. VG. $75
OUT304. F. Gutekunst, Philadelphia. Mission House. I believe this is in the Levant, the middle east. VG. $125
OUT311. Combs & Whitney, Saint Paul, Minnesota. CDV of the Falls of St. Anthony. Written along the top is “A jam of logs since released by the Spring freshet.” Buildings are seen in background. This CDV came from the Cheney/Farley estate, silk magnates in Massachusetts. G. $75
OUT312. No ID. Interesting street scene CDV. No location or photographer indicated. VG-. $125
OUT313. No ID. Written on verso “Union Station Bethlehem, Pa. Lehigh Valley R.R.” On engine is “N.P.R.R.” On train cars is “North Pennsylvania.” VG. $150
OUT317. F. Gutekunst, Philadelphia. The Slate Roof House, one of William Penn’s residences. VG. $35
OUT344. Baker & Record, Saratoga Springs, N.Y. Pen R.R. Station at Saratoga, 1876. CDV. VG. $125