19th-20th C. Photos, Cards & Ephemera

This archival collection consists of various photographic formats and related paper ephemera spanning roughly from the 1890s through the mid-1950s. The lot includes albumen cabinet cards, silver gelatin snapshots, and printed lithographic items. The studio portraiture includes three distinct identified cabinet cards. One features an embossed mark in the lower right reading O. E. BOWMAN, MONTROSE, S. D. Another displays a printed mark in the lower margin reading JOSLYN, No. 85 Cor. Square, DANVILLE, ILL. A third shows an embossed studio name reading McGuire, ROSSVILLE, ILL. Subjects of these formal portraits include individuals, families, and an outdoor equestrian scene. The collection features a significant memorial card for Mary L. Liggitt, printed on black cardstock with gold-toned lithographed borders and text. The card states MARY L. LIGGITT, Born March 30, 1884. Died March 26, 1906. Age 21 years 11 months 26 days. GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN, accompanied by a memorial verse. Also present is a softcover catalog titled The Standard Catalogue OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS EGGS LATTIN. PRICE 35 CENTS. 1892-93. The catalog imprint identifies the printer as A. M. EDDY, PRINTER AND BINDER, ALBION, N. Y. Vernacular photography includes silver gelatin snapshots with scalloped edges typical of the mid-20th century. One high-interest photograph depicts five youths seated in homemade soapbox derby cars in a residential driveway, with one car marked JAN. Another group of snapshots documents the Fifth Corps Area Military Reservation at Fort Hayes, with one view showing a gate sign reading HEADQUARTERS FIFTH CORPS AREA FORT HAYES MILITARY RESERVATION. Additional snapshots show children in ballet costumes on stage and backstage, family beach outings, and social gatherings. Handwritten notations found within the lot include Grandpa Stufflebeam on a small sepia portrait, Sergeant at Fort Hayes on a snapshot, and a date of August 20, 54 on the reverse of a scalloped-edge print.

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