Lot of 38, containing 10 CDVs, plus 27 assorted tobacco trading cards advertising both Duke's Special Long Cut Tobacco and Sweet Caporal Cigarettes. Highlights include an uncredited occupational portrait of a gentleman posed with a carpenter's square (bottom corners clipped); two studio views of men with caps, possibly railroad conductors, although details on the caps are indiscernible, one example credited to R.A. Lewis, NY; two CDVs showing a young woman and little boy posed with dogs in a studio setting, the former credited to Brook's Half Price Gallery, Marshall, MI (top edge of image and mount trimmed), the latter credited to Eggman, Otterville; curious view of a man seated in a room with a chain around his leg, credited to Finley & Sons, Canandaigua, NY (corners clipped); four portraits of actors/acrobats, including a man with a wide grin identified as "J. Dismond, Celebrated Irish Comedian"; and a CDV of a cartoon entitled, "The Irrepressible Hoppers / Grangers versus Grasshoppers / Kansas 1884-85." With verso credit to Downing's Gallery, Topeka, KS. The CDV presents the work of Kansas artist Henry Worrall, and features Kansas farmers (Grangers) battling grasshoppers. As per the Kansas Historical Society website, the National Grange of the Patrons of Husbandry was initially founded with the idea of educating and connecting American farmers within America, and the first Grange was set up in Fredonia, New York. Granges then spread across the country, providing classes and social events to farmers. The first Kansas Grange was organized in 1872 at Hiawatha, and more than 1,000 Granges with more than 30,000 members were established across the state over the following years. (Information obtained from the Kansas Memory website, https://www.kansasmemory.org/item/214827). Condition: Range in condition, with light to moderate toning to CDVs. Some have lightened with age. Some with trimmed edges/corners.
Lot of 38, containing 10 CDVs, plus 27 assorted tobacco trading cards advertising both Duke's Special Long Cut Tobacco and Sweet Caporal Cigarettes. Highlights include an uncredited occupational portrait of a gentleman posed with a carpenter's square (bottom corners clipped); two studio views of men with caps, possibly railroad conductors, although details on the caps are indiscernible, one example credited to R.A. Lewis, NY; two CDVs showing a young woman and little boy posed with dogs in a studio setting, the former credited to Brook's Half Price Gallery, Marshall, MI (top edge of image and mount trimmed), the latter credited to Eggman, Otterville; curious view of a man seated in a room with a chain around his leg, credited to Finley & Sons, Canandaigua, NY (corners clipped); four portraits of actors/acrobats, including a man with a wide grin identified as "J. Dismond, Celebrated Irish Comedian"; and a CDV of a cartoon entitled, "The Irrepressible Hoppers / Grangers versus Grasshoppers / Kansas 1884-85." With verso credit to Downing's Gallery, Topeka, KS. The CDV presents the work of Kansas artist Henry Worrall, and features Kansas farmers (Grangers) battling grasshoppers. As per the Kansas Historical Society website, the National Grange of the Patrons of Husbandry was initially founded with the idea of educating and connecting American farmers within America, and the first Grange was set up in Fredonia, New York. Granges then spread across the country, providing classes and social events to farmers. The first Kansas Grange was organized in 1872 at Hiawatha, and more than 1,000 Granges with more than 30,000 members were established across the state over the following years. (Information obtained from the Kansas Memory website, https://www.kansasmemory.org/item/214827). Condition: Range in condition, with light to moderate toning to CDVs. Some have lightened with age. Some with trimmed edges/corners.
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