Circa 1880s Collection of Photographic Cartes-de-visite & Cabinet Cards Mostly Berlin Germany Photographic Studios: Wertheim, Zeidler, Roloff, Strom & Walter, Conrad, Wilhelm Stein, Globus, Jandorf, Gulzer, Wenzel, Bohme, Appel, Fuchs & Others
Berlin, Germany: Wertheim, Zeidler, Roloff, Strom & Walter, Conrad, Wilhelm Stein, Globus, Jandorf, Gulzer, Wenzel, Bohme, Appel, Fuchs et al, 1880. F. Group includes (7) cabinet cards and (60) cartes-de-visite. Portraits are mostly of young men and young women, with a few older adults & children; one cdv of a group of men in a horse-drawn cart, accompanied by a young man on bicycle. One cdv with hand coloring. The cabinet cards average approx. 4 1/4" x 6 1/2" overall size. Cartes about 2 1/2" x 4," with several longer examples. A few of the cdv's with a name identified: Balke, Virujinski, Bergmann, Fuhrmann; most of the photos are not identified. Several with edge, tips wear, soiling, chipping to the mounts; a few corners clipped or chipped; others very clean and with clear images. A couple with the image faded and with some spotting. Photographs all contained within a red-velvet covered album of the period, with gilt decorations and metal clasps (broken; one gilt corner mount unpinned; lacking the central ornament); binding worn, leaves loose within. Several of the images are loosely laid-in; many of the mounting 'windows' torn. The group of photographs are in very good condition overall; the binding is in fair to good condition. An interesting overview of the prolific Berlin, Germany photographic studio portrait work being accomplished at the end of the 19th century. Item #25137
Price: $250.00