{"product_id":"grouping-of-four-antique-board-mounted-photographs-including-northwestern-university-old-college-seminary-heck-hall-and-lake-michigan-20260430","title":"Lot 167 - Grouping of Four Antique Board-Mounted Photographs Including Northwestern University Old College, Seminary, Heck Hall, and Lake Michigan","description":"Grouping of four antique board-mounted photographs. Three depict Northwestern University subjects in Evanston, Illinois. Two are by Carey E. Melville, Photographer, 63 Heck Hall, Evanston, Illinois: one shows a row of institutional buildings inscribed on the verso \"The 'Old' and the 'New' Seminary \u0026amp; Heck Hall\" and dated February 21, 1899; the other depicts waves on Lake Michigan, inscribed \"Lake Michigan Summer 1887\" and \"Off Campus N.W.U.\" A third photograph, on a decorative embossed mount, depicts Old College, the first building constructed at Northwestern University, shown among mature trees. The fourth photograph, by G. McDrumm, Photographer, shows a small outbuilding on an embossed-border mount, inscribed on the verso \"Spring house on the Grandfather Clymer Farm near Mexico, Ind.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Melville photographs are mounted on textured board mounts with foxing and soiling. The Old College photograph has foxing to the mount. The McDrumm photograph shows toning and fading to the image. All four photographs show age-related toning.","brand":"Granite Union Auction Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52608749437217,"sku":"20260430-LOT167","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0073\/9101\/9067\/files\/20260430A-0373_a92751b1-4757-4ffb-84fc-165af63f03ae.jpg?v=1777255586","url":"https:\/\/graniteunionauction.com\/products\/grouping-of-four-antique-board-mounted-photographs-including-northwestern-university-old-college-seminary-heck-hall-and-lake-michigan-20260430","provider":"Granite Union Auction Company","version":"1.0","type":"link"}