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Lot 144 - Grouping Of Seven Antique Board-Mounted Photographs Of Outdoor Group Gatherings, Including Large Hillside Assembly, Men's Outing With Bottles And Basket, And Men In Aprons
Lot 144 - Grouping Of Seven Antique Board-Mounted Photographs Of Outdoor Group Gatherings, Including Large Hillside Assembly, Men's Outing With Bottles And Basket, And Men In Aprons
Lot 144 - Grouping Of Seven Antique Board-Mounted Photographs Of Outdoor Group Gatherings, Including Large Hillside Assembly, Men's Outing With Bottles And Basket, And Men In Aprons
The grouping comprises seven antique board-mounted photographs depicting outdoor group gatherings and social portraits. The two largest prints show multi-generational assemblies of men, women, and children: one photographed on a grassy hillside with the group arranged in ascending tiers, the other posed alongside the exterior wall of a wood-frame building. A family group is photographed on the front lawn of a clapboard house, a bicycle visible leaning against the porch in the background. A group of men is photographed at an outdoor gathering with bottles, a wooden crate, and a wicker basket visible in the foreground, several figures posed atop a raised structure behind. A large assembly of men fills the steps of a building with an ornate latticed porch, bicycles visible flanking both sides. A scene on the deck of a shingled building shows two women and a man, one of whom raises a bottle to his lips, with a rocking chair at right and a third figure visible in a doorway at left. The seventh photograph shows a group of men posed along the exterior of a shingled building, two wearing full-length aprons. Mounts vary from cream to dark gray. No photographer markings are visible on the examples examined. The display stand pictured is not included.
Assorted sizes from 5-7/8" x 3-3/8" to 8-1/2" x 5-1/4".
Auction Date: 02/26/2026
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