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Lot 081 - Trio of Antique Carte De Visite C.D.V. Illustrated Filler Cards Depicting Risque Bedroom and Boudoir Scenes, One by G. K. Ackerman, New York
Trio of antique carte de visite C.D.V. illustrated filler cards, each reproducing an engraved scene set in a bedroom or boudoir interior. One shows a group of women in a canopied bedroom with a man kneeling before one of them while a figure peers through a doorway.
One card bears the back imprint of G. K. Ackerman, Photographic Copyist & Printer, Junction Grand St. and East Broadway, New York. The remaining two cards have blank backs. Condition shows toning and light soiling across all three cards, with minor edge wear and soft corners.
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