Four Stanhopes or Peep-eye Viewers, and a Miniature Brass Album with Photos of Lincoln and Civil War Figures

Description:

Four Stanhopes or Peep-eye Viewers, and a Miniature Brass Album with Photos of Lincoln andCivil War Figures, three celluloid monoculars with views of the Nouvel Opera (Paris),a winter scene with "Wishing You a Happy New Year" inscription, and one with four Niagara Falls scenes; a pair of celluloid binoculars depicting the Main Building and the International Art Gallery at the 1876 Philadelphia Centennial Exposition; and a miniature brass photo album with hinged leaves with miniature photographs of Ulysses Grant, Abraham Lincoln, Mary Todd Lincoln, and a European military figure, who likely assisted the Union army.
Estimate $200-300


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