American School, 19th/20th Century Box of Approximately 500 Vernacular Photographs, Including Portraits, Niagara Views, Sports Activiti

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American School, 19th/20th Century

Box of Approximately 500 Vernacular Photographs, Including Portraits, Niagara Views, Sports Activities, and Travel Subjects. Tintypes, cyanotypes, albumen and gelatin silver prints, many mounted to cards/boards. Condition: Overall wear, fading, and creases.

Provenance: Collection of John O'Reilly and James Tellin, Worcester, Massachusetts.

N.B. The artist John O'Reilly collected these photographs as source material for his own work, which was recently shown at the Worcester Art Museum in an exhibition entitled John O'Reilly: A Studio Odyssey.
Estimate $200-300


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