| Image | Lot | Price | Description |
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2269
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$287.50
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LOT OF 25 BOSTON & MASSACHUSETTS PRINTS AND PHOTOS. Highlights in this lot include 1) Panoramic photo of Boston Herald paper boys in front of the US capital taken April 16, 1935. Good condition with a vertical crease. Sight Size is 29″ w x 9″ h. 2) Panoramic photo of the Mass. Homeopathic Hospital, Boston, Mass taken March 24, 1919. Very good condition. Sight Size is 34-1/4″ w x 9-1/2″ h. 3) Hoosic Tunnel engineering blueprint copy made Circa 1902 from the original 1877 drawing. Good condition with some bleed-thru from wood backing boards. Size is 28-1/2″ w x 10-3/4″ h. 4) Print of a panoramic photo taken at the Harvard-Boston Aero Meet, Atlantic, MA on Sept. 3, 1910. Grandstands are loaded with spectators watching a sky full of early winged aircraft. Displays well with some vertical roll creases. Sight Size is 25″ w x 8-3/4″ h. 5) Dartmouth Winter Carnival Dr. Suess poster captioned “Hanover Hears A Who” for their February 12-15, 1981 event. Condition is very good. Sight Size is 22″ w x 34″ h. 6) 1906 Boston Herald calendar with two small boys on a shipping crate. Condition is good with some paper loss at one corner. Sight Size is 9-3/4″ w x 13-3/4″ h. 7) General Store interior photo circa 1915-20. Condition is very good to excellent, matte needs replacing. Sight Size is 23″ w x 18-1/2″ h. 8) Circa 1915. Boston Custom House photograph with the Grain Exchange seen in the foreground. Condition is very good. Sight Size is 14-1/2″ w x 20″ h. 9) Cambridge, Ma. Architectural rendering for the Charles River Development. Color hand-drawing of the GE, Parke Davis and Dupont buildings circa 1930 by Gerome Foster architect, Winchester, Ma. Condition is good. Sight Size is 35″ w x 19″ h. 10) Early stone lithograph of the Globe Coal Co. wharf located on Davol St in Boston. Great images of sailing ships, the Old Colony Railroad and horse drawn carriages. Geo. Walker & Co., Lithographer Boston. Very good condition. Sight Size is 15-1/2″ w x 12-1/2″ h. 11) Store front photo of the Cambridge Scandinavian Co-Op Society with owner and employees. Very good condition. Photo Size is 8″ w x 6″ h. 12) Uphams Corner, Dorchester, Ma. photograph originally taken circa 1860 at which time it was a store located at the corner of Dudley St. Today this is one of Boston’s busiest commercial districts. This is a late 1800s photo taken from the earlier glass negative. Very good condition. Photo Size: 8″ w x 6″ h. 13) Chicopee, Ma. sepia photograph circa 1880 of the newly built 185 foot span South R.R. Bridge over the Connecticut River. Very good condition. Sight Size is 19-1/2″ w x 15-3/4″ h. Lot also includes 12 additional Massachusetts/Boston area prints and photos. SIZE: As noted. CONDITION: As noted. 1-10858-28 (800-1,200) Auction: Advertising, Toy & Doll - Spring 2011 Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day. |