WORLD FAIR ITEMS INC. NEW ORLEANS MAP1stitem: Visitor's Directory to the Buildings of the World's Industrial Exposition and Guide to Principal Exhibits, pamphlet from the 1884 Cotton Exhibition in New Orleans; Published...
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TN 1896 CENTENNIAL ARCHIVEArchive ofitems related to the 1896-97 Tennessee Centennial Exposition in Nashville. Descended in the family of Edward Dickson Hicks, an organizer of the Tennessee event and son in...
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GIERS PHOTO GALLERY ACCOUNT BOOKS, ARCHIVEAccountbooks and related items from the photography businesses operated by C.C. Giers (1828-1877) and his son Otto Giers of Nashville. 1st and 2nd items: 2 books, one titled Giers...
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TN EPHEMERA AND PRINTS, 30 PCSAssortedTN Prints and Ephemera, 30 items total. 1st item: "Fourth Annual Report of the Public Schools of the City of Nashville, Tennessee" imprint, published by Smith, Camp, and Company,...
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1876 CENTENNIAL SOUVENIRS, CDVS AND2 BALTIMORE VIEWS, ...A collection of ten (10) souvenirs from Philadelphia and the 1876 Centennial Exposition, plus four (4) Civil War era CDVs with Revenue Stamps, and two...
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26 PCS NASHVILLE EPHEMERA INC. MCGAVOCKS,SLAVE INTERES...Assorted Nashville ephemera, 1826-1915, including an 1848 document for the sale of a 40 year old man named Jim, sold to James M. Murrell by Harvey Tucker in...
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1876 CENTENNIAL EXPO COVERLETAn 1876Centennial Exposition coverlet. Red and white cotton and wool with fringe border, the Memorial Hall in Philadelphia is featured at the center, surmounted by Lady Columbia,...
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BINDER OF HISTORICAL HANDWRITTEN LETTERS:INCLUDING 1864 METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH LETTER OF INTRODUCTION, 12 1/2”H X 8”W (LARGEST LETTER)Binder of historical handwritten letters: including 1864 Methodist Episcopal...
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RARE BIRD'S-EYE VIEW OF NEW ORLEANSRareBird's-Eye View of New Orleans, Currier & Ives/Publishers, "The City of New Orleans, and the Mississippi River, Lake Pontchartrain in Distance", 1885, Currier & Ives, 115...
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PRESIDENT CHESTER ARTHUR SIGNED APPOINTMENTPresidentChester Arthur Signed Appointment for World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition, manuscript document, signed by Chester Arthur, as President, and F.T. Frelinghuysen,...
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NICKEL LANTERN THIRD QUARTER OF THE19TH CENTURY HEIGHT EXCLUDING HANDLE 10”.NICKEL LANTERN, Third Quarter of the 19th Century, Possibly Boston & Sandwich Glassworks. Possibly made for the Centennial Exposition...
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HAVILAND LIMOGES CENTENNIAL ABRAHAMLINCOLN PLATE French Porcelain Service Plate, c. 1876, created as a Centennial souvenir replica of a plate from the Abraham Lincoln White House china service and sold at the...
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ANTIQUE 19TH CENTURY, 1873, STORE DISPLAYCASE.JAMES IRONS, PHILADELPHIA MAKER. NICKEL PLATED METAL FRAME, CURVED FRONT AND SIDES. MADE FOR HAMPTON CUTTER & SONS, WOODRICH, NJ (THEY WERE A MAJOR PRODUCER OF MATERIALS...
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ENTERPRISE INDEPENDENCE HALL TOWER BANKLate 19th c. Cast Iron Mechanical "Centennial Bank" by Enterprise Mfg. Co. (Philadelphia, PA), "Patd. Sept. 21, '75", made as a souvenir of the 1876 Centennial Exposition,...
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Wenzel Friedrich Texan Steer Horn ChairSan Antonio Texas ca 1890s a Wenzel Friedrich Horn Chair Catalog Pattern No 6 with horn 'acorn' tips Texas star on front rail and glass ball and claw feet; ht. 38 in. Wenzel...
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Philippe Regis Denis de Trobriand (American1816-1897 active New Orleans 1875-1897) "Bayou Castaing Mandeville Louisiana" 1878 oil on canvas monogrammed and dated lower left titled on period label affixed en verso 10...
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A Rare American Renaissance Carved Burledand Gilt-Incised Walnut Library Table c. 1876 Philadelphia inscribed "Phila 1876 Paris 1878"; inset tooled Morocco leather top paneled skirt; baluster-carved and incised tapered...
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An American Birdseye Maple Faux BambooDressing Table c. 1870-1880 New York rectangular spindled mirror uprights with quarter-round spindled shelves the base with long drawer and two small drawers outswept legs...
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Philadelphia Centennial InternationalExposition carved walnut armchair circa 1876 The cresting carved with the Pennsylvania coat-of-arms flanked by finials inset with Exposition medals, above the glazed...
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A Lobed Tomei Shippo Fish Vase withMark of Ota Meiji Period Circa 1910 a tapered and lobed vase with small flared neck copper alloy mounts having once been silvered. Translucent enamel over chased ground with...
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Robert Hopkin (American 1832-1909 activeNew Orleans c. 1883) "Mississippi River View with Paddlewheeler probably Louisiana" c. 1883 oil on canvas signed lower right 12 in. x 18 in. in a period frame. Note:...
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Southern Lithograph Company, New Orleans,Large Lithographed Map of The World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition, New Orleans, LA, U.S.A., Plan No. 2, with a map of New Orleans showing the location of...
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OHIO CENTENNIAL EXPOSITION POSTER. Chromolithograph by The Krebs Lithography Company of Cincinnati Ohio 1888 depicting changes to Cincinnati since its founding. The bottom half of the poster shows colonial...
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Robert Hopkin (American 1832-1909) "DauphineStreet French Quarter New Orleans" c. 1884 watercolor on paper signed lower right sight 15 in. x 21 1/4 in. Note: The study for this painting was sold in these rooms...
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American School 19th c. "Mount of theHoly Cross" oil on canvas unsigned 34 in. x 22 in. in a period frame. Note: The distinctive cross-shaped snow-engorged crevasse of the Mount of the Holy Cross was first...
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1 vol. Norton, Frank H. The IllustratedHistorical Register of The United States Centennial Exposition, 1876. New York: American News Company, (1877). Folio, orig. gilt-lettered, decorated pebbled cloth; some edge...
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Carved pine Seal of the Commonwealthof Massachusetts last quarter 19th century Carved with the figure of an Indian dressed in a shirt, leggings and moccasins, holding a bow in one hand and an arrow in...
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JOHN LA FARGE (american 1835-1910)"A BOY AND HIS DOG (DICKEY HUNT)" Oil on paperboard laid on canvas 40 x 34 in. (101.6 x 86.4cm) provenance: Albert Stickney, New York, 1884(?)-1908. Mrs. Albert Stickney,...
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A Cowhorn Hall Rack late 19th c. attributedto Wenzel Friedrich (Bohemia/San Antonio Texas 1827-1902) the horseshoe frame issuing horn hangers and centered by a beveled mirror retains original fabric frame cover height...
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Two Philadelphia Centennial Expositiontinted lithographs published by the centennial gazette and journal of the exhibition, 1874 The first , "Horticultural Hall, International Exhibition, Fairmount Park,"...
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Robert Hopkin (American 1832-1909) "DauphineStreet French Quarter New Orleans" 1884 watercolor and pencil on paper signed inscribed and dated "Dauphin [sic] St. N.O. March 20 1884" lower right sight 4 3/4 in. x 6 3/4...
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An 1876 United States Centennial MedalPhiladelphia U.S. Apprx. 2-1/4"D the bronze metal has a copper color patina. The medal was struck by the U.S. mint and sold to raise funds for the 1876 Centennial Exposition...
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Marie Madeline Seebold Molinary (American/NewOrleans 1866-1948) "Holy Name of Jesus Church from Audubon Park New Orleans" oil on canvas signed lower left 18 in. x 12 1/4 in. in a giltwood frame. Note: In 1884 the...
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Japanese Porcelain Arita Vase19th centuryconverted to a table lamp ovoid form with wooden lid and platform base the vase glazed in the ''Cracked Ice'' pattern first displayed at the1876 Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia.Height...
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A Lewis and Clark Centennial ExpositionBronze Medallion Struck in bronze. An oversized medal with an obverse design, the fair seal, with figures of Lewis and Clark being led by Lady Liberty before a sunset, with...
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A Rare Antique American Horn Armchairlate 19th c. probably San Antonio Texas the back arms and legs composed of steer horns and retaining the original tooled saddle leather back rest and seat connected by chromed...
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