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Antique & Vintage African American Family Photographs, Historical Documents & Ephemera Collection – Texas Cabinet Card – 1800s/1900s
Offered for sale is a fascinating mixed collection of antique and vintage photographs, family portraits, historical documents, and assorted paper memorabilia spanning what appears to be multiple generations.
This collection includes some genuinely old photographic material, with certain pieces possibly dating to the late 1800s or early 1900s, alongside photographs and memorabilia from later decades.
COLLECTION HIGHLIGHTS:
- Antique cabinet card photograph marked G. Kuester, Jr., Cuero, Texas, featuring an early group portrait. This photograph shows significant age, fading, staining, and damage.
- Numerous vintage African American family photographs, including portraits of women, men, children, and infants.
- Beautiful early studio portraits featuring period clothing, hairstyles, and photographic techniques.
- Larger black-and-white portrait photographs.
- Interesting historical photograph depicting a woman participating in what appears to be a trophy or award presentation.
- Vintage family snapshots documenting everyday life across different generations.
- Religious and historical paper memorabilia, including Jehovah's Witnesses Kingdom Hall dedication material from Riverside, California.
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum identification-card booklets.
- Additional photographs, paper items, and miscellaneous memorabilia shown in the pictures.
CONDITION:
This is an estate-style collection containing items of various ages and conditions.
Some photographs show considerable age, including fading, discoloration, foxing, creases, scratches, staining, edge wear, and other imperfections.
The antique Texas cabinet photograph is especially fragile and heavily worn.
Other photographs remain quite clear and display attractive vintage photographic detail.
Dates, identities, family relationships, and historical associations have not been independently verified.
PLEASE NOTE:
This collection is being sold together as one lot, exactly as pictured.
Some items may have historical, genealogical, photographic, or archival interest.
We have intentionally left the collection together rather than separating the older photographs from the more recent memorabilia.
Please examine all photographs carefully, as they form an important part of the description and show the overall contents and condition.
An interesting collection for antique photography enthusiasts, African American history collectors, genealogists, historical researchers, and collectors of vintage paper ephemera.
You will receive the actual items pictured.
Thank you for looking!
