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(PHOTOGRAPHY—EARLY
AND CASED IMAGES.) WARREN,
GEORGE KENDALL.
Theodore
“Candy Sam” Ferris.
Oval albumen
photograph, 5
1
⁄
4
x 3
7
⁄
8
inches, on a large
cardstock mount (10
3
⁄
4
x 13
5
⁄
8
inches), with
a gilt rule border around the image.
[New Haven, CT, circa 1862]
[800/1,200]
A fine image of Theodore “Candy Sam”
Ferris, a famous Yale character. Ferris did some
gardening and odd jobs around the campus, but
was known as “Candy Sam” for the sweets he
sold to students This is the earliest of three
known photographs of the subject taken by
George Kendall Warren, a daguerreotypist and
photographer,
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(PHOTOGRAPHY.) CASED IMAGES.
Nanny with a white child in her
arms.
1/4 plate tintype in a beautiful contemporary gutta-percha and gilt frame with oval
center; some very slight discoloration to the white area of the child’s large gown. (WGC)
Np, circa 1860’s-1870’s
[800/1,200]
Whoever this belonged to must have loved this nursemaid. No expense seems to have been
spared; the frame is one of the most elaborate we have seen.
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(PHOTOGRAPHY—CASED AND EARLY IMAGES.)
Black “nanny” with
a white child in her arms; some very subtle tinting to the child’s cheeks.
Carte-
de-visite with Richmond, Virginia photographer’s stamp on the reverse. (WGC)
C.R. Rees, Richmond, circa 1875
[600/800]
A fine image of a teenage black nurse and her charge. C.R. Rees, a well-established Richmond
photographer, was known for his images of Libby Prison.
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