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June 2026 Vernacular Photo History Auction

Wed, Jun 24, 2026 11:00AM EDT
  2026-06-24 11:00:00 2026-06-24 11:00:00 America/New_York Michael Lehr Michael Lehr : June 2026 Vernacular Photo History Auction https://auction.michaellehrantiques.com/auctions/michael-lehr-antiques/june-2026-vernacular-photo-history-auction-23574
Our June 2026 auction presents a focused and exceptional selection of historical photographs spanning the 1840s through the early twentieth century, with unusual depth in named subjects, rare formats, and documented provenance anchored by strong vernacular material that rewards close looking.
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Lot 316

Cabinet Card, O.L. Jones Livery Stable, Norton, Kansas

Estimate: $200 - $300
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Six men pose with five horses and multiple buggies and wagons before the O.L. Jones Livery Feed and Sale Stable in this albumen print cabinet card by Poe & Green, State Street Art Gallery, Norton, Kansas, circa 1880 to 1895. The proprietor's name and business type are painted in large letters across the arched false front of the board-and-batten stable building, which opens directly onto a wide dirt yard. The studio imprint is affixed as a pink paper label on the black-papered reverse.

The stable's facade features a rounded false parapet with "Livery Feed & Sale" in bold arched lettering above, and "O.L. Jones Proprietor" in smaller text below the entrance opening. Men in work clothes and hats stand holding individual horses at intervals across the full width of the frame; buggies and wheeled conveyances are visible at left, center, and right, and an open buckboard wagon appears at the far right. A large draft horse with white stockings is held at far left, and a tall bay mare occupies the center foreground.

Livery stable photographs from small Kansas plains towns of this period are uncommon, and the combination of a named proprietor, identified photographer, and fully staffed exterior view makes this example a strong piece of Western commercial and occupational documentation.

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