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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 254

CDV, Two Children with Goat Cart, Southworth & Hawes, Boston

Estimate: $100 - $200
Starting Bid
$50

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Two unidentified children are depicted outdoors in this albumen carte de visite by Southworth & Hawes, 19 Tremont Row, Boston, dated November 1862 in a handwritten inscription on the reverse. The photograph has been laid down onto a Southworth & Hawes CDV mount, with the image wrapping around the card. One child sits in a two-wheeled wooden cart with large spoked wheels, holding the reins and wearing a light-colored shirt and a wide-brimmed straw hat. A second child stands at the head of a small white goat in harness, steadying the animal, and wears a rounded hat and light clothing. Dense leafy trees fill the background, and the image is printed within a clipped-corner rectangular border. Southworth & Hawes operated as one of the most distinguished photographic studios in nineteenth-century America, renowned primarily for their daguerreotypes made between the 1840s and 1860s, with work held today in major institutional collections including the Metropolitan Museum of Art and George Eastman Museum. A photograph mounted on their CDV stock and bearing a precise contemporary date is an uncommon survival. The reverse is printed in green ink: "Photographed by Southworth & Hawes, 19 Tremont Row, Boston." A pencil notation at the top reads "Nov. 1862."

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