Lot 132

David Herr Storefront Interior View; Early Shop Photograph

Estimate: $50 - $400

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Large albumen cabinet photograph showing the storefront of David Herr, the business name prominently displayed across the signboard above the entrance. The brick commercial building features arched windows and a striped fabric awning draped across the façade. The entrance door bears the street number 102, and several people stand in the doorway including a man in a vest positioned beside what appears to be a mechanical device or display apparatus placed just outside the door.

The window display includes small objects and containers arranged on shelves, while a poster or printed advertisement is mounted on the wall beside the doorway. The photograph captures a typical late nineteenth-century small-town commercial façade with decorative brickwork and storefront display windows designed to attract passing customers.

Street scenes documenting individual businesses are valuable visual records of local commerce and architecture. The reverse is blank aside from light pencil notations.

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