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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 590

Stereoviews, The Dying Miner Narrative Series, Five Cards

Estimate: $50 - $100
Starting Bid
$25

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Five stereoview cards comprise this complete narrative sequence titled "The Dying Miner," published by H.A. Stroud through Regional Views as confirmed by the printed script visible along the card edges. The series unfolds across numbered scenes, each captioned below the paired photographs, with titles readable on the mounts including "Jack Writes a Letter Home for His Pard," "Good-Bye, Old Pard, I'm Hitting the Long Trail," "Gone Over the Divide," "Has Bill Any Snap," and a fifth card depicting a seated figure reading correspondence. The cards are printed on buff-toned mounts with the publisher's signature script repeated diagonally along both vertical edges.

Each scene is staged inside a log cabin interior hung with pinned photographs and papers on the walls, with actors in period work clothing enacting the dramatic progression. The deathbed scenes show a recumbent figure on a fur-covered surface attended by companions in dark work jackets, while the letter-writing scenes feature a cloth-covered table set with a ceramic jug and writing materials.

The Dying Miner was a commercially produced dramatic narrative series marketed to home stereoscope audiences in the early twentieth century, presenting a sentimental story of frontier mining life and companionship in staged photographic tableaux.

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